BCG Daily Tuesday 7th May 2024

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Four Weddings And A Funeral. Image shows from L to R: Carrie (Andie MacDowell), Charles (Hugh Grant)

The inside story of Four Weddings And A Funeral

The low-budget romcom about Britain's upper middle classes launched the careers of its writer Richard Curtisp/p] and Hugh Grant. Cast and crew share their stories - from Liz Hurley in that dress to Amber Rudd's role as an "aristocracy coordinator".

Ann Lee, The Guardian, 7th May 2024

Green Wing: Resuscitated. Image shows left to right: Karl Theobald, Tamsin Greig, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Stephen Mangan, Pippa Haywood, Mark Heap, Oliver Chris

Green Wing: Resuscitated review

One of the best TV sitcoms of the past two decades makes for a joyfully oddball audio experience.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 7th May 2024

Giulia Galastro on the success of Open Comedy

We meet Giulia Galastro, the person behind two of Scotland's most inclusive comedy nights - Open Comedy and The Other Show.

Polly Glynn, The Skinny, 7th May 2024

Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet review

Restored 1976 doc of Connolly's tour of Ireland shows that, despite his bombastic stage presence, he is impeccably polite. But his naughtier material hasn't aged well.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 7th May 2024

Interview: Carl Hutchinson

We catch up with the Jarrow-born funnyman ahead of the premiere of his new feature-length documentary, That's The Show, taking place at Tyneside Cinema on Saturday 11th May.

Narc Magazine, 7th May 2024

Bear Grylls helped to baptise Russell Brand in the River Thames

Bear Grylls has confirmed he stood by Russell Brand's side when the comedian was baptised in the River Thames last week.

Lydia Spencer-Elliott, The Independent, 7th May 2024

The Machynlleth Comedy Festival. Copyright: BBC

Machynlleth football and rugby clubs suffer vandalism during comedy festival

The clubs estimate £3,000 worth of damage was caused by vandals breaking equipment on the sports field adjacent to the festival from 3rd to 5th May.

Debbie Luxon, Cambrian News, 7th May 2024

1990s comedy magazines: Well, they're not laughing now

Comedy magazines aren't always funny magazines.

G N Martin, The Fence, 7th May 2024

Gavin & Stacey, the sitcom New Labour built

The show, which returns this Christmas, is the platonic ideal of life under Gordon Brown: heaven as a place where nothing ever happens, to a soundtrack of breezy landfill indie.

Fergal Kinney, The New Statesman, 7th May 2024

On the Mic Picks: Milo Edwards

Milo is a former member of the Cambridge Footlights, not that unusual for a talented Fringe performer. In 2015 he moved to Moscow, which is rather less common.

On The Mic, 7th May 2024