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BCG Daily Saturday 6th February 2010

Press clippings

Four Lions Sundance diary

What happened when the writers of Four Lions, Chris Morris's 'jihadist comedy', took the film to Sundance? Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong open their diaries.

Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, The Guardian, 6th February 2010

Jonathan Ross makes US TV plea to Nigel Lythgoe

Jonathan Ross Ross asked "Nasty" Nigel Lythgoe to be nice yesterday and help him crack American TV.

The Sun, 6th February 2010

Pam Ayres: why opportunity still knocks

Famed for her comic verse and country burr, Pam Ayres tells Nigel Farndale about Britain's Got Talent, bad mortgages, and why she's started to write more serious poetry.

Nigel Farndale, The Telegraph, 6th February 2010

TV & radio

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 7pm
30 min
Harry Hill's TV Burp. Harry Hill. Copyright: Avalon Television

Harry Hill's TV Burp

Series 9, Episode 10

Harry gets egged for wearing a suit, fires Noah Dingle back to Emmerdale in a cannon and shears a sheep. Plus, TV Burp's new talent show The K Factor starts.

Radio 7 11pm
60 min
The Leicester Comedy Festival. Copyright: BBC

The Leicester Comedy Festival

Episode 5 - The Leicester Comedy Festival 2010

Barry Cryer presents Radio 7's exclusive coverage of the 2010 Festival's Preview Night. Featuring stand-up from Seann Walsh, ventriloquist Nina Conti, local boy Jim Smallman, newcomer Marlon Davis, Patrick Monahan and Rob Rouse.

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