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BCG Daily Saturday 3rd November 2018

News

Press clippings

Jo Brand interview

The comedian on Bake Off: An Extra Slice, Born Lippy and bringing Nativity! the Musical to Scotland.

The Scotsman, 3rd November 2018

I'll Get This preview

Make no mistake, I'll Get This is no Come Dine With Me. There's no real sense of competition, no barely contained resentments here. Everyone is determined to have a wonderful time at all costs, which means the half-hour passes in a thick fog of forced chumminess.

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 3rd November 2018

Pickle Jar review

After a successful run in Edinburgh you can understand why it is equally making waves in London, for Maddie Rice's talent as a performer is the overriding highlight of the show.

The Play's The Thing UK, 3rd November 2018

How my £10,000 therapy inspired a new TV comedy

An ex-Observer journalist on her battle with depression, and the creation of a celebration of women with complicated lives.

Lorna Martin, The Guardian, 3rd November 2018

The new wave of British female TV writers

Women are using their own, often traumatic, life experiences as material for compelling shows.

Sarah Hughes, The Guardian, 3rd November 2018

Videos

TV & radio

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

Fighting Talk

Series 16, Episode 7

Former GB athlete and sports presenter Kath Merry, reality TV star Jamie Laing, sporting pundit and commentator Steve Bunce and comedian Ivo Graham join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry and humour.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 5:40pm
35 min
The Time It Takes. Joe Lycett. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

The Time It Takes

Episode 1

Contestants choose from a list of timers, and they try to give as many right answers as possible while the referee, the brilliant Alison Hammond, strains baked beans through a pair of tights, introduces three dogs using a stair lift and invites a mystery celebrity to dissolves bath bombs in lemonade.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 10:35pm
65 min
The Jonathan Ross Show. Jonathan Ross. Copyright: Hot Sauce / ITV Studios

The Jonathan Ross Show

Series 13, Episode 10 - Stormzy, Russell Howard, Boy George, Alesha Dixon, Sigrid

Jonathan is joined by Brit Award winning artist Stormzy, comedian Russell Howard, legendary musician and fashion icon Boy George, and Britain's Got Talent judge and singer Alesha Dixon. The chart-topping winner of the BBC Sound of 2018, Sigrid will be performing in the studio.

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