BCG Daily Wednesday 6th September 2017
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Celebrate Mitchell & Webb with 40 Peep Show quotes
In honour Mitchell and Webb's return with Back, here are 40 funny Peep Show quotes.
The Telegraph, 6th September 2017Preview - Back
David Mitchell and Robert Webb return with a new Channel 4 sitcom from one of the writers of The Thick of It.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 6th September 2017Live review: English Comedian of the Year Final 2017
This year's final of the English Comedian of the Year proved one thing. You don't actually have to be English to be eligible, but maybe it helps. It also helps, of course, if you are funny, and the standard of this year's final confirmed that regardless of nationality, stand-up comedy is in pretty good health.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th September 2017Back: TV preview
Back is not Peep Show: The Next Generation. But it also sort of is, inescapably.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th September 2017Interview: Upstart Crow's David Mitchell
Ben Elton's sitcom about Shakespeare, Upstart Crow, which stars Mitchell as The Bard and returns for a second series on BBC2, might be his best work since Blackadder.
James Rampton, The Independent, 6th September 2017Mitchell & Webb are 'Back' in Channel 4's new sitcom
So I'm happy to report that Back bucks Blackadder. This is a confident, charismatic opener of what promises to be a great little series. Here's to British comedy in rude health.
Sarah Kennedy, The Custard TV, 6th September 2017Louise Brealey interview
Louise Brealey talks new comedy Back, female Time Lords and the future of Sherlock.
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 6th September 2017Robert Webb interview
"Men are embarrassed about even the best emotions".
Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 6th September 2017Only Fools and Horses... From Peckham to Beckham
Only Fools And Horses... John Sullivan's long-running sitcom, began on 8 September 1981.
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10:45am15 min
The Inheritors
Episode 3 - Home EconomicsThe Chédids are united in their quest to thwart their father's plan to divert his fortune into Lebanese business. So how come Jasmine seems to have swapped sides?
11:30am30 min
Relativity
Series 1, Episode 1Ian brings home new girlfriend Chloe. His mum Margaret desperately hopes she is the one, dad Ken can't wait to try out his shampoo joke - again, while sister Jane, brother-in-law Pete and their three teen children try to get to the bottom of just what the attractive, intelligent, witty 30-something Chloe sees in serial dater and under employed 40-plus actor, Ian.
6pm15 min
Danger Mouse
Series 2, Episode 5 - Squawkenbard Kingcluck BrunelWhen King Kong Brunel suggests that the Professor's success is all due to her privileged life as Danger Agency lab technician with scientist parents, an irked Squawk uses Brunel's Cow Trainer to swap bodies with him in order to show that she could be just as successful in his shoes.
6:30pm30 min
Ankle Tag
Series 1, Episode 2 - The PlumberThe bath has sprung a leak. Gruff wants to book an ethical plumber, much to Bob's disgust. His mate Terry would do it for clubcard vouchers. Meanwhile Alice and Bob have both developed an unhealthy affection for ape-based reality show Monkey World.
10pm30 min
Bobby And Harriet Get Married
Episode 6 - Why Are We In The Hospital, Harriet?The honeymoon appears to be over as Harriet reacts badly to a snap pea but almost nothing will get in the way of the couple's attempts to reach Santorini.
10pm30 min
Back
Series 1, Episode 1The Nichols family are preparing for the funeral of Laurie, a much loved father, brother, husband and the celebrated landlord of the John Barleycorn Pub.
11pm15 min
