BCG Daily Monday 9th January 2023
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Michelle Keegan shares backstage makeup secrets from Brassic
In her latest Instagram sharing the soap star posted a snap of her beauty kit, tagging in her makeup artist Jodie Spencer.
Katie Fitzpatrick, Manchester Evening News, 9th January 2023
Behind the scenes of TV's first deep fake comedy
Is that Harry Kane and Stormzy arguing over a broken patio tile? This new, CGI-assisted comedy is astonishing to watch - but is it ethically OK?
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 9th January 2023
Simon Bird: 'The Inbetweeners was already outdated when we made it'
The comedy star talks about his new sitcom Everyone Else Burns, whether The Inbetweeners would be made today, and why bringing it back would be a disaster.
i Newspaper, 9th January 2023
Simon Pegg and dreary conformity of luvvie opinion
The creative sector's Tory-bashing gets more tedious by the day.
Gareth Roberts, Spiked, 9th January 2023
Pantomime review: Dick Whittington - Parr Hall, Warrington
A truly family-friendly, child-oriented, joke-a-plenty show that is traditionally in the spirit of the genre.
Matthew Dougall, Number 9, 9th January 2023
UKTV promotes two for factual, fact-ent & comedy commissions
UKTV has promoted Helen Nightingale to head of factual and factual entertainment, while Mark Iddon has been upped to senior commissioner for comedy entertainment.
Mark Layton, TBI Vision, 9th January 2023
Penguin Life to publish Ruby Wax's seventh and 'most revelatory' book
Penguin Life has snapped up I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was - Ruby Wax's seventh book and "her most revelatory on mental health to date".
Lauren Brown, The Bookseller, 9th January 2023
GB News signs up Dapper Laughs
The comic - real name Daniel O'Reilly - has been signed up for GB News' Headliners newspaper review show. He has previously been a guest on the show but has now told his 770,000 Instagram followers: he's a 'permanent addition to GB News', taking part in the programme every weekend.
Chortle, 9th January 2023
Katherine Ryan loves being roasted by fellow comedians: 'I feel flattered'
Katherine Ryan, 39, on the idea of doing sex scenes with best pal Romesh Ranganathan, living on the poverty line, and being insulted by her comic colleagues.
Rachel Corcoran, Metro, 9th January 2023
Kelly Monteith obituary
American comedian whose influential BBC TV show mixed sitcom and stand-up material.
Anthony Hayward, The Guardian, 9th January 2023
James Corden's abandoned £8m UK mansion is derelict
James Corden's sprawling mansion has been pictured derelict and boarded up ahead of his return to the UK.
The Mirror, 9th January 2023
Anatomy of a Scene: Rowan Atkinson goes for a bike ride
Mr Bean might appear dim, but he's actually highly determined and knows how to make the best of a bad situation.
Far Out, 9th January 2023Videos
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8:10am10 min
Danny & Mick
Series 5, Episode 6 - Ballroom ChancersJoy wants the sports hall turned into a dance ballroom for a 60th birthday party.
4:40pm5 min
Supertato
Series 1, Episode 17 - The Good, The Bad And The PricklyPrickly Pear arrives in the supermarket and tries to take over Evil Pea's freezer. Supertato discovers that Prickly Pear isn't mean at all and just needs some good friends.
5pm15 min
Lloyd Of The Flies
Episode 27 - Theatre BugMalcolm has a new 'home theatre', a literal small theatre run by a troupe of flea actors - Lloyd 'breaks' it when he offends one of the actors and ends up having to take her place on the road, but will his acting skills be up to the job?
6:30pm30 min
Just A Minute
Series 90, Episode 3 - Bicycle Stabilisers, French New Wave And The ShinningSue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Zoe Lyons, Alan Davies and Holly Walsh to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation.
10pm30 min
Age Of Outrage
Highlights SpecialThe Great Gunge Scandal of the 90s is investigated, including tracking down the Godfather of Gunge himself, TV legend Dave Benson Phillips. Learn how 1970s technology show Future Gosh introduced viewers to the internet, and how Sunday teatime TV stars are trained at Countryfile Presenter College. And news reporter Mary-Anne Claire Maddox Manon Jones investigates the strange disappearance of a man from Caerphilly who last seen shopping with his wife.