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BCG Daily Thursday 20th April 2023

News

Justin Edgar TV

BBC pilots Kirkmoore, pioneering comedy featuring an all-disabled cast

The BBC is pioneering a new comedy, Kirkmoore, set in a college for disabled students, featuring an all-disabled cast. The corporation has ordered a pilot from the creative team behind The Inbetweeners.

Evil Genius with Russell Kane TV

Russell Kane's Evil Genius comes to Sky History

Russell Kane's Evil Genius is being adapted for television, with Sky History ordering five hour-long episodes based on the hit Radio 4 podcast.

FYI

Kiri Pritchard-McLean Radio

Best Medicine guests

Kiri Pritchard-McLean is now preparing to record a full series of Best Medicine, the Radio 4 panel show that takes a deep dive into the science of healthcare. Sukh Ojla, Nabil Abdulrashid, Suzi Ruffell, Jordan Gray, Sarah Kendall and Ria Lina.

Features

Heart monitor with microphone Live

A look at the health of the live comedy circuit

With the inaugural WeGotTickets Independent Comedy Festival currently underway, we spoke to various club promoters to assess the health of the live comedy circuit.

BCG Pro

Notebook and pencil Pro

The comedy creator's notebook

Whether you are writing sitcoms, plays, films or stand-up material, a notebook is an essential piece of kit for almost all comedy creatives.

Press clippings

Stuart Laws. Copyright: Ed Moore

Rarely asked questions: Stuart Laws

Stand-up, filmmaker and viral Twitter star Stuart Laws' brand new comedy special is released on 20th April by 800 Pound Gorilla Media. The special will be available to watch for free via YouTube.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th April 2023
Painting Birds With Jim And Nancy Moir. Image shows left to right: Nancy Sorrell, Vic Reeves

Painting Birds With Jim And Nancy Moir review

Twitcher Jim should focus on his birds and stop flying around.

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 20th April 2023
The Full Monty. Image shows from L to R: Nathan (William Snape), Dave (Mark Addy), Gaz (Robert Carlyle), Lomper (Steve Huison), Gerald (Tom Wilkinson)

Pub which featured in Full Monty final scene gutted by fire

The club where the cast of The Full Monty bared all for the film's climax has been gutted by fire. It took firefighters an hour to get Friday's blaze at the Shiregreen Club in Sheffield under control.

Paul Sims, The Sun, 20th April 2023
Jon Richardson

Jon Richardson: 'My first gig was terrifying'

Jon Richardson overcame teenage anxiety to become a successful stand-up, but there's one person he'd love to make laugh again.

Jane Graham, The Big Issue, 20th April 2023
Blind Date. Paul O'Grady

Paul O'Grady: Fans and dogs line streets for star's funeral

Paul O'Grady's funeral will take place in his home village in Kent later, with fans set to line the streets along with dogs from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home.

BBC, 20th April 2023
Inside No. 9. Image shows from L to R: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith

Inside No. 9 future: 'The door is ajar, not closed'

The show is coming to an end after Series 9 - for now, at least.

David Craig, Radio Times, 20th April 2023
Rainer Hersch

London charity concert told to pay royalties in 'embarrassing' copyright row

Concert to be charged fee after using music by performer Earl Okin - even though Okin says he does not want the money.

Robert Booth, The Guardian, 20th April 2023

Videos

Alasdair Beckett-King Online

Every sci-fi movie in the 50s

1 mins, 21 secs

Oh brave new world, that has such butts in it!

Image shows left to right: Shyma Mukred, Lachlan Werner Online

Office prank disaster

2 mins, 16 secs

Office life is dull. Nobody likes spending their days working through the daily grind of endless emails and report writing. Luckily, a little practical joke on your boss can go a long way in brightening up the office blues! Surely this will cause nothing more than a quick laugh between colleagues, right?

Simon Panrucker Online

Simon Panrucker - I'll Be Fine

2 mins, 36 secs

Simon Panrucker doesn't want to be a burden to anyone.

Podcasts

Stone Clearing with Richard Herring

Stone Clearing With Richard Herring: Chapter 138

35 minutes

Chapter 138, Ye Long Way, Wrong Way Round. It's 17.25 on 19th April 2023 and The Stone Ftafi play a move that turns the whole stone clearing world back to...

TV & radio

Sky Atlantic logo. Copyright: Sky 9pm
30 min
Dreamland. Image shows left to right: Diane (Martina Laird), Cheryl (Frances Barber)

Dreamland

Episode 3

A flashback to Paris gives insight into Mel's life there and what went wrong. Back in the present day, Mel and Spencer have a difficult conversation. The next day, estate agent Trish is in her element selling a fancy house, but after picking up on Spencer's odd behaviour she later suspects that he is getting cold feet about buying their own dream home.

U&Dave channel logo 10pm
40 min
Meet The Richardsons. Rosie Jones

Meet The Richardsons

Series 4, Episode 3

Lucy tries to up her telly game with quiz show lessons from Russell Kane. Jon and Lucy get help from a relationship therapist, and Jon manages to anger the usually unflappable Dan Walker at the local curry house.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:30pm
60 min
Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Alex Horne

Taskmaster

Series 15, Episode 4 - How Heavy Is The Water?

In the fourth episode, Kiell Smith-Bynoe finds himself playing bingo without any shoes on. Mae Martin plays an unusual but potentially brilliant drum solo. And all the comedians create boats to carry eggs in a race involving eggs (in boats).

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