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BCG Daily Sunday 16th March 2014

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Miranda Hart: My, What I Call Live Show review

Miranda Hart's party-popping Everywoman intimacy is perfectly at home in the huge O2.

Stephanie Merritt, The Observer, 16th March 2014

Svengali: Music's biggest names deliver soundtrack

Welsh actor Jonny Owen mined his own Welsh muso background and gift for the gab when it came to creating the soundtrack for his much-anticipated movie.

David Owens, Wales Online, 16th March 2014

Praise be! Divine comedy Rev returns

Tom Hollander, the man of God himself, talks about the new series of Rev.

Gerard Gilbert, The Independent, 16th March 2014

Svengali is a rock and not very droll British comedy

I could only detect one joke in his amateurish comedy and it's not a particularly funny one.

Andy Lea, Daily Star, 16th March 2014

Miranda Hart: Gangsters and gag-free comedy - for £80

I'm afraid I left in the interval (an excuse to sell more vats of beer).

Liz Jones, Mail on Sunday, 16th March 2014

Andrew Lawrence on his comedy, TV and Bromsgrove

This month marks the second time Andrew Lawrence has brought his unique brand of comedy to Bromsgrove - and it seems he was so impressed by the venue the first time, his return is actually down to the man himself.

Harriet Ernstsons, Droitwich Standard, 16th March 2014

Besties Wells and Mortimer team for comedy 'Doll & Em'

What if you got famous and your best friend came out to Hollywood to hang with you ... and it was kind of a nightmare? Such is Emily Mortimer's anti-Entourage setup in Doll & Em, the clever new comedy she and real-life best friend ]p]Dolly Wells], both Brits, wrote and star in together.

Sara Stewart, The New York Post, 16th March 2014

Radio Times review

Daily life chez Lord Emsworth is always a little irregular but when neighbour Colonel Fanshawe (James Fleet) and his lovely daughter Valerie (Sophie Colquhoun) visit, it's even weirder than usual.

The indecipherable Scottish head gardener is blasting away at some pesky rabbits, Beach is falling asleep when he's not being overly familiar to his employers and Freddie's trying to teach Mugsy the pug how to juggle.

At times the jokes veer into Carry On territory: "He's indicated his intention to retire on the grounds of black tongue fever contracted up the Yangtze" and "He's frightened of dogs because he was badly bitten in the Khyber," should give you the idea.

Jane Rackham, Radio Times, 16th March 2014

BBC goes meta with 'W1A'

John Morton, writer of W1A and Twenty Twelve, said he was "really surprised" by the free hand he had been given. "It does seem that we've not had any interference at all," he said. "I wouldn't have been surprised had people been more wary."

Ian Burrell, The Independent, 16th March 2014

Tim Key: Single White Slut review

As a confident work celebrating the socially maladroit, Single White Slut is full of apparent contradictions, but the result is a joyous, adventurous experience that doesn't stint on the laughs.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th March 2014

Matt Berry interview

The star of Toast Of London and king of the 'part bounty hunter, part 70s porn star' voiceover reveals why he never takes a holiday.

John Plunkett, The Guardian, 16th March 2014

Julian Clary interview

'Comedy is flooded with blokes talking about their girlfriends'.

Ben Walters, The Guardian, 16th March 2014

Rev - Series 3 preview

Rev goes from strength to strength.

John White, The Digital Fix, 16th March 2014

Videos

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CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 9:30am
30 min
The Johnny & Inel Show. Image shows from L to R: Johnny Cochrane, Inel Tomlinson. Copyright: Princess Productions

The Johnny & Inel Show

Series 2, Episode 11 - Pets

Johnny has a plan to replace Inel's pet goldfish Leon with a new Johnny approved pet. Inel is not impressed. The Vamps play in studio.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 6:15pm
30 min
Blandings. Beach (Tim Vine). Copyright: Mammoth Screen

Blandings

Series 2, Episode 5 - Sticky Wicket At Blandings

Colonel Fanshawe (guest star James Fleet) calls to sound out Clarence as his successor as Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, an honour for which Connie is desperate; but Beach has become positively peculiar. Blandings is more than ever an embarrassing shambles. And there is the question of Mugsy, the dog.

Radio 4 7:15pm
30 min
Jeeves Live!. Martin Jarvis. Copyright: Jarvis and Ayres Productions

Jeeves Live!

Series 2, Episode 2 - Jeeves Takes Charge

This is Bertie's account of how he hired Jeeves as his 'gentleman's personal' gentleman. Jeeves's first task is to assist Bertie in spiriting away a scandalous family memoir, before publication. And more crucially, extricating the young master from the clutches of Florence.

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