BCG Daily Tuesday 28th September 2010
Press clippings
Filming begins on Morecambe & Wise drama
Bryan Dick and Daniel Rigby - who are playing the two stars for a BBC2 drama - donned dinner jackets during a city centre location shooting.
The Sun, 28th September 2010Have you been watching ... Him & Her?
Billed as an 'anti-romantic comedy', this bedsit-set sitcom seems to be blooming - or is it just a succession of crude sex jokes?
Dan Martin, The Guardian, 28th September 2010Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse on their new TV series
The comics, who display an appealingly self-mocking view of themselves, joke that in real life they might now be heading for a similar fate as Smashie and Nicey. The 49-year-old Enfield laughs: "I recently found out that there are a couple of old people's homes for retired comedians. That's what awaits us."
James Rampton, The Scotsman, 28th September 2010Video: Alan Davies swaps QI for kitchen
Alan Davies talks to BBC Breakfast about Whites.
BBC Breakfast, 28th September 2010Video: Johnny Vegas presents the weather
Johnny Vegas, who is in Nottingham as part of the city's comedy festival (24 September - 4 October), apparently has harboured a secret ambition to be a weather presenter. In true Jim'll Fix It style BBC East Midlands Today's Sally Pepper guided him through the job.
BBC, 28th September 2010The Inbetweeners 3.3 review
I wish The Inbetweeners would decide if it's a semi-realistic comedy or a live-action comic strip, because I spent most of this third episode either smiling in satisfaction at well-observed adolescent behaviour, or struggling to swallow its broader moments.
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 28th September 2010Fry holds on to top spot for second week
Stephen Fry has retained top spot in this week's Official UK Top 50, despite a 24% sales decline week-on-week.
Philip Stone, The Bookseller, 28th September 2010Tamara Drewe Movie Review
Many people, wanting to escape the realities of their lives, wish they can spontaneously go away on a peaceful vacation or retreat. While not everyone can just drop everything and jet off to a relaxing destination, Sony Pictures found a way to take people away from their troubles, even if it's just for a little less than two hours.
Karen Benardello, Shockya, 28th September 201011 Things You Didn't Know From The 'Book Of The Dead'
Two things strike you when you spend time among the dead. The first is just how many of them there are (about 90 billion humans have lived and died over the past 100,000 years). The second is how similar were the challenges they each faced -- and how staggeringly varied and resourceful the responses.
John Mitchinson, John Lloyd and Adrian Teal, The Huffington Post, 28th September 2010Round 7: Defeated by the posh gits
Folks, I'm not going to lie to you, I've never been a huge fan of Osama Bin Laden.
Rufus Hound, UKTV, 28th September 2010Whites: Half-Baked
Despite signs of genuine potential, there isn't much here to raise more than a wry smile.
Sean Marland, On The Box, 28th September 2010Videos
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TV & radio
2:15pm45 min
On The Field
Episode 3 - On The Field: On LeaveAnnie Caulfield's comedy drama returns as the army boys take a holiday from frontline service in Afghanistan.
3:30pm15 min
6:30pm30 min
Listen Against
Series 3, Episode 4A disaster on the island from Desert Island Discs, and BBC presenters go commercial.
9pm30 min
Whites
Episode 1Sous chef Bib is working under masses of pressure, whilst head chef Roland White is taking his own time, away from service, to write a book that nobody has asked him to, much to the annoyance of restaurant manager Caroline.
9:30pm30 min
Harry & Paul
Series 3, Episode 1Three generations of the Benefit family disrupt a peaceful library; the elderly Beatles attempt to escape hoards of old lady-boppers; the Dragons' Den considers a pitch for a new British pudding supplement; and the duo revisit the famous diner scene in the Thirties original of When Harry Met Sally.
10pm40 min
Argumental
Series 3, Episode 7Dave's very own comedy debating show returns for the second part of its third series. This episode features guests Jimmy Carr and Will Smith. Jimmy argues that kids working in sweatshops is a good thing, and the panel debate Derek Acorah.
10:30pm35 min
Ideal
Series 6, Episode 7 - The EarFinding themselves with a body to dispose of, Moz and Psycho Paul call on the services of the sinister Doctor Persil. Meanwhile, Moz's dad Keith learns that his kidnappers are deadly serious.