BCG Daily Sunday 20th March 2011
Press clippings
If we must cry, let them be tears of laughter
Humour can seem an unlikely response during times of grief or tragedy but this is when seeing the funny side of life is so vital.
Sandi Toksvig, The Telegraph, 20th March 2011Twenty Twelve, BBC4, Monday
It's not the grinning, it's the taking part.
Robert Epstein, The Independent, 20th March 2011A False Start for 2012
Comedy can sometimes be too realistic, almost painful. Twenty Twelve (BBC4, Monday) was funny but cringe-making, too, as it followed the travails of the Olympic Delivery Committee in a mock documentary.
David Stephenson, The Daily Express, 20th March 2011Ant and Dec to Split?
Television's favourite duo Ant and Dec are ready to go their separate ways.
Chloe Thomas, The Daily Express, 20th March 2011Henning Wehn: Outsider's perspective is useful
Myths of nationalist supremacy can inspire ugly behaviour, as German comedian Henning Wehn appreciates all too well. Taking the stage in Billericay, Essex, he found the entire audience wearing Hitler moustaches. Chuckling, he recalls: "That wasn't menacing. That was the Great British sense of humour. I thought it was hilarious they thought they were the first to come up with it."
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 20th March 2011Jerry Sadowitz lets loose on fame, fortune and failure
Comedian Jerry Sadowitz has predicted he will die penniless and lonely.
John Dingwall, Daily Record, 20th March 2011Comic Relief set to smash £100 million mark
The Comic Relief total is on course to hit a record- breaking £100million.
Will Payne, The Mirror, 20th March 2011Mitchell accuses Radio Times of stitch-up
David Mitchell has used his Observer column this week to air an apparent grudge against that most malicious and manipulative of UK media outlets... the Radio Times.
Will Sturgeon, The Media Blog, 20th March 2011Introducing Musical Comedy Award winners Jollyboat
Congratulations to lovely Liverpool-based duo Jollyboat, who have won the 2011 Musical Comedy Awards.
Vicky Anderson, Liverpool Daily Post, 20th March 2011Brown is the new back as Mrs Brown's Boys is to return
BBC bosses have defied the TV critics by ordering a second series of Mrs Brown's Boys.
Marion Scott, Daily Record, 20th March 2011TV & radio
11:25pm30 min
Stand Up For Comic Relief
Can you learn to be a stand-up comedian in three weeks? Presenters including Harry Gration, Joanne Malin and Neil Pringle take this ultimate challenge for Comic Relief by allowing cameras to follow their progress as they prepare for their big night in London in front of a live audience.