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BCG Daily Sunday 19th January 2025

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Answer Me This hosts. Image shows left to right: Helen Zaltzman, Olly Mann

Pioneering podcasters Answer Me This! on the show's return

Hosts Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann tell us why their comeback coincides with Trump's second act - and how they now feel like the punks of the speech-audio world.

Miranda Sawyer, The Observer, 19th January 2025
Stewart Lee

Stewart Lee: An information dark age is upon us. I'm logging off

As Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos attempt to reshape our reality, my advice is to avoid their toxic platforms and wait it out.

Stewart Lee, The Observer, 19th January 2025
Sarah Keyworth

Tim Harding's comedy diary

If you write about comedy, it's not unusual for a publicist to turn down your request to review a show for one reason or another, but this is the first time I've had a request turned down because the show has too many good reviews already.

Tim Harding, Chortle, 19th January 2025
Kate Cheka

Kate Cheka: A Messiah Comes review

Barbed jokes and trenchant anecdotes. The Funny Women award-winner's debut tour combines the personal and the political with varying success - but always with enthusiasm and charm.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 19th January 2025
Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright. Image shows left to right: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith

Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright review

Stage/Fright is as genuinely scary, laugh-out-loud funny and weirdly moving as die-hard fans of the series have come to love.

Neil Durham, Monstagigz, 19th January 2025
Social icons

"Not where you go to laugh": LinkedIn turns to comedy

Light-hearted posts are becoming more popular on a professional network known for accidental hilarity.

Alex Irwin-Hunt, The Financial Times, 19th January 2025

TV & radio

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10 min
Nikhil & Jay

Nikhil & Jay

Episode 15 - Nikhil And Jay And The Lucky Striker

When Jay plays carrom with Ammamma's lucky striker, he can finally beat Amma. But when Jay loses the lucky striker, his winning streak comes to an end. Nikhil has a plan to help his brother.

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