BCG Daily Wednesday 18th September 2024
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Huge Gavin & Stacey plot detail for the Christmas special is leaked as the BBC ramp up security on set
Bosses are said to have ramped up security after a photo was taken of James Corden, who plays Smithy, holding the script, which contained the plot detail, while filming in a department store.
Connie Rusk, Daily Mail, 18th September 2024
The History Boys review
The action flows fairly nicely, albeit a little slowly. The first half especially could probably benefit from an injection of pace or energy.
Peter Ruddick, North West End UK, 18th September 2024
Omid Djalili: "You can't wash blood away with more blood"
As the actor and comedian returns for a fiery new stand-up tour, he tells Helen Coffey about the best moment of his life (involving Brad Pitt and Robert Redford), how he learnt to channel rage into humour, and why he's now entering his fabulous second act.
Helen Coffey, The Independent, 18th September 2024
Ricky Gervais accused of bullying by former touring partner and comedian Robin Ince
Ince said working with Gervais caused him to break out in 'red lumps'.
Maira Butt, The Independent, 18th September 2024
Fern Brady review
In her new show I Gave You Milk To Drink, Brady weaves seemingly unrelated witticisms and personal accounts together and covers ground such as meeting talking cats while on mushrooms, why she turned down Strictly Come Dancing, meeting Miriam Margolyes while paralysed from Botox injections and her overeagerness to discuss euthanasia with Pru Leith.
Neil Ainger, Narc Magazine, 18th September 2024
Lenny Henry's The Boy With Wings to be adapted for the stage in Polka Theatre season
Polka Theatre is set to present the world premiere stage adaptation of Lenny Henry's best-selling children's book The Boy With Wings.
Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 18th September 2024
Super Seven: Gavin Webster
As the North East comedian embarks on a lengthy UK tour this month, we attempt to get under his skin with some randomly selected questions...
Narc Magazine, 18th September 2024
Andrew O'Neill: Geburah review
Running the gamut from acute social commentary to applaudably contrived puns, O'Neill weaves a compelling spell of disparate elements with Geburahp, ultimately conducting the audience through a ritualised invocation of bloodletting that feels both an apt conclusion and surprisingly optimistic.
The Reviews Hub, 18th September 2024
Union criticises 'censorship' after play cancelled
Acting union Equity has criticised a "growing culture of censorship" after a production of Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream was cancelled, reportedly in a dispute over references to the Israel-Gaza war and trans rights.
Ian Youngs, BBC News, 18th September 2024Podcasts
TV & radio
5:35pm25 min
Pickle Storm
Episode 8 - Mother's DayFor Mother's Day, Pickle decides to get Lystra some flowers. Unfortunately, she helps herself to next door's prizewinning sunflowers.
9pm60 min
Chris Ramsey: Live From London
A stand-up performance at the Royal Court Theatre in London's West End, with the comedian lifting the curtain on his domestic frustrations and flawed attempts to be a good parent.
10pm30 min
Comedy Central Live
CC Live: Stand Up Shorts 2024, Episode 5Fresh and hilarious stand-up from four of the UK's hottest comics. Kemah Bob, Finlay Christie, Bella Hull and Michael Akadiri share jokes about "Karens", break ups and NHS doctors.
10:30pm30 min
Comedy Central Live
CC Live: Stand Up Shorts 2024, Episode 6Fresh stand-up from four of the UK's hottest comics. Josh Jones, Yuriko Kotani, John Tothill and Chantel Nash discuss scaring people on trains, working in Japan and terrifying schoolkids.
11pm15 min
Follow The Rabbit
Episode 3 - The Body That Came From The SkyStraying from the ghost path in search of alien life, Chris meets Robert - a farmer who claims he had a very close encounter with an alien when it fell out of its craft and into a field below. Chris is determined to secure physical evidence of this extraterrestrial being, so they attempt to lure the alien back to the farm with the intention of cutting a piece of it off.
11:15pm15 min
The Skewer
Series 12, Episode 2This week: Strictly Come Bullying, Fifi and the Flowertories, and the playing of the Blame Game.