BCG Daily Friday 13th April 2012
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ComComedy.com - the UK comedy video website launches
ComComedy.com travel around the UK to interview some of the circuit's leading acts as well as the brightest new talent. Our coverage ranges from stand-up comics and character acts, to improvisation and musical comedy.
ComComedy, 13th April 2012Lee Mack has nude scenes in new series of Not Going Out
Fans will be seeing a lot more of Lee Mack in the new series of Not Going Out.
Jen Blackburn, The Sun, 13th April 2012Katy Wix annoyed by not getting recognised for comedy
"Depressingly, I get recognised for that. I don't get recognised much for the comedy I do."
The Sun, 13th April 2012How Derek showed a softer side to Ricky Gervais
Derek turned out to be a beautiful, warm story of people who need love, who give love and yet are all too often sidelined in society.
Scott Matthewman, The Stage, 13th April 2012Tim Vine on how Not Going Out cast kept on laughing
Tickled Tim Vine has revealed how the Not Going Out cast keep laughing during filming.
The Sun, 13th April 2012Ronnie Corbett well after two days in hospital
Ronnie Corbett was recovering at home last night after spending two nights in hospital following a health scare.
Emily Nash, The Sun, 13th April 2012Derek was a sharp yet sweetly observed study of misfits
With Derek, Ricky Gervais pulls back from the brink of the smug self-satisfaction that threatened to engulf his undoubted talent, portraying a simple souled character that it is clear he actually likes.
Keith Watson, Metro, 13th April 2012Ricky Gervais's Derek watched by 2 million on Channel 4
Great ratings and extensive social media chatter mean a full series looks likely.
Tim Glanfield, Radio Times, 13th April 2012Last night's viewing: Derek, Channel 4
If you were feeling very kind indeed, you might want to give Ricky Gervais credit for trying. But I don't think you'd conclude that he'd succeeded.
Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent, 13th April 2012Spitting image for the 21st Century!
Morgana Robinson, a waitress-turned-actress does a very convincing impression of Adele for a 21st-century version of the Eighties satire show Spitting Image.
Dan Wootton, Daily Mail, 13th April 2012Ricky Gervais is familiar but compassionate in Derek
A bit like Bob Geldof, whatever you think of some of Ricky Gervais's outbursts, he's still one of the good guys - who seems to want help create a world where, as Derek remembered Joan telling him through his tears, "kindness is magic, more important than being good-looking or clever."
Caroline Frost, The Huffington Post, 13th April 2012Derek, Channel 4
Ricky Gervais's latest vehicle will stir debate.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 13th April 2012Video: The stand-up comic who cannot speak
He is a stand-up comic, but he cannot speak. Lee Ridley has Cerebral Palsy and uses a voice synthesizer to communicate.
Last year his friends encouraged him to take up comedy and two months ago he did his first show, calling himself Lost Voice Guy.
Entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson went to meet him.
Colin Paterson, BBC News, 13th April 2012What makes the perfect Have I Got News For You host?
After 10 years of guest hosts, the format is showing signs of wear and tear. How can proceedings be livened up?
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 13th April 2012Ian Hislop on comedy, politics and HIGNFY
"Sometimes the ones who are really useless are incredibly funny..."
Tom Loxley and Claire Webb, Radio Times, 13th April 2012ComComedy launch gets creative juices flowing
ComComedy, the online video comedy production company, launched their new creative business last night at a launch party at London's Foundation Bar.
Such Small Portions, 13th April 2012Sally Bretton filmed NGO two weeks after giving birth
Not Going Out star Sally Bretton, who plays Lee's love interest Lucy, started filming the latest series two weeks after giving birth.
The Sun, 13th April 2012Not Going Out - Series 5, Episode 1 review
I genuinely can't think of a current British sitcom that's proven so consistently strong for so long. Long may it continue.
Simon Brew, Den Of Geek, 13th April 2012Ricky Gervais fans give Derek the thumbs up
Ricky Gervais' new series Derek has received positive feedback for its inaugural episode, despite fears that viewers might find it offensive or unfunny.
Rachel Tarley, Metro, 13th April 2012Keith Lemon's duet with Wretch 32
Comic Keith Lemon shows off his rapping skills as he joins forces with Wretch 32.
