BCG Daily Wednesday 1st June 2011

Harry Hill interview

Getting paid millions of pounds to sit at home and watch TV sounds like the cushiest job in the world. But don't be too quick to envy comedian Harry Hill. He says his obsessive work on hit show TV Burp pushes him to the edge.

Why don't British comedy fans consume foreign comedy?

I'd like to start this article with a question: Can you name a sitcom that's in Welsh? Welsh speakers need not answer that question.

Review: Lead Balloon, Tuesday 10pm, BBC Two

While brand new must-see sitcoms seem to be a little thin on the ground on terrestrial TV, several popular series are quietly plodding along in the background - and gradually becoming very welcome small-screen mainstays in the process. One such example is Jack Dee's Lead Balloon, which has just entered its fourth series on BBC Two.

Review: Lead Balloon, BBC Two

It's been more than two and a half years since the third series of Jack Dee's comedy about a comedian. Everyone in Rick Spleen's world looks a little bit older, a mite more pinched and drawn, as if proximity to the man about the house is draining the blood out of its occupants. Time has not at all been kind to Rick himself (but then when was it ever?). His temples are awash with grey, his skin is sallow with failure, and his self-important delusions seem ever more steeped in bitterness and malignity. I for one have missed him dreadfully.

Video: David Walliams makes 'stinkovision' on stage

David Walliams, well-known from playing a cast of characters in Little Britain, has become an award-winning author of children's books.

One of his popular tales, Mr Stink, has been transformed into an interactive musical showing at Leicester's Curve Theatre.

Williams says it is one of the first productions to use scratch and sniff technology.

Spoof Cheryl Cole rap video is web hit

Axed X Factor USA judge Cheryl Cole is being lampooned on the internet by a female comic who pokes fun at her shock sacking by singing a spoof version of Run DMC's hit Walk This Way in a Geordie Accent.

Audio: Ricky Gervais on filming his new BBC sitcom

Speaking from the set of Life's Too Short, Ricky Gervais tells Richard Bacon: "It's a fake documentary... the premise is that he's making this to try to get his career back on track."

Jo Brand: BBC would be better off without Clarkson

The comedian believes the BBC would be better off without the Top Gear presenter.

Stephen Fry 'may well' kill himself

Stephen Fry ''may well'' kill himself because of his on-going battle with bipolar disorder.