BCG Daily Sunday 27th November 2011
Press clippings
Michael Barrymore charged after car crash
Entertainer Michael Barrymore has been charged with possession of cocaine and being drunk and disorderly following a car crash, according to police.
BBC News, 27th November 2011Bid to have Frankie Boyle charged with obscenity
Police are to be asked to investigate whether a new book by comedian Frankie Boyle, which jokes about the rape of the Queen and the deaths of David Cameron and Gordon Brown's children, has broken the law.
Ben Borland, The Daily Express, 27th November 2011Life's Too Short review
The series has attracted substantial opprobrium, some of it aimed in an unfairly personal way at Gervais, who has reacted by misconceiving all critique as being based on envy. But there is a basic problem with the show, which is that even if you don't find its content degrading, it is simply shoddily derivative.
Robert Epstein, The Independent, 27th November 2011Scotland The What? comic Steve Robertson dies
Scotland The What? comedy star Steve Robertson has died in hospital in Aberdeen after a short illness.
BBC News, 27th November 2011Jimmy Carr 'ignored' mother's Down's Syndrome plea
Jimmy Carr has been accused of misleading the public after he dismissed outrage at a joke he made about Down's syndrome, saying that nobody had complained before.
Robert Mendick, The Telegraph, 27th November 2011TV & radio
11am60 min
History Repeats Itself
Episode 4Richard Madeley, Susan Calman and comedy writer Daniel Maier join Danny Baker.
11am25 min
Justin's House
Series 1, Episode 16 - Blocked PipesSomething is blocking the pipes - but what is it? Robert and Justin find out that it's a furry flitter. With Little Monster's help, they finally find a better place for the flitter to stay, but only after many soakings.
7:15pm30 min
Dilemma
Series 1, Episode 3Shappi Khorsandi, Simon Munnery, broadcaster Fi Glover, and journalist Hugo Rifkind attempt to justify the murder of a pet and the theft of a girlfriend.
10pm60 min
Misfits
Series 3, Episode 5While doing their community service at the local hospital, Kelly gets trapped in the body of Jen, a coma victim.
10pm70 min
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Series 7, Episode 5 - Lee Evans, Bear Grylls, One DirectionAlan's guests are top stand-up Lee Evans; adventurer Bear Grylls; and boy band One Direction.