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BCG Daily Sunday 8th May 2011

Press clippings

Alan Davies not amused by 'shoddy' treatment by BBC

Alan Davies, the star of Jonathan Creek, speaks out after the BBC failed to tell him face-to-face that it was dropping his sitcom.

Richard Eden, The Telegraph, 8th May 2011

McLynn: 'For Winnie the rule is: I talk therefore I am'

As a bit of a talker herself, Pauline McLynn finds plenty to say to about playing Winnie in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days.

Kate Kellaway, The Observer, 8th May 2011

Was Osama an IT Crowd fan?

Bizarre stories that Osama Bin Laden was a fan of The IT Crowd emerged last night.

Chortle, 8th May 2011

Ford Kiernan interview

Ford Kiernan says: "Some sections of the press seem to have an idea that Greg and I fell out. We didn't. We still talk. The BBC just ran a raft of reruns of Still Game and got phenomenal ratings, which we were very surprised about. The characters might come back. Nobody died, nobody got killed off."

Steve Hendry, Daily Record, 8th May 2011

Why are Scotland's comedy hits not crossing the border?

Between them they have produced a sketch with more than two million YouTube hits, been dubbed the future of comedy by Little Britain's Matt Lucas, had a hit iPhone app, and are big in Australia.

Edd McCracken, Sunday Herald, 8th May 2011

HIGNFY, Room 101 composer Big George dies

George Webley, a radio DJ who also had a long career as a musician and composed TV theme tunes - including Have I Got News For You - has died aged 53.

BBC News, 8th May 2011

Revealed: Truth about Osama and The IT Crowd

...it was actually Big Bang Theory he preferred.

Chortle, 8th May 2011

Video: James Corden on return to the National Theatre

James Corden is returning to the National Theatre to star in a new play based on Carlo Goldoni's classic 'The Servant of Two Masters'.

Andrew Marr asks if it was a "golden comedy part which tempted him back to the National."

But James Corden says it was working with director Richard Bean that was the "gift".

Andrew Marr, BBC News, 8th May 2011

Campus episode 5 review: Post Coital

Campus settles into a working pattern, just as the curtain is about to fall on the series. Here's Louisa's review...

Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 8th May 2011

TV & radio

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
The Back End Of Next Week. Nick Hancock. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

The Back End Of Next Week

Episode 1

Nick Hancock and Josh Widdicombe look back on the last week of news including the Royal Wedding, Osama Bin Laden, and the AV referendum. With guests Diane Spencer and Mark Steel.

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