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BCG Daily Thursday 7th January 2010

Press clippings

Jonathan Ross quits BBC

Jonathan Ross has announced he is leaving the BBC, after 13 years working for the corporation.

BBC News, 7th January 2010

50 Cent fancies cameo on Shameless

Rapper 50 Cent admits he fancies a cameo role on Shameless.

The Sun, 7th January 2010

Graham Linehan on writing sketch 'runners'

I was asked recently to turn a sketch I had written into a 'runner' (a sketch that returns weekly featuring the same characters / situation / catchphrase). I didn't think the idea had legs, so I said no, but I have other, more complicated reasons that I've been thinking about for a while now, and I thought maybe I should set them down in case anyone finds them useful.

Graham Linehan, Posterous, 7th January 2010

Videos

TV & radio

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
House On Fire. Image shows from L to R: Matt South (Jody Latham), Vicky Johnson (Emma Pierson). Copyright: Pacificus Productions

House On Fire

Series 1, Episode 1 - Moving In

Vicky and Matt, previously strangers, have decided to buy a house together in these credit crunch times. It's day one, and only one person can have the spacious top bedroom. Who will get it, and what are they prepared to do to secure it?

Radio 7 11pm
30 min
Miles Jupp

Newsjack

Series 2, Episode 1

The quick-fire team, lead by Miles Jupp, don't waste any time in making light of the first events of 2010. Snow is the big story of the week, but Newsjack does its best to talk about other things.

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