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BCG Daily Sunday 16th September 2012

Press clippings

James Corden gets married at star-studded wedding

James Corden vowed to love, honour and obey his beautiful bride at their star-studded wedding yesterday.

Gordon Smart, The Sun, 16th September 2012

Hunderby: The best British period sitcom in 20 years

It's set in the bleak 1830's somewhere in England after a shipwreck, where our Helena is brought back from the dead on the beach by a Pastor. The two must have a baby within a year or they lose Hunderby. Strange, but it works...

Matt Grundy, Sabotage Times, 16th September 2012

The Thick Of It series 4 episode 2 review

Overall, it was an episode of chess moves, hatched plots, and gradually escalating storylines peppered with characteristic flashes of brilliant writing and the odd clever laugh-out-loud line.

Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 16th September 2012

Comedy World Cup, Channel 4

At an hour, the show felt overextended, and I hear the recording was a marathon.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 16th September 2012

An interview with Mick Miller & Jimmy Cricket

I don't think it's a stretch to suggest that Mick Miller and Jimmy Cricket are two of the best loved - and most established - names in comedy.

James Harle, Giggle Beats, 16th September 2012

MediaGuardian 100 2012 - 60. Graham Norton

He may have been overtaken as the BBC's highest earner by Jeremy Clarkson, but the chatshow host is on top of his game.

The Guardian, 16th September 2012

MediaGuardian 100 2012 - 46. Ian Hislop

Private Eye hit its highest circulation for more than 25 years as it turned 50 - and its editor has never had a higher public profie.

The Guardian, 16th September 2012

Stewart Lee: John Cage meets Ant & Dec

In 2001, I was invited by ITV to pitch Ant & Dec a sitcom idea. I suggested the pair should play bickering lighthouse keepers on a lonely rock.

Stewart Lee, The Guardian, 16th September 2012

Videos

TV & radio

CBeebies logo. Credit: BBC 11am
25 min
Justin's House. Image shows from L to R: Justin (Justin Fletcher), Little Monster, Robert the Robert (Steven Kynman). Copyright: BBC

Justin's House

Series 2, Episode 8 - Posh Nosh

Despite his best efforts, Robert cannot get Justin's Cake-a-pulter Hundred Thousand to work. This is a job for Roberta the superturbo robot - but only after Justin has treated her and Robert to a not-so-peaceful dinner in the house.

BBC Radio 5 Live 9pm
60 min
7 Day Saturday. Al Murray. Copyright: Avalon Television

7 Day Saturday

Series 4, Episode 2

Al Murray and Andy Zaltzman are joined by 7 Day Sunday's favourite vegetarian Jew, Rebecca Front, and Ruth Pickett.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm
95 min
The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year. Jimmy Carr

The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year

Episode 10 - The Big Fat Quiz Of The 80s

Jimmy Carr hosts a special edition of the Big Fat Quiz series, taking irreverent look back at the almost unrecognisable decade of the 1980s. With Jonathan Ross, Adam Buxton, Jason Manford, Stephen Mangan, Micky Flanagan and Carol Vorderman.

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