BCG Daily Thursday 30th June 2011
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Jimmy Carr to write comic about shooting
8 Out of 10 Cats host Jimmy Carr has turned to comic book storywriting - with a shock satire about school shootings.
The Sun, 30th June 2011Review: Meet The Adebanjos
Probably the most interesting email I have received in a long time dropped into my inbox a couple of days ago. The email was from Andrew Osayemi Executive Producer of MTA Productions a newly formed independent production company who have launched a unique business model for a situation comedy.
R. Green, Comedy Critic, 30th June 2011Boyle runs scared from Katie Price over Harvey 'joke'
Frankie Boyle has chickened out of a showdown with furious Kate Price.
Katie Begley, Daily Star, 30th June 2011All-time best Python sketches. Vote early and often.
You may have heard, recently, that the Pythons will lend their voices to the upcoming film, A Liar's Autobiography, an animated 3D movie based on the memoir of the late Python member, Graham Chapman, who died in 1989. Chapman's own voice will be pulled from his original reading of his autobiography of the same name. Interestingly, the movie, set for a 2012 premiere, will be directed by Bill Jones, son of former Python member, Terry Jones.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 30th June 2011Coming Soon: Beaver Falls, E4
E4 have a brand new comedy-drama on the way, which they're hoping will replicate the success of The Inbetweeners. Beaver Falls is the story of three British friends-Flynn (Coronation Street's Samuel Robertson), A-Rab (Four Lions' Arsher Ali) and Barry (Lark Rise To Candleford's John Dagleish) - who graduate from university and decide to travel to the US for a carefree holiday working for an elite summer camp called Beaver Falls, full of beautiful and rich Californian teenagers.
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 30th June 2011Ideal: The Red Mist
Okay, you might want to stand back, because I am about to stick my neck out. I am going to do it by saying this; I believe Ideal is the most ethnically diverse programme on British TV. Our huge cast of characters encompasses Black, Asian, Caucasian, Mixed-Race, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, American, Greek, Russian, heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual and blind. We even have a recovering necrophiliac.
Graham Duff, BBC Comedy, 30th June 2011QI: Quite interesting facts about squares
A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI squares up.
Molly Oldfield & John Mitchinson, The Telegraph, 30th June 2011Collins and Herring air details of their breakup
Like a modern day media Kramer vs Kramer, former BBC 6 Music Saturday morning co-presenters Andrew Collins and Richard Herring have been airing a wee bit of dirty laundry about their breakup on their respective blogs.
Monkey, The Guardian, 30th June 2011ITV facing crisis as Marriage Ref sees ratings slump
ITV are facing a crisis after their three flagship weekend shows - The Marriage Ref, Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Popstar to Operastar - suffered a ratings drop.
Metro, 30th June 2011Jason Manford to display his talent for singing
Comedy star Jason Manford is aiming to get revellers in Manchester smiling - by showing off his hidden talent for singing.
Manchester Evening News, 30th June 2011Mock The Week: Coping with nerves
I think it's fair to say that the first time I appeared on Mock The Week, I really did get the classic pre-show nerves.
Zoe Lyons, BBC Blogs, 30th June 2011Joan Reynolds obituary
Co-star with her husband of ITV's first home-grown sitcom.
Anthony Hayward, The Guardian, 30th June 2011Jimmy Carr writes 'sick' comic strip
Controversial comedian Jimmy Carr has written a sick magazine comic strip depicting shootings in schools.
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Al Murray's Compete For The Meat
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Mock The Week
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