BCG Daily Friday 22nd January 2010
Press clippings
Last night's TV: Bellamy's People
Bellamy's People are a funny old bunch all right - but they were funnier on the radio.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 22nd January 2010Video Interview: Tamsin Greig on latest challenge
Actress Tamsin Greig talks about her latest West End play The Little Dog Laughed, in which she plays a pushy agent.
She spoke to BBC Breakfast about what she loves about acting and why she thinks the public sometimes take too much interest in the private lives of celebrities.
BBC News, 22nd January 2010Do only fools and sci-fi writers make prequels?
Rock & Chips has presumably been made with an eye to turning it into a series. And here's hoping that happens. After all, given the hopelessly misjudged OFAH Christmas specials and The Green Green Grass, it seems fairly obvious that John Sullivan is determined to keep meddling with the corpse of Only Fools & Horses until it belches out another hit.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 22nd January 2010Chris Morris's Four Lions: Exclusive clip
Four Lions, the eagerly-awaited feature film debut from Brass Eye's Chris Morris, premieres at the Sundance film festival on Saturday. In this exclusive clip, we see how not to buy a dozen bottles of bomb-making bleach.
The Guardian, 22nd January 2010Four Lions: Ten things you need to know
Never one to shy away from controversy, Brass Eye satirist Chris Morris' hotly anticipated debut as a movie director is unsurprisingly provocative.
The Mirror, 22nd January 2010Ed Byrne Interview
Ed Byrne. Globally adored for his easy, chatty style, a household name due to numerous telly appearances, and a much-heard voiceover artist for Carphone Warehouse.
Tommy Holgate, The Sun, 22nd January 2010Marc Wootton rejects Sacha Baron Cohen comparison
Marc Wootton has rejected claims that he could be the new Sacha Baron Cohen.
Dan French, Digital Spy, 22nd January 2010Perfect comedy timings
BBC2's Thursday night comedy line-up seemed rather short on punchlines. So what would your dream 90-minute comedy schedule look like?
Vicky Frost, The Guardian, 22nd January 2010Paddy McGuinness engaged to former Miss Liverpool
Paddy McGuinness got engaged to former Miss Liverpool, Christine Martin, over Christmas.
The Sun, 22nd January 2010Patrick Kielty gives out Christine Bleakley's number
Furious telly beauty Christine Bleakley has had hundreds of calls to her mobile phone - after the number was revealed on-air by Patrick Kielty.
Daily Mail, 22nd January 2010Welcome To Bellamy's Babes (Fan Club)
Bellamy's Babes fanclub founder Patricia Webb will be keeping us up to date with fanclub activities each week on the blog.
Patricia Webb, BBC Comedy, 22nd January 2010TV Review: Bellamy's People
Rhys Thomas stars as Bellamy and does a decent enough job of playing the straight-man in amongst the idiots created for the show. However, the whole thing hangs together in such a beige manner that it's hard to buy into it all.
Mof Gimmers, TV Scoop, 22nd January 2010Bellamy's People Episode 1
Whitehouse and Higson both remain gifted comic performers, and there were some amusing moments and characters here. It's just a shame it started to bore me after 10 minutes and seemed to go limp on the screen.
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 22nd January 2010The Persuasionists Review
I'll fess up and say that I didn't really like episode 1 of The Persuasionists as I just didn't know the characters. There are other reasons, which I'll mention in a moment. But I did like episode 2.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 22nd January 2010We're not having a laugh
Tragic news from the English comedy store: it's mostly empty. The best comedy presently on mainstream TV is Nurse Jackie from the US; the only bright spot of native televisual wit is Rab C Nesbitt, which is Scottish and 20 years old. Last year's Miranda on BBC2, written by and starring Miranda Hart, brought a very fine comic talent to wider notice but the new year in comedy has so far been as limp as England's batting in the final cricket Test against South Africa.
J Lloyd, The Financial Times, 22nd January 2010Video Interview: Elliott Tittensor
Ahead of the seventh series premiere of Shameless on Channel 4 next week, we caught up with ab-flasher Elliott Tittensor to find out what we could.
Dan French, Digital Spy, 22nd January 2010QI: Quite Interesting facts about Japan
A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI goes to Japan.
Molly Oldfield and John Mitchinson, The Telegraph, 22nd January 2010Guerrilla Comic Invades Los Angeles
FOR someone like Marc Wootton even the simplest query - "How did your new Showtime series come about?" - can be an excuse for theatrical digression.
Margy Rochlin, The New York Times, 22nd January 2010Videos
TV
Podcasts
TV & radio
11:30am30 min
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
Series 5, Episode 6 - The MusicalArthur decides to devise his own autobiographical musical tribute to himself, Count Arthur Strong: The Musical. Hoping to raise the money to take it into the West End, Arthur performs highlights of the show to an invited audience of potential investors. Will he raise the money he needs to make his dream come true?
6:30pm30 min
The News Quiz
Series 70, Episode 3Boys, Beefcake and Booze: Sandi Toksvig hosts in the week that US healthcare looked unwell, Eton didn't feel like mixing, and Buckfast was mixed a little too much. Francis Wheen, Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman and Sue Perkins make up the illustrious panel.
8:30pm30 min
10pm30 min
8 Out Of 10 Cats
Series 9, Episode 3In a sports-themed edition of the show Jimmy Carr asks Sean Lock, Jason Manford, Gabby Logan, Johnny Vaughan, John Bishop and Denise Lewis to guess the country's top sporting highlights.
10:35pm60 min
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
Series 18, Episode 2 - Alan Carr, Billie Piper, Alicia KeysIn the second show of the series, Jonathan welcomes sizzling actress Billie Piper and top TV funnyman Alan Carr. Plus chat and performance from the mesmerising Alicia Keys.