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Catch up with Noel Gay on Television

If you're finding yourself with a little extra time on your hands and want to catch up with all of those brilliant television series you might have missed, have a look at our guide for where to make a start.   If you're looking to keep your younger family members occupied, why not set them up with music classes bought to your home by YolanDa Brown? Every episode of YolanDa's Band Jam is available on iPlayer, from Jam #1's Toot-ally Awesome Recorders to this weekend's Jam with Beverly Knight! You can also catch up on 2019's CBeebies Prom . For the...

Sam Pamphilon on The Mash Report

Sam Pamphilon features on Nish Kumar's The Mash Report tonight on BBC Two at 10pm. The Mash Report is Britain’s most uncompromising topical satire and tackles all the troubling news from a world putting its faith in Boris Johnson and Donald Trump. Nish Kumar hosts an array of hilarious correspondents, including Rachel Parris, Geoff Norcott and Ellie Taylor, all coming to your living room from their living room via webcams of varying quality. You can find more details and watch online here.

Podcasts from Noel Gay Clients

We've got a whole host of funny, fascinating and unbelievable Podcasts from our clients available to listen to online now. To start, we've got comedy from some of our brightest podcasting stars. Get your daily dose of comedy with Newswipe and The Now Show's Jake Yapp's brilliant sketch show Not Today Thank You  featuring topical skits and songs. Then you can find some excellent podcasts by Tom Crowley – his self-produced comedy sketch podcast Crowley Time with me, Tom Crowley with skits and scenes from across the universe, the award winning podcast comedy drama Wooden Overcoats, and the first episode of...

BBC's 'Dead Ringers' wins Chortle Comedy Award

BBC Radio 4's long-running satirical impressions show Dead Ringers has won the Chortle Comedy Radio Award 2020 which is decided by listener votes. The programme, which features writing and performances from our brilliant clients Laurence Howarth and Josh Berry, first aired back in 2000 and has since become a firm favourite with Radio 4 listeners for it's razor sharp satire and hilarious impressions.   You can listen to clips from Dead Ringers and find out more about the programme here.

Toby Longworth in Sky Original 'Breeders'

Toby Longworth features in brand new series on Sky One Breeders. Based on an original idea by Martin Freeman, who stars as the loving dad whose children have totally derailed his life plans, Breeders exposes the parental paradox that it is possible, in the very same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being angry enough to want to send them there. You can watch Breeders on Sky One and NowTV from 10pm on Thursday 12th March 2020. https://youtu.be/dejKMCl1AGs

Emily Maitlis Presents one hour special on Dominic Cummings for BBC Two

Award winning journalist and broadcaster Emily Maitlis is presenting a new and exclusive one-hour special for the BBC, examining the career and political influence of Dominic Cummings. He was hailed as the 'mastermind' behind the Leave campaign, and is now Chief Adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but what does Cummings, the most powerful un-elected political figure in the UK, actually believe? Join Emily at 9pm, 18th March on BBC Two to find out.   You can find more information about the programme here.

Natasha Magigi in 'The Incident Room' transfers to New York

After a successful run at the New Diorama and Greenwich Theatres in London, The Incident Room featuring Natasha Magigi is transferring to 59e59 Theatres in New York. The play, set in 1975, follows Sergeant Megan Winterburn as she joins hundreds of officers working around the clock to find the man known as the Yorkshire Ripper. This "intelligent, imaginative and, most of all, damn interesting” (The Stage) production is running from 23rd April - 24th May (more information and tickets here). ★★★★ - The Telegraph ★★★★ - The Stage ★★★★ - The Scotsman ★★★★ - BroadwayWorld ★★★★★ - British Theatre Guide ★★★★★ - London Theatre 1...

Fiona Bruce, Ayesha Hazarika and Emily Maitlis feature in Women in Westminster: Top 100

Ayesha Hazarika, Fiona Bruce and Emily Maitlis have all been named by The House magazine as being in the top 100 most influential women in Westminster in their inaugural Women in Westminster: The 100.   Following on from International Women’s Day on 8th March 2020, Women in Westminster: The 100 celebrates the achievements and the valuable role women play in public life, by recognising one hundred high profile women from the world of Westminster.   You can read the full list of Parliamentarians, civil servants, advisers, journalists, public affairs specialists and more here.

New series of The Now Show with Steve Punt on BBC Radio 4

There's a brand new series of BBC Radio 4's topical comedy show The Now Show co-anchored by our brilliant Steve Punt. Back for it's 56th series, the programme airs on Friday nights at 6.30pm on BBC radio 4 with stand-up, music and sketches. There are a number of Noel Gay clients featuring in the show across the series including Joe Barnes and Gemma Arrowsmith. You can find more information and listen online here.

