BCG Daily Thursday 4th March 2010

Press clippings

Simon Callow on the great British sitcom

How do you make the perfect sitcom? The veteran actor, who starred in Chance in a Million in the Eighties, offers his thoughts.

Simon Callow, The Times, 4th March 2010

Baron Cohen skit pulled as Oscars plays it safe

Organisers cancel sketch to protect James Cameron.

Guy Adams, The Independent, 4th March 2010

Corden: 'Sketch show was a mistake'

James Corden has claimed that his BBC Three sketch show with Mat Horne was a "mistake".

Alex Fletcher, Digital Spy, 4th March 2010

Mark Gatiss hails vinyl influence

Mark Gatiss has revealed that he was influenced to become a comedy writer and performer by the Monty Python team and Rowan Atkinson.

Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 4th March 2010

US Spaced: the wait (and the hope) is over

The US version of Channel 4 sitcom Spaced has become the stuff of TV legend. There was much excitement when Fox announced it was adapting the sitcom three years ago, to be helmed by none other than the director of Charlie's Angels director, McG. But fans feared the worst when it turned out that none of three people behind the original version - Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes (nee Stevenson) - were involved in the remake. It was nothing to the reaction of Wright and co when they finally saw the finished version ("McSpaced" as Wright called it). Disappointed doesn't quite do it justice. "I am worried about the large amount of you who stabbed out their eyes or washed them with bleach after watching the US pilot. My sympathies," said Wright on Twitter today. For everyone else who hasn't seen it, the Stateside version has now made it to the web, so fans can finally see it for themselves. Pining for the original? Ah, that's better.

Monkey, The Guardian, 4th March 2010

James Corden calls BBC Three sketch show a 'mistake'

Comic actor James Corden has admitted the sketch show he wrote and starred in with his Gavin and Stacey colleague Mathew Horne was "a mistake".

BBC News, 4th March 2010

Jinsy Report #4

View the launch of a new product by entrepreneur Jerarard Fyson over at the Fysonian Institute (formerly known as 'Smelly Barn').

BBC Comedy, 4th March 2010

What's the most madcap thing you've ever done?

Tomorrow night sees the return of the award-winning The Now Show to BBC Radio 4, for its thirtieth series. And thanks to the advances of the interwebs, now you can be a part of it - even if you can't make it to the recording.

Ed Morrish, BBC Comedy, 4th March 2010