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BCG Daily Tuesday 23rd April 2024

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Adam Kay

Adam Kay unleashes at 'disruptive' fan at his Sydney show who kept using their phone

The UK comedian, 43, brought his Sydney show to a grinding halt over a disruptive fan who kept using their phone.

Kinta Walsh-Cotton, Daily Mail, 23rd April 2024
Rhod Gilbert

Rhod Gilbert on finding comedy in his cancer treatment

"I suppose it's not the most attractive documentary to pitch to a broadcaster, is it? Saying, 'we don't know what the ending is going to be! It could be quite... dark'."

Ella Christian-Sims, Royal Television Society, 23rd April 2024
Simon Munnery. Copyright: Ed Moore

Simon Munnery review

Brevity is the soul of all wit, as the old adage goes, and this is beautifully demonstrated tonight.

Ben Lowes-Smith, Narc Magazine, 23rd April 2024
Hold The Sunset. Phil (John Cleese). Copyright: BBC

John Cleese shares staggering £17k secret to 'not looking bad for 84'

John Cleese has revealed he is forking out up to £17,000 a year for an anti-ageing treatment.

The 84-year-old Fawlty Towers star claimed the hefty fee was "worth it if you're buying yourself a few extra years".

Joe Davies, The Sun, 23rd April 2024
Fern Brady. Credit: Raphaël Neal

With her Netflix comedy special Autistic Bikini Queen, Fern Brady is a cynic to savour

The huge success of her memoir has turbocharged the Scottish comedian's career, with midlife, Catholicism and marriage in her withering sights.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 23rd April 2024
An Evening With Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse. Harry Enfield

Harry Enfield's plans for his Loadsamoney £11 million home horrify the Notting Hill set

His talent for invention once seemed unstoppable, inspiring a cast of richly ludicrous characters, from Stavros the kebab shop owner and DJ 'Smashie' to Kevin the teenager and, perhaps most memorably of all, Loadsamoney, the shamelessly avaricious plasterer. But I can disclose that Harry Enfield's latest creative effort has been condemned not merely as 'perfectly foul' - a verdict bestowed on his various television personas by his own father - but as 'harmful' and 'damaging'.

Richard Eden, Daily Mail, 23rd April 2024
Peter Kay

The Co-op Live catastrophe: how the opening of Manchester's "ultimate arena" became a joke

Teething troubles at the state-of-the-art, UAE-backed venue have angered Peter Kay and Rick Astley fans - and sparked a vicious war of words.

James Hall, The Telegraph, 23rd April 2024

Videos

TV & radio

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!

Series 6, Episode 2 - Conkers Bonkers

Milton Jones returns with a plot involving a new pub, an old Brad Pitt, a furry George Clooney and some very suspicious beer.

BBC Two 9pm
45 min
QI. Image shows left to right: Alan Davies, Zoe Lyons, Sandi Toksvig, Josh Widdicombe, Dan Tiernan

QI

Series U, Episode 14 - Underground & Underwater

Sandi is joined by Zoe Lyons, Dan Tiernan, Josh Widdicombe and Alan Davies for an underground and underwater episode of QI.

U&Dave channel logo 10pm
60 min
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable. Image shows left to right: Mel Giedroyc, Lou Sanders, Tim Renkow, Alex Jones, Iain Stirling

Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable

Series 4, Episode 7

Mel and Lou are joined by The One Show presenter Alex Jones, voice of Love Island Iain Stirling and US comedian Tim Renkow. Alex reveals how she got into hot water with the BBC for lying, Iain spills the beans on being sacked, and Tim tells all about his mischievous method of evading train fares.

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