BCG Daily Wednesday 7th January 2015
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Sarah Millican on appearing on Desert Island Discs
"Pride and Prejudice won't tell me the best way to drink my wee and which parts of a lizard are the tastiest"
Sarah Millican, Radio Times, 7th January 2015On the set of Crims, BBC3's new prison comedy
From Porridge to Steptoe, TV comedy loves an odd couple stuck at close quarters. So this new sitcom about a couple of chalk'n'cheese cellmates - featuring a Twilight-loving gang boss and an ex-Doctor Who - could be in for a long stretch.
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 7th January 2015Is Grimsby really that grim?
Following reports that Sacha Baron Cohen employed 'enormous and revolting' female extras to represent Grimsby women for a film set in the town, we ask - is Grimsby that bad?
Theo Merz, The Telegraph, 7th January 2015Jack Whitehall says he is turning into his dad
Jack Whitehall thinks he's turning into his father.
STV, 7th January 2015Brigstocke, Finnemore & more up for BBC Audio Awards
Marcus Brigstocke, John Finnemore and sketch duo Trodd en Bratt are among the nominees for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2015, announced today.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th January 2015TV preview: Crims, BBC3
There were early reports - by me probably - that this was going to be a Porridge for the new Millennium. It isn't, of course. If anything it takes its cue more from Scum.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th January 2015James Corden considered not accepting OBE
James Corden says he thought about not accepting his OBE from the Queen.
Daniel Rosney, BBC News, 7th January 2015Adam Kay on Crims
"Porridge casts a very long shadow, and rightly so. But in general, it's less helpful thinking of a show in terms of the precinct it's based in. A show is essentially the characters that are part of the world."
The Velvet Onion, 7th January 2015Conaty, Pascoe & more added to Raise a Laugh for Refuge
Roisin Conaty, Sara Pascoe, Gabby Best and Jayde Adam have been added to Raise a Laugh for Refuge.
Jamie Harris, Digital Spy, 7th January 2015Canadian version of Sensitive Skin recommissioned
The Canadian remake of BBC comedy-drama Sensitive Skin, which stars Sex & the City star Kim Cattrall in the lead role, has been commissioned for a second season.
Baby Cow Productions, 7th January 2015What's funny about the Irish famine?
Plans for a comedy series set during the Irish potato famine have hit a nerve on social media. Are some subjects still taboo in a country famed for its dark humour?
BBC News, 7th January 2015Jim Davidson blasts lack of working class comedy
Jim Davidson has criticised the BBC for having a left-wing bias and said that there isn't enough working class comedy on TV anymore.
Alex Fletcher, Digital Spy, 7th January 2015Comedy writer Dan Swimer interview
As a writer on Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Grandma's House, Swimer is the unsung star of some of the best TV comedy of the past decade. As his new sitcom, Crims, begins, he tells Alice Jones why he's still terrified of the spotlight.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 7th January 2015Count Arthur Strong review
Series two does not disappoint, and fans of the first series will enjoy this as much, if not more, than what they have already seen.
Suzanne Camfield, On The Box, 7th January 2015Steve Pemberton on quitting Benidorm
Steve Pemberton has spoken of the "difficult decision" to leave Benidorm alongside his on-screen family.
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 7th January 2015Phoenix Nights motorhome sold to Devon fan
A motorhome used in the iconic final scene of Peter Kay's comedy classic Phoenix Nights has been bought by an obsessed fan - who plans to turn it into a shrine to the show.
The Torquay Herald, 7th January 2015Bec Hill, Soho Theatre - comedy review
It is Bec Hill's effervescent personality that carries Ellipsis, a corny but very funny show about how one should never give up hope.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 7th January 2015Videos
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