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BCG Daily Monday 10th January 2022

Features

Press clippings

The Outlaws. Greg (Stephen Merchant)

Drama Four Lives proves Merchant has finally overtaken Gervais

The former collaborators who brought the world The Office are both back on screen - and in very different shows. Gervais's career might have started out bigger and brasher, writes Ed Cumming, but the brilliant new BBC drama Four Lives shows that Stephen Merchant is the tortoise to his old partner's hare.

Ed Cumming, The Independent, 10th January 2022
Red Dwarf. Lister (Craig Charles)

Craig Charles: UFOs definitely exist, but where are the aliens?

Together with the space scientist Sarah Cruddas, the Red Dwarf star has been examining potential alien sightings in their new Sky show Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies.

James Rampton, i Newspaper, 10th January 2022
Landscapers. Image shows from L to R: Susan (Olivia Colman), Christopher (David Thewlis)

Matt Willey's offbeat designs for Landscapers

We speak to the designer about creating the titles, typeface and end credit sequence for the acclaimed mini-series, which stars Olivia Colman and David Thewlis as a killer couple on the run.

Aimée McLaughlin, Creative Review, 10th January 2022

Videos

Podcasts

TV & radio

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

The Unbelievable Truth

Series 27, Episode 1

David Mitchell is joined by Alan Davies, Lucy Porter, Lou Sanders and Justin Edwards as the panel talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as pigs, underwear, camels and sausages.

Comedy Central 9pm
60 min
Guessable?. Maisie Adam

Guessable?

Series 3, Episode 1 - Sausage Fingers

Jason Manford, Miles Jupp, Henning Wehn and Maisie Adam return to the Comedy Central loft.

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