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BCG Daily Wednesday 10th April 2024

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Hot Water Comedy Club

Britain's largest comedy club opens its doors

Hot Water moves into its new £7m Liverpool home.

Chortle, 10th April 2024
Dinosaur. Image shows left to right: Nina (Ashley Storrie), Evie (Kat Ronney)

Ashley Storrie: "Mum became a comedian, so we became a travelling circus act"

The writer and comedian on sliding along the bar as a child, her love of William Shatner and the joy of Wellington's short airport runway.

Ashley Davies, The Times, 10th April 2024
Bridget Jones's Diary. Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger). Copyright: Working Title Films / Universal Pictures

Bridget Jones fans vow to boycott new film if Colin Firth doesn't appear

Bridget Jones fans have vowed to boycott the upcoming fourth movie if beloved character Mark Darcy isn't included.

Rebecca Lawrence, Daily Mail, 10th April 2024
Jason Manford

Jason Manford hits out at 'joke' Edinburgh Fringe accommodation prices

Jason Manford has hit out at the price of accommodation in Edinburgh ahead of this year's Fringe.

Adam Robertson, The National (Scotland), 10th April 2024
Spencer Jones. Copyright: Jill Wooster

Rarely asked questions: Spencer Jones

After lockdown, Spencer Jones moved with his young family from London to Devon - nearer to the beach, closer to his mum, and more chilled than the city. Was it an easy move? No. But was it the right choice? Also no.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th April 2024
Leo Kearse

Leo Kearse returns to GB News

Comic Leo Kearse was back on GB News last night, for the first time since being accused of anonymously posting vile racist comments on social media.

Chortle, 10th April 2024
Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan stars in new Joker movie

Steve Coogan has a role in the second Joker film, Folie à Deux, as revealed in a trailer released today.

Chortle, 10th April 2024
John Kearns

John Kearns: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The British stand-up loves watching people falling off chairs, old men earnestly explain sandwiches and Will Ferrell bloopers. But who doesn't?

John Kearns, The Guardian, 10th April 2024
Wallace & Gromit: The Big Fix Up

New Wallace and Gromit themed escape rooms to open in Milton Keynes

Three new Wallace & Gromit themed escape rooms are to open this month in Milton Keynes.

MK Citizen, 10th April 2024

Videos

Podcasts

TV & radio

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Room 101. Paul Merton. Credit: BBC, Hat Trick Productions

Room 101

Series 2, Episode 2 - Hannah Fry

Mathematician Hannah Fry tells Paul Merton her choices for oblivion - including exams and complicated toilet flushes.

BBC Three 10pm
45 min
Wreck. Charles Deveraux (Alan Dale)

Wreck

Series 2, Episode 6 - You Can Let Go Now

As the full horror of the festival becomes clear, there may be no going back for Jamie when he's faced with a final, nightmarish choice.

BBC Two 10pm
15 min
Mandy. Image shows left to right: Lola (Michelle Greenidge), Nan (Diane Morgan)

Mandy

Series 3, Episode 5 - Nandy

A shocking revelation in the nail bar leads Mandy to confess a dark secret to Lola: there's a skeleton in her attic. Behind that box of old pottery frogs.

BBC Two 10:15pm
15 min
Mandy. Mandy (Diane Morgan)

Mandy

Series 3, Episode 6 - The Ballad Of Mandy Carter

Mandy examines the role of the shadowy global elite in contemporary world events.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Aurie Styla

Aurie Styla: Tech Talk

Episode 2 - Sent From My Blackberry

Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla, a 90s nerd, takes an autobiographical journey through technology history. This episode we proceed to mobile phones and the school playground black market for cooler ringtones.

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