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BCG Daily Saturday 27th November 2010

Press clippings

Peep Show - review

Remember Sophie driving herself to hospital with the boys in the back because Mark can't drive and Jez was drunk at the end of last series? Well, now (can it really be series seven?) we're at the hospital, and Soph is dilating nicely, while the boys muck around and are utterly useless.

Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 27th November 2010

Q&A: Alexander Armstrong

'I have a horrible capacity to be unctuous with people I want to impress'

Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 27th November 2010

Barrymore: I'm responsible over pool death

Disgraced Michael Barrymore has admitted "responsibility" for the first time over the death of a man in his swimming pool.

The Sun, 27th November 2010

'Peep Show' returns to gloomy ratings

Channel 4's Peep Show returned for its seventh series with under 1m on Friday night, according to the latest audience data.

Paul Millar, Digital Spy, 27th November 2010

Peep Show 7.1 review

Overall, this premiere wasn't anywhere near Peep Show's best efforts (the "paedophobe" mix-up with "paedophile" was beneath this show, while some of the comedy scenarios felt a little forced), but it definitely marked a clear turning point for the series.

Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 27th November 2010

TV & radio

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

Fighting Talk

Series 8, Episode 15

This week's guests are arena-filling comic Edi Kadi, former Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion footballer Gary O'Reilly, table tennis legend and sports columnist Matthew Syed and Canadian sports talk radio host Greg Brady.

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 5

Special guest Lee Mack is shocked when he discovers what the Popatron team have in mind for him.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 7:15pm
30 min
Harry Hill's TV Burp. Harry Hill. Copyright: Avalon Television

Harry Hill's TV Burp

Series 10, Episode 8

This week's episode featured an unofficial video for the Black Eyed Peas song I Gotta Feeling, Orville doing a duet with Harry's cello and the Wagbo storyline comes to an end.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:30pm
30 min
The Armstrong & Miller Show. Image shows left to right: Alexander Armstrong, Ben Miller

The Armstrong & Miller Show

Series 3, Episode 4

Accident-prone art historian Dennis Lincoln-Park returns, alongside newer characters and more returning favourites. New characters include Enid and Black Tom Teach.

Radio 2 logo 10pm
30 min
The Jason Byrne Show. Jason Byrne. Copyright: BBC

The Jason Byrne Show

Series 3, Episode 5 - Technology

Comedian Jason Byrne remembers just how much fun you can have with a food tray and a flight of stairs.

BBC Three 3:20am
5 min
Special 1 TV. Copyright: Blue Elf Productions / Caboom Entertainment

Special 1 TV

Series 2, Episode 4

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

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