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BCG Daily Sunday 25th February 2024

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John O'Farrell. Copyright: BBC

Family Politics by John O'Farrell review

A plea to engage with those whose views we abhor.

Dani Garavelli, The Big Issue, 25th February 2024
Boarders. Image shows left to right: Toby (Sekou Diaby), Jaheim (Josh Tedeku), Leah (Jodie Campbell), Omar (Myles Kamwendo), Femi (Aruna Jalloh)

Boarders: the BBC comedy skewering boarding school

The show is based on the Sunday Times story of inner-city teenagers sent to Rugby. Sharon Hendry speaks to the people that inspired it.

Sharon Hendry, The Sunday Times, 25th February 2024
Mark Nelson

Mark Nelson on the 10 things that changed his life

Scottish comedian Mark Nelson spoke with the Sunday National about the 10 things that changed his life.

Adam Robertson, The National (Scotland), 25th February 2024
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable. Lara Ricote

Lara Ricote review

The fringe award-winner compares her romantic relationship to how she feels about her audience in this mildly evasive investigation of inner knottiness.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 25th February 2024
Phil Wang

Phil Wang review

The Taskmaster star brought his light-hearted gags about cultural differences to the Eventim Apollo, ending his tour with a bang.

Tim Harding, The Telegraph, 25th February 2024
Aisling Bea

Aisling Bea: 'Bury me in a coffin made out of potato waffles'

The actor and screenwriter on bouncing off Domhnall Gleeson in Alice & Jack, why Irish stars are having a moment, and the legacy of Sinéad O'Connor.

Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 25th February 2024
Boarders. Image shows left to right: Toby (Sekou Diaby), Jaheim (Josh Tedeku), Leah (Jodie Campbell), Omar (Myles Kamwendo), Femi (Aruna Jalloh)

The week in TV: Boarders; Joe Lycett V Sewage

Reviews of the BBC Three comedy drama Boarders (4 stars), and Joe Lycett's comic take on water companies (3 stars).

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 25th February 2024
Morgan Rees. Credit: Rachel Sherlock

Morgan Rees dishes on turning 30, his cartoon daddy crush & being thirsty (for life)

Morgan Rees is here to set the record straight - err, here to set the record bi, that is.

Cameron Scheetz, Queerty, 25th February 2024
Saltburn. Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan). Credit: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner, Amazon Studios

Saltburn TikToker says trespassers at stately home 'a shame'

A woman whose TikTok videos about a stately home in the movie Saltburn were viewed more than five million times said it was "a shame" fans were trespassing, after the estate's owner reportedly complained.

BBC, 25th February 2024

Sunday with James Buckley

"I'll get hate mail for this, but I'm not a fan of the Sunday roast."

Rich Pelley, The Observer, 25th February 2024

The Delightful Sausage interview

You won't find Icklewick on any map but it's a place you'll recognise easily enough.

Andy Murray, Northern Soul, 25th February 2024

TV & radio

Radio 4 7:15pm
15 min
Stuart Mitchell. Copyright: Steve Ullathorne

Stuart Mitchell's Cost Of Living

Episode 1 - Stuart Eats A Pigeon

Stuart Mitchell examines his own cost of living - this journey of self discovery is prompted by a visit to one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants.

Radio 4 7:30pm
15 min
Jazz Emu: The Sound Of Love. Image shows left to right: Bonson (Adrian Gray), Jazz Emu (Archie Henderson). Credit: BBC

Jazz Emu: The Sound Of Us

Episode 1 - The Sound Of Love

Devastated that his best friends' relationship is on the rocks, Jazz Emu sets out to write them the most romantic song ever written, inspired by his alternative musical archives.

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