BCG Daily Sunday 19th September 2010
Press clippings
Is 'The Inbetweeners' all it's cracked up to be?
It's a cult comedy gone mainstream. Viewing figures for series three are up 10-fold at 2.4 million as the middle-aged finally get in on the act. But does its success contain the seed of its demise, and is it funny anyway? Simmy Richman and his nephew, Darren Richman, cross swords.
Simmy Richman and Darren Richman, The Independent, 19th September 2010Has anyone seen my left testicle? Yeah, only 15 times
Has The Inbetweeners gone off the boil?
Mike Higgins, The Independent, 19th September 2010Interview: Rob Brydon unveils his new chat show
The comedian has just finished a run of his panel show Would I Lie To You?, started his own talk show, The Rob Brydon Show, and he's got The Trip, a new comedy with buddy Steve Coogan, in the pipeline.
Wales Online, 19th September 2010Book Review: The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry
The second volume of Stephen Fry's memoirs recalls his Cambridge years and rise to fame in perfect prose and excruciating honesty.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 19th September 2010Jason Manford in trouble for Twitter rant
Jason Manford will this week face a dressing down from BBC bosses over his criticism of the corporation.
The News Of The World, 19th September 2010Paul O'Grady: I was hookers' minder
Former drag queen Paul O'Grady has revealed that he used to work as a pimp.
Douglas Wight, The News Of The World, 19th September 2010Once upon a life: David Nobbs
The peaceful manner in which his mother died after a long happy life and a short illness, changed David Nobbs's attitude to death. It also persuaded him to become a humanist...
David Nobbs, The Observer, 19th September 2010Stories Of The Dead And Famous. And Just The Dead.
Catherine the Great wasn't really named Catherine, and she hated being called "Great." These and more intriguing facts about the dead are unearthed in John Lloyd and John Michinson's new book, The Book of the Dead.
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