BCG Daily Thursday 17th February 2011
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Fury at Adrian Chiles' c-word
TV host Adrian Chiles' new series That Sunday Night Show has been hit with complaints after he said the c-word.
The Sun, 17th February 2011Cofilmic Comedy Film Festival To Debut In Late 2011
A new event designed to give budding TV and film hopefuls a leg up into the industry will launch later this year with the arrival of the Cofilmic Comedy Film Festival.
Giggle Beats, 17th February 2011Kevin Bridges to host Comic Relief clip show
Soctland's hottest funnyman Kevin Bridges is to front a comedy clips show on Red Nose Day. Just don't call him a presenter.
Rick Fulton, Daily Record, 17th February 2011Jonathan Ross's 'Golden Age' to become film
Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn has revealed that he wants to turn Jonathan Ross's upcoming comic The Golden Age into a movie.
Simon Reynolds, Digital Spy, 17th February 201110 O'Clock Live: Jimmy Carr is 'petrified' of live TV (Link expired)
Jimmy Carr has admitted that he gets scared when appearing on a live TV.
Lisa McGarry, Unreality TV, 17th February 2011Jimmy Carr: I say worse things than Gray & Keys
Jimmy Carr is no stranger to cracking jokes about taboo subjects. He has previously come under fire for gags about soldiers who have lost limbs in battle. So he was not exactly shocked by the comments made by sexist TV football pair Andy Gray and Richard Keys about a lineswoman.
Dave Masters, The Sun, 17th February 2011QI: Quite interesting facts about cooking
A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI in the kitchen.
Molly Oldfield & John Mitchinson, The Telegraph, 17th February 2011Interview: Jimmy Carr, comedian
Slick, sick and definitely not for the easily offended, Jimmy Carr is the Marmite man of the comedy world - someone you either love or you hate.
Gary Flockhart, The Scotsman, 17th February 2011BBC has no plans for more 'Just William'
The BBC has reportedly decided to not commission a second series of Just William.
Alex Fletcher, Digital Spy, 17th February 2011ITV orders Jonathan Ross 'Penn & Teller' series
ITV has commissioned a series of Jonthan Ross's magic show Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
Ryan Love, Digital Spy, 17th February 2011Russell Howard talks about his sell-out O2 gig
Comedian Russell Howard comes to the O2 Arena in Greenwich for the first time this week, performing two sell-out gigs. He talks to reporter Jasmine Coleman about going from the comedy club circuit to the big stage and screen.
Jasmine Coleman, The Hackney Gazette, 17th February 2011Avalon TV confronted over advert for unpaid work
Avalon Television has blamed the "inexperience" of a staff member for the placing of an advert which threatened to contravene minimum wage laws by calling for performers to work on a new Al Murray show unpaid.
Matthew Hemley, The Stage, 17th February 2011Lauren Laverne interview
"Ageism is wrong. TV is unfair. Equally true, unfortunately."
Sophie Elmhirst, The New Statesman, 17th February 2011Videos
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2:15pm45 min
Jesus, The Devil And A Kid Called Death
Romantic comedy set among the cast of a school mystery play. A drama teacher casts the school's bad boy as Jesus and a good girl as the Devil.
6:30pm30 min
Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters
Series 1, Episode 3 - BankersTom muses on just how the bankers keep getting away with it.
10pm60 min
10 O'Clock Live
Series 1, Episode 5David Mitchell, Jimmy Carr, Charlie Brooker and Lauren Laverne broadcast live again. Guests include 'Freakonomics' co-author Stephen J Dubner, and David Mitchell chairs a panel debating whether protests work.
10pm45 min
Celebrity Juice
Series 5, Episode 2This week, Keith and co are joined by Vanilla Ice, Gino D'Acampo and Alex Carter, plus Keith challenges the Hoff to a special task.
10pm30 min
Limmy's Show!
Series 2, Episode 1The second series of Limmy's BBC Scotland sketch show. Falconhoof the adventure phone-in host gets a new sidekick, and zoned-out waster Dee Dee is blasted off into space.
10:30pm30 min
Lunch Monkeys
Series 2, Episode 3 - Smoke And MirrorsIt's flower girl day. This is Asif's favourite day of the month, as his love interest will be coming in to tend to the office plants.
10:30pm30 min
Newsjack
Series 4, Episode 2This week David Cameron relaunches the Big Society again, Silvio Berlusconi appears on Take Me Out, there is appeal for more awards to be given to The King's Speech, and the NHS begins using hypnotherapy during pregnancy.
11pm30 min
It's Your Round
Series 1, Episode 1Angus Deayton hosts the panel show in which the panellists devise the rounds. Rufus Hound, Miles Jupp, Sara Pascoe and Adam Hills battle it out to see who can beat each other at their own games.