The Sun, 13th April 2012Review: Derek (Channel 4)
The good news: Ricky Gervais' Derek isn't the distasteful portrait of a mentally-disabled man many assumed it would be (based on the original sketch that featured a questionable version of the same character). The bad news: Derek was nevertheless a largely tedious half-hour that offered few laughs amidst an oppressively earnest atmosphere.
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 13th April 2012Not Going Out - Series 5, Episode 1 review
Tonight's episode does have its fair share of laughs, even if, at times, they're overshadowed by some truly terrible one-liners.
Jack Sharp, On The Box, 13th April 2012Joe Gilgun: 'Series 4 will be completely outrageous'
Misfits star Joe Gilgun has insisted that the fourth series will be "disgusting and completely outrageous".
Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy, 13th April 2012Michael McIntyre: Up there on his own
Michael McIntyre is the record-breaking, arena-filling, primetime comedian who just a few years ago was performing to one man and his drink. But the comic's rise has not been as simple as it may seem. Here, he riffs on being an outsider, fighting the class war and why certain contemporaries don't get the joke.
Danny Wallace, GQ, 13th April 2012DVD: Black Pond (15)
Tom Kingsley and Will Sharpe's low-budget debut is haunting, moving and very funny.
Ben Walsh, The Independent, 13th April 2012Black Pond: DVD review
This melancholy, bleakly funny black comedy, about a bickering family plunged into notoriety by an act of kindness, has a dexterity and formal sophistication that belie its micro-budget (£25,000) and its status as a debut film.
Sight and Sound, 13th April 2012Videos
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TV & radio
1:15pm30 min
The Comedy Café
Janice Forsyth taps into the funny business in Scotland and worldwide with all that's new in comedy on radio, TV, the movies, DVD, books, online and live performances.
2:15pm45 min
Is Anything Broken?
A real-time comedy drama about one of the most stressful journeys known to humanity - the trip from Airport Arrivals Hall to Departure Gate.
5pm30 min
Horrible Histories
Series 4, Episode 5Some Bronze Agers argue about building the world's first city, Bob Hale explains the entire history of the Renaissance, Mary Seacole sings about her Crimean hotel and William Shakespeare gets into a rap battle.
6:30pm30 min
The News Quiz
Series 77, Episode 2Sandi Toksvig and panellists Jeremy Hardy, Fred MacAulay, Jo Caulfield and Andrew Maxwell take a sideways look at the week's news, with Neil Sleat reading out the cuttings.
7pm30 min
What's The Story?
Series 6, Episode 2Dan Mitchell is joined by Tom Price, Frank Honeybone, Caryl Parry Jones and Benjamin Partridge.
8:30pm30 min
Would I Lie To You?
Series 6, Episode 1A new series of the hit panel show. Lee Mack is joined by Alex Jones and Alexander Armstrong and David Mitchell is joined by Chris Tarrant and Mel Giedroyc.
9pm30 min
Have I Got News For You
Series 43, Episode 1Episodes and Dirk Gently star Stephen Mangan takes his third stint in the guest host chair to help kick off the first series of 2012. Miles Jupp and Grace Dent are the guests.
9pm30 min
Meet The Adebanjos
Series 1, Episode 2 - Driving LessonAfter being sacked, Funke applies for a new job as a minicab driver. The problem is she can't drive. The only one who can teach her is her number one nemesis - Bayo. Will he teach her and will she get the job?
9:30pm30 min
Not Going Out
Series 5, Episode 1 - BandWhen Tim joins a band at work and Lucy falls for the lead guitarist, Lee becomes jealous, and decides that if he can't beat them he should join them.
10pm30 min
Twenty Twelve
Series 2, Episode 3 - Clarence HouseSeb Coe is keen to make an announcement about the future of the Olympic Stadium post-Games and is pushing for a decision. Meanwhile Clarence House has asked the ODC to look at ways of linking the Olympics with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
10:35pm45 min
The Graham Norton Show
Series 11, Episode 1 - Matt Lucas, Michael Sheen, Ewan McGregor, Cate BlanchettCate Blanchett talks about an encounter with a dancing dog and a ghost; Ewan McGregor talks fly fishing; Michael Sheen reveals all about meeting the real Queen; while Matt Lucas says he is off to live in LA. With music from Keane.
11:35pm45 min
The Mad Bad Ad Show
Episode 6In the sixth and final show of the series the ads are themed around cereal, and Micky Flanagan and Mark Watson are joined by Countdown co-host Rachel Riley and comedian Chris Ramsey.