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BCG Daily Tuesday 1st October 2024

News

Operation Mincemeat starring SpitLip. Image shows left to right: Claire-Marie Hall, Natasha Hodgson, David Cumming, Zoë Roberts, Jak Malone. Credit: Matt Crockett Live

Operation Mincemeat heads to America

Hit West End comedy musical Operation Mincemeat is to open on New York's Broadway in February, at the Golden Theatre. Meanwhile the London version of the show will continue through until at least March 2025, having now been extended for a tenth time.

Image shows from L to R: Ben Willbond, Laurence Rickard TV

Ghosts stars Laurence Rickard & Ben Willbond create Netflix animation

Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond are developing In Case Of Emergency, an animated comedy for Netflix set in a British hospital.

Cheers TV

American sitcom Cheers set to be adapted for British viewers

Cheers, the long-running US sitcom, looks set to be re-made for British audiences.

FYI

Back. Image shows from L to R: Andrew (Robert Webb), Stephen (David Mitchell) TV

Back adaptation on HBO

Back, the 2017 to 2021 Channel 4 sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, is set to be re-made for American audiences by HBO.

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Press clippings

Ed Byrne. Copyright: Roslyn Gaunt

Ed Byrne review

No-one but Ed Byrne could so candidly turn something so dark into something so light and funny.

Catherine Gregson, Forge Press, 1st October 2024
Early Doors. Image shows from L to R: Joe (Craig Cash), Duffy (Phil Mealey). Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment

A British Cheers remake? The UK already has the perfect pub-set sitcom

If it's a British version of Cheers you're after, then one already exists in the form of Craig Cash and Phil Mealey's excellent comedy Early Doors.

Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 1st October 2024
Ruby Wax

Ruby Wax review

Ruby Wax's latest show, I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was, is as visceral as it is hilarious, following Ruby's deeply personal quest to find inner peace through an external to-do list that backfires - yet at the same time miraculously reconnects her with herself.

Katy Davies, Entertainment Focus, 1st October 2024
Lloyd Griffith

Lloyd Griffith review

Baroque & Roll is patchier than Griffith's new weave.

Jay Richardson, The Reviews Hub, 1st October 2024
Richard Gadd

Richard Gadd driving beat up £500 Skoda Fabia despite success of Baby Reindeer

Richard Gadd is still driving a beat-up banger - despite hitting the big time with the Netflix stalking drama.

Alex Diaz, The Sun, 1st October 2024

Podcasts

Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown

Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown: Series 14 - Clear the Garden Path

97 minutes

An episode recorded live at The Phoenix Pub with guests Michael Odewale and Ania Magliano.

TV & radio

Radio 4 3pm
30 min
Punt & Dennis: Route Masters. Image shows left to right: Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis

Punt & Dennis: Route Masters

Episode 1 - From Beer To Jurassic Park

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis uncover links between random places, people and things as they travel between beer and Jurassic Park, via prime numbers and the Hunchback of Notre Dame. With guest Jessica Fostekew.

CBeebies logo. Credit: BBC 5:15pm
11 min
Dodge's Pup School

Dodge's Pup School

Episode 2 - Class Star

Dodge is eager to win the Class Star award, but how will he outshine Cherry the superstar at everything? Dodge discovers the real key to winning Class Star is by trying his best.

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