BCG Daily Monday 15th January 2024
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Big Boys review
This male friendship is still a joy, and still filthy.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 15th January 2024
Paul Whitehouse to kick off River Tay salmon fishing season
Whitehouse, star of the BBC television series Gone Fishing, will perform the honours in the village of Meikleour, in Perth and Kinross.
STV, 15th January 2024
My first attempt at stand-up comedy ... aged 64
Caroline Phillips had a laugh trying to become a comedian in a week - but did her audience find it funny?
The Times, 15th January 2024
Poor Things thrives at UK-Ireland box office with £1.6m opening
Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things got off to an excellent start at second place in the UK-Ireland box office; as musical Wonka held top spot for a sixth consecutive weekend.
Ben Dalton, Screen Daily, 15th January 2024
Ian Smith: "Always being stressed is my defining comedic characteristic."
Multi-award-winning comedian Ian Smith is taking his Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated show Crushing on tour. He tells us how he got to this point - and it involves driving a tank in Slovakia.
Square Mile, 15th January 2024
Urooj Ashfaq on her Fringe win and debut UK tour
Mumbai-based stand-up Urooj Ashfaq on her 2023 Fringe win, festivals versus tours, Edinburgh versus Glasgow, and what the near-future brings.
Sofia Reyes Valencia, The Skinny, 15th January 2024
Dom Joly interview
"I just love having strange conversations with people."
Stuart Rolt, BN1 Magazine, 15th January 2024
Jack Rooke interview
"Culture has derided a lot of working class women."
Abby Robinson, Radio Times, 15th January 2024
Poor Things didn't let down Alasdair Gray or Glasgow, we did
Even if Lanthimos decided to base his film in Glasgow, it questions if Scotland's filmmaking infrastructure could facilitate such an involved and specific production design.
Derek McArthur, The Herald, 15th January 2024
Poor Things gets girls' early sexual feelings right
While some critics lauded Poor Things as a feminist exploration of sexual liberation, others saw it as a male director and screenwriter's exploitative attempt to portray female sexuality.
Saskia Roberts, The Conversation, 15th January 2024
James Acaster plays an 'Egon Spengler type' inventor in 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire'
The Off Menu co-host is playing Lars Pinfield, a man responsible for some of the fresh tech being funded by Ernie Hudson's Winston - and he's set to fit firmly into the Ghostbusters universe.
Ben Travis, Empire, 15th January 2024Videos
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Series 92, Episode 2 - A Hundred Boy Scouts From LiechtensteinSue Perkins challenges guests Paul Merton, Lucy Porter, Angela Barnes and Eshaan Akbar to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation.