BCG Daily Monday 3rd April 2023
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The unexamined sitcom is not worth watching
Sometimes, a sitcom mystery you've wondered about for years suddenly gets resolved. And for Dirty Feed, this one is the motherlode. After all, with the pilot episode of Fawlty Towers, you're talking about something as close as you can get to a sacred text around here.
Tanya Jones, Dirty Feed, 3rd April 2023
Jon Richardson & Lucy Beaumont: 'All couples argue - but we put our arguments on TV'
Meet The Richardsons sees the married stand-ups play fictional versions of themselves - but that doesn't mean reality doesn't creep in from time to time.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 3rd April 2023
Glasgow International Comedy Festival exceeds expectations
The 2023 Glasgow International Comedy Festival organisers have hailed this years event as a huge success, attributing it to the Glaswegian people and the comedy community, including audiences, performers, and venues.
Dram Scotland, 3rd April 2023
Stand-up for your mental health: the pioneers using humour as a healer
Comedy-writing classes are being trialled as a groundbreaking new strategy to help men process trauma and manage depression. And they could soon be available via GP referral, too. It's a funny idea, but it might just work...
Scarlett Wrench, Men's Health, 3rd April 2023
Glasgow International Comedy Festival Closing Gala review
Glasgow's comedy festival has always attracted a wealth of great acts and been a strong showcase for upcoming local comics. But it's arguably never had the defining tentpole events of a festival like Leicester. Or the close, distilled festival spirit of much smaller rivals such as Machynlleth or the Cat Laughs in Kilkenny.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 3rd April 2023
Paul O'Grady mural painted over days after presenter's death
A mural dedicated to the late Paul O'Grady has been covered up days after it was painted in Manchester.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 3rd April 2023
50 £2k awards announced from the £100k 'Keep It Fringe Fund'
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced the recipients of the 'Keep it Fringe' fund, a new initiative to support Fringe artists, led by Fringe Society President Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd April 2023
Review - Paul Black: Nostalgia
With a strong sense of himself, Black maintains that he doesn't care about the future, though this partly seems like a spoof of a feckless, nihilistic millennial, partly a facilitation of his retrospective theme.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 3rd April 2023
Tom Allen says it's time that he grew up
'I finally moved out at the tender age of 38. The title is about finally being completely grown up.'
Jackie Darbyshire, Isle of Man Today, 3rd April 2023
Tim Key's honest playlist
'I've listened to A Hard Day's Night 400 times but can't tell you the words.'
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 3rd April 2023Rain Dogs review
Daisy May Cooper is outstanding in bruising BBC dramedy.
Dan Einav, The Financial Times, 3rd April 2023Videos
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6:30pm30 min
Just A Minute
Series 91, Episode 1 - Quicksand, A Damp Squib, And Why I Could Win 'The Traitors'Sue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Jennifer Saunders, Julian Clary and Lucy Porter to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation.
7pm11 min
A Comedy Of Gamers
Series 2, Episode 2 - Greatness Thrust Upon ThemCYNDI sets the gamers a live streaming challenge, calculating that if they can't be skilful maybe they can at least be entertaining.