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BCG Daily Sunday 23rd April 2023

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Taskmaster. Greg Davies. Copyright: Avalon Television

Greg Davies: 'I'm a freak of nature with size 14 feet'

The towering host of Taskmaster and star of the BBC sitcom The Cleaner reveals how Lee Majors, Madness and Watership made him.

Jake Helm, The Sunday Times, 23rd April 2023
Dan Atkinson

Dan Atkinson: My pun's been trademarked, but the joke is on me

Rebekah Vardy has made my 'Wagatha Christie' joke, from her case against Coleen Rooney, into intellectual property. If gags are bought up, British humour faces a bleak future.

Dan Atkinson, The Observer, 23rd April 2023
Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth on Barry Humphries

My brilliant friend Barry Humphries loved the new King and Queen - and I think they loved him.

Gyles Brandreth, The Telegraph, 23rd April 2023
Adam Kay

Adam Kay: 'I get four to six hours of bad sleep a night'

The comedian, writer and former doctor on lunching like Gwyneth Paltrow and having your husband as your boss.

Hannah Swerling, The Sunday Times, 23rd April 2023
Late Night Lycett. Joe Lycett

Joe Lycett chat show captures soul of city

The Channel 4 show employs 26 local trainees, uses Brummie stars and showcases work of city's artists.

Jessica Murray, The Guardian, 23rd April 2023

Monty Python marathon man takes on Corfe Castle

A man attempting to run 52 marathons in a year has completed his latest by running around a castle dressed as King Arthur in a Monty Python tribute.

BBC, 23rd April 2023

Videos

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Radio 4 3pm
60 min
William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night

Episode 2

The conluding part of this 400th anniversary production of Shakespeare's comedy of mistaken identities and unrequited love.

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