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BCG Daily Monday 8th January 2024

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BBC Comedy Collective Pro

BBC Comedy Collective 2024 applications open 11th January

Applications open on 11th January for the second cohort of the BBC Comedy Collective - the collection of bursaries focused around up-and-coming comedy writers, producers and directors.

The Horne Section. Image shows left to right: Ed Sheldrake, Ben Reynolds, Will Collier, Alex Horne, Mark Brown, Joe Auckland Shop

The Horne Section to publish guide to music for kids

The Horne Section is to publish Make Some Noise, a book about music aimed at 8-12 year-olds.

aid Marian And Her Merry Men: A New Musical* (*sort of) Live

Maid Marian And Her Merry Men stage show confirmed

Maid Marian And Her Merry Men: A New Musical* (*sort of) is due to premiere in 2024, with Vikki Stone, Marek Larwood and Nick Helm amongst the actors taking part in a workshop this month.

Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 News

Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 shortlist

The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.

Jojo Sutherland Radio

Jojo Sutherland records her first Radio 4 special, Riches To Rags

Jojo Sutherland has landed her debut Radio 4 special, Riches To Rags, the story of how she grew up in wealth but experienced adversity after her family lost it all.

Andrew Bird Live

Andrew Bird named Comics' Comic 2023

Stand-up Andrew Bird has been awarded the Best Comic title in the Comics' Comic awards. Barry Dodds was named Best MC, James Alderson took the Best Independent Promoter title, and Outstanding Achievement to UK Comedy titles were posthumous awarded to Tony Allen, Andy Smart and Gareth Richards.

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Ricky Gervais: Armageddon. Ricky Gervais. Credit: Matt Crockett People

Ricky Gervais Armageddon win

The Netflix special Ricky Gervais: Armageddon has won the inaugural award for Best Stand-Up Comedy on Television at the Golden Globes.

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The Comedy Doctor. Credit: BCG Pro

The Comedy Doctor on legal issues

The Comedy Doctor answers a question about taking characters and situations from real life.

Press clippings

Julia Masli

Julia Masli on her accidental comedy masterpiece

Her midnight agony aunt clown show became the hot ticket of the fringe - despite the fact that the Estonian never regarded herself as a comic. In fact, she says, she much prefers making audiences cry.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 8th January 2024
Saltburn. Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan). Credit: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner, Amazon Studios

Saltburn is destroying our picturesque village

Residents of a town made famous by Saltburn have told how influencers now bombard their village to take selfies.

Tracey Kandohla & Sarah Grealish, The Sun, 8th January 2024
QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Sandi Toksvig. Copyright: TalkbackThames

How we made QI - by John Lloyd and Alan Davies

"QI is about how extraordinary the world is. Learning that elephants are 22 million times the size of bees makes you realise you haven't really been paying attention to anything".

Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 8th January 2024
Peter Kay

Smiling Peter Kay looks in good spirits

Peter Kay smiled as he headed to his tour bus amid amid a whopper schedule of live shows.

The Phoenix Nights star, 50, is in the midst of delighting fans with his first stand up tour in 12 years, which sees him perform once a month at London's O2 Arena.

Beth Allcock, The Sun, 8th January 2024
Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais is turning into David Brent

The comedian is condemned for being a culture warrior. The truth is much sadder.

Finn McRedmond, The New Statesman, 8th January 2024
Only Fools And Horses. Image shows from L to R: Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Del (David Jason), Grandad (Lennard Pearce). Copyright: BBC

I turned my van into Del Boy's 3-wheeler to drive Only Fools fans to their funerals

A man has turned his van into Del Boy's three-wheeler to drive Only Fools And Horses fans to their funerals - and he's been inundated with requests.

Jonathan Rose, The Sun, 8th January 2024

Videos

Comedy Central Live. Josh Jones Online

Comedy Central Live - Josh Jones

6 mins, 19 secs

Josh Jones on how to annoy football fans, and why you shouldn't trust someone with a gay voice.

Bad Education. Image shows left to right: Hoburn (Vicki Pepperdine), Stephen (Layton Williams), Mitchell (Charlie Wernham), Fraser (Mathew Horne). Credit: BBC, Tiger Aspect Productions, Jackpot Productions TV

Bad Education - Series 5 trailer

30 secs

Bad Education is back for another term filled with attitude and drama.

TV & radio

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Just A Minute. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 92, Episode 1 - A Double Date With Prince Rainier, Hilda Ogden And Sophia Loren

Sue Perkins challenges guests Paul Merton, Kerry Godliman, Zoe Lyons and Daliso Chaponda to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation.

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