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BCG Daily Tuesday 31st October 2023

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Rhod Gilbert

Rhod Gilbert: A Pain In The Neck For SU2C review

Rhod's cancer ordeal leaves him - and us - an emotional wreck.

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 31st October 2023
Rhod Gilbert

Rhod Gilbert: A Pain In The Neck For SU2C review

A review of the comic's cancer documentary.

Carol Midgley, The Times, 31st October 2023
The Bystanders

The Bystanders review

A micro-budget and scrappy energy add charm to this quirky sci-fi tale in which unremarkable people watch over their charges.

Catherine Bray, The Guardian, 31st October 2023
Little Britain. Image shows from L to R: David Walliams, Matt Lucas, The Prime Minister (Anthony Head)

BBC warned to take action over Little Britain as Ofcom reveals viewers are horrified 'racist' sketches are on iPlayer

One particular scene caused utter outrage when it was screened again.

Joshua Rom, The Sun, 31st October 2023
Alan J. W. Bell

Alan J. W. Bell obituary

Director of Last Of The Summer Wine and The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy who favoured the use of film in making TV programmes.

Anthony Hayward, The Guardian, 31st October 2023
Dad's Army. Image shows from L to R: Private Godfrey (Arnold Ridley), Lance Corporal Jones (Clive Dunn), Private Walker (James Beck), Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), Private Frazer (John Laurie), Sergeant Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Private Pike (Ian Lavender)

'Don't tell him, Pike': inside the funniest Dad's Army episode ever made

Broadcast 50 years ago, "The Deadly Attachment" showcased the sitcom at its ridiculous, class-obsessed best - and contained its greatest gag.

Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 31st October 2023

John Robins review

The Edinburgh Comedy Award winner insists that happiness isn't worth striving for in a set about stoicism, sobriety and slotted spoons.

Jay Richardson, The List, 31st October 2023

Janey Godley 'broken' after being targeted by vile trolls who sent her picture of grave

Janey took to social media to say that the post had really "got" to her as a picture of a grave was posted online with her name on it.

Kirsten McStay, Daily Record, 31st October 2023

The man behind Count Binface

Jon Harvey on standing against Boris Johnson and Theresa May - and coping with grief through humour.

Prospect Magazine, 31st October 2023

TV & radio

CBeebies logo. Credit: BBC 4:40pm
5 min
Supertato

Supertato

Series 2, Episode 24 - Moustache Mystery

Broccoli is horrified when someone paints moustaches on photographs of her friends.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Sukh Ojla, Christos Bergeles, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Elinor Cleghorn, Daniel Davis

Best Medicine

Series 1, Episode 4 - Surgical Microrobots, Backlash, The Immune System, Keeping An Open Mind

Surgical Micro-Robots than can transport the surgeon to locations that are impossible to operate on and the internal beauty of the immune system go head to head in this episode.

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