BCG Daily Sunday 2nd February 2025
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"You name it, I did it": Sheila Hancock on comedy, age and anxiety
You might think Dame Sheila Hancock would be taking life a little easy - no chance. She talks about her working-class roots, being lucky in love, the frustration of being passed over for serious roles - and why she's fed up with feeling anxious.
Michael Segalov, The Observer, 2nd February 2025
Russell Brand "moves to the US" and claims he's being "attacked" by British authorities amid the BBC's damning misconduct review
The comedian, who is being investigated by police over historical allegations of sexual assault, is believed to have taken his family to Florida from Oxfordshire last autumn.
Ekin Karasin, Daily Mail, 2nd February 2025
Inside No 9: Stage/Fright review
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith turn into their own live tribute act.
Susannah Clapp, The Observer, 2nd February 2025
David Mitchell: Here's a shocking finding, gen Z - democracy isn't perfect
According to a new poll, half of our 13- to 27-year-olds can't see the point of all those time-wasting elections and parliaments. Why do they not know that authoritarianism is worse?
David Mitchell, The Observer, 2nd February 2025
Stanley Baxter: The Spy Who Wisnae. How M15 got it wrong on Scots star
Your mission, should you choose to except it, is to keep on reading. Now, the following won't strike your leg like a ricin-tipped umbrella - but it will shock - because it's been revealed that MI5 investigators in the early Sixties considered that (then) fast-rising acting star Stanley Baxter could well be a Soviet agent.
Brian Beacom, The Herald, 2nd February 2025
Rob Auton: The Eyes Open And Shut Show review
Auton - with the soul of a poet - is funny, self-deprecating, eager to please and brimful of hope.
Giles Broadbent, The Spy In The Stalls, 2nd February 2025
Rob Auton: The Eyes Open And Shut Show review
The Yorkshireman's half-banal half-profound ruminations on the subject of sight won me over.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 2nd February 2025TV & radio
10:15am10 min
Nikhil & Jay
Episode 19 - Nikhil And Jay And The Adventure ParkNikhil and Jay are pretending to be at an adventure park with rides all around the house. Jay is devastated when he loses his beloved toy, Chickpea, along the way.
3pm60 min
The History Of Mr Polly
Episode 2 - Making An End To ThingsIn the final episode, Mr Polly attempts to put his reckless plan of arson and self-destruction into practice.