BCG Daily Saturday 27th April 2024
Press clippings
And now for the pinchline: competition crowns world's funniest crab joke
Inaugural contest at Crab Museum in Margate allows crustaceans to pick the winner, with the help of tinned fish used as bait.
Patrick Barkham, The Guardian, 27th April 2024
Why LMAOnaise made a print comedy newspaper
LMAOnaise's first ever print newspaper showcasing the best of the UK's up-and-coming comedy is officially here! So I thought I'd fill you in on why I decided to do it.
Zoe Paskett, LMAOnaise, 27th April 2024
40 years of comedy classic Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
It's four decades since the comedy drama detailing the exploits of British migrant workers in Germany burst on to our screens. As they stage a live show, its writers and stars let us in on how they constructed a classic.
Nick Duerden, The Guardian, 27th April 2024
Liam Withnail: "It's hard being a stand-up comedian when you poo 15 times a day"
Liam Withnail wrote off having 15 stools a day as IBS. This went on for years, and years, without him visiting the doctor.
Kitty Chrisp, Metro, 27th April 2024
Fostering inspires comedian Pritchard-McLean's show
When Kiri Pritchard-McLean thought about her future, she envisaged children forming part of it. She just wasn't sure it would be as a biological parent. So when she and her partner heard an advert on the radio looking for foster carers, it seemed fate was calling.
Natalie Grice, BBC, 27th April 2024Ricky Gervais returns to Slough after The Office for vodka ad
Ricky Gervais has taken over a prominent billboard in Slough for his latest creative effort to promote his vodka brand, Dutch Barn Orchard Vodka.
Olivia Endellion Mowl, Slough Observer, 27th April 2024On the Mic Picks: Olaf Falafel
Experienced absurdist Olaf Falafel performs a genre of comedy that is all his own. Relax and be stupidly entertained for an hour.
On The Mic, 27th April 2024Videos
Videos
TV & radio
10am30 min
Your Place Or Mine
Series 3, Episode 4 - Catherine Bohart: Lisbon, PortugalWhat's not to love in a romantic, arty, cool waterside city full of colourful buildings? Well, Shaun finds city breaks a bit tiring but then this one does have egg custard tarts.
11am60 min
Fighting Talk
Series 21, Episode 33England and Harlequins rugby player Danny Care, sports journalist Ned Boulting, pundit and presenter Mina Rzouki and comedian Bob Mills join Rick Edwards for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
11pm30 min
You Heard It Here First
Series 2, Episode 4Chris McCausland asks a panel of comedians to live in an audio only world, with Lucy Beaumont, Daliso Chaponda, Mel Giedroyc and Ben Shephard.