BCG Daily Monday 5th February 2024

BBC Comedy Festival 2024 confirmed for 22nd - 24th May in Glasgow

The BBC's third comedy festival - featuring panel sessions and masterclasses for comedy creators - will take place in Glasgow between Wednesday 22nd and Friday 24th May 2024.

Philomena Cunk to return in BBC special Cunk's Quest For Meaning

BBC Two will broadcast Cunk's Quest For Meaning, a one-off 75 minute special in which Diane Morgan will reprise her role as Philomena Cunk to try and discover the meaning of life.

Dreaming Whilst Black gets Series 2 commission

Dreaming Whilst Black, the comedy starring Adjani Salmon as an aspiring filmmaker, is to return to BBC Three for six more episodes.

Man Like Mobeen Series 5 confirmed

Man Like Mobeen, the sitcom starring Guz Khan, will return to BBC Three for a fifth series.

Alan Partridge to return in new BBC comedy series And Did Those Feet

BBC One will broadcast And Did Those Feet... With Alan Partridge, a new six-part spoof documentary series starring Steve Coogan as his famous character.

Dad's Army legend Ian Lavender dies aged 77

Ian Lavender, star of Dad's Army as the much-loved Private Pike, has died at the age of 77.

Gregor Fisher & Greg McHugh to star in BBC One sitcom Only Child

Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh are reuniting to play father and son in a new BBC One sitcom, Only Child, in which McHugh is a budding author, returning to his family home in North-East Scotland to look after his recently widowed, ageing and wilful dad, (Fisher), as he slips into ever more eccentric and erratic behaviour.

Edinburgh Fringe to launch 'festival village' rooms for participants

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society have announced a new partnership with Queen Margaret University to provide an accommodation option for hundreds of Fringe participants as part of a new 'festival village' during August. Rooms will be priced at £269.50 per week, with the campus a six-minute train ride away from Waverley Station.

Frankie Boyle launches podcast

Frankie Boyle, Susie McCabe and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd are launching Here Comes The Guillotine, a new podcast sharing the Glaswegian trio's "subversive and darkly funny opinions". Meanwhile, John Luke-Roberts and John Robins and Elis James are also relaunching their podcasts.

The Secret Reviewer #59: The job's a joke, you're broke

Every month our clandestine critic reveals the murky truths behind that infamous trade, and live comedy generally. This month: Are you really ready to jack in the day job?

Comedy Central Live - Rachel Fairburn

5 mins, 44 secs

She may have a magic body part but Rachel Fairburn still has to cope with budget hotels, train cancellations, and Ed Sheeran...

The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin - Trailer

1 mins, 46 secs

Noel Fielding is Dick Turpin, the most dangerous highway robber of the 18th century. Sort of. The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin launches on Apple TV+ on 1st March.

G'wed - Episode One

26 mins, 15 secs

Recently-orphaned "posh muppet" Christopher goes to live with his nan on a council estate in Liverpool. There he forms an unlikely, unholy alliance with working class Reece.

The Worst Writer in the World: Worst Writer - Future World

45 minutes

In Young Howard's epic sci-fi adventure, aliens are trying to kidnap the entire human race, and only Future John can stop them.