BCG Daily Thursday 26th April 2012
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Alan Carr admits he kissed a married lady
Camp comic Alan Carr today admitted that he kissed a woman at a pal's birthday party - in front of her husband.
Angharad Llewllyn, The Sun, 26th April 2012Jimmy Carr becomes a stumble driver for ALOTO
Jimmy Carr looks like he's had enough of running at full pelt on a giant treadmill - after taking a tumble. The comedian is forced to run 60 metres inside a "Stumble Driver" that looks like a hamster wheel.
The Sun, 26th April 2012Photo: First look at Red Dwarf X
We've got a first look at the new series of Red Dwarf X, coming to Dave later this year.
UKTV, 26th April 2012Interview: Eric Lampaert
Eric Lampaert (Lamb Pear) is French and quite good at comedy (Latitude New Act Of The Year 2010, T4 Rising Star 2012). He'll be popping up to Yorkshire for Laughter Lines | Leeds Comedy Festival later this week, but before all that he found the time to talk to Pete Starr about writing actual jokes, the best breakfast in Leeds and how his striking looks gained him national fame of one sort or another via FRONT magazine...
Pete Starr, Giggle Beats, 26th April 2012Gina McKee, Jan Ravens and Phil Nice join Hebburn cast
Gina McKee, Jan Ravens and Phil Nice have been lined up to star alongside Jim Moir, Chris Ramsey and Kimberley Nixon in new six-part BBC Two comedy series, Hebburn.
BBC Press Office, 26th April 2012Video: 60-second comedy show: Late Night Gimp Fight
It's the first of a new series of videos in which London Is Funny squeezes a 60-minute show into just 60 seconds. First up is the glorious juvenilia of Late Night Gimp Fight.
London Is Funny, 26th April 2012Will Channel 4's new takeoff show take off?
How will the broadcaster's new impression show compare with the classics of the past - and how will it deal with modern social sensibilities?
Mark Lawson, The Guardian, 26th April 2012Only Fools and Horses remake rename debate: highlights
You may have seen that ABC, the American network behind the Only Fools and Horses remake, had taken to Facebook to ask fans of its biggest comedy, Modern Family, what they should rename it.
Such Small Portions, 26th April 2012Howerd's Ways: The radio times of Frankie Howerd
Busy year, 2012. The Olympics, The Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Year of Shakespeare are all vying for our headspace so it's easy to overlook notable anniversaries. I'm sure that anyone above the age of forty will be shocked to realise that Frankie Howerd died two whole decades ago, on 19th April 1992.
Mik Wilkojc, BBC Blogs, 26th April 2012Comedy gold: Dylan Moran's Monster
One of the finest phrasemakers in comedy smuggles out the less bigoted frustrations of middle England beneath a cloak of rumpled Irish charm.
Leo Benedictus, The Guardian, 26th April 2012Grandma's House review
So what of this second series? Well, it's started in good form, with some of the best handled sexual-comedy I've seen in a while.
Tom Chant, The Comedy Journal, 26th April 2012Videos
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9pm30 min
Russell Howard's Good News
Series 6, Episode 3Clips include a mayor who has banned residents from dying; a man who can't stop laughing after an operation; and some naughty placards at the London Marathon. The Mystery Guest is a canine Crufts winner. The Good News Extra comic is Dana Alexander.
9pm30 min
Nixon's The One
Episode 0 - Nixon's The OneHarry Shearer stars as disgraced President Nixon in an eye-opening play based on transcripts of real recordings from his Oval Office. With Henry Goodman.
9:30pm30 min
Henning Knows Best
Episode 6 - SportIn the last episode in the series, Henning Wehn looks at the topic of Sport, with guest Graham Taylor.
10pm45 min
Celebrity Juice
Series 7, Episode 12Caroline Flack, Eamonn Holmes, Corey Feldman and Chris Ramsey are the guests joining Keith, Fearne and Holly.
10pm30 min
Grandma's House
Series 2, Episode 2 - The Day Simon Thought It May Be A Good Idea To Find New Living ArrangementsSimon has been living with Grandma in Gants Hill for some months now and is beginning to feel it...