BCG Daily Sunday 23rd February 2014
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Miles Jupp is the Chap You're Thinking Of - review
There are one or two sections that feel like filler, but this is a sharp and smartly structured show that should ensure Miles Jupp is the chap everyone will soon be talking of.
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer, 23rd February 2014Josh Widdicombe interview
With stage, TV and radio gigs, comic Josh Widdicombe is everywhere. Lucky he's so talented.
Bruce Dessau, The Independent, 23rd February 2014Dara O'Briain's brain teasers
As School of Hard Sums returns to TV, presenter Dara O'Briain reveals his love of all things numerical. But dare you take this dastardly mathematical quiz, devised by the show's eggheads?
Adam Jacques, The Independent, 23rd February 2014Kate Lucas wins Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year
Musical comedian Kate Lucas has won this year's hotly contested Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year competition.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd February 2014Radio Times review
Clarence and Connie's battleaxe of a sister, Charlotte, stalks the corridors of Blandings, terrorising her siblings and braying orders at the servants, just like she used to do when she lived in India with her military-man husband. She's played by Celia Imrie with her usual deft comic touch as she adds another fearsomely posh harridan to her CV.
Charlotte thinks Blandings is a shambles and decides she's going to move in permanently. Meanwhile, Charlotte's lisping wet blanket of a ward, Millicent, is mooning over Clarence's presentable young male secretary, Carmody. A plot involving pigs, kidnappings and laxatives of course doesn't bear close scrutiny. But that's not the point of Blandings, it's just a bit of silliness. Tinkety tonk!
Alison Graham, Radio Times, 23rd February 2014Harry Hill: now giving his X Factor musical 110%
TV Burp made Harry Hill the king of teatime telly. Now, with the blessing of Simon Cowell, he's written an X Factor musical, I Can't Sing - and he promises it will be funny.
Alexis Petridis, The Guardian, 23rd February 2014Videos
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Blandings
Series 2, Episode 2 - Dirty Work At The CrossroadsClarence and Connie's censorious elder sister Charlotte (guest star Celia Imrie) is staying and making everybody's life miserable. The situation deteriorates when Freddie tries to unite two star-crossed lovers by stealing the Empress, and Clarence - getting the wrong end of the stick - steals Sir Gregory's pig in revenge.