BCG Daily Sunday 4th December 2011
Press clippings
Black Mirror, Channel 4, review
A shocking but ballsy, blackly comic study of the modern media.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 4th December 2011Black Mirror: The National Anthem review
As genuinely thought-provoking as it was darkly funny, The National Anthem lived up to my high expectations as one of the best hours of television in 2011.
Transmission Blog, 4th December 2011Black Mirror - The National Anthem review
It's delivered with all the solemnity of a serious political drama, you know, the ones that always have Michael Sheen in the lead (in fact Rory Kinnear bears a passing resemblance), that makes the humour doubly funny. It's impossible to suppress a chuckle at line like "This is virgin territory; there is no playbook" or "Make sure there's no Peppa Pigs".
Jez Sands, On The Box, 4th December 2011Review of Black Mirror - 'The National Anthem'
This carefully crafted and compact drama is engrossing, with the tension rising by degrees as the time moves ever closer for the PM to meet the kidnapper's demands.
Neela Debnath, The Independent, 4th December 2011Review of Misfits - series 3, episode 6
SPOILERS: Do not read this if you have not seen episode 6, series 3 of Misfits
Neela Debnath, The Independent, 4th December 2011Clement & La Frenais: What happened to Christmas TV?
Legendary comedy writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais recall TV's heyday, and say why there are so few shows worth watching today.
The Telegraph, 4th December 2011Black Mirror: 'The National Anthem' review
The first episode of Black Mirror is hilarious, horrible, barely watchable, utterly unmissable and absolutely, 100% true.
David Lewis, Cult Box, 4th December 2011Black Mirror review
It felt like Charlie Brooker had pitched A Serbian Film crossed with The Thick Of It to the people at Channel 4, and Black Mirror had been commissioned despite it occurring to everyone just how soulless and unenjoyable the former is, and how the latter would be terribly difficult to imitate in a one-off drama.
Liam Tucker, TV Pixie, 4th December 2011Misfits: Series 3, Episode 6 review
Overall it's the weakest episode of the series; a slight dip in energy made noticeable by the fact the previous five episodes have been so damn good.
Rob Smedley, Cult Box, 4th December 2011TV & radio
11am60 min
History Repeats Itself
Episode 5In class today: TV presenter Penny Smith, comedian Tony Hawks and DJ Annabel Port.
11am25 min
Justin's House
Series 1, Episode 18 - The Singing LessonRobert's friend Jodie is coming to visit. Justin thinks she's come for a singing lesson, little knowing that Jodie is a wonderful singer. By the end of the show, it's Justin who learns how to perform a song brilliantly.
7:15pm30 min
Dilemma
Series 1, Episode 4With comedians Susan Calman, Greg Proops and Simon Evans, and the author and former lead singer of the band Sleeper, Louise Wener.
9pm60 min
Black Mirror
Series 1, Episode 1 - The National AnthemPolitical thriller in which the fictional Prime Minister Michael Callow faces a huge and shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped.
10pm60 min
Misfits
Series 3, Episode 6After a drunken one-night-stand with a mysterious girl Rudy discovers that he has a strange superpower STD.
10pm70 min
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Series 7, Episode 6 - Ricky Gervais, Warwick Davis, Vernon Kay, Strictly Come Dancing judges, Ed SheeranAlan is joined by the stars of Life's Too Short, Ricky Gervais and Warwick Davis, as well as Vernon Kay, and Strictly Come Dancing judges Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli and Craig Revel Horwood, while music comes from Ed Sheeran who perfoms his latest single, Lego, from his debut album.