BCG Daily Sunday 10th March 2024
Features
Press clippings
Siobhán McSweeney: Extraordinary rise of Derry Girls' Sister Michael
Siobhán McSweeney, who feared being typecast after her hilarious role as a grumpy nun, talks about making her first short film and starring in a Disney sitcom.
Lauren Murphy, The Sunday Times, 10th March 2024The Gentlemen review
Riotous assembly of toffs, gangsters, travellers, rogues and misfits.
Adam Sweeting, The Arts Desk, 10th March 2024Rhod Gilbert: Doctor reveals how 'brutal' therapy tackled comedian's cancer
"A patient once described it to me as brutal, and it's really stuck with me, because it's difficult to go through." What's so brutal? It's the cancer treatment Prof Mererid Evans routinely prescribes to the people who come to her, hoping she will save their lives, and which she aims to improve with research she is leading.
Natalie Grice, BBC, 10th March 2024Interview - Joe Wells on King of the Autistics
The stand-up comedian stormed Edinburgh with a show about neurodiversity. Catch it again this month as part of his UK-wide tour.
Louis Cammell, Snack Magazine, 10th March 2024The week in TV: The Gentlemen
Guy Ritchie's eight-part drama resorts to stereotypes.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 10th March 2024Leigh Francis: My First Time review
Fans of Francis will enjoy this raucous, silly romp through his most beloved characters, but this is not the show for you if one penis joke is one too many.
Cara Brazier, West End Best Friend, 10th March 2024Janey review
Most stand-up documentaries are either cosy retrospectives, shot when their subject has long since passed their peak and moved on to legendary status. Or fresh but nakedly commercial tie-ins for the release of a special. But while Janey Godley's stand-up shows have always, to an extent, reworked her autobiographical anecdotes over decades, John Archer's new film, following her on tour last year, elides any gap between past and present.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 10th March 2024Daliso Chaponda review
The material itself covers a multitude of subjects as he draws on his wealth of experience. Having lived all over the world, he is able to connect with the many international members of the audience directly, creating a show that we are able to feel is unique to the moment.
Matthew Foster, West End Best Friend, 10th March 2024Videos
TV & radio
Stuart Mitchell's Cost Of Living
Episode 3 - Stuart Is A Total BankerStuart Mitchell examines his own cost of living with a move into the high flying world of banking - and just when he thinks he has it all, the world crashes around him.
Jazz Emu: The Sound Of Us
Episode 3 - The Sound Of ManAfter being diagnosed with below average testosterone levels, Jazz seeks to assert his dominance, leading to some toxic decisions, crazed ideas and dark (but bloody catchy) music.