BCG Daily Saturday 18th January 2014
Press clippings
This week's new live comedy
Previews of Sean Hughes, Adam Riches and Jamie Demetriou.
James Kettle, The Guardian, 18th January 2014Comedy Walk 2014 is happening
Last year, 22 comedians walked 84 miles along Hadrian's Wall for charity. One year on, they're doing it again.
Andrew Dipper, Giggle Beats, 18th January 2014Review: John Kearns, Soho Theatre
Edinburgh best newcomer award winner is an original talent.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 18th January 2014We're not joking! Search begins for a comedy sensation
The search for new comedy stars from Leicester is under way.
Leicester Mercury, 18th January 2014Radio Times review
Russell Brand almost torpedoed Jonathan Ross's career after the Sachs Incident, and caused convulsions within the BBC that still smart to this day. But the scandal didn't lead to a falling out between the terrible twosome - Brand appeared on Ross's show a year ago and he's back again.
As Brand is never more than a stone's throw from an outraged newspaper headline, he's bound to fulfil expectations as the country's chief Contrarian Comedian, particularly after all of that nonsense about not voting during his Newsnight interview with Jeremy Paxman. Also on the show are actress Goldie Hawn, Dermot O'Leary, presenter of the National TV Awards (22 January), and troubadour James Blunt, who provides the music.
Alison Graham, Radio Times, 18th January 2014Rewind radio: Ayres on the Air
Though it's for her poems that Ayres is famous, I enjoyed the sitcom inserts rather more than I thought I would.
Miranda Sawyer, The Observer, 18th January 2014Steve Coogan & Rob Brydon take The Trip to Italy
The gastronomic TV comedy The Trip is returning. We join its two stars during filming in Italy and find their relationship has blossomed - with the help of some more fine dining.
Laura Barton, The Guardian, 18th January 2014Lunch with David Baddiel
The comedian discusses his literary hero and the pratfalls of fame but is too polite to mention the attempted jewel heist going on outside.
Elizabeth Day, The Observer, 18th January 2014Hugh Dennis interview
Hugh Dennis, star of Outnumbered, reveals why the final series of the hit family sitcom may not be the last after all.
Daphne Lockyer, The Telegraph, 18th January 2014Harry Shearer on bringing out Nixon's feminine side
The Simpsons star explains what it takes to bring America's most reviled president back to sympathetic life.
Stephen Robinson, The Spectator, 18th January 2014Videos
Videos
TV
TV & radio
11am60 min
Fighting Talk
Series 11, Episode 21Jonathan Pearce is joined by Eleanor Oldroyd, sports commentator and broadcaster John Rawling, comedian Ian Moore and former Stoke City footballer Danny Higginbotham.
9:45pm60 min
The Jonathan Ross Show
Series 6, Episode 3 - Russell Brand, Linda Robson, Dermot O'Leary, James BluntJonathan will be joined by Russell Brand, Linda Robson, Dermot O'Leary and James Blunt (who will also be performing).
10pm60 min
Sabotage
Series 1, Episode 2Stand-up comedy featuring the talents of Lucy Beaumont, Benny Boot, Jamie Demetriou, Kevin Eldon and Stuart Hudson, hosted by the founder of Sabotage, Mark Talbot.