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BCG Daily Saturday 21st October 2017

Press clippings

Paul Whitehouse: The Fast Show won't return

Paul Whitehouse has revealed the cast and creators of The Fast Show discuss bringing it back to our screens "every day". But the actor, 59, believes there would be a "hole" in any future series without Caroline Aherne, who died last year of lung cancer, aged 52.

The Mirror, 21st October 2017

We watch TV's smartest quiz, QI, being filmed

How did a bunch of Essex builders inspire the cleverest show on television? And why did John Lloyd, the creator of QI, come close to shutting the whole thing down last year?

Cole Moreton, Daily Mail, 21st October 2017

Review: Hillary Clinton on The Graham Norton Show

No Paxman-style grilling, but the Democrat radiated grandmotherly charm.

Ed Power, The Telegraph, 21st October 2017

TV & radio

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
Rick Edwards. Credit: BBC

Fighting Talk

Series 15, Episode 9

Presenter and comedian Clive Anderson, writer and football pundit Mina Rzouki, journalist and presenter Martin Kelner and comedian Mark Watson join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 1pm
30 min
Be Lucky. Image shows from L to R: Dylan (Elis James), Gabriel (Milton Jones), Ruth (Jo Joyner). Copyright: The Rubber Chicken

Be Lucky

Series 2, Episode 1

Fed up with the endless internet problems, Dylan cancels his connection - but his new router won't go without a fight. A botched funeral booking means that Ruth is declared dead.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 10:20pm
60 min
The Jonathan Ross Show. Jonathan Ross. Copyright: Hot Sauce / ITV Studios

The Jonathan Ross Show

Series 12, Episode 8 - Ed Sheeran, Gordon Ramsay, Rita Ora

Jonathan is joined by record-breaking multi-platinum-selling singer Ed Sheeran, world-renowned celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, and chart-topping singer Rita Ora, who chats and performs in the studio.

Russia Today 10:25pm
30 min
Sam Delaney's News Thing

Sam Delaney's News Thing

Episode 40 - Big Brother

Jeremy Corbyn's brother Piers on why climate change is b*llocks, Sam tells the Belgians to stop shoving Teresa May's face full of chips and mayonnaise, and is anyone remotely surprised Donald Trump has to have a fake wife? With Marek Larwood, Yetunde Oduwole, Bobby Mair and Alex Lowe.

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