BCG Daily Monday 5th March 2012
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Robson Green joins Mount Pleasant
Robson Green has joined the cast of Mount Pleasant for the second season of the Sky 1 sitcom.
Such Small Portions, 5th March 2012Gigglebox weekly #40 - The Indian Doctor
This week, for once, I'm able to review a series in its entirety rather on just a single episode.
Ian Wolf, Giggle Beats, 5th March 2012Dirk Gently: The case of the missing electric monk
It's a tricky business, steering Douglas Adams's dodgy sleuth Dirk Gently from page to screen. Howard Overman tells Benji Wilson how he did it.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 5th March 2012Izzard recreates Italian job ending on gallery roof
Comedian Eddie Izzard is paying an artist to recreate the final scene of The Italian Job by balancing a coach off the roof of an art gallery.
The Telegraph, 5th March 2012Susan Boyle on Ricky Gervais: 'He has the problem'
Susan Boyle has responded to being called a "mong" by Ricky Gervais.
Daniel Sperling, Digital Spy, 5th March 2012Secret Policeman's Ball crosses Atlantic
Russell Brand, Coldplay and a host of other acts have taken part in a Secret Policeman's Ball gala in New York - the first to take place outside the UK.
BBC News, 5th March 2012Actor Philip Madoc dies aged 77
Welsh actor Philip Madoc has died after a short illness, his agent says. Dad's Army will remember him as the German U-Boat captain in the famous episode "The Deadly Attachment".
BBC News, 5th March 2012Video: Comedy queen Sarah Millican's interview secrets
Sarah Millican, who was recently voted Britain's Queen of Comedy, has launched a new television series.
The show introduces some of her favourite, if somewhat unlikely, television genre combinations.
The comedian shared some of her interview techniques with BBC Breakfast.
"When you're a comic people don't want you to be safe," she said.
BBC News, 5th March 2012The thousands of creative decisions behind Dirk Gently
One man, Douglas Adams, wrote two and a half books about the adventures of holistic detective, Dirk Gently, and now over 100 people have collaborated to bring his character to the small screen for a new series which starts tonight.
Stephen Mangan, BBC Blogs, 5th March 2012Rihanna gets raunchy with Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross was left looking rather sheepish by a "waunchy" performance by "Wihanna" on his Friday night ITV show...
On The Box, 5th March 2012Ronnie Corbett admits he was sent to the Priory
Comedian Ronnie Corbett has revealed he was sent to the Priory clinic to see a psychiatrist because of fears over his health.
Daily Record, 5th March 2012Mr Bean likes his 20m Facebook fans
Status update: looking generally confused. Rowan Atkinson's Mr Bean has celebrated the not insignificant milestone of more than 20 million fans on Facebook.
Monkey, The Guardian, 5th March 2012Video: Interview with Dirk Gently star Stephen Mangan
On the set of the BBC4 comedy drama, Mangan tells RT about Dirk's detective powers, breakfast habits and heroic hair...
Jack Seale and Tom Cole, Radio Times, 5th March 2012Joe Gilgun: 'Series four will have a fresh outlook'
Joe Gilgun has confirmed that he will appear in the fourth series of Misfits.
Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy, 5th March 2012First raft of shows for 2012 Edinburgh Fringe programme
Stewart Lee, Jimmy Carr, Rhod Gilbert and more to appear at Fringe 2012.
Nikki Boyle, The List, 5th March 2012Audio: Stephen Mangan on the return of Dirk Gently
Nikki Bedi talks to actor Stephen Mangan, who returns to our screens in the guise of Dirk Gently, Douglas Adams' self-styled 'holistic detective'.
Nikki Bedi, Loose Ends, 5th March 2012We Recommend: Dirk Gently
Gimmicky detective shows are not uncommon, from Sherlock to Castle, and it's hard to deny this is another one, although the quality writing/acting talent involved in Dirk Gently makes it more acceptable to like, not to mention the literary roots.
Nick Bryan, The Digital Fix, 5th March 2012Stephen Mangan on Douglas Adams
Stephen Mangan, star of BBC4's Dirk Gently, talks about his love affair with the work of the late author Douglas Adams...
What's On TV, 5th March 2012Videos
TV
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Podcasts
TV & radio
9am30 min
Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section
Series 1, Episode 1Alex Horne and his five piece band give listeners a Latin lesson, ponder the language that unifies us all and guest David O'Doherty takes listeners for a noisy ride in the Quiet Carriage.
11:30am30 min
Wordaholics
Series 1, Episode 3Countdown's Susie Dent, writer Natalie Haynes and comedians Milton Jones and Jack Whitehall vie for supremacy in the panel game hosted by Gyles Brandreth.
5:15pm30 min
Roy
Series 2, Episode 9 - Invisible RoyRoy makes two outstanding discoveries in one day: that he can turn himself invisible and that his mate Jack is being bullied. Roy is determined to use his invisibility powers to avenge Jack, with help from their friends.
5:45pm30 min
The Ministry Of Curious Stuff
Series 1, Episode 9Vic and his team learn who has the biggest tongue, find out whether girls can grow beards and investigate whether an animal will ever win The X Factor.
6:30pm30 min
Just A Minute
Series 62, Episode 5Nicholas Parsons presents the long-running panel game. Sue Perkins, Charles Collingwood, Julian Clary and Paul Merton compete to see who has the greatest gift of the gab.
8:30pm30 min
The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff
Episode 3Reduced to poverty and gin addiction Jedrington is at his lowest ebb, until his loyal and true servant Servegood restores him to sobriety by the gentle application of a massive cudgel.
9pm30 min
Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask
Series 1, Episode 5Jimmy Carr, Robert Webb and Andrew Maxwell are the guests for the fifth episode of the show in which panellists devise - and answer - the questions.
9pm60 min
Dirk Gently
Episode 1Douglas Adams' private detective discovers the connection between two unrelated cases: a client who believes the Pentagon are trying to kill him and another whose horoscopes appear to be coming true. When the mysteries collide, Dirk is the only man for the job.
10pm30 min
Watson & Oliver
Series 1, Episode 3In this week's episode, the Georgian ladies have Absolutely No Sense or Sensibility whilst picknicking, and a pair of schoolgirls go clothes shopping. Back in the studio, Lorna and Ingrid receive some surprising news from James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli.