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BCG Daily Sunday 10th November 2024

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Strictly Come Dancing 2024. Chris McCausland

Strictly's Chris McCausland praised for 'poignant' dance imitating blindness

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Chris McCausland has been praised for performing a dance imitating his experience with blindness.

Aoife Walsh, BBC, 10th November 2024
Junior Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Rose Matafeo, Mike Wozniak

Junior Taskmaster review

Crucially, Junior Taskmaster retains the mischievous air of the adult version, and the kids are gobby and spiky - no one looks as if they're going to burst into tears, except perhaps Wozniak. It should probably air around teatime rather than its present 8pm slot, but it works.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 10th November 2024
Josh Widdicombe

Inside Josh Widdicombe's home with butcher shop tiles and a £6,000 bath

The comedian's interior designer wife, Rose Hanson, has restored an 1860s house with copper pipes, vintage finds and lots of books.

Katrina Burroughs, The Times, 10th November 2024
Generation Z

Generation Z's Buket Komur 'didn't recognise' famous co-stars

Buket Komur appears in the Channel 4 zombie drama Generation Z, external with Robert Lindsay and Anita Dobson, two of Britain's best-known TV faces. But Komur, a University of East Anglia (UEA) graduate from Hertfordshire, said she grew up watching Turkish TV shows so had not seen them in their famous roles.

Alex Arnold, BBC, 10th November 2024
Lloyd Griffith

"I was doing a reverse Samson": comedian Lloyd Griffith on having a hair transplant

For years, Lloyd Griffith had been worried about going bald. Finally, he took the plunge and had a hair transplant. Here, he describes the unexpectedly empowering result of tackling his fears.

Lloyd Griffith, The Guardian, 10th November 2024
Joe Lycett: More, More, More! How Do You Lycett. Joe Lycett

Joe Lycett gives update on becoming a dad

Joe Lycett's baby news came like a bolt from the blue last month and now the 36-year-old has shared an update, describing fatherhood as a 'total delight.'

Chloe Thomas, The Sun, 10th November 2024
Lewis Macleod's Wired News. Lewis (Lewis Macleod). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

'People feel terrible. They want to laugh': can comedy make light of Trump 2.0?

A second Donald Trump presidency may be darker than the first, but his victory has unleashed the creative energies of satirists and stand-ups.

Rachael Healy, The Observer, 10th November 2024
Lil Wenker

Lil Wenker review

"Bangtail is a whirlwind of comedy, chaos, and heart."

Stimpson, A Young(ish) Perspective, 10th November 2024
Sophie Willan

Sophie Willan: 'Right Said Fred have no sense of humour at all'

'People often think I'm a bit of battle axe. There's always an assumption that you must be a difficult battle axe because you're a woman who's got a plan.'

Adam Miller, Metro, 10th November 2024
Adrian Edmondson

Jennifer Saunders and Adrian Edmondson caught in Dartmoor planning row

The Grade II listed secluded Devon home of comedians Jennifer Saunders and Adrian Edmondson is currently at the centre of a potential planning row over proposals to make changes to suit their 'current needs and lifestyles'.

Anita Merritt, Devon Live, 10th November 2024

Videos

TV & radio

CBeebies logo. Credit: BBC 10:15am
11 min
Nikhil & Jay

Nikhil & Jay

Episode 8 - Nikhil And Jay And The Monster Camp

When Jay discovers Nikhil had camped in the wild, he wants to have a monster camping adventure in their garden. Will they meet any monsters? And will Jay be as brave as Nikhil?

BBC Two 9pm
30 min
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. Image shows left to right: Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Series 7, Episode 8 - Grayling (River Frome, Dorset)

Paul, Bob and Ted travel to Dorset to fish the River Frome for grayling before turning their hand to mackerel fishing on Chesil Beach.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm
60 min
Generation Z

Generation Z

Episode 5

Charlie and Steff's friendship is tested. Billy sees an opportunity to take control. Gil is starting to realise that her task is more than meets the eye. The residents of Dambury decide that enough is enough...

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