BCG Daily Sunday 25th June 2023
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Simon Pegg on comedy, action heroes and staying at home
Simon Pegg has called time on the nerdy stuff, and says he'd rather watch Succession than sci-fi. As for his A-list status, friendship with Tom Cruise and box-office pulling power - well, he'd take Hertfordshire over Hollywood any time.
Tim Lewis, The Observer, 25th June 2023
Jayde Adams: 'I fill my bath with Epsom salts and turn myself into a mermaid'
The comedian on pork belly lunches, cocktails and smashing the karaoke.
Michael Hogan, The Observer, 25th June 2023
Ben Elton's Rishi Sunak on BBC takedown enrages Conservatives
An excoriating takedown of Rishi Sunak on the BBC has triggered fury from Conservatives - who accused the broadcaster of becoming a "soap box for the left". Comedian and writer Ben Elton delivered a devastating assessment of the Prime Minister on Laura Kuenssberg's politics show on Sunday morning - branding him a "narcissistic sociopath" who was as untrustworthy as Boris Johnson.
Hamish Morrison, The National (Scotland), 25th June 2023
Chris McCausland: 'A blind bloke chucking axes was a health and safety nightmare'
The stand0up and TV host on his new travel show, bonding with Gazza and how he nearly became a spy.
Michael Hogan, The Observer, 25th June 2023
Jonathan Pie: At last, the BBC discovers a new Alan Partridge
The BBC has a comic hit on its hands with the sharpest satire for years - listen up to Jonathan Pie.
Patricia Nicol, The Sunday Times, 25th June 2023
Scouts! The Musical review
Family show wins gold badges for enthusiasm.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 25th June 2023#EdFringe 2023 - #SNAPCHATZ - Episode 6
Today's brave band of would-be indelible Fringe memories are Oscar Wilde catastrophe The Importance of Being...Earnest?, sexual paradigm subversive Clown Sex, and anti-life coach Joe McTernan!
The Quintessential Review, 25th June 2023