BCG Daily Wednesday 5th March 2025
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Bill Dare obituary
The creative force behind comedy shows from Spitting Image to Dead Ringers.
The Telegraph, 5th March 2025
Give Edinburgh Fringe the same status as Olympics, departing head urges
Shona McCarthy says public authorities have routinely ignored needs of world's largest arts festival.
Severin Carrell, The Guardian, 5th March 2025
Ellie Taylor: 'I would love to relax, but there's no capacity'
Ellie Taylor talks about her new tour, hectic life and finding the fun in 'serious and tricky' mid-life.
Lisa Salmon, The Independent, 5th March 2025
Alex Kealy interview
What has been happening since Fringe and the difference in writing for television and stage...
Phoenix Remix, 5th March 2025
Shona McCarthy: "Running the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society is not a job for the faint-hearted"
After nearly a decade running the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, including guiding it through some of its stormiest years, chief executive Shona McCarthy is stepping down. She tells Fergus Morgan about what she's most proud of achieving and her future plans.
Fergus Morgan, The Stage, 5th March 2025
John Cleese to perform three shows in Israel this June
The shows will take place in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, aickets for the shows are priced between 289 and 549 shekels (£62-£117).
Ellie Grant, The Jewish Chronicle, 5th March 2025
Sphere snaps up Fergus Craig's "riotously fun cosy crime novel" about retired serial-killer
Sphere Fiction has signed Everyone In My Retirement Home Thinks I Killed Someone by author Fergus Craig.
Heloise Wood, The Bookseller, 5th March 2025
Meet the second Chortle Student Comedy Award 2025 finalist
Warwick university student Fred Carver has become the second Chortle Student Comedy Award finalist, after winning his semi at Nottingham Trent University last night,
Chortle, 5th March 2025
London comedy club bans guests with Botox from its venues
The Top Secret Comedy Club in Covent Garden, whose stage has been graced by everyone from Jack Whitehall to Amy Schumer, claim that "frozen faces from Botox impact the entire atmosphere".
Claudia Cockerell, Evening Standard, 5th March 2025
Victoria Wood statue restored after taxi crash
A statue of the late comedian Victoria Wood has been reinstalled after it was hit and damaged by a taxi last year.
BBC, 5th March 2025Greaet British telly: QI - Britain's most quite interesting panel show
QI (Quite Interesting) stands as one of Britain's most intelligent and genuinely amusing panel shows, where knowledge, curiosity, and wit intersect to create something truly unique in the television landscape.
Jonathan, Anglotopia, 5th March 2025Podcasts
TV & radio
6:30pm15 min
Gladiators: Epic Pranks
Episode 11 - Bionic!Bionic ends up dressed as a rabbit when Nitro pranks him at a fake photoshoot, and the rest of the Gladiators have fun behind the scenes as they prank the audience at Sheffield Arena.
9pm30 min
Amandaland
Episode 5 - CampingMuch to Amanda's annoyance, Anne organises a camping trip to the New Forest. What should be a wholesome weekend away ends up being a nightmare, including snakes, drugs and UTIs.
9pm45 min
Rob Beckett's Smart TV
Series 2, Episode 1Comedy panel show celebrating the small screen, with Richard Osman, Danny Dyer, Motsi Mabuse and Richard Ayoade joining Rob and team captains Alison Hammond and Josh Widdicombe.
9:30pm30 min
Am I Being Unreasonable?
Series 2, Episode 5Sparks fly between Nic and Jen when Ollie shares a revelation. Jen and Suzie appear to have their own secrets they're keeping from Nic as we see another side to Jen.
11pm15 min
Bunk Bed
Series 10, Episode 4 - And Now The End Is Near And So I Face The...Patrick Marber and Peter Curran grapple in the dark with the wonders and woes of life.