BCG Daily Friday 24th June 2011

Alan Carr & Graham Norton sign deals worth £4m

Chat show hosts Alan Carr and Graham Norton have both talked their way into new £4million deals.

Cornbury Festival packs a comedy tent full of talent

Dubbed one of the UK's 'cleanest, cosiest' boutique festivals, The Cornbury Festival will kick off its eighth year next month in its new Oxfordshire location in Tew.

Interview: Simon Day, comedian

Comedian Simon Day has always struggled with addictions, and even a spell in Borstal didn't straighten him out. But finding his wife and starting a family has helped him in his recovery.

Wrong Trousers Day 2011 from Wallace & Gromit

It's 24 June 2011 so, naturally, it's the perfect day to don your wackiest trousers and go to work. Why, is probably your immediate question. Easy enough. It's officially Wrong Trousers Day 2011, deemed so by the Wallace and Gromit Foundation which raises funds for children in hospitals and hospices across the UK.

On the Buses: just like a Ken Loach film

It's set in a London of rusting Hillman Minxes and bare lightbulbs, but On the Buses was a huge hit in its time, and the fanclub is still going strong.

Gavin Mitchell may quit panto after Gerald Kelly death

Still Game star Gavin Mitchell has revealed he is thinking of quitting panto over the heartache of pal Gerard Kelly's death.

Video: Stewart Lee on music, politics and prostests

Comedian Stewart Lee compared Glastonbury to the House of Commons as he discussed whether music was losing its political message and the power of protest with Andrew Neil, Michael Portillo and Alan Johnson.

Simon Day: Vic Reeves helped me get my big break

The Fast Show's Simon Day talks to Metro about breaking into comedy, the complexities of drug addiction and why a thousand Scousers once told him to 'f*** off'.

How much should I write?

Previous posts and comments have thrown up yet more questions.

Radio 2 New Comedy Award: Winner Q&A

Last Saturday night Angela Barnes won this year's Radio 2 New Comedy Award 2011, fending off strong competition from fellow finalists Joe Lycett, Tez Ilyas, Chris Turner, Mark Restuccia and Pat Cahill.

What I see in the mirror: Richard Blackwood

'As I saw my career take off, the idea solidified for me that maybe I am blessed, I am special'.

Video: Tony Hawks on providing free tennis for all

Tony Hawks, from the charity Tennis for All, believes free coaching should be provided for British children from the "massive riches" earned at Wimbledon.

Hawks believes that widening general participation is key to Britain achieving success at elite level, and tells BBC Breakfast of the plans he will take to the Lawn Tennis Association later in the year.

Terry Alderton interview

The unpredictable stand-up star discusses why he no longer cares whether people laugh or not.

Marriages on the rocks and on the box

The British show worked where the US one did not, because the panel were not snooty, two were laugh-out-loud funny, and above all they did not display how much - socially, intellectually, morally - they thought themselves above the material with which they were presented.