BCG Daily Tuesday 24th December 2024
Press clippings
Gavin & Stacey: An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Christmas finale
"It can't carry on after this," explains James Corden. "It just can't."
Colin Paterson, BBC, 24th December 2024
Only Fools stage show stars left "visibly upset" after two black cast-members are "racially abused by a rowdy audience member"
Black actors Bradley John and Gloria Acquaah-Harrison, who play truck driver Denzil Tulser and and new character Mrs Obooko, were said to be the target of the disgusting comments which left them 'visibly upset'.
Geraint Llewellyn, Daily Mail, 24th December 2024
Jonny & The Baptists (The Happiness Index) interview
After an incredibly well-received run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Jonny & The Baptists are set to take their production The Happiness Index on a UK tour.
Vicky Humphreys, Adventures in Theatreland, 24th December 2024
Sophie McCartney: "Shocking state of childcare in the UK forced me to become a comedian"
Comedian and novelist Sophie McCartney - yes, from that McCartney family - hasn't had an ordinary route into stand-up and parenthood. Or life, for that matter.
Kitty Chrisp, Metro, 24th December 2024Review: Peter Pan pantomime at Birmingham Hippodrome
Birmingham Hippodrome's pantomime may be the last to open just before Christmas but it's certainly not the least across the land. And this year it's a real belter. Packed full of 'wow' moments, it looks and sounds fabulous with non-stop spectacle and laughs.
Diane Parkes, What's On Stage, 24th December 2024Videos
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Podcasts
TV & radio
9am30 min
Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics
Christmas Special - SaturnaliaExpect gifts, special pyjamas, drinking games and cross-dressing. Natalie celebrates the mid-winter festival of Ancient Rome, Saturnalia, with André Vincent and Llewelyn Morgan.
6:30pm30 min
Best Medicine
Series 2, Episode 6 - Pain Management, Organoids, Prosthetic Leg CoversDesiree Burch discovers ways to cope with pain, Dr Abdullah Khan explores tiny beating hearts in a dish, and Dr Mark Williams tells Kiri how losing his leg led to finding his purpose.
8pm30 min
Dick Clement And Ian La Frenais Remember... Porridge
Fifty years on from when the prison doors first slammed shut on Norman Stanley Fletcher, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais look back at this landmark British comedy.
9:15pm60 min
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Gone Christmas Fishing 2024, Christmas Special - The Lot Valley, South West FrancePaul and Bob head to Cahors in the South West of France, where they celebrate another eventful year of fishing together.