BCG Daily Saturday 23rd October 2010
Press clippings
The Graham Norton Show: Safe on the sofa
First Friday night as you-know-who's replacement, And unlike Jonathan Ross, the show's not all about him.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 23rd October 2010Iannucci: 'Now is not the time for a crap opposition'
Armando Iannucci, creator of The Thick of It, is Britain's greatest political satirist in recent years. So, when is he going to sink his teeth into the coalition?
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 23rd October 2010My greatest mistake: Richard Herring
Comedian Richard Herring on the night at the Edinburgh festival when it all went horribly wrong.
Graham Snowdon, The Guardian, 23rd October 2010Jo Brand and Peter Capaldi Interview
Director Peter Capaldi and star Jo Brand tell Adam Sweeting how their superb hospital sitcom Getting On sees the funny side of death.
Adam Sweeting, The Telegraph, 23rd October 2010First Night: The Graham Norton Show, BBC1
Relief at the BBC as Norton plays it safe in Ross's shoes.
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent, 23rd October 2010Brawl hits Russell Brand wedding
Russell Brand was near tears last night after a fight between his minders and photographers threatened to wreck his wedding.
Virginia Wheeler, The Sun, 23rd October 2010Adrian Edmondson on Jennifer Saunders' cancer ordeal
While his wife Jennifer Saunders has been enduring a 'brutal' course of treatment for breast cancer over the past year, Adrian Edmondson has been desperately trying to support her and their three daughters. And the hardest part, he reveals here, is how helpless he feels.
Rebecca Hardy, Daily Mail, 23rd October 2010Andi Osho interview
In our regular interview spot here on the blog, we're pleased to catch up with Andi Osho and pose the following important questions...
BBC Comedy, 23rd October 2010Russell Howard on watching TV for a living
The 30-year-old's career in comedy has taken off thanks to his musings on the world as presented in newspapers, online and on telly. And although he spends half his time on-screen slagging off the way the world is reported in the country's papers, he knows he'd be lost without it.
Paul English, Daily Record, 23rd October 2010Mark Gatiss: My family values
The actor and writer talks about his family.
Alistair Duncan, The Guardian, 23rd October 2010Videos
TV
TV & radio
11am60 min
Fighting Talk
Series 8, Episode 10Guest host Nick Hancock is joined by Matt Holland, Will Buckley, Eleanor Oldroyd and Paul Sinha.
5:30pm30 min
Walk On The Wild Side
Series 2, Episode 5A kangaroo promotes his new DVD, The Champ, Hyena Camera Action has exclusive footage of a thrilling police chase, and a school party of frogs get twitchy on a trip to France.
7:15pm30 min
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Series 10, Episode 3This week's episode featured a sick run on EastEnders, the first appearance of Wagbo and a nit outbreak on Coronation Street.
10pm30 min
Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow
Series 2, Episode 6 - LeedsThe Leeds Grand Theatre hosts comedy from Ardal O'Hanlon, Jack Whitehall, Andi Osho & Sean Collins.
10pm30 min
The Jason Byrne Show
Series 3, Episode 1 - RelationshipsPondering the wonderful world of relationships, Jason asks: would you describe your marriage as a Halley's Comet of a partnership or is it more like parallel trains?; if you could build your partner, what would they sound like?; and, if proposed to in a pub, would you say no?