BCG Daily Saturday 31st August 2024
Press clippings
Oasis playing concerts during the Fringe? That's madness
As if having a new Labour government with a landslide majority does not trigger enough nineties nostalgia, we hear that Oasis are to reform.
Vladimir McTavish, Edinburgh Evening News, 31st August 2024
Tim Harding's comedy diary
Despite knowing his name seemingly from the womb, I don't have a huge amount of real-world experience with Frank Skinner. If I had any expectations at all when heading into 30 Years Of Dirt at the Gielgud Theatre, it was that he might be a little old-fashioned. And it wasn't that he shattered those expectations exactly, he just made me question why that has to be a bad thing.
Tim Harding, Chortle, 31st August 2024
Romesh Ranganathan: "My greatest fear? My children ending up anything like me"
The actor and comedian on rants he regrets, his gross grooming habits and being vegetarian at KFC.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 31st August 2024
Milton Jones: I got heckled by Paul Weller and Robbie Williams at the same show
Ahead of an exhausting run of tour dates, Milton Jones opens up about early stand-up failures, A-list hecklers and the cruelty of dementia.
Hannah Newton, The Telegraph, 31st August 2024TV & radio
10am30 min
You're Dead To Me
Series 9, Episode 9 - Paleolithic Cave ArtGreg Jenner is joined in the stone age by Dr Isobel Wisher and comedian Sean Burke to learn all about cave art and the people who made it.
11am60 min
Fighting Talk
Series 22, Episode 2TV Presenter and broadcaster David Alorka, journalist and presenter Holly Hamilton, former footballer and coach Phil Brown, and comedian Carl Donnelly join Rick Edwards for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
9pm75 min
John Kearns: The Varnishing Days
Comedian John Kearns performs stand-up in front of a live audience.
9:30pm60 min
The Last Leg
The Last Leg In Paris, Episode 4 - Day 3Live studio guests are comedian Joel Dommett and presenters Helen Skelton and Ade Adepitan.
9:40pm35 min
Password
Episode 1Daisy May Cooper and Alan Carr help players guess mystery passwords across multiple rounds as they try to win £10,000, with Adisa and Jo the contestants in the first edition.
11pm30 min
The Many Wrongs Of Lord Christian Brighty
Episode 2 - The Best Friend I Locked UpChallenged by Babs to find a single person he's never wronged, Brighty finds himself re-running his best friend Russ Blackshark's stag do, whilst Churlington audits a tin mine.