British Comedy Guide

BCG Daily Saturday 2nd December 2023

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Press clippings

Ian McMillan

Trying to write comedy? Just take it in your stride

Poet Ian McMillan talks about comedy writing.

Ian McMillan, The Yorkshire Post, 2nd December 2023
Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey looks back

'My comedy audience is similar to Strictly's demographic - an eight-year-old next to an 80-year-old'

Harriet Gibsone, The Guardian, 2nd December 2023
Tony Allen

A tribute to Tony Allen, oft-called The Godfather of UK Alternative Comedy

Here, award-wining stand-up Becky Fury pays tribute to her long-time friend Tony Allen, who died yesterday morning, in London...

Becky Fury, John Fleming's Blog, 2nd December 2023

Videos

TV & radio

Radio 4 10am
30 min
Your Place Or Mine. Shaun Keaveny. Credit: BBC

Your Place Or Mine

Series 2, Episode 8 - Dom Joly: Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada

Dom wants to take Shaun to the remote island that some flat earthers believe to be the end of the world. But will they both fall off the edge into the whale-filled Atlantic ocean?

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
Rick Edwards. Credit: BBC

Fighting Talk

Series 21, Episode 13

Broadcaster Kelly Cates, football manager Phil Brown, journalist Jim White and comedian Ian Moore join Rick Edwards for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

Radio 4 7:15pm
45 min
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 28, Episode 4 - The Scale of Life (or were Dinosaurs just too big?)

Prof. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by palaeontologist Dr Susie Maidment, evolutionary biologist Dr Tori Herridge and comedian Dave Gorman to pitch giant creatures against tiny creatures in their bid to avoid extinction.

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