BCG Daily Sunday 7th May 2023
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Candy Gigi: Friday Night Sinner! review
Torn between wifely duty and her dream to become the Jewish Barbra Streisand, this would-be star finds an in-between world of outrageous comedy.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 7th May 2023
Ruby Wax interview
"I've spent a lifetime giving the illusion all is well. It wasn't and it isn't."
Kate Kellaway, The Observer, 7th May 2023
Higson & Whitehouse turned down chance to revive The Avengers
Charlie Higson explained: "Years ago, me and Paul Whitehouse were approached to see if we were interested in revamping The Avengers, the original TV Avengers from the '60s. At the time, we said no, but actually, something like that would be fun."
Morgan Jeffery, Radio Times, 7th May 2023
Candy Gigi: Friday Night Sinner! review
Vulgar, outrageous and non-stop!
Lucy White, Everything Theatre, 7th May 2023
Judi Love review
You'd expect bawdy lines delivered with deadpan frankness from the rising TV comedian, but injections of knockabout physicality raise her stage showpiece to higher joy.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 7th May 2023
Brighton Fringe: Clementine review
Does this show always make sense? No. Does it demonstrate sensibility towards women living in the past? Not really. But does it expose the nonsense of a genre that has had women trapped in servitude to romantic ideals for generations? Yes, to a certain extent it does, and so it's hard not to feel affection towards it and Rosalie Minnitt for making it.
Lela Tredwell, The Reviews Hub, 7th May 2023
Sunday with Graham Norton: 'I squeeze in Wordle before lights out'
The comedian on drinking Bloody Marys, listening to Roberta Flack - and the joy of never having to go to church.
The Observer, 7th May 2023
Nish Kumar interview
"Tony Blair increasingly resembles the supervillain in an 80s action film."
Michael Hogan, The Observer, 7th May 2023TV & radio
6pm60 min
Agatha Raisin
Documentary - AgathalandA one-hour documentary telling the script to screen journey of international hit TV show Agatha Raisin, the crime comedy drama set in the beautiful Cotswolds.
7:30pm90 min
She Stoops To Conquer
For its 250th birthday, a very (very) free adaptation of Oliver Goldsmith's popular comedy of class and clever women.