BCG Daily Monday 24th February 2025
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Kate Smurthwaite wins Fringe World Award
Kate Smurthwaite has won the 2025 Fringe World overall award for Best Children's Event at Fringe World in Perth for her family-friendly science show Evolution Revolution.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th February 2025
New food facts podcast from makers of No Such Thing As A Fish
From the makers of the legendary BBC2 panel show QI and its hit spin-off podcast No Such Thing As A Fish comes Lunchbox Envy, to add a generous dollop of bizarre and unusual facts to every meal.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th February 2025
John Oliver delights in revealing the absurdity in the obscure in the U.S., his adopted homeland
How did a British-born, middle-class, grade school cut up become one of the USA's sharpest comedians?
Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 24th February 2025
Sandi Toksvig: We must stand up to the Government and Big Tech on AI
As the deadline fast approaches on the Government's consultation on copyright and AI (midnight Tuesday 25 February), WGGB President Sandi Toksvig OBE says we must all take a stand against the Government proposals which will allow Big Tech to use creators' work without payment or permission to train AI.
Sandi Toksvig, Writers' Guild of Great Britain, 24th February 2025
Ian Smith's Unforgettable 5 gigs
"I was convinced I was going to die on a mountain pass."
Chortle, 24th February 2025
Fact check: Did Anas Sarwar call Billy Connolly vulgar and offensive?
"Outdated", "vulgar" and "offensive" are the words that a viral fake tweet depicts Labour leader Anas Sarwar calling Billy Connolly. There is no evidence that Sarwar ever gave such a quote, but it has been shared widely on social media site Twitter/X.
The Jouker, The National (Scotland), 24th February 2025
Eshaan Akbar review
It takes a bold comedian to mine humour from racism (not his own, I should add) and he frequently doesn't play safe with his material, much to his credit.
Chris Parkle, The Real Chrisparkle, 24th February 2025
Archive: Tony Hancock's guide to the trials - and errors - of being a household comic
As part of our Greatest Interviews series, we go back to 1961 to hear why the funnyman's career was becoming no laughing matter.
Tony Hancock, The Telegraph, 24th February 2025
Sian Davies: Band Of Gold review
This is Sian Davies's divorce show... kind of. It's been seven years since the split - enough time to give her perspective and for the bitterness to dissipate.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 24th February 2025
Jeffrey Holland on starring in British comedy classics
He was Spike the gormless comic in the holiday camp hit and also bagged roles in You Rang M'Lord? and Dad's Army. As he publishes a memoir, Holland talks about frisky stallions, today's "over-sensitive" era - and being huge in Hungary.
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 24th February 2025
Paddington In Peru VFX studio reveals secrets of bringing the loveable bear to life
With Paddington In Peru now on its second week of adventures in U.S. cinemas and having hit a global box office of $125 million, VFX powerhouse Framestore has lifted the lid on how it brought the entirely CG bear - and much of his surroundings - to life.
Alex Ritman, Variety, 24th February 2025
Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish, review
While it can feel like the world has rocked off its axis during its absence, the U&Dave favourite has scarcely changed at all.
Keith Watson, The Telegraph, 24th February 2025
Chris O'Dowd: "I wish Graham Linehan was writing more"
The IT Crowd star talks about his new Hollywood satire Small Town, Big Story, leaving America and the problem with cancel culture.
Ben Dowell, The Times, 24th February 2025
Military Wives musical to have world premiere
York Theatre Royal, in association with Everyman Theatre Cheltenham and Buxton Opera House, has announced the world premiere of Debbie Isitt's Military Wives The Musical.
Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 24th February 2025Videos
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2:45pm15 min
The Island
Episode 2 - The Threatening NoteA threatening note threatens to threaten Stephen's new island lifestyle, and Sandi Toksvig speaks through a worm.
3:30pm5 min
Big Lizard
Episode 47 - The Day We Lost RexRex is missing - but Dad, Cosima and Big Lizard need him to save them from a giant slug!
6pm30 min
So Awkward Academy
Series 2, Episode 5 - The Great PretendersLily pretends to be ill, Tam pretends to help and Mr Malone pretends to be confident.
6:30pm30 min
Just A Minute
Series 94, Episode 6 - Limoncello And PortobelloSue Perkins challenges Josie Lawrence, Ivo Graham, Sara Pascoe and Daliso Chaponda to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. Subjects include Dollywood, When The Dust Has Settled, and My Get Pumped Playlist.
6:30pm15 min
Gladiators: Epic Pranks
Episode 6 - Cyclone!Nitro and Fury prank Cyclone, who thinks she is filming an animal-themed exercise video dressed as a turtle. The other Gladiators have fun pranking the audience at Sheffield Arena.
9pm60 min
At Home With Katherine Ryan
Series 2, Episode 3 - The Big Tour Kicks OffKatherine Ryan is starting a 10 month comedy tour of the UK and Europe. If that wasn't enough pressure she's leaving behind Violet, a teenager in her GCSE year and her two newest babies, Fred and Fenna, both under 3.
9pm60 min
Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish
Series 6, Episode 1 - Twelve Is The Number We Do Things InScreen? Check. Clicker? Check. Shirt? Definitely Check. Dave's back in a sixth series probing modern life's follies: fake search engines, big tech's rules - and a wager that goes too far.