BCG Daily Wednesday 28th June 2023
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Sarah Vine: Harry Enfield groped my breasts
Daily Mail writer Sarah Vine claims Harry Enfield fondled her breasts at a Downing Street party - then wrote a sketch about it.
Chortle, 28th June 2023
Operation Mincemeat: How we made this summer's must-see musical
From fringe darling to West End breakout, the people behind the gender-flipping, Nazi-fooling romp explain how they pulled it off.
Sam Marlowe, i Newspaper, 28th June 2023
Simon Evans: Bringing down the curtain on Staged
The lockdown comedy is the product of a strange time, but it continues to resonate even as it draws to a conclusion.
Simon Evans, Broadcast, 28th June 2023
Accidental Death Of An Anarchist review
After two hours of uninterrupted laughter and a few gasps, the play ends as it started: Rigby's grin. It will haunt this writer, in a good way, and hopefully, it will haunt the MET, too, but not in a good way.
Benedetta Mancusi, The Upcoming, 28th June 2023
Fringe In 5 - Tadiwa Mahlunge
We chat to Tadiwa Mahlunge about all things Edinburgh Fringe as he prepares to take his show Tadiwa Mahlunge: Inhibition Exhibition up North!
Amy Rye, Lost in Theatreland, 28th June 2023
Tour extension for Russell Howard
His current tour will now run to 14th January 2024.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th June 2023
Accidental Death Of An Anarchist review
Basden has Rigby ask whether any good will come from the liberal hand-writing of the tofu-munching wokerati... and the answer is probably not. But there's still much pointed fun to be had at watching the Maniac scythe through police hubris and proving that the lunatic is the only voice of sanity here. Even so, your senses might want an occasional breather from his relentless intensity.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th June 2023
Edinburgh preview: England & Son at Summerhall (Roundabout)
Prepare to be taken on a kaleidoscopic odyssey where disaster capitalism, empire, stolen youth and stolen wealth merge into the simple tale of a working-class boy who just wants his dad to smile at him.
Theatre Weekly, 28th June 2023
Edinburgh preview: Myra DuBois Be Well at Pleasance Dome (King Dome)
Following a national tour of Australia, British comedy sensation Myra DuBois will be bringing her new show Be Well to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before embarking on a UK tour for 2023.
Theatre Weekly, 28th June 2023#EdFringe 2023 - #SNAPCHATZ - Episode 9
Today's brave band of would-be indelible Fringe memories are star-powered musical monologue TINK, dark macabre circus Party Ghost, and the practically subversive Little Wimmin!
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 28th June 2023Podcasts
TV & radio
6:30pm30 min
Room 101
Series 1, Episode 6 - Julian ClaryJulian Clary's choices include wild swimmers and Love Your Garden With Alan Titchmarsh for Room 101.
10pm30 min
The Change
Episode 3With her tree found and the time capsule missing, Linda starts to question whether it's time to return home.
10:30pm30 min
The Change
Episode 4Linda receives an explosive visit from her sister Siobhain, but Linda has bigger things to worry about.
11pm15 min
Maisie Adam: The Beautiful Game
Episode 2 - 'There's just not enough demand for it sorry'Maisie reflects on football infrastructure in the UK and why it felt like you had to move to the USA, Bend It Like Beckham style, if you wanted to pursue football professionally as a woman. She's joined by the leading global scholar of women's football, Professor Jean Williams, to help her find out why this was the case for well over a hundred years.
11:15pm15 min
The Skewer
Series 9, Episode 2This week - Apocalypse Nyet, a Succession of sewage, and oh, those Russians...