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BCG Daily Monday 11th November 2013

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Press clippings

Radio 4's Just a Minute spawns a junior version

No hesitation, repetition or deviation. It's a simple formula that has worked for Just a Minute since 1967. But now the Radio 4 show chaired by Nicholas Parsons is asking children to take up the challenge for a special version on The 4 O'Clock Show, a strand on Radio 4 Extra.

Carla Parks, BBC Ariel, 11th November 2013

The Revolution Will Be Televised - TV review

Jolyon and Heydon even play a prank on David Cameron - what chutzpah!

Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 11th November 2013

Fake beards, silly characters: a family classic is born

Last night on Sky1, a family television classic was born.

Ellen E Jones, The Independent, 11th November 2013

Younderland episodes 1 and 2 review

Sky has had a great success with its own-brand comedy in the past few years, what with Moone Boy, Trollied, and Spy (heyyy, I liked it), but Yonderland just might be the best. And you don't need Science with a big 'S' to help you understand why.

Rob Smedley, Den Of Geek, 11th November 2013

10 questions for Count Arthur Strong

Old-school variety act shamelessly plugs half-baked memoir.

Jasper Rees, The Arts Desk, 11th November 2013

Comedy review: Sarah Millican

So much more vibrant than her BBC TV show conveys, Sarah Millican's life experience still weighs heavily on her work, particularly her divorce and her grasp of the working week and our need to seek comfort away from it.

Julian Hall, The Independent, 11th November 2013

TV review: The Revolution Will Be Televised - Series 2

BBC Three's The Revolution Will Be Televised is precisely what the licence fee is for.

John-Paul Stephenson, Giggle Beats, 11th November 2013

Why comedians write the best memoirs

It might sometimes seem as if anyone with a public profile has a book out, but the best of them, will surely come from comedians.

Steve Bennett, The Huffington Post, 11th November 2013

Fresh Meat, series 3 episode 2, review

Fresh Meat has outrageous jokes and real heart, says Sameer Rahim.

Sameer Rahim, The Telegraph, 11th November 2013

The Wrong Mans review

The Wrong Mans blends workplace comedy and Hitchcockian thrillers-and does both well.

Todd VanDerWerff, The AV Club, 11th November 2013

Videos

TV & radio

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 9, Episode 1 - The Personal Statement

Ed starts applying for real jobs to try to get back into ex-girlfriend Fiona's good books.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Jack Dee. Copyright: BBC

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 60, Episode 1

Radio 4's antidote to panel games returns for its 60th series. Regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer are joined by John Finnemore, with Jack Dee in the chair.

BBC Two 10pm
30 min
Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Copyright: TalkbackThames / BBC

Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Series 27, Episode 8

Soul legend Michael Bolton is the guest host. Joining team captains Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding on the panel are Carol Vorderman, Westlife's Shane Filan, comedian Seann Walsh and Diana Vickers.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
50 min
Fresh Meat. Image shows from L to R: Kingsley (Joe Thomas), Josie (Kimberley Nixon), JP (Jack Whitehall), Vod (Zawe Ashton), Howard (Greg McHugh), Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie). Copyright: Objective Productions / Lime Pictures

Fresh Meat

Series 3, Episode 2

As Vod struggles to get rid of her holiday romance, Kingsley finds himself dating both Heather and Josie, and JP attempts to 'poach' a girl from Howard.

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