BCG Daily Saturday 1st April 2023
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Brits abroad: 9 top UK shows at the Melbourne comedy festival
With the first weekend in full swing we offer our suggestion of nine lesser-known UK comics performing in the world's second-largest comedy festival, after the Edinburgh Fringe, over the next three weeks.
Chortle, 1st April 2023
Chris O'Dowd on the axed IT Crowd episode, midlife crises and The Big Door Prize
"I couldn't give a toss if I'm honest, if it's really offending people, you know, then absolutely, why not? But in terms of the rest of it, I don't know, I think it's up to people to make up their own minds."
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 1st April 2023
Musical Comedy Awards 2023 review
Kazoos, recorders, violins masquerading as ventriloquists' dummies... yep, the Musical Comedy Awards were on song for their latest cheery run around the block.
Sharon Lougher, Chortle, 1st April 2023
Phil Wang review
Much of the humour is absurdist. A lot more is self-deprecating, such as the long monologue about his dick. This, by the way, is a show for adults with plenty of swears and frank discussion about female nipples. Definitely, post-watershed.
Ian C. Douglas, Leftlion, 1st April 2023
Eshaan Akbar: The Pretender review
Poignant, punchy, heartfelt and hilarious, this was a cracking gig.
Clownster, 1st April 2023
The inspiration behind Rye Lane's colourful South London love story
About half a decade ago, a fresh idea for a romantic comedy was born in a WhatsApp conversation between two screenwriters, Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia.
Laura Zornosa, Time Magazine, 1st April 2023
Sheridan Smith to take one-woman Shirley Valentine show on UK tour
Sheridan Smith is being lined up to take her one-woman Shirley Valentine show on a UK tour - which could net her up to £500,000. It comes after the West End production banked £4million in advance sales and received rave reviews.
Hannah Hope, The Sun, 1st April 2023Review: Musical Comedy Awards, Bloomsbury Theatre
History was made at the WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards final this year. For the first time there were more women than men competing for the prestigious trophy at the Bloomsbury Theatre.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st April 2023Videos
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TV & radio
10am30 min
Your Place Or Mine
Series 1, Episode 1 - Rob Delaney: Eastern Massachusetts, USARob Delaney opens with a spirited attempt to get Shaun to visit his birthplace in Eastern Massachusetts, USA, selling it on the basis that as New England is quite like England anyway, it'll be no bother for Shaun...
11am60 min
Fighting Talk
Series 20, Episode 32Comedian Justin Moorhouse, football journalist and broadcaster Mina Rzouki, presenter Reece Parkinson and broadcaster David Alorka join guest host Jordan North for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
9:40pm60 min
The Jonathan Ross Show
Series 20, Episode 6 - Ed Sheeran, Michael Bublé, Russell Crowe, Lily AllenSinger-songwriter Ed Sheeran chats and performs his new single Eyes Closed, while Jonathan is also joined by singer Michael Bublé, Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe, and musician-turned-actress Lily Allen.