BCG Daily Sunday 7th April 2024

BBC show was so traumatic I freak out when I see Strictly No Parking sign, says Seann Walsh

Seann Walsh has revealed his Strictly Come Dancing love-cheat drama from 2018 returns to haunt him every time he sees or hears the word "strictly".

Phil Wang: "I once sang for the Brunei royal family"

The comedian on the culture that made him - from Shaggy and Coldplay to Up and The Matrix.

Nish Kumar: "My experience of being a brown man in Britain shifted after 9/11"

He wishes he could tell his teenage self to enjoy his youth, but also to prepare for public scrutiny.

Scottish comedians say hate crime law risk dangerous self-promotion

Scotland's comedians believe the nation's new hate crime legislation could encourage the use of offensive material - but many feel fears have been overblown.

Rosie Jones on breaking glass ceilings

Comedian, writer and actress Rosie Jones is unapologetically boundary pushing in challenging the narrative on disability, and feminism, one (filthy) gag at a time.

Seize Them! review

A comic romp through medieval Britain.

Are you rich and ridiculous? TikTok comedian Shabaz Ali has you in his sights

Shabaz Ali is a 30-year-old chemistry teacher from Blackburn. He adores his job. After only five minutes in his company, you get a sense of how he might be in front of a classroom - funny, playful, engaged. But after he's turned off the Bunsen burners, Ali goes home and steps into his other "office": his bed. Here, with the hood of his onesie pulled up, he clocks in for his other vocation as a social media personality. His TikTok channel, Shabaz Says, has an audience of millions.

Ashley Storrie on new sitcom Dinosaur, neurodiversity and relationship with mum Janey Godley

While filming her new sitcom, Dinosaur, Ashley Storrie could have drawn on the wealth of experience around her to check if things were going well.

Jim Davidson jokes 'I'll be like Henry the VIII' if he marries for sixth time

Comic Jim Davidson has joked to pals he will be "like Henry the VIII" if he makes new love Natasha his sixth wife.

The TV star, 70, is smitten with the mum just a year after divorcing fifth wife Michelle.

Future of hit Guy Ritchie series The Gentlemen revealed

Netflix is already in talks with film director Guy Ritchie to deliver a second series of his gangster drama, The Gentlemen.

The crime comedy has been one of the streaming giant's biggest hits of the year, with 44million views in four weeks.