BCG Daily Tuesday 6th March 2012
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TV review: Dirk Gently
The more you think about it, the less sense Dirk Gently's chaos theory makes.
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 6th March 2012John Bishop has MRI scan following his 'Week of Hell'
Comedian John Bishop has had an MRI scan over fears he may have done himself lasting damage while completing his Sport Relief challenge last week.
The Sun, 6th March 2012Ronnie Barker limericks book found
A book once belonging to Ronnie Barker has been discovered - complete with his changes to famous limericks.
The Sun, 6th March 2012It's the Comedy Ski Tour 2012
The astounding offer I chose to take up recently went something along the lines of 'we would like to take you skiing for a week, on a ski comedy documentary, with Abandoman and Gap Yah. Can you host the gigs?' "Yes," I said.
Tommy Holgate, The Sun, 6th March 2012Secret Policeman's Ball: Stand-up and be counted
Russell Brand stole the show as American and British comics vied for laughs in New York.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 6th March 2012Review: Dirk Gently, Bleak Old Shop, Watson & Oliver
How much plot can a comedy sustain before it starts to get stodgy?
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent, 6th March 2012Alexei Sayle: 'I did think Ed Miliband a little fake'
Alexei Sayle, the once alternative comedian raised as a Marxist, is the Telegraph's new motoring columnist. What would his mother say?
Bryony Gordon, The Telegraph, 6th March 2012Richard Herring: Touring's hard work, dangerous, lonley
Richard Herring reveals why touring is dangerous and lonely, and why a successful gig is much worse than a bad one.
Richard Herring, Metro, 6th March 2012Review: A five-star script filmed on a one-star budget
Dirk Gently's sparkling script is let down by a threadbare budget, leaving what would have been a marvellous radio drama floundering on TV.
Keith Watson, Metro, 6th March 2012Dirk Gently episode 1 review
The show didn't have faith that its audience could either keep up with the plot or put up with more than a sprinkling of Douglas Adams' exquisite weirdness, making it difficult to have much faith in Dirk Gently in return.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 6th March 2012Sarah Millican: I might write a sitcom one day
Award-winning stand-up comedian Sarah Millican tells Metro about the perks of fame, the worst gig of her life and spills the beans about her brand new comedy show on BBC2.
Andrew Williams, Metro, 6th March 2012Barbara bagged the viewers for ITV
Which was the last ITV sitcom to regularly put one over on BBC1, we asked. Reader Graham Walker answered: Gwen Taylor comedy Barbara, which ran for 28 episodes between 1999 and 2003 (after piloting in 1995), 17 of which won their slots.
Monkey, The Guardian, 6th March 2012Vic Reeves to star in new BBC2 sitcom Hebburn
Comedy, written by standup Jason Cook, will be co-produced by Steve Coogan's Baby Cow.
John Plunkett, The Guardian, 6th March 2012Jason Manford to make stage debut in Sweeney Todd
Former presenter of The One Show will take role of Adolfo Pirelli at London's Adelphi theatre in four weeks before the Olympics.
Matt Trueman, The Guardian, 6th March 2012Alan Carr to leave Radio 2
Host of Saturday evening show is latest departure to follow Zoe Ball and Alan Titchmarsh out the door.
John Plunkett, The Guardian, 6th March 2012Steptoe and Son to open this summer
A stage adaptation of Steptoe and Son by Kneehigh and West Yorkshire Playhouse will premiere this summer.
Natalie Woolman, The Stage, 6th March 2012Portrait of the artist: Doug Stanhope, comedian
'Which other artists do I admire? The ones that quit at the top of their game'
Laura Bennett, The Guardian, 6th March 2012Dirk Gently review: Sleuth will out
There are some beautifully comic moments in a gripping, galloping plotline, including an awkward hug the pleasingly empathy-free Gently has to give to a weeping, wronged wife; the close parodies of detective drama with lines such as "the grown man who cried Pentagon" set to a sizzlingly suspense-filled soundtrack, and some simple sledge-hammering clad in blue underpants.
Anoosh Chakelian, On The Box, 6th March 2012Marking Douglas Adams's 60th birthday
Don't forget your towel for birthday party at Hammersmith Apollo celebrating the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Jonathan Sale, The Guardian, 6th March 2012Film review: The Decoy Bride
Tennant and Eve will survive this island that laughs forgot, but only Macdonald comes through with any credit.
Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 6th March 2012The Decoy Bride review
Lame romcom is a disappointing introduction to David Tennant as a cinematic leading man.
Emma Simmonds, The Arts Desk, 6th March 2012Dirk Gently review
Douglas Adams would probably have liked it - but that's not to say the purists are going to be satisfied.
Liam Tucker, TV Pixie, 6th March 2012Dirk Gently episode 1 review
I'm not entirely sure what's missing, but perhaps it's because both Dirk and his sidekick Macduff aren't as well-written as they perhaps need to be.
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 6th March 2012Videos
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