BCG Daily Tuesday 18th February 2014
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Radio Times review
Dolly Wells and Emily Mortimer really are best pals, a relationship they cruelly twist as they play themselves in a naturalistic comedy of subtle embarrassment and unspoken resentment. You know you're in good hands when the opening minute sets up the premise with ruthless economy: a swift montage tells us that Dolly's split from her boyfriend and invited herself to LA, where Emily's shooting her biggest movie yet. Their fatal error is to agree that Dolly work as Emily's assistant, a power imbalance that puts a fleck of poison in all their conversations.
Improvising in front of intimate hand-held cameras, Wells and Mortimer make every barb and glance scarily convincing. You might not laugh much, but it's thrilling to see a comedy that knows what it's doing so precisely, so quickly.
Jack Seale, Radio Times, 18th February 2014Edge Of Heaven preview
Edge of Heaven is loud, colourful and brilliantly character driven that means you're bound to find at least one character to fall in love with. And if you happen to be out on a Friday night, it's the perfect show to nurse that Saturday morning hangover too!
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 18th February 2014My Mad Fat Diary should be required viewing for teens
My Mad Fat Diary catches the wild teen vacillations between life's highs and lows with flesh-pinching accuracy.
Keith Watson, Metro, 18th February 2014Emily Mortimer: 'I'm convinced I'm going to get fired'
Emily Mortimer, who sends up her Hollywood persona in the new TV comedy Doll & Em, on her beloved father John, life in America, and her very English insecurities.
Jane Mulkerrins, The Telegraph, 18th February 2014Doll and Em: Friendship, family and film stars
It is fitting that Doll & Em originally started life as an excuse for two best friends to spend more time together.
Sarah Jane Griffiths, BBC News, 18th February 2014Five reasons you should watch Sky Living's Doll & Em
Doll & Em, Sky Living's new comedy co-starring and co-written by Dolly Wells and Emily Mortimer, has already received widespread praise from critics.
Tim Liew, Metro, 18th February 2014Review: My Mad Fat Diary, series 2, E4
Can it possibly repeat that magic, or live up to expectations of the first series?
Lisa-Marie Ferla, The Arts Desk, 18th February 2014QI: how knitting was used as code in WW2?
A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI knits one, purls one.
Molly Oldfield and John Mitchinson, The Telegraph, 18th February 2014Stand-ups dissect their comedy
Continuing our series on the art of stand-up, three comedians, Katherine Ryan, Simon Evans and John Robins, take apart their routines.
Katherine Ryan, Simon Evans and John Robins, The Guardian, 18th February 2014The Wrong Mans series 2 in the works, confirms Baynton
BBC Two's The Wrong Mans is gearing up for a second series. Co-creator and star Mathew Baynton confirmed to Digital Spy that he and James Corden have started work on new episodes.
Morgan Jeffery, Digital Spy, 18th February 2014My comedy hero: Andrew Doyle on Kenneth Williams
Comedian Doyle pays tribute to the humourist and Carry On star.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 18th February 2014Doll & Em on putting their friendship to a screen test
Best mates since they shared bathtimes, how will Dolly Wells and Emily Mortimer get on sharing the screen?
E. Jane Dickson, Radio Times, 18th February 2014Doll & Em, Sky Living, review
Sky Living's new comedy has such realistic, unselfconscious dialogue that it seems almost unscripted, says Florence Waters.
Florence Waters, The Telegraph, 18th February 2014House of Fools' funniest running gags
Also contains Pork pie WAR, de-bearding Richard Branson and getting stuck in things.
John Cooper, The Mirror, 18th February 2014Dolly Wells on Doll & Em
Dolly Wells doesn't know it, but she's on the verge of becoming a real New Yorker.
Gina R Snape, The Velvet Onion, 18th February 2014Alan Davies interview
TV Choice caught up with Alan Davies on set...
TV Choice, 18th February 2014One to watch: Pierre Novellie
A smart, beardy, 23-year-old comic and former Cambridge Footlighter who's currently preparing for his debut Edinburgh Fringe run.
Ben Williams, Time Out, 18th February 2014Videos
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Doll & Em
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