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BCG Daily Tuesday 11th December 2018

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Press clippings

Neil Jones to confront Seann Walsh after stand-up gag

Strictly Come Dancing star Neil Jones 'to confront Seann Walsh ahead of final after the comedian branded him gay during latest stand-up routine'.

Daily Mail, 11th December 2018

Brendan O'Carroll interview

Brendan O'Carroll reveals what Mrs Brown and her boys are getting up to in the Christmas and New Year Specials on BBC1.

What's On TV, 11th December 2018

Sara Mason: how will she follow up her banned show?

Exactly one month ago, I posted a blog about how performer Sara Mason had lost her Leicester Comedy Festival venue next February because, after the programme had been printed, the venue owner decided he did not want her Beginner's Guide to Bondage show to soil his floorboards. I asked Sara this week about the effect of the blog.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 11th December 2018

Inbetweeners cast share reunion photo

Plus an image of Will's Fiat Cinquecento Hawaii.

Jack Shepherd, The Independent, 11th December 2018

Sindhu Vee interview

Imagine you have everything you want. An extremely well-paid job. Three young children. A loving husband. A nice house. What do you do next? For Sindhu Vee the answer was an unexpected change of career to become a stand-up comedian.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 11th December 2018

How we made Horrible Histories

'If someone getting wee poured over them helps people learn some facts, we're doing our job right'

Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 11th December 2018

Feuding producers in dispute again over OFAH live shows

A long-running feud between producers of two live shows inspired by Fawlty Towers has taken a fresh twist, after the rivals launched competing productions based on another classic BBC sitcom: Only Fools and Horses.

Georgia Snow, The Stage, 11th December 2018

London Uni asks comics to sign safe space contracts

The contract -- titled "Behavioural Agreement Form" -- made news after one of the comedians, Konstantin Kisin, tweeted about his disgust with it.

Katherine Timpf, National Review, 11th December 2018

Videos

TV & radio

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 5pm
30 min
Millie Inbetween. Millie (Millie Innes). Copyright: The Foundation

Millie Inbetween

Specials, Episode 2 - The Rain In Spain

Millie sneaks off to Spain to convince dad he should come home, and Craig insists on going with her as a wingman.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Alex Edelman's Peer Group. Alex Edelman. Copyright: BBC

Alex Edelman's Peer Group

Series 2, Episode 4 - Personal

After episodes about social media, politics and materialism, this episode is all about growing up and how he feels personally; living as a rootless millennial with no home and no family.

U&Dave channel logo 9pm
3 min
Dave's Advent Calendar. Image shows from L to R: Seb Cardinal, Dustin Demri-Burns

Dave's Advent Calendar

Episode 11 - Cardinal Burns: The Snowman... With Dialogue

The Cardinal Burns boys finally give a voice to the classic Christmas tale The Snowman.

BBC Two 10pm
30 min
I'll Get This. Image shows from L to R: Steve Pemberton, Steph McGovern, Russell Kane, Ashley Charles, Richard Madeley. Copyright: 12 Yard Productions

I'll Get This

Series 1, Episode 6

Steve Pemberton, Steph McGovern, Russell Kane, Dotty and Richard Madeley have dinner together.

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