BCG Daily Tuesday 9th February 2010
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Video: Polar bears in sub-zero comedy
Helen Baxendale and Stephen Mangan star in the low budget comedy, 'Beyond The Pole'. The film was shot in -30 degrees centigrade in northern Greenland and a rifle had to be kept on set to fend off polar bears.
'Beyond The Pole' is showing at the ICA from Friday until February 28, and at selected independent cinemas nationwide from March.
BBC News, 9th February 2010Mark Thomas: The People's Manifesto
Comedian Mark Thomas's latest work, 'The People's Manifesto', is a touring stage show cum Radio 4 series cum book, in which he canvasses the opinions of ordinary Britons, he tells Neil Tweedie.
Neil Tweedie, The Telegraph, 9th February 2010Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Returns!
'There'll be a 2nd series of Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle. Huzzah! Huzzah!' tweeted producer Armando Iannucci earlier today.
Matt Callanan, BBC Comedy, 9th February 2010Round 3.2: One all - the Brigstocke's back!
Porsha and Stacey helped illustrate the argument 'A threesome is better in the imagination than in reality' which considering the men on stage - myself, Jimmy and Rufus - is like watching Wayne Rooney, Peter Andre and Dappy from N-Dubz debate the drawbacks of winning the Nobel Prize for literature. But even less likely.
Marcus Brigstocke, UKTV, 9th February 2010Videos
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6:30pm30 min
Act Your Age
Series 2, Episode 4Team captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Johnnie Casson are joined by Mike Wozniak, Robin Ince and Ted Robbins.
10pm30 min
We Need Answers
Series 2, Episode 11 - NatureHow Clean Is Your House star Aggie MacKenzie competes against gay rights activist Peter Tatchell.
10:20pm40 min
Argumental
Series 3, Episode 2John Sergeant, Marcus Brigstocke and Rufus Hound are joined by Jimmy Carr and Sarah Millican. Arguments include whether a threesome is better in the imagination than in real life.
10:30pm30 min
Coming Of Age
Series 2, Episode 5 - Lederhosen HeroDK is plagued by dreams of the principal and becomes worried that she may fancy him.
10:30pm30 min
Newswipe With Charlie Brooker
Series 2, Episode 4Charlie Brooker returns to wring more laughs from our hilariously troubled world, with some jokes.
11pm60 min
Shameless
Series 7, Episode 4Mimi gets a toy boy, Billy, the Jockey football team's star striker. However, Mimi's happiness is short-lived when she discovers her new beau is the not the man she thought he was.
11pm30 min
Fabulous
Series 3, Episode 1It's Faye's engagement party, and her mum is given the simple task of buying the right wedding dress, while Denise finds herself copying a toddler. Will everything go right for once?