BCG Daily Thursday 13th April 2023

BTS: Merman's Dreamland for Sky

For Merman's new Sky comedy drama, Dreamland, the team headed to Margate to create a show filled with bright seaside colours, but with a dark edge too.

Alasdair Beckett-King: 'I reject the title King of the Nerds'

Alasdair answers eight questions about superheroes, the secret to luscious locks, and why you should come and see his dimension-hopping show live at Cambridge Junction in May.

Angela Barnes: Hot Mess review

The comedian is at her best when she treats us as her confidantes rather than aiming for well-worn targets.

Jack Dee admits he's already been approached for Strictly by BBC

Jack Dee, 61, has revealed he's been invited to be part of the 2023 Strictly line up.

Pleasance announces 2023 Charlie Hartill winners and Comedy Reserve acts

The Pleasance Comedy Reserve is back for its 17th year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a double bill of eight brilliant new acts, hand-picked by the Pleasance and performing at Pleasance Dome and Pleasance Courtyard.

Best In Class gives away its Edinburgh Comedy Award prize money

The £5,000 it received from scooping the panel prize last year will be redistributed as ten £500 grants to help acts play this year's festival.

Minnie Driver & Amandla Jahava to headline US remake of Peep Show

Inspired by the UK series, Peep Show follows the relationship between a long-suffering assistant (Jahava) and her boss (Driver), an emotionally unstable tech entrepreneur.

Russell Brand planning three-day spiritual river Wye event

Community by Russell Brand is advertised as an event to help personal awakening and social change, and it's being held in Hay-on-Wye this summer.

Ben Elton accuses Tony Robinson of hyping up Blackadder reunion speculation

"Love Tony, love the Blackadder... to have been part of something that has become part of the cultural furniture is a great privilege, it's a lovely, lovely thing and I have no interest in messing it up."

Then and Now: A famous Newcastle scene from TV's Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

The title sequence of 1973's Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? showed different areas of Newcastle, including this one, under transformation - but how does the location look 50 years later?

The oldest comedy club in Britain: Downstairs at The King's Head

Peter Grahame, the man behind the club, talks about how he got started in comedy, his thoughts on the the state of comedy industry and much more besides...

Harriet Dyer: Trigger Warning review

A captivating presence, Dyer tells the story of a traumatic event that has cast a shadow over her life - humour is one of the ways she has coped.

MC Grindah's Taste Cadets and Yard Sale have done a collab charity pizza

Slice supremos Yard Sale are back once again with another extremely decent collaboration.

Following team-ups with everyone from comedian Romesh Ranganathan to south London musician Loyle Carner, the London pizza pros are now getting in culinary bed with Taste Cadets - the Insta foodie squad headed up by actor Allan 'Seapa' Mustafa (who played MC Grindah in everyone's fave pirate radio comedy, People Just Do Nothing).