BCG Daily Monday 31st January 2011
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Can you really be too posh to perform?
Pop and comedy stars have been pasted for their privileges - but inverted snobbery in the arts is nothing new, says Fiona Sturges.
Fiona Sturges, The Independent, 31st January 2011Greg Davies 'dreamt of being paid to be silly'
Comic talent Greg Davies tells BBC Breakfast he always secretly thought it would be great to get paid to be silly.
BBC News, 31st January 2011Andy Gray - If only he was a comedian...
I have spent a number of years around comedians backstage at gigs and in cars and there are plenty who onstage portray a caring, sharing post-feminist image, but among their friends come out with the kind of unreconstructed sexism that makes Andy Gray resemble Germaine Greer.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 31st January 2011Tim Key interview
Tim Key, the former Cambridge Footlight star, answers Sun Comedy's questions ahead of his one-man Slutcracker tour...
Tommy Holgate, The Sun, 31st January 2011Episodes saw LeBlanc reprise role of drunken man-baby
Tonight's episode was essentially half an hour of Tamsin Greig doing her best impression of an antelope on the lookout for danger, interspersed with the odd zinger from Matt LeBlanc.
Christopher Hooton, Metro, 31st January 2011Blog: Getting Arrested
I remain a big fan of the show and I watched the show again the other night, catching up on the first episode - and laughed out loud, very loud, several times. But I was wondering why I still didn't love the show...
James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 31st January 2011Videos
TV & radio
11:30am30 min
Ed Reardon's Week
Series 7, Episode 4 - Parsnip JunctionThanks to some sibling rivalry between Ping and her sister Py, Ed finds himself reinventing the much-loved children's classic Parsnip Junction.
5:15pm30 min
Gigglebiz
Series 2, Episode 11Royal rogue King Flannel gets the better of the butler, glamorous weather girl Gail Force presents another incident-filled report and antiquities expert Ann Teak makes a startling discovery over a cup of tea.
6:30pm30 min
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 54, Episode 6Another visit to the Central Theatre in Chatham for regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden plus Rob Brydon on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair.
10pm30 min
Episodes
Series 1, Episode 4Sean and Beverly have to retrieve Matt from a seedy bar in the outskirts of LA so that the paparazzo waiting outside won't see him driving home drunk.
10pm60 min
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Series 5, Episode 7 - Billie Piper, Usher, Being Human cast, Duran DuranAlan's guests are Billie Piper, musical comedian Usher, the cast of Being Human and the stars of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. The music is from Duran Duran.
10:35pm30 min
Gary: Tank Commander
Series 2, Episode 5 - Climate ControlPatrolling the outer perimeter at a climate conference is looking like being one of the most boring jobs the soldiers have ever had...