BCG Daily Sunday 10th May 2015
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10 things we learnt from Matt LeBlanc about Episodes
Some information about the latest series of Episodes.
Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy, 10th May 2015Matt Berry interview
The Bafta nominee for Best Comedy actor on his love of Springwatch, living without a TV and having his dreams come true.
Alexia Skinitis, Radio Times, 10th May 2015Radio Times review
How do you add to what has already been said, shown and written about Charlie Chaplin? Terry Jones concludes here that Chaplin was a "genius" who "took physical comedy to new heights" - not bold claims. He laughs at clips from the great silent films, tries to imitate the Tramp's walk and in several sequences simply stands on the streets of south London reading aloud from a paperback of Chaplin's autobiography. It all feels a little undercooked, but some of the archive footage, for instance of Chaplin revisiting Lambeth in the 1960s, strikes a chord.
David Butcher, Radio Times, 10th May 2015Stephen Mangan reveals run in with Hollywood cops
Episodes star Stephen Mangan has revealed he feared he was about to be arrested in Los Angeles - but the police were just stopping him to say they loved the show.
The Irish Examiner, 10th May 2015Preview, Murder In Successvile, Greg James, BBC3
This is not sophisticated, carefully-crafted humour like, say, Inside No. 9, but there is something enjoyably stupid about it, even though it looks like it has cost a couple of quid to make. I fear the worst - this ludicrous off-the-cuffs series may be growing on me.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th May 2015Review: Noel Fielding's fantastical coming of age
Sandpapering the face off a budgie. Playing hopscotch with Kanye West. A disloyal wife who makes out with a triangle. A New York cop named Raymond Boombox. The blokes sat next to you dressed as the Crack Fox and Old Greg. A minotaur. Even a 'reverse' minotaur (a bull's body with the head of Nick Cave, obviously). And not forgetting a giant curly penis exploding glitter into the auditorium. Welcome, if you care to read more, to An Evening with Noel Fielding.
Rory O'Sullivan, Stuff.co.nz, 10th May 2015Review: Dara O'Briain at The Centaur, Cheltenham
There's such a likeable dependability to Dara, you just know you're in safe hands, because he can find the funny in the mundane and ridiculous, and he's happy to laugh at himself too.
Corrie Bond-French, The Gloucester Citizen, 10th May 2015You should be watching: Inside No. 9
Occupying a Tuesday evening timeslot on BBC Two, it was perhaps inevitable that Inside No. 9 didn't received the recognition it deserves. After only two short series, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have succeeded in creating one of the most original and well-written British TV series in years.
Andrew McGee, The Boar, 10th May 2015Series 4 preview
The script doesn't rely on outrageous situations, funny one-liners or madcap characters to bring the comedy. Instead we're invited into a world that feels very real, and it's the chemistry between the characters and the decisions they make that draws out the comedy and the more we get to know the characters, the more we're drawn in.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 10th May 2015TV & radio
Celebrity Squares
Series 2, Episode 4Warwick is joined by chat show supremo Jonathan Ross, TV presenters Gabby Logan and Laura Whitmore, comedians Tony Law, Nina Conti and Shappi Khorsandi, boy band Union J and resident comedians Tim Vine and Joe Wilkinson, as Stevie from London and Danielle from Leeds play for the jackpot.
Tonight At The London Palladium
Series 2, Episode 2Alexander Armstrong introduces performances from US singers Josh Groban and Meghan Trainor, the cast of West End musical The Commitments, violinist and conductor Andre Rieu with accompaniment from the Johann Strauss Orchestra, and award-winning US dance crew Quest Crew, plus Ethiopian acrobat duo AAC Boys. Comedy comes from Lee Nelson and Rod Woodward.
Perspectives: In Charlie Chaplin's Footsteps With Terry Jones
An episode from ITV's Perspectives documentary strand in which Terry Jones talks about Charlie Chaplin.