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BCG Daily Sunday 25th November 2012

Press clippings

Peep Show: Super Hans's maddest moments

From crack addiction to endorphin overload, we pick the funniest scenes from Peep Show's cult hero.

Michael Hogan, The Observer, 25th November 2012

Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! - review

The only laughs come from the film's title and Jessica Hynes as a ridiculously pretentious TV hostess.

Philip French, The Observer, 25th November 2012

Hail, Croydon's kings of comedy: Peep Show is back

The mismatched housemates return tonight. Hugh Montgomery looks at the rise of two sitcom losers.

Hugh Montgomery, The Independent, 25th November 2012

Heads up: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People

A guide to the comedy Christmas show for those who don't believe in God.

Holly Williams, The Independent, 25th November 2012

Peep Show, Channel 4, preview

If you've never watched this warped, 21st-century answer to The Likely Lads (and there's a reasonable chance you haven't: its biggest audience yet is just 1.8 million), you may be wondering how a comedy that sounds so uncomical can have survived so long - indeed, flourished, winning Baftas, British Comedy Awards, Royal Television Society Awards and the Rose d'Or.

Michael Deacon, The Telegraph, 25th November 2012

David Frost talks about That Was The Week That Was

David Frost shot to fame 50 years ago poking fun at the powerful, but insists he is still an outsider.

Cole Moreton, The Telegraph, 25th November 2012

Are Mitchell & Webb anything like their characters?

The actors reveal their dating tips and mishaps, first kisses, romantic gestures and how they knew they'd met "the one".

Graham Wray, Radio Times, 25th November 2012

Is a Hebburn Comedy Festival on the horizon?

The man behind BBC2 sitcom Hebburn is hoping to bring more comedy stars to the now infamous North East town.

Andrew Dipper, Giggle Beats, 25th November 2012

Lee Ridley made patron of Find A Voice charity

A rising comedian who has cerebral palsy has told of his pride at being made patron of a disabilities charity.

Matthew McKenzie, Sunday Sun, 25th November 2012

TV preview: Peep Show

So here it is, back again, in its new Sunday evening, post-Homeland slot, presumably in the further hope of picking up new viewers in need of a laugh after an hour of teeth-clenched suspense.

Paul Whitelaw, The Scotsman, 25th November 2012

TV review: Peep Show; Him & Her

They are showing at the same time, so which is better - clever Peep Show or warmhearted Him & Her?

Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 25th November 2012

Peep Show, Channel 4, review

Nine years, eight series and a Bafta later, Peep Show has moved to Sunday nights. What can this mean? There is probably a scheduling stratagem to explain the transfer, but I can't help feeling that Peep Show is growing comfortably middle-aged.

Andrew Pettie, The Telegraph, 25th November 2012

Sarah Millican boosts Channel 4's Friday night ratings

Sarah Millican managed to match Alan Carr in terms of viewers on Friday night, early figures indicate.

Paul Millar, Digital Spy, 25th November 2012

What Matters to Me: Rob Rouse, comedian

Who would attend your fantasy dinner party and what would you eat? I would invite the judges from Great British Menu, who seem to whinge about everything put before them.

Rob Rouse, The Scotsman, 25th November 2012

Peep Show series 8 episode 1 review: Jeremy therapised

It's been said that Peep Show's coup is bringing us to care about despicable characters, which is half true. Its real genius though, is in bringing us to see that we're all sort of despicable; that in a way, we're all Mark and Jez.

Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 25th November 2012

Videos

TV & radio

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
7 Day Saturday. Al Murray. Copyright: Avalon Television

7 Day Saturday

Series 4, Episode 12

Al Murray is back to pore over the week's news, with guests Andy Zaltzman, Nick Hancock and Gary Delaney.

Radio 4 7:15pm
30 min
Robert Bathurst

The Golden Age

Episode 3

New sitcom set in the BBC during the 1930s, by Father Ted writer Arthur Mathews.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
60 min
Misfits. Image shows from L to R: Jess (Karla Crome), Rudy (Joe Gilgun), Finn (Nathan McMullen), Curtis (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett). Copyright: Clerkenwell Films

Misfits

Series 4, Episode 5

Finn finally tracks down his real father, only to discover that he's close to death.

BBC Two 10pm
30 min
Harry & Paul. Image shows from L to R: Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Harry & Paul

Series 4, Episode 5

Ken and Bryan have an acrimonious split in the Dragons' Den, and we meet the surgeons' 19th-century ancestors.

BBC Three 10pm
30 min
Him & Her. Image shows from L to R: Steve (Russell Tovey), Becky (Sarah Solemani). Copyright: Big Talk Productions

Him & Her

Series 3, Episode 3 - The Happy Couple

Steve and Becky have run out of beer and Steve's mum's had an argument with her boyfriend.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
30 min
Peep Show. Image shows from L to R: Mark Corrigan (David Mitchell), Dobby (Isy Suttie), Jeremy Usbourne (Robert Webb). Copyright: Objective Productions

Peep Show

Series 8, Episode 1 - Jeremy Therapised

Channel 4's longest-running, award-winning sitcom returns for a new series.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:35pm
30 min
Kookyville. Copyright: Objective Productions

Kookyville

Welcome to Kookyville, a new comedy sketch show with a difference. These people are not actors or comedians, and there's no script. They're just real, funny people all found in the constructed reality of Kookyville...

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