Katy Ellis in rehearsals for Emma Rice's 'Malory Towers'

Our brilliant actor-musician Katy Ellis starts rehearsals for Wise Children and Emma Rice's production of Malory Towers which will be touring from March this year. The musical, adapted from the beloved Enid Blyton book, is the original Girl Power story and is full of live music and animation.   You can find out more about the production here.

Noel Gay Clients on ITV's 'Saturday Night Takeaway'

A number of our brilliant comedy clients are appearing on upcoming episodes of ITV's award-winning Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway in their new mini-series Men In Brown https://youtu.be/YvsMAksi5LE The series sees Ant & Dec trying to save the earth from various alien attacks and a secret intergalactic race called The Squittarianuvians - or the Squits for short. This new comedy features our Tristan Rogers, Philippa Carson, Lenny Sherman and Toby Longworth playing various roles - both human and alien! - and Brona C Titley was part of the writing team. Saturday Night Takeaway is on ITV at 7pm and you can find out more...

Emily Maitlis and Newsnight triumph at RTS Awards 2020

The brilliant Emily Maitlis and the team at Newsnight had three big wins at the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2020 which took place on 26th February in London. Emily was named as Network Presenter of the Year for her second year in a row and came out ahead of Victoria Derbyshire and Tom Bradby. Newsnight was awarded as Daily News Programme of the Year and won Interview of the Year for their jaw-dropping interview with the Duke of York. You can find out more about the awards and see the winners for all categories here.

Laurence Howarth in Casualty

Laurence Howarth will be hitting the small screen on Saturday 22nd February in Casualty. Tune in to BBC One at 21:10 to watch. You can find more information here and if you missed the broadcast, you can also catch up on iPlayer. Check out a teaser from Laurence's episode below!

Sex Robots & Vegan Meat by Jenny Kleeman available for pre-order

Award winning journalist and documentary maker Jenny Kleeman's Sex Robots & Vegan Meat: Adventures at the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex & Death will take the reader on a fascinating exploration of the changes afoot, and their implications for who we are as a society, and as humans. A timely investigation into the forces that are driving innovation in the four core areas of human experience (birth, food, sex and death), we are on the brink of seismic change in every one of these four areas, from artificial wombs, to lab-grown meat; from sex robots programmable to have polite conversations with...

EMILY MAITLIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN BRITAIN.

Thhe BBC’s arch-interrogator claimed her first royal scalp last year but she’s long been the scourge of negligent public servants dragged before the Newsnight cameras to face judgment. Profligate expense accounts? Sexist comments caught on mic? Uncosted party manifesto? Maitlis, on behalf of the country, will deliver the sentence. Don’t confuse her with: Andrew Neil. He grills; she incinerates.   So says GQ Magazine's 50 Most Influential People in Britain.   See Emily Maitlis  on Newsnight at 10:30pm weekdays on BBC Two. Catch up on her interview with Prince Andrew here.

JEREMY VINE ON 5 FOR THREE MORE YEARS

Jeremy Vine, ITN and Channel 5 have signed a new three-year deal to produce Jeremy Vine on 5. Jeremy Vine’s current affairs show, premiered in September 2018, replacing Matthew Wright’s The Wright Stuff. In its first full year on air, it increased C5’s slot share by 5% to 5.37%, and in September 2019, gave the channel its highest monthly share in the slot (7.1%) since March 2010. Jeremy Vine has been a hit on digital platforms: its video content was viewed more than 85 million times across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter in its first year, and its social media followers have grown...

Congratulations Krishnan Guru-Murthy! The Heat Is On for Sport Relief

Krishnan Guru-Murthy has successfully completed Sport Relief's The Heat Is On challenge, a 100-mile desert expedition of epic proportions to reach the notoriously dangerous Skeleton Coast. Over four days in February, Krishnan and the team traversed the Namib desert in Namibia, Africa, by foot, bike and ski to reach a shipwreck on the notoriously dangerous Skeleton Coast. They faced exhausting days in the blistering sun as they took on the highest sand dunes on earth and encountered deadly desert wildlife all in temperatures up to 35 degrees Celsius. Why would they do this to themselves? To raise money to improve life-changing...

Emma Ernest joins The Globe on Tour

Following in the tradition of their resident playwright, Shakespeare’s Globe head for the road and presents a trio of plays exploring the city and the places beyond the city walls and boundaries. Emma Ernest will be making her professional debut on tour with Shakespeare's Globe, performing as Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Rosalind (As You Like It) and Ariel  (The Tempest). For more information and tickets click here.