BCG Daily Sunday 20th February 2011
Press clippings
Simon Bird spreads his wings
He's best known as the nerdy sixth-former in The Inbetweeners. His next role is as an awkward suburban teenager in C4's new sitcom, Friday Night Dinner. But how close is Simon Bird to his TV persona?
Tom Lamont, The Observer, 20th February 2011It's Your Round, Radio 4, Thursday
A Radio 4 panel show? Your rehab is almost complete, Mr Deayton.
Chris Maume, The Independent, 20th February 2011Behind the Britcom - Dawn French on Richard Curtis
Over the next couple of weeks, leading up to the March 2011 PBS premiere of Behind the Britcom: From Script to Screen, our show on paying tribute to the writers of British situation comedy, will, hopefully, give you insight into those writers who's work has created friends and situations that have come in to your home for years.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 20th February 2011Frank Carson on life as comedy's great survivor
It was no laughing matter when Frank Carson was given the last rites at his hospital bedside after he became desperately ill following a routine op.
Billy Sloan, Daily Record, 20th February 2011Comic Dara fights to save student paper
Stand-up comedian Dara O'Briain is among a number of high-profile media figures who are battling to save the University Observer student newspaper from closure.
Daniel McConnell, The Independent (Ireland), 20th February 20117 things you never knew about Tamsin Greig
Tamsin Greig is one of our funniest TV actors - so much so that she's in two major series.
Roz Laws, Sunday Mercury, 20th February 2011Russell Brand: 'Arthur is a fairytale'
Russell Brand has compared his movie remake Arthur to "an archetypical fairytale".
Paul Millar, Digital Spy, 20th February 2011Red Nose Day desert trek celebs prepare for challenge
Picture of celebrities trekking across the desert for Comic Relief.
The Mirror, 20th February 2011Still Game's Gavin Mitchell films at T In The Park
Actor Gavin Mitchell, the man who minded the bar in Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill's comedy, is looking forward to the UK premiere of You Instead at the Glasgow Film Festival this week. Director David McKenzie shot the film live and improvised amid the mud and general mayhem of T in the Park 2010.
Steve Hendry, Daily Record, 20th February 2011Hugh Dennis was so boring I divorced him
Miranda Carroll, Hugh Dennis' first wife, who now lives in Los Angeles, offers an intriguing view of Dennis the man as opposed to the Dennis the hilarious performer.
Peter Sheridan, Daily Mail, 20th February 2011Videos
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