BCG Daily Monday 21st February 2011
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Mark Freeland: BBC comedy shouldn't be afraid to offend
BBC's head of in-house comedy refutes the idea the corporation has lost its nerve since the Andrew Sachs affair.
Ben Dowell, The Guardian, 21st February 2011Mrs Brown's Boys - BBC1, 10.35pm
Remember the 80s sitcom Bread, with Ma Boswell, Joey and grandad? Imagine the very best episode of that with Catherine Tate's Nan in the central role and you have the rough flavour of this brilliant comedy from Dublin comic Brendan O'Carroll.
Jane Simon, The Mirror, 21st February 2011Interview: Steve Williams, comedian
Interview with the stand-up comic Steve Williams.
The Scotsman, 21st February 2011Interview: Phill Jupitus
Known to many from his longstanding role as team captain on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Phill Jupitus' self-confessed low boredom threshold has led him into a wide and varied career. Over more than 20 years, he has immersed himself in performance poetry, stand-up, improvisation, TV work, script and book writing, and musical theatre.
Elliott Clarke, Giggle Beats, 21st February 2011Penelope Keith on the actor/writer relationship
From Behind the Britcom: From Script to Screen, coming to PBS stations nationwide in March 2011, we continue our look at the making of British comedy while celebrating those that pen the programs that make up one of the most intelligent television genre's on the planet.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 21st February 2011Michael O'Mara to publish book on sitcom pioneers
Michael O'Mara has acquired an anthology about the writers of Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son, dubbed "the fathers of the British sitcom".
Charlotte Williams, The Bookseller, 21st February 2011Bleak Expectations BBC radio comedy moving to TV
The BBC's popular Radio 4 Dickens spoof to make move to BBC2 as Old Shop of Stuff.
Ben Dowell, The Guardian, 21st February 2011Mrs Brown's Boys: BBC One's latest foul-mouthed sitcom
BBC One's new sitcom featuring Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll may startle viewers with its frequent use of the f-word.
The Telegraph, 21st February 2011Tom Rosenthal & Ben Target share Leicester Comedy Prize
The Leicester Comedy Festival's main prize, the Comedian of the Year Award, has been shared between two comics for the first time in its history.
Tim Clark, Get Comedy, 21st February 2011Five crude but funny British sitcoms
Mrs Brown's Boys, a sitcom featuring a potty-mouthed Irish grandmother, begins tonight on BBC One. Here is a list of five risqué home-grown sitcoms.
The Telegraph, 21st February 2011Producer Micheal Jacob to leave the BBC after a decade
BBC comedy producerMicheal Jacob, whose credits include My Family and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, is leaving the Corporation after ten years.
Matthew Hemley, The Stage, 21st February 2011Tell us your top Two Pints moments...
There are two reasons to celebrate this week: the new series of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps is getting closer and we're celebrating the show's 10th anniversary. Yes, can you believe it? It's been a whole ten years since Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps was first shown on your telly! We want you to help us mark the occasion by telling us about your favourite moments from the show over the last ten years.
Dana Stevens, BBC, 21st February 2011#AskMrsBrown: Send in your questions!
You know those Agony Aunts who say they've been through everything? They've got nothing on Agnes Brown. Mother. Widow. Survivor. She's set wayward son Dermot back on the straight and narrow. She's helped daughter Cathy get through a messy divorce. Now Mrs. Brown wants to know how she can help you... by answering your questions.
Jaine Sykes, BBC Comedy, 21st February 2011Russell Brand to appear in The Simpsons
Russell Brand is looking a little off colour lately. But Katy Perry needn't reach for the aspirin - her comic hubby has been Simpsonised.
The Sun, 21st February 2011Ed Byrne quits Twitter over Cheggers row
The Irish stand-up is fed up with the nine-month dispute.
Spoonfed, 21st February 2011Videos
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11:30am30 min
Brian Gulliver's Travels
Series 1, Episode 1 - GelbetiaBrian Gulliver, a seasoned presenter of travel documentaries, finds himself in a hospital's secure unit after claiming to have experienced a succession of bizarre adventures. This week Brian recounts his travels around the medocracy of Gelbetia, a country run by doctors.
6:30pm30 min
Just A Minute
Series 59, Episode 3This week the panellists are Paul Merton, Ross Noble, Tony Hawks and Liza Tarbuck.
10pm30 min
Episodes
Series 1, Episode 7After a night to remember - and bitterly regret - Beverly returns home to find her husband waiting with open arms.
10pm60 min
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Series 5, Episode 10 - Tom Hardy, Jo Brand, The cast of The Only Way Is Essex, Ellie GouldingIn the final episode of the series Alan is joined on the sofa by actor Tom Hardy; comedian Jo Brand; some of the stars of The Only Way Is Essex; plus music from Ellie Goulding.
10:35pm30 min
Mrs. Brown's Boys
Series 1, Episode 1 - The MammyAgnes Brown has family troubles to contend with: her son Dermot has fallen out with Maria Nicholson, his long-term girlfriend, and Grandad is feeling poorly.