BCG Daily Saturday 19th August 2023
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Rob Delaney interview
Comedian Rob Delaney on bringing his memoir of loss, A Heart That Works, to the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
The Scotsman, 19th August 2023
Rose Matafeo on Starstruck, body image and babies
"I've got a spreadsheet of celebrities who don't have kids."
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 19th August 2023Frankie Boyle defends decision to keep joking about death of Holly Willoughby
Stand-up comedian Frankie Boyle has made his latest comments while appearing at the Fringe.
Brian Ferguson, Edinburgh Evening News, 19th August 2023Sofie Hagen interview
Sofie Hagen on returning to Edinburgh Fringe, confronting their queerness and transphobia in comedy.
Asyia Iftikhar, Pink News, 19th August 2023Rob Auton on his personal new show at Edinburgh Fringe
Euronews Culture sat down with Rob Auton to discuss how he's getting his human experience during his Edinburgh Fringe show (one of our top picks of the festival).
Jonny Walfisz, Euronews, 19th August 2023
Book review - The Funny Thing About Death by Jo Caulfield
It is appropriate that The Funny Thing About Death is part memoir for Jo Caulfield's funny, talented, spiky sister Annie and part Jo's autobiography.
Victoria Nangle, Beyond The Joke, 19th August 2023
Henpocalypse! review
The exclamation mark in the title was one reason to approach new sitcom Henpocalypse! (BBC Two, Tuesday) with caution. Talk about trying too hard. Only clown shoes and a T-shirt saying, "I'm mad, me!" would be more obvious.
Alison Rowat, The Herald, 19th August 2023
Permi Jhooti, woman who inspired Bend It Like Beckham, on the world finally waking up to women's football
Permi Jhooti is thrilled by the Lionesses but reveals concerns about continuing misogyny in men's football and a lack of diversity in the women's game.
Rob Hastings, i Newspaper, 19th August 2023Are your work presentations funny? It's a slippery slope, warns comedian Rob Auton
While some comedians may go to the Edinburgh Fringe armed with a darkly comic story of their past trauma, Rob Auton had the colour yellow.
Kitty Chrisp, Metro, 19th August 2023Sexual harassment complaints soar at Edinburgh Fringe
Safety advocates at Get Off Live Comedy! received 31 reports of inappropriate behaviour in the first 12 days of the festival. Normally they see 10 to 15 cases per month.
Chortle, 19th August 2023Josh Pugh spearheads England's partially sighted team at World Games
Comedian was 'Beckham-mad' and says playing for partially sighted team 'is hard, but it should be'.
The Guardian, 19th August 2023
Comedian Darcie Silver Has Died
Darcie Silver, a well-known comedian on the UK circuit, has died.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th August 2023Philipp Kostelecky: How it started... how it's going
A status report on comic's first Fringe.
Chortle, 19th August 2023Benjamin Salmon from Blowhole shares his festival highs and lows
"I hate all the middle-class twats in Edinburgh... because I'll probably end up fancying them."
Chortle, 19th August 2023Emmanuel Sonubi picks his comedy favourites
"A stand-up special that makes me forget I'm a comic."
Chortle, 19th August 2023
Tom Allen interview
The comedian and Bake Off: An Extra Slice presenter on napkin folding, drunk gardening and life as a waiter.
Tim Lewis, The Guardian, 19th August 2023
How Douglas Adams's career was saved by last-ditch BBC offer to write for iconic show
Self-critical and often fearing his efforts were "utter rubbish", the sci-fi writer he had nearly given up after years of dreaming of working on Doctor Who scripts.
Louise Lazell, The Mirror, 19th August 2023Starstruck's Rose Matafeo: 'I don't die after every break-up'
The creator of the hit BBC comedy, about to return for its third season, talks going from the Fringe to prime-time TV - and dating comedians.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 19th August 2023Humourless scolds have taken over comedy
The cancellation of Graham Linehan is a new low for the Edinburgh Fringe.
Simon Evans, Spiked, 19th August 2023No-shows are what Fringe is all about
This is the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the place where all dreams come to crash and burn and where all are either made or undone. Even popular artists struggle to break through here.
Thomas Bartley, The Boar, 19th August 2023Graham Linehan: My cancellation has trapped me in one of my own sitcoms
The insanity of gender ideology has seen my Edinburgh show fall apart. It feels like living in Father Ted.
Graham Linehan, The Telegraph, 19th August 2023TalkTV host received 'personal abuse' over Graham Linehan's 'car crash' interview being removed
The interview, labelled as a 'car crash' by trans TV star India Willoughby did not air during the Uncensored repeat on Thursday, and is currently not available to stream on YouTube.
Meghna Amin, Metro, 19th August 2023Scrapper review
Impressively tender portrait of a girl's precarious life.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 19th August 2023Camden Fringe 2023 interview: Suchandrika Chakrabarti
The show is a 'clinic' for those addicted to their phones... I like to think that I can heal them.
Phoenix Remix, 19th August 2023Mad Ron: Crime School interview
Mad Ron is something of a dodgy type (as you might well have guessed from the title of the show) and is the creation of comedian Steve Lee.
Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 19th August 2023TV & radio
10am30 min
You're Dead To Me
Series 7, Episode 9 - AtlantisGreg Jenner is joined by Dr Stephen Kershaw and comedian Sophie Duker to dive into the myth of Atlantis.