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 Screenshot of the BCG homepage on 15 January 2016 | |
Type of site | TV,radio, andfilm guide of British comedy |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mark Boosey and Aaron Brown |
| URL | comedy.co.uk |
| Registration | Required to post (free) |
| Launched | August 2003 |
| Current status | Active |
British Comedy Guide orBCG (formerly theBritish Sitcom Guide orBSG) is aBritishwebsite coveringBritish comedies.[1][2] BCG publishes guides to TV and radiosituation comedy,sketch shows,comedy dramas,satire,variety andpanel games. The website also runsThe Comedy.co.uk Awards and hosts multiplepodcast series.
Reportedly, British Comedy Guide attracts over 500,000 unique visitors a month, making it Britain's most-visited comedy-related reference website.[3]
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The website was founded in August 2003 initially as the British Sitcom Guide (BSG), a website focused on Britishsitcom TV programmes. The website was created by Mark Boosey, afreelanceweb developer, originally as a hobby.[1] However, in 2008, the remit of the website was relaunched as British Comedy Guide. Other features added since the site's re-launch in 2008 include a series of podcasts, a section featuring interviews with people working in the British comedy industry, and aTwitter-based news service.
The website went through another relaunch in 2016, where it underwent a redesign of the layout and a new logo which depicts a yellow crown on the word 'Guide'.
In 2015, BCG's data specialist Ian Wolf was awarded the inaugural "Unsung Hero" at the first FringePig Ham Fist awards for his work collating reviews during that year'sEdinburgh Festival Fringe.[4]
| Ref | Joined | Person | Job Title(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [5] | 2003 | Mark Boosey | Site Editor |
| [6] | 2005 | Aaron Brown | Note |
| [7] | 2006 | Ian Dunn (aka Ian Wolf) | Data Specialist |
| [8] | 2009 | Si Hawkins | Regular Columnist |
BCG hosts multiple podcasts, some of which have gone on to win awards.As It Occurs to Me was nominated for aSony Radio Academy Award in 2010,[9]Do the Right Thing won the Bronze Sony Award for "Best Internet Programme" in 2012,[10]Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown won at the 2012Loaded Lafta Awards for "Best Podcast",[11] andRichard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast won the Bronze Sony Radio Award for comedy in 2013.[12]
In June 2013, an episode ofRichard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast saw hostRichard Herring interviewingStephen Fry, in which Fry revealed that he had attempted to commit suicide. The story has been reported in theBBC andSky News.[13][14]
The podcasts hosted by BCG are:[15]
| Name | Year |
|---|---|
| The Collings and Herrin Podcast | 2008–2011 |
| Richard Herring: As It Occurs to Me | 2009–2011 |
| What Are You Laughing At? | 2011–2014 |
| Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast | 2011–present |
| Me1 vs Me2 Snooker with Richard Herring | 2011–present |
| Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown | 2011–present |
| Do the Right Thing | 2011–2019 |
| Talking Cock with Richard Herring | 2012–2013 |
| Live from Kirrin Island | 2012–2015 |
| Mat Ricardo's London Varieties | 2012–2013 |
| No Pressure to Be Funny | 2011–2015 |
| Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast | 2012–present |
| The John Dredge Nothing to Do with Anything Show | 2013–2020 |
| The Comedian's Comedian with Stuart Goldsmith | 2013–present |
| Richard Herring: We're All Going to Die | 2013 |
| Margaret Thatcher Queen of Podcasts | 2015 |
| Sitcom Geeks | 2015–2023 |
| My Dad Wrote a Porno | 2015–2022 |
| ManBuyCow | 2015–present |
| Richard Herring: Happy Now? | 2016 |
| Isy Suttie's The Things We Do for Love | 2016–present |
| The Adventures of Grett Binchleaf | 2016–present |
| Hayley & Ruth: Two Stars | 2016–present |