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BCG Daily Sunday 28th May 2023

Features

Thick As Thieves. Image shows from L to R: Stan (John Thaw), Annie (Pat Ashton), George Dobbs (Bob Hoskins). Copyright: London Weekend Television Features

Comedy Rewind: Stealing a laugh - Revisiting Thick As Thieves

In this week's Comedy Rewind, we take a look back at Thick As Thieves, the criminal comedy that Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais penned before Porridge.

Press clippings

The Big Narstie Show. Image shows from L to R: Mo Gilligan, Big Narstie

Sunday with Big Narstie: 'I do lunch like a king, oxtail or stewed beef'

The MC dishes on his Sunday routine, dog walking, showers of love, Bob Marley music kind of loud and prayers before bedtime.

Rich Pelley, The Observer, 28th May 2023
Inside No. 9. Image shows from L to R: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith

Inside No. 9 fans still convinced there is one more twist to come

Inside No. 9 fans have been taking to social media about the eighth series and are convinced that the creators/stars still have one twist in store for them.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th May 2023
Matt Rees. Copyright: Mark Dawson

BBC Comedy Festival 2023: Stand-up showcase 2 review

Seems like the TV comedy industry don't much like watching live comedy. The second stand-up showcase of the BBC comedy festival in Cardiff was a sparsely attended affair, not even half-filling the intimate Clwb Ifor Bach.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th May 2023
Black Mirror. Copyright: Zeppotron

Charlie Brooker claims Channel 4 'effectively cancelled' Black Mirror

Screenwriter claimed there was a falling out with the British broadcaster over the cost of production per episode of the Emmy-winning series.

Roisin O'Connor, The Independent, 28th May 2023
Justin Moorhouse

Justin Moorhouse: Stretch And Think review

He's clever, funny, likeable, unoffensive and you'll leave wanting to take him to your local pub.

Laura Stimpson, The Reviews Hub, 28th May 2023

Videos

Nikola McMurtrie Online

A perfume advert

1 mins, 39 secs

It's a little bit funny, how perfume ads are kind of cringe.

Chris Huntly-Turner Online

G*Day!

2 mins, 51 secs

Australians certainly don't speak English. James & Dave find themselves lost in translation Down Under with their local tour guide Chris.

Funraisers. Image shows left to right: GK Barry, Dan Tiernan Online

Funraisers - Episode Four

15 mins, 26 secs

Dan Tiernan and TikTok star GK Barry go head to head in a series of embarrassing challenges involving the unsuspecting general public. The pair are tasked with becoming shop window mannequins and personal trainers for hire, but can they raise enough fun to impress their twisted taskmaster, Tom Ward?

TV & radio

BBC Two 9pm
60 min
Barry Humphries. Copyright: BBC

Barry Humphries At The BBC

A look at highlights from Barry Humphries's career on a selection of BBC shows over the decades.

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