BCG Daily Sunday 30th January 2011
Press clippings
Cultural insensitivity no laughing matter
The tempest in a teapot whipped up by a segment on the British quiz-cum-comedy show "QI" has prompted debate on cross-cultural sensitivity.
Philip Brasor, The Japan Times, 30th January 2011Are TV sitcoms too middle-class?
Controller of BBC1 Danny Cohen said recently that too many TV comedies were about middle-class people. Boyd Hilton and Euan Ferguson debate whether he has a point - and whether it matters...
Boyd Hilton and Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 30th January 2011Miranda Hart & Tamsin Greig are fabulously funny women
Let's hear it for the girls! Because, leaving aside the disgracefully sexist comments of Andy Gray and Richard Keys, it's been quite a good week for women on the telly.
Roz Laws, Sunday Mercury, 30th January 2011Profile: Miranda Hart
Miranda Hart was the biggest winner at this year's comedy awards, taking home three trophies for best female comedy actress, best new TV comedy show and the people's choice award. Yet even as the public, critics and fellow comedians line up to sing her praises, Hart remains refreshingly self-effacing.
Gillian Harris, The Scotsman, 30th January 2011David Mitchell: glad Andy Gray & Richard Keys have gone
It's hard to have any sympathy for the Sky Sports Two, victims of their own breathtaking arrogance.
David Mitchell, The Observer, 30th January 2011TV & radio
10pm15 min
Idiots Of Ants: Totally Gizmo
Episode 4 - Dimension JumpThis week we see a device that allows people to talk to animals and the chance to see some parallel worlds.
10:05pm30 min
That Sunday Night Show
Series 1, Episode 4Adrian Chiles is joined by broadcaster, journalist and political aide Alistair Campbell, comedian and I'm A Celebrity survivor Jenny Eclair and Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp to cast a wry eye over the big events of the past week.
12:10am30 min
Comedy Central At The Comedy Store
Series 1, Episode 20Justin Moorhouse on coffee shops, Carl Donnelly on one night stands, Chris McCausland on embarrassing situations, and Craig Campbell on Norway.