BCG Daily Saturday 12th March 2011
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Simon Bird sitcom hurt by Japan coverage
Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner lost viewers last night as news bulletins saw their audience increase on the day of the tsunami in Japan.
Paul Millar, Digital Spy, 12th March 2011Beidorm - review
Benidorm's script seems to have been cribbed from a collection of saucy postcards.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 12th March 2011Jonathan Ross blasts 'toxic' BBC Trust chairman
Jonathan Ross accused the chairman of the BBC Trust of being two-faced last night after the boss blasted him over Sachsgate.
Colin Robertson, The Sun, 12th March 2011Inbetweeners car in demand in Comic Relief auction
The "mobile pulling machine" from E4's The Inbetweeners has sparked an eBay auction frenzy.
Colin Robertson, The Sun, 12th March 2011Blonde ambition: The unstoppable Sheridan Smith
Sheridan Smith triumphed in the stage version of Legally Blonde. Now she's starring in a Rattigan revival, likely to play Bridget Jones on stage - and favourite for an Olivier Award this weekend.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 12th March 2011The second coming of Frank Skinner
Once he was the face of the ladmag generation, now Frank Skinner is coming over all perceptive and vulnerable.
Decca Aitkenhead, The Guardian, 12th March 2011Alan Partridge set for Comic Relief appearance
Steve Coogan's comic creation Alan Partridge is coming back to BBC television, in a one-off special for Comic Relief.
Metro, 12th March 2011Feature: Bring Back Whites... Please
Most of you reading this will probably have at some point been a fan of a TV programme that has been cancelled by its host channel prior to it reaching its natural or intended conclusion. Personally I struggle to think of any, well that was the case right up to the point when the BBC decided not to commission a second series of the sitcom Whites.
Dave Cookson, Tinned Goods, 12th March 2011Videos
TV & radio
9am60 min
Dick And Dom's Funny Business
Episode 10 - And The Winner Is... With Jason ByrneStar guest Jason Byrne finds himself locked in his dressing room in a rather floral edition of Dick And Dom's Funny Business.
11am60 min
Fighting Talk
Series 8, Episode 29This week's panellists are sports columnist Des Kelly, up-and-coming comedian Josh Widdicombe, former Wasps and England rugby prop Jeff Probyn, and sports feature writer Will Buckley.
7:20pm30 min
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Series 10, Episode 14This week's episode featured Harry admitting to weeing in the pool at Centre Parcs, a chicken thrown into Shirley's kitchen on EastEnders and Heston making a "shepherd's pie on steroids".
11:10pm50 min
Stand Up For The Week
Series 2, Episode 1The topical stand-up show returns for a new series. Now on Saturday nights, with new host Kevin Bridges, Stand Up For The Week is filmed in front of a live audience at the Koko Club in Camden. This week East End comic Micky Flanagan joins the regulars for a guest performance.
5:15am5 min
