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BCG Daily Wednesday 23rd May 2012

Press clippings

QI: Facts about the Queen's diamond jubille

A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI throws a jubilee party.

Molly Oldfield and John Mitchinson, The Telegraph, 23rd May 2012

Peter Kay to be warm-up act for The X Factor

The X Factor will get another new face when auditions kick off today - comic Peter Kay.

Leigh Holmwood, The Sun, 23rd May 2012

An interview with Nick Helm

Dan Carmichael caught up with Nick Helm to find out what life is really like outside the North East - and whether we should pack our sun cream.

Dan Carmichael, Giggle Beats, 23rd May 2012

Have you been watching ... Grandma's House?

As Simon Amstell's sometimes uncomfortable sitcom nears the end of its second series, the performances and writing look increasingly impressive.

Gina Allum, The Guardian, 23rd May 2012

The Unforgettable Dudley Moore, ITV1, review

Bernadette McNulty reviews The Unforgettable Dudley Moore, ITV1's profile of the much-loved comedian and actor.

Bernadette McNulty, The Telegraph, 23rd May 2012

TV & radio

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Richard Wilson

Believe It!

Series 1, Episode 3 - Boots

Why does Richard Wilson sleep with a pair of miners' boots by the bed?

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
So Wrong It's Right. Charlie Brooker. Copyright: Zeppotron

So Wrong It's Right

Series 3, Episode 2

Charlie Brooker hosts the comedy panel show that seeks the finest wrong answers. With guests Barry Cryer, Holly Walsh and Lee Mack.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 7:30pm
30 min
Dudley Moore

The Unforgettable...

Series 5, Episode 7 - Dudley Moore

A tribute to Dudley Moore, who is best known for being part of a double act with Peter Cook and as an unlikely Hollywood star.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
It Is Rocket Science!. Helen Keen. Copyright: BBC

It Is Rocket Science!

Series 2, Episode 2 - Things To Come, That Might Have Been

Helen Keen looks at the power of the imagination to inspire some of the most creative and least likely of space endeavours - featuring un-dead astronauts, a nuclear-bomb-powered-flying-hotel and the British Space Programme.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Strap In - It's Clever Peter. Image shows from L to R: Richard Bond, William Hartley, Ed Eales-White. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Strap In - It's Clever Peter

Episode 2

Sketches include a health and safety blow dart, a killer whale and a souffle.

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