BCG Daily Saturday 6th July 2024
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024: 18 great comedy shows to see
With this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe just weeks away now, we've taken another look at some of the best comedy shows on offer in August.
Kevin Quinn, Edinburgh Evening News, 6th July 2024EdFringe Talk: Derek Mitchell: Double Dutch
"I saw some of my favourite comedy acts ever for the first time up at the Edinburgh Fringe (Colin Hoult, Diane Chorley, Lolly Adefope), and they have been blowing my mind ever since!"
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 6th July 2024EdFringe Talk: Graham Kay: Pete and Me
"There is nothing else out there besides my show explaining how non disabled siblings are affected by their disabled siblings. Both negatively AND positively."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 6th July 2024
Bernie Clifton plans birthday trip to Barnsley
Bernie Clifton is following in the late Queen Elizabeth II's footsteps as he organises himself a second public birthday - where he's inviting all to join him at the Lamproom Theatre.
Barnsley Chronicle, 6th July 2024On the Mic Picks: Juliette Burton
Juliette has been selling out shows in Edinburgh for years.
On The Mic, 6th July 2024Funny At The Fringe - Richard Cobb: Running Joke
"The central theme is about running last year's Edinburgh Marathon but it's mainly about setting myself daft personal challenges over the years and pushing myself to the limit but struggling with the balance of being wildly competitive and hard on myself when things go a bit pear-shaped."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 6th July 2024Have A Gander at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024 - Fringe Tasties
Prepare for a glorious Have a Gander at Food at this year's Edinburgh Fringe!
Corr Blimey, 6th July 2024EdFringe Talk: Louise Atkinson: She's Got the Look
"I'm a big believer that what truly makes a great festival is the ratio of food trucks selling potato and/or chicken based products to the amount of shows available."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 6th July 2024EdFringe Talk: Olivia Raine Atwood: Faking It
"The only thing I'm nervous about is this rain I keep hearing so much about. My middle name is Raine though, so maybe it's meant to be."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 6th July 2024EdFringe Talk: Good Boys Good Time
"Good Boy will be my EdFringe directorial debut but unlike 2011...I now live as an openly proud Transgender Woman myself."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 6th July 2024EdFringe Talk: Michael Kunze: Infinity Mirror
"In 2023 I booked a karaoke booth of a room and did a 45 minute work in progress every day at 11 am with no budget and no ads and hardly any flyering, and I sold out every day on the strength of the show. Somehow I actually made money."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 6th July 2024EdFringe Talk: Suchandrika Chakrabarti: Doomscrolling
"My first experience of Fringe was that it was a absolutely magical. I remember going to see an all-night comedy marathon hosted by Ed Byrne off the telly, then stumbling out of there into the morning sunshine, desperately hungry and wondering what had just happened."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 6th July 2024EdFringe Talk: Harry Stachini: Grenade
"For me, some of the best memories of the fringe are when you're sat with a pint around a table with other comedians sharing stories from that day and laughing at the rollercoaster ride that is taking a show up to the festival."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 6th July 2024EdFringe Talk: The Screen Test
"I silently hid inside of a cardboard gingerbread house for the first ten minutes of the show and then popped out to scare everyone in the audience after the first ten minutes!"
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 6th July 2024EdFringe Talk: Elf Lyons: Horses
"I am always moved by the beautiful aspects of humanity that you see shining through in the shows that are created, the way audience members connect with artists and one another in a crowd, and how absolutely insane the city becomes after 9pm on a Saturday."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 6th July 2024Fringe Quickies: 90 - Njambi McGrath: Benevolence
"Live performance is like sex. Every partner adds a new dimension to the fulfilment of both. Think of my show like your next partner."
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 6th July 2024
Gavin and Stacey immortalised in giant wall art
Much-loved characters from the hit BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey have been immortalised in a mural on the wall of a busy walkway.
BBC, 6th July 2024Funny At The Fringe - Holly Stars: Justice For Holly
"Something terrible and outrageous has happened. I've been apprehended in Superdrug with a handbag full of lipsticks. They're saying that I stole them. I'm saying that I'm innocent. But how did I get here? What's the truth? Come see the show to hear the full story."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 6th July 2024Fringe Quickies: 91 - Shitty Mozart
"A common misconception about me is that I'm not, in fact, the botched clone of Mozart."
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 6th July 2024Fringe Quickies: 92 - MC Hammersmith: The MC Stands For Middle Class'
"I shout raps very loud over very loud music. At 2pm in the afternoon. For an hour. It's a real assault on the senses."
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 6th July 2024
The week in audio: Time Of The Week
Time Of The Week is a new comedy show with a Brass Eye feel, except it's not taking the mick out of serious news programmes, but women's magazine shows.
Miranda Sawyer, The Guardian, 6th July 2024Zoë Coombs Marr's Guide to Gossip
Zoë Coombs Marr is bringing Every Single Thing In My Whole Entire Life to the Edinburgh Fringe. Here, she tells us why gossip is so important and how to do it properly.
Zoë Coombs Marr, LMAOnaise, 6th July 20242 Muslim 2 Furious: Aisha Amanduri and Hasan Al-Habib spill their innermost thoughts
Aisha Amanduri and Hasan Al-Habib are bringing their split bill 2 Muslim 2 Furious to the Edinburgh Fringe. Here, they reveal their innermost thoughts as they vaguely try to date each other.
Aisha Amanduri and Hasan Al-Habib, LMAOnaise, 6th July 2024Funny At The Fringe - Yozi: No Babies In The Sauna
"In the search for clear social rules to follow, an earnest castaway discovers the world of clowning."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 6th July 2024Theatre At The Fringe - My Greatest Period Ever
"It combines my passion for body literacy, singing, being playful, making people feel that their bodies are magic."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 6th July 2024Theatre At The Fringe - Hold on to Your Butts
"The show is called Hold On To Your Butts, in which two actors and a Foley artist perform a live, shot-for-shot parody of the greatest dinosaur film of all time. It's wildly inventive tour-de-force of comedy, physical theatre and live Foley."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 6th July 2024Fringe Quickies: 93 - Hannah Platt: Defence Mechanism
"I want the show to develop as I perform it over the fringe."
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 6th July 2024Fringe Quickies: 94 - Isabella Charlton: So, My Dad F*cked The Nanny
"Having fun in front of a new audience every night is what keeps it fresh for me."
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 6th July 2024Fringe Quickies: 94 - Pillock
"We keep it pacy, punchy and the music is banging".
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 6th July 2024TV & radio
10am30 min
You're Dead To Me
Series 9, Episode 1 - Printing in EnglandPerforming at the Hay Festival, Greg Jenner is joined in 15th-century England by Dr Lydia Zelndenrust and comedian Robin Ince to learn all about the early history of book printing.
11:30am30 min
Breaking The News
Series 28, Special - Election SpecialDes Clarke covers the result of the 2024 General Election with Janey Godley, Liam Withnail, Tiff Stevenson and Scott Agnew.
11pm30 min
Time Of The Week
Episode 1 - Breastfeeding, Country Music, ForearmsChloe Slack (Sian Clifford) hosts the current affairs show that gets under the skin of womanhood to exfoliate the issues that matter to women - from country music to dating a tree.