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BCG Daily Saturday 30th October 2010

Features

Press clippings

Exclusive extracts from new The Thick Of It book

Excerpts from a secret DoSAC dossier belonging to The Thick of It's Malcolm Tucker - including confidential emails, Glenn's experiences with Twitter, and Malcolm's briefing on TV interviews.

Malcolm Tucker, The Guardian, 30th October 2010

One last thing... Mr Jelly

BOO! It's Halloween. Rich Pelley goes trick-or-treating with Psychoville's second most popular children's entertainer, Mr Jelly.

Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 30th October 2010

Armando Iannucci 'producing White House comedy for HBO'

Armando Iannucci, the creator of The Thick Of It and In The Loop, has reportedly turned his attention to US politics and is developing a television comedy about a female Vice-President.

Jon Swaine, The Telegraph, 30th October 2010

Armstrong and Miller interview

Our vampires struggle to fit into a new world full of young sexy bloodsuckers, says comedy duo Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller.

Paul English, Daily Record, 30th October 2010

Al Murray's Pub Quiz

Al Murray The Pub Landlord explains why the pub quiz puts the great into Great Britain - and tests your grey matter with some brain-teasers.

Al Murray, The Sun, 30th October 2010

A Halloween message from Reece Shearsmith

Well - it's finally upon us. All Hallows Eve - the one night of the year when it's alright to inject apples with poison and hand them out to children...

Reece Shearsmith, BBC Comedy, 30th October 2010

Everything you need to know about what you need to know

Ignorance? You'd better get used to it. In the words of Thomas Edison, 'We don't know a millionth of one per cent about anything'.

John Lloyd, Daily Mail, 30th October 2010

Stephen Fry and the vanishing Harry Potter tweets

Stephen Fry has been reprimanded by the producers of the new Harry Potter film after posting pictures of the film set online.

Rebecca Lefort, The Telegraph, 30th October 2010

Videos

TV & radio

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
Fighting Talk. Colin Murray. Copyright: World's End Productions

Fighting Talk

Series 8, Episode 11

Nick Hancock's guest pundits are Steve Lamacq, Greg Brady, Des Kelly, and Andy Parsons.

BBC Two 12:50pm
30 min
Popatron. Image shows from L to R: Claudia (Naomi Cranston), Devon (Fergus Craig), Lottie (Sadie Pickering), Toby (Joel Dommett), Bex (Elena Argiros), Sam (Ian Smith). Copyright: Zeppotron

Popatron

Episode 1

N-Dubz and Scouting for Girls are the special guests on the new teen sitcom. The guests are blissfully unaware that the show they are appearing on is produced by a comically dysfunctional team.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 5:55pm
30 min
Walk On The Wild Side. Copyright: BBC

Walk On The Wild Side

Series 2, Episode 6

A pair of nightclubbing frogs meet a sticky end, two monkeys drink from a cursed lake with terrible consequences, and the three stork tenors go Singin' in the Rain.

BBC Three 7pm
5 min
Special 1 TV. Copyright: Blue Elf Productions / Caboom Entertainment

Special 1 TV

Series 2, Episode 2

Another series of 15 episodes followed later in the year, covering the 2010-11 Premier League.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 7:30pm
30 min
Harry Hill's TV Burp. Harry Hill. Copyright: Avalon Television

Harry Hill's TV Burp

Series 10, Episode 4

This week's episode featured teddy bear's noses, Autumnwatch in 3D and closure of the poxy M6 on Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:45pm
30 min
The Armstrong & Miller Show. Image shows from L to R: Alexander Armstrong, Ben Miller. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions / Toff Media

The Armstrong & Miller Show

Series 3, Episode 1

Featuring the return of the RAF pilots and the cavemen, and introducing two vampires at odds with the modern world.

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