BCG Daily Wednesday 10th February 2010
Press clippings
Radio Review: Fabulous
In its third series, Radio 4's comedy Fabulous is growing into something quirky and rather fun, says Elisabeth Mahoney.
Elisabeth Mahoney, The Guardian, 10th February 2010Curtis and Nighy team up in new film urging Tobin tax
Campaign film says 0.05% 'Robin Hood' tax on financial trades could raise $700bn for world's poor.
Nick Mathiason, The Guardian, 10th February 2010Chris Morris in the lion's den
The creator of Brass Eye is back and this time his subject is Islamic fundamentalism. Expect trouble.
Sebastian Doggart, The Telegraph, 10th February 2010Bellamy's Babes: Being British
"Last week on Bellamy's People they were all talking about what it means to be British. Well, I'm really proud to be British. I love the Queen see. I've asked to run her website an all. I've got some great ideas for it."
Patricia Webb, BBC Comedy, 10th February 2010Understanding Failure in Comedy
Criticising sitcom is the easiest thing in the world. Like many things that are easy, it can still be entertaining and fun, but it is ultimately destructive and unhelpful, as least for the purposes of this blog and constructive criticism of sitcom in general.
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 10th February 2010Beyond The Pole review
A wonderfully insane British movie with a whole heap of charm.
Michael Leader, Den Of Geek, 10th February 2010Married Single Other: Ralf Little
Ralf Little was on a canal boat holiday when TV producers tracked him down for a screen test.
Ian Wylie, Manchester Evening News, 10th February 2010TV & radio
11:30am30 min
Fags, Mags And Bags
Series 3, Episode 1 - Jack Black's Black JacksSanjay finds a girlfriend and embraces the arts, much to Ramesh and Dave's amusement.
11pm15 min
Mordrin McDonald: 21st-Century Wizard
Series 1, Episode 3 - Ogre Bin LadenMordrin decides to call up an ogre to deal with his erratic bin collections.