BCG Daily Sunday 24th April 2016
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Peake-Jones never watched OFAH until appearing on it
Actress Tessa Peake-Jones, 58, on how she got involved with Britain's biggest sitcom as Raquel, her dream of dancing on Strictly..., and a close encounter with a naked James Norton.
Laura Millar, The Mirror, 24th April 2016Unknown writer gets his big TV break with Flowers
Will Sharpe was born in London but until the age of eight he lived in Tokyo. He was educated at Winchester College, then went to Cambridge, where he read classics and joined the university's dramatic club, Footlights, subsequently spending a year with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Maggie Brown, The Observer, 24th April 2016My favourite photograph by Alexei Sayle
Stand-up star and writer Alexei, 63, recalls carefree days and calamities with The Young Ones' Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall.
Angela Wintle, The Daily Express, 24th April 2016Sacha Baron Cohen joins Britain's rich list
I iz rich! Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen joins Britain's rich list for the first time after amassing £104m.
Leon Watson, The Telegraph, 24th April 2016TV preview: Flowers, C4
This is not your conventional sitcom then, but nor is it anything like Camping or The Mighty Boosh. It's sitcomland but tipped off its axis in a different direction. There are moments which will make you laugh - particularly the house party from hell in the first episode - but this is a series that stretches the genre to snapping point.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th April 2016Julian Barratt interview
The Mighty Boosh star is back in Flowers, a sitcom about a dysfunctional family. He talks about fatherhood and why he's too grumpy for panel shows.
Hadley Freeman, The Guardian, 24th April 2016Camping review
It's an indisputable fact that you need a very strong stomach to watch anything written by Julia Davis.
Sarah Hughes, Frame Rated, 24th April 2016Julian Barratt interview
Julian Barratt is disarmingly honest about his affinity with Maurice.
Oscar Rickett, Vice.com, 24th April 2016Rape jokes are not the issue - it's the joke target
Downright mean jokes about rape, like Jimmy Carr's 'nine out of ten people in a gang rape said they enjoyed it' are the damaging ones.
Mia Doring, The Huffington Post, 24th April 201613 things to expect from Channel 4's Flowers
We've rounded up 13 things you can expect from this eccentric, melancholic family drama that Channel 4 claims goes'from the magical to the mundane to the downright mad'.
Olivia Waring, Metro, 24th April 2016Videos
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The Rest Is History
Series 2, Episode 4Chris Addison and Alun Cochrane join Frank and Kate to discuss the three wise men, Jack Straw (not that one), Henry Austen and a weaponry timeline.
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Series 4, Episode 4Lee Mack welcomes comedians Katherine Ryan and Hugh Dennis and former world champion boxer Amir Khan as the fun and fact-filled panel show continues.