BCG Daily Sunday 10th January 2016
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Generation rent finds its comic voice
Frustrated by the scarcity of meaty roles for women, Phoebe Waller-Bridge - 'the British Amy Schumer' - wrote and stars in Crashing, a new TV comedy for the way we live now.
Elizabeth Day, The Observer, 10th January 2016Eric Idle: the BBC paid us £2,000 a series for Python
The actor and musician pays tax in three countries but doesn't vote in any of them, but he has never regretted leaving London for sunny Los Angeles.
Angela Wintle, The Telegraph, 10th January 2016Review: Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival preview
There were many highs at De Montfort Hall on Friday night, the odd low, but not too many.
Fiona Dryden, Leicester Mercury, 10th January 2016Robin Askwith says he's STILL a target for maneaters
Robin Askwith returns to the bawdy ITV sitcom on Monday and admits he just can't seem to leave his racy screen past behind him.
Janine Yaqoob, The Mirror, 10th January 2016Sherrie Hewson interview
Benidorm star, Sherrie Hewson, 65, on finding the right man, being a doting grandma, and getting thrown out of bars...
Laura Millar, The Mirror, 10th January 2016QI: series M, episode 10 - Making a Meal of It review
This week's episode of QI, focusing on food, makes for some surprising and interesting viewing. Some panellists I wasn't expecting much form managed to do well.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 10th January 2016Puppy Love to be adapted in USA
Axed BBC sitcom Puppy Love is to return - but in the States.
Jay Richardson, Chortle, 10th January 2016TV preview: Brian Pern: 45 Years Of Prog And Roll, BBC4
Last time we saw Brian Pern he had had a heart attack and it looked like he might be retiring. But you don't get rid of prog rockers like Pern - played by Simon Day - that easily. He is on TV again for a new series exploring the highways and byways of the rock world.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th January 2016Bernie Clifton moves Ricky Wilson to tears on Voice
He's best known for riding an yellow ostrich, but Crackerjack's Bernie Clifton adds another feather to his cap as he sings on the BBC show.
Rachel Ward, The Telegraph, 10th January 2016Why women are taking over TV comedy
Fed up with being sidelined, female writers and actors are proving their comedy chops and filling up schedules in 2016.
Sarah Hughes, The Observer, 10th January 2016Alun Cochrane: A Show With A Man In It - review
Alun Cochrane is more of an obsessive than an observational comedian.
Dave Cunningham, The Reviews Hub, 10th January 2016Isy Suttie: my worst gig ever
Every comedian has 'died' on stage, says Isy Suttie. Here she relives her nightmare in Edinburgh.
Isy Suttie, The Observer, 10th January 2016Tracey Ullman: 'My face is good for impersonations'
One of America's most successful comic actors is back in Britain. Tracey Ullman explains all...
Nigel Farndale, The Observer, 10th January 2016Paul Bazely & Janine Duvitski interview
Last seen in the final episode of Series 4, Troy is back in Benidorm and once again played by Paul Basely. Also back, following the very sad death of Kenny Ireland who played her on-screen husband Donald, is Janine Duvitski as Benidorm's most prolific swinger, Jacqueline Stewart.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 10th January 2016Jake Canuso, Tim Healy & Jessica Ellerby interview
Benidorm regulars Mateo (Jake Canuso) and Les/Lesley (Tim Healy) are back working at the Solana and this year there's a new girl behind the bar, Amber (Jessica Ellerby).
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 10th January 2016Preview: Tracey Ullman's Show
After thirty years away from British television, Tracey Ullman returns to the UK with a brand new sketch show, Tracey Ullman's Show. How do the BBC show their gratitude? By burying her show at 10:45pm on a Monday night on BBC One.
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