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BCG Daily Saturday 23rd January 2021

News

Only Fools And Horses. Image shows from L to R: Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield), Del (David Jason), Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst). Copyright: BBC TV

Only Fools And Horses van to be auctioned

One of the original vans that appeared in Only Fools And Horses is due to be auctioned on 5th March.

Press clippings

Finding Alice. Alice (Keeley Hawes)

Review: Back & Finding Alice

Reviews of the return of Mitchell & Webb's sitcom and ITV's new comedy drama.

Aidan Smith, The Scotsman, 23rd January 2021
Maisie Adam

10 comedians to watch in 2021

Having made a splash with their Insta impressions and lovable lockdown sitcoms, these are the names to look out for this year.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 23rd January 2021
Joe Hullait

Scot Squad: 10 funniest moments making the hit comedy

With Scot Squad back on our screens, we hear from the show's creator, writer and narrator Joe Hullait about his favourite moments making the BBC Scotland police mockumentary series.

Joe Hullait, The Herald, 23rd January 2021
Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais slams celebrity 'ponces' for honours

Ricky Gervais has launched a scathing attack on celebrity "ponces" for accepting honours during the pandemic.

The comic, 59, raged against famous names being included in the 2021 New Year Honours list for OBEs and knighthoods.

Hannah Hope, The Sun, 23rd January 2021

Videos

What If? With Munya Chawawa. Munya Chawawa. Copyright: The Connected Set Online

What If? With Munya Chawawa - What if Dry January lasted forever?

5 mins, 30 secs

Munya explores the question, 'What if Dry January lasted forever?' We know what you're thinking, 'no thank you', but what would the benefits be of this extreme idea?

Back. Image shows from L to R: Andrew (Robert Webb), Stephen (David Mitchell) TV

Back preview Q&A

1 mins

David Mitchell, Robert Webb and writer Simon Blackwell discuss Series 2 of Back.

Alasdair Beckett-King Online

Highbrow Cop Shows

35 secs

A trailer for the hottest cop shows based on literary classics.

Stevie Martin Online

When you forget your password

1 mins, 31 secs

"Cool sure I'll follow the link to reset :)"

People Just Do Nothing. Image shows from L to R: Decoy (Daniel Sylvester Woolford), Steves (Steve Stamp), Grindah (Allan Mustafa), Beats (Hugo Chegwin). Copyright: Roughcut Television TV

A look at the cancelled People Just Do Nothing USA

13 mins, 38 secs

A video looking at the American remake of People Just Do Nothing that never came to be. It wasn't looking great.

Podcasts

The Worst Writer In The World

The Worst Writer in the World: Worst Writer - The Adventure of the Women Getting Abducted by Crabs (A Binchleaf Adventure) - Part 7

47 minutes

Rufus & Howard take it in turns to write chapters of a detective story, with no plan and no idea where it will end. In this adventure, Binchleaf takes a...

ManBuyCow

The ManBuyCow Podcast: Space Ants

41 minutes

Giant ant creatures from outer-space have invaded the Earth and enslaved humanity. Fortunately, there is a resistance - led by Uncle Dennis Quaid. But who can be trusted? And who...

TV & radio

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 8:30am
15 min
Big Fat Like. Image shows from L to R: Joseph Elliott, Richard David-Caine. Copyright: BBC

Big Fat Like

Episode 10

Lionel and Pea attend a very strange wedding, Wormzy performs his latest rap and Mr Pineapple meets Mrs Tomato!

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 8:50am
10 min
Monster Court

Monster Court

Episode 4 - The Case Of The Mendacious Mums

Judge Smudge hears the case of the mums who keep pranking their children, and the brother who makes his sister get his football when he kicks it over the fence.

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
Rick Edwards. Credit: BBC

Fighting Talk

Series 18, Episode 20

Former Middlesbrough and Australian footballer Mark Schwarzer, sports presenter Jennie Gow, YouTuber and football presenter Flex and comedian Ian Moore join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 10pm
40 min
Paul Sinha's TV Showdown. Image shows from L to R: Antony Cotton, Fay Ripley, Melvin Odoom

Paul Sinha's TV Showdown

Series 1, Episode 3

Fay Ripley and Rob Beckett are joined by celebrity guests Antony Cotton, Melvin Odoom, Janet Street-Porter and Laura Whitmore to compete head-to-head and test their TV knowledge.

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