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BCG Daily Monday 29th February 2016

Features

Press clippings

Chris Ramsey in police mistaken identity scare

Chris Ramsey was cuffed in his hotel room last night in a case of mistaken identity.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th February 2016

Sacha Baron Cohen brings back Ali G at the Oscars

Ali G was as ignorant as ever when he said there should be an Oscar for the 'very hard-working little yellow people.'

Mike Larkin, Daily Mail, 29th February 2016

Sandi Toksvig on coming out

The presenter talked of "very dark times" when she went public with her sexuality in 1994.

Carrie Lyell, Diva Mag, 29th February 2016

Ask the expert: Bruce Dessau

Bruce Dessau, the founder of the comedy website Beyond The Joke, is a very popular writer and arts critic.

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 29th February 2016

Sue Johnson interview

Acting royalty Sue Johnston on working for Brian Epstein, her local MP George Osborne - and why Liverpool FC need her!

Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 29th February 2016

Helen Monks on 'Raised by Wolves'

If you thought Raised by Wolves'was riotous, wait till you hear . As the sitcom returns to Channel 4, its star Helen Monks gives Gerard Gilbert the lowdown.

Gerard Gilbert, The Independent, 29th February 2016

Daniel Sloss leads Scottish Comedy Awards nominations

Daniel Sloss is nominated in four categories including best TV/radio comedian and best solo tour/festival show ahead of the bash at the Blythswood Square hotel on April 25.

Rick Fulton, Daily Record, 29th February 2016

Sublime stand-up from Stewart Lee

The finest half hour of comedy ever written and performed, in my opinion, was one particular episode of Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle.

Tara Pardo, The Bristol Post, 29th February 2016

Grimsby will make you laugh - and hate yourself for it

Not everything works - the jokes about Aids and children in wheelchairs are hardly fitting as mass crowd-pleasers but Cohen's horrible gift is in getting you laughing along despite yourself and thus losing the right claim moral high ground.

Matt Adcock, Northamptonshire Telegraph, 29th February 2016

Videos

Podcasts

TV & radio

CBeebies logo. Credit: BBC 9:35am
10 min
Twirlywoos. Copyright: Ragdoll Productions / DHX Media

Twirlywoos

Series 2, Episode 16 - Next To

The Twirlywoos see a lady putting coloured stars next to items in a shop window display, and they get carried away putting stars next to everything in sight! Back in the boat, the Stop-Go Car brings some blocks, and the Twirlywoos have fun lining them up.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Dot. Dot (Fenella Woolgar). Copyright: BBC

Dot

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Extraordinary Example Of The Ha'penny Exchange

A little East End snotling has found her way into the Cabinet War Rooms. How will Dot dispose of her?

CITV 4pm
15 min
Mr Bean. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Mr Bean

Series 2, Episode 45 - Birthday Party

Mr Bean is feeling down. Everyone has forgotten his birthday - and to make it worse - Mrs Wicket is having a noisy party downstairs.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 74, Episode 2

Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Tim Rice and Esther Rantzen try to talk without deviation, hesitation or repetition on such diverse subjects as Bubble and Squeak, Kiwis and A Leap Year.

BBC Three 9pm
30 min
Cuckoo. Ken (Greg Davies). Copyright: Roughcut Television

Cuckoo

Series 3, Episode 3 - Mums' Group

Ken starts enjoying his paternity leave when he joins a mums' group, but Lorna's worried that a yummy mummy has her eye on him.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
50 min
Fresh Meat. Image shows from L to R: Josie (Kimberley Nixon), Howard (Greg McHugh), JP (Jack Whitehall), Kingsley (Joe Thomas). Copyright: Objective Productions / Lime Pictures

Fresh Meat

Series 4, Episode 2

Vod thinks a new job in a pub is the answer to her money worries but she didn't plan for her housemates becoming regulars.

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