BCG Daily Sunday 4th June 2023
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Being Gregory: Origins of Scottish comedy classic explored in new book
Tim Blanchard's new book, Being Gregory, features new interviews with its stars, many of whom were plucked from obscurity after attending Glasgow Youth Theatre classes.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 4th June 2023
The week in TV: Changing Ends
Changing Ends clearly wants to avoid being angst-ridden, but there's a dark thread here involving historical homophobia towards a spirited, vulnerable boy that keeps wriggling through.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 4th June 2023
John Kearns - The Varnishing Days: engaging flights of fancy (and baffling teeth)
The critics' darling and Taskmaster alumnus is back on the road with a typically odd and idiosyncratic show of anecdotes and aperçus.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 4th June 2023
Joe Lycett and Jordan Gray amongst LGBT+ change makers list
The Independent's Pride List of influential LGBT+ people in the UK sees Joe Lycett coming second and Jordan Gray third.
The Independent, 4th June 2023
Jordan Gray: Life is weirder than ever for LGBT+ people - and I think I know why
For some people, transgender bodies are one glitch in the Matrix too far.
Jordan Gray, The Independent, 4th June 2023
Gina Yashere: For UK Black comics it's a nightclub policy - 'one in, one out'
The London born comedian told The Big Issue years of sexist and racist bullying in the UK made her excited to move to America.
Jane Graham, The Big Issue, 4th June 2023
The Full Monty's Robert Carlyle on the role of a lifetime
Robert Carlyle's life has been defined by two remarkable characters: the explosively violent Begbie, and Gaz in The Full Monty. Here, he talks about his Glasgow childhood, Britpop hedonism - and playing the PM...
Rebecca Nicholson, The Observer, 4th June 2023