BCG Daily Sunday 29th December 2013
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Viewers love Mrs Brown because she bucks every trend
Mrs Brown's Boys, the biggest hit on the box at Christmas, reflects TV's new role as refuge from the complex world beyond the living room.
Elizabeth Day, The Observer, 29th December 2013Bob Monkhouse's comedy gems found in an old bag
Up in the roof space of Bob Monkhouse's home was a plastic bag, seemingly forgotten in the years after his death but discovered by experts in television history who could only marvel at what was inside.
Andy Plaice, The Daily Express, 29th December 2013Eric Morecambe: Dad was just a big kid himself, really
The children of Eric Morecambe recall the TV history he made with Ernie Wise - and what he was like at home.
William Langley, The Telegraph, 29th December 2013Michael Palin: My wife keeps me grounded
At 70, the TV presenter, comedy writer and actor is busier than ever with his BBC career and the Python reunion.
Sally Williams, The Telegraph, 29th December 20132013's worst television: Top 10 TV turkeys
Digital Spy has been in a charitable mood this festive season and has already selected its top TV shows of the year, but now we're in that post-Christmas lull, it's time to put the foul mood brought on by our hangover to good use and give some of 2013's worst telly a tongue-lashing...
Shows in the "top" 10 include The Wright Way, Father Figure, Drifters, I Love My Country, Boom Town and Vicious.
Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy, 29th December 2013David Mitchell looks forward to 2014
All the news we have to look forward to in 2014, including a thrilling royal scandal.
David Mitchell, The Guardian, 29th December 2013A look at the American version of Getting On
As Americans debate Obamacare and aging baby boomers plan their twilight years, the show highlights an essential labor force and a senior demographic mostly absent from primetime TV.
E. Tammy Kim, Al Jazeera, 29th December 2013Vicious (ITV) - TV review
As with Citizen Khan, the BBC's comedy about a Muslim family in Birmingham, Vicious's problem isn't a lack of political correctness, it's that it features as lead characters members of a group who are usually starved of any screen time.
Ellen E. Jones, The Independent, 29th December 2013Videos
TV
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TV & radio
3:20pm45 min
That Puppet Game Show
Episode 7 - SuperstitionMusic expert Eddie Watts is sent into a spin after damaging his lucky watch, as celebrity guests Richard Hammond and Oritse Williams from JLS ping-pong and slow dance.
7:15pm30 min
Meet David Sedaris
Series 4, Episode 5 - English Lesson; Understanding Understanding OwlsThis week, he considers his native tongue as if it were a foreign language in "English Lesson" and the trouble that taxidermy can bring in "Understanding Understanding Owls".
8pm60 min
Morecambe & Wise In Pieces
Episode 2 - The CurtainsThe second highlights compilation from the comedy duo's shows. Penelope Keith presents a celebration of those famous tan-coloured drapes that formed Eric and Ernie's backdrop and were deployed to great comic effect.
9pm60 min
8 Out Of 10 Cats
Series 16, Christmas SpecialJimmy Carr oversees the disputes and deliberations on the festive topics that set the great British public's chins wagging. Jon Richardson and Sean Lock are joined by Holly Willoughby, Henning Wehn, Alan Davies, Nick Helm, Roisin Conaty and Joe Wilkinson.
11:05pm35 min
Mashed
Series 2, Episode 1 - Mashed 2013Rich Fulcher introduces a lively look at the big news events of 2013 through original commissioned media mashups from some of the internet's most famous names.