BCG Daily Saturday 26th November 2011

Frankie Boyle: 'HIGNFY is everything that's wrong'

... and don't get him started on Mock the Week. In a rare interview, the caustic Scots comic turns his fire on the BBC, Charlie Brooker and reaction to that Jordan joke.

Family Fortunes plan festive TOWIE v Benidorm special

This year's festive TV turkey comes courtesy of [y]ITV[/y], which is planning a prime time "idiot off", pitting the intellectual skills of the cast of TOWIE against the brains from Benidorm.

Alan Carr and One Direction have dance-off

One Direction's Louis Tomlinson has taken on Alan Carr in a dance-off - after telling him: "I can do camp better."

My secret Life: Sarah Millican, comedian, 36

An interview with Sarah Millican.

Fantastic Mr Minchin wows the West End

Comedian earns acclaim for musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic surreal novel Matilda.

Britain's Got People and writing topical news every day

Britain's Got People, created by Have I Got News For You writer Dave Cohen, which aired online all last week, is a daily dose of satire that's sticking two fingers up at those who said that the UK couldn't produce something as on the mark as The Daily Show. But producing the funnies every day - that's pretty hard right?

Audio: Coogan on Leveson's 'watershed week'

The actor and comedian Steve Coogan has said that the evidence given by witnesses at the start of the Leveson inquiry has made it "a watershed week". Mr Coogan, who this week gave evidence to Lord Justice Leveson's examination of the inquiry, which is examining press ethics in the wake of the recent phone hacking scandal, added that "the McCann evidence alone was vindication of the inquiry".

But while agreeing that it was right to look into the current system of press regulation in the United Kingdom The Guardian's Simon Jenkins said that "I do think celebrities are distorting this debate."

The inquiry resumes on Monday, when those giving evidence will include the singer Charlotte Church.

Mother of Down syndrome baby's plea to Jimmy Carr

This is the letter the mother of a Down's syndrome baby sent to comedian Jimmy Carr - almost a year before he denied anyone had ever complained about his "offensive" joke about the disability.

E4 drops Dirty Digest

E4 has unexpectedly axed its comedy showbiz gossip show Dirty Digest after just three episodes.