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BCG Daily Sunday 30th June 2024

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Edinburgh Fringe

EdFringe Talk: Bad Clowns: HOSTAGE

"There's no better feeling than when the streets are packed with lovely potential audience members and a rotating cast of different acapella groups."

Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 30th June 2024
Douglas Is Cancelled. Image shows left to right: Douglas (Hugh Bonneville), Madeline (Karen Gillan)

Douglas Is Cancelled review

A news presenter's ill-advised remark kickstarts a four-part cancel-culture drama.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 30th June 2024
Image shows left to right: Sullivan Brown, Rosie Nicholls, Grubby Little Mitts. Credit: Craig Fuller

On the Mic Picks: Grubby Little Mitts

We saw the Grubbs Edinburgh debut in 2022 and loved it.

On The Mic, 30th June 2024
Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Greg Davies, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television

Alex Horne debunks Greg Davies Taskmaster story: "It's not quite true"

Alex Horne, speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com to promote the new Taskmaster VR game, has debunked a Greg Davies joke that he's heard "a lot of times", admitting that it's "not quite true".

Rob Leane, Radio Times, 30th June 2024
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EdFringe Talk: Villains: A Dizney in Drag Parody

"When we came over last year, we felt like we were in a Hogwarts-inspired fairytale. We'd all just quit our jobs to take the show on the road and we were filled with fear, excitement, anticipation, and gratitude."

Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 30th June 2024
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EdFringe Talk: Ketch Sketch

"I had no idea that I would return to Edinburgh again and again."

Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 30th June 2024
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EdFringe Talk: Naomi Grossman: American Whore Story

"They say 'you can never go home again,' but I refuse to believe that's true, and am anxious to prove that axiom wrong."

Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 30th June 2024

Douglas Is Cancelled's twist ending is crass and unhelpful

When is empowerment not empowerment? When it's this.

Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 30th June 2024

'Brain fry' in Just A Minute: the challenges of talking without hesitation, repetition or deviation

This article combines the insights of an academic and a professional comedian, Paul Merton, in exploring how players attempt to mitigate cognitive overload or 'brain fry' in the popular BBC radio panel game Just A Minute (JAM).

Alison Wray & Paul Merton, Taylor & Francis Online, 30th June 2024

TV & radio

Radio 4 4:30pm
30 min
Sue Perkins

Nature Table

Series 4, Episode 5 - Elton John Horseflies And Supersonic Fungi

Sue is joined by Kew Gardens' Fungarium Collection's Manager Lee Davies, Principal Curator for Diptera & Siphonaptera at the Natural History Museum Erica McAlister and award-winning writer comedian Dave Gorman.

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