BCG Daily Sunday 10th November 2013
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50 years of Private Eye's ingenious political cartoons
From scabrous caricatures to full-scale skewerings of society, a new book looks back on the satirical publication's ingenious cartoons...
Ian Burrell, The Independent, 10th November 2013Yonderland: We wanted to raid the dressing up box
We were hardly going to go from Horrible Histories to an office sitcom, says star and writer of Sky1's new comedy Mathew Baynton
Stephen Armstrong, Radio Times, 10th November 2013Lessons I learned from watching Ambassadors
Here are some of the lessons I learned from watching Ambassadors...
Everything I Know About The UK..., 10th November 2013Stewart Lee: Much A-Stew About Nothing - review
The self-pity act requires a fine balance because it can teeter on the edge of depressing. The comedy comes from the air of baffled anger and resignation in the delivery, and the fact that even his oldest fans can never be quite sure how much of it is put on. Fortunately, Lee is a master of the form.
Stephanie Merritt, The Guardian, 10th November 2013Ricky Gervais and 'Derek': A defence
Derek, which comes out on DVD this week, is perhaps the bravest move of Gervais' career so far.
Ed Cripps, The Huffington Post, 10th November 2013Comedians in politics: An open letter
Rupert, you hobble yourself from the outset by challenging something which no one is proposing: giving Steve Coogan a job outside of the Alan Partridge series. No one is saying that, not me, not you, not David Mitchell, not Russell Brand, not Robert Webb.
Bobby Friedman and Rupert Myers, The Huffington Post, 10th November 2013Opinion: Has Stewart Lee gone too meta this time?
The trouble with Lee is that these days his comedy is so "meta" it is hard to know on what level to take his material.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th November 2013Drifters exceeds my early expectations
I caught up with Jessica Knappett's E4 sitcom Drifters last week and was more than pleasantly surprised.
Julian Hall, The Stage, 10th November 2013Yonderland really was fun for all the family
Charm is not a word to be bandied around lightly but it's the one that springs playfully to mind to describe Yonderland.
Keith Watson, Metro, 10th November 2013Hebburn preview
Everything I loved about the first series is the same for series two.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 10th November 2013Videos
TV & radio
7:25am10 min
Sooty
Series 2, Episode 20 - Record BreakersSooty, Sweep and Soo are desperate to break a world record for judge Boris McSquirter, will Sooty's giant brick tower win the day, or will Sweep become the tallest dog in the world? Guest starring Richard Arnold.
8:15am15 min
Bottom Knocker Street
Episode 32 - The PetitionThe kids deliver yet another petition to Town Hall for the creation of a city farm. How will Councillor Cowdrey obstruct them this time?
6:30pm30 min
Yonderland
Series 1, Episode 1 - The Chosen MumMarried mum-of-two Debbie Maddox finds herself transported into a fantasy world.
7pm30 min
Yonderland
Series 1, Episode 2 - Wizard BradleyDebbie sets off to find the missing scroll, but needs the help of a wayward wizard who has lost his Mojo...
10:05pm30 min
Was It Something I Said?
Episode 6In the sixth show, team captains Micky Flanagan and Richard Ayoade are joined by panellists Reginald D. Hunter and Sally Phillips, while the guest narrator is John Sergeant.
10:25pm30 min
The Revolution Will Be Televised
Series 2, Episode 1Dale Maily enjoys a day out at an EDL march in Birmingham; BBC executives get a helping hand; and James has a surprise for old friend David Cameron.
10:35pm30 min
Toast Of London
Series 1, Episode 4 - SubmissionToast attempts to improve his sense of humour before meeting his new, aristocratic girlfriend's father, and is more than alarmed when work takes him to a Royal Navy submarine.