BCG Daily Monday 12th December 2011

Karl Pilkington: I'm no idiot

Karl Pilkington has admitted he hates the title of An Idiot Abroad... because it makes him look like an idiot.

Black Mirror stuns once more with Cowellian nightmare

Black Mirror has continued to dumbfound viewers with its latest episode "15 Milllion Merits", which presented a dystopian world that could only be escaped via an X Factor-style talent show.

The weekend's viewing: Black Mirror, Sun, Channel 4

I can't remember whether I said something cynical when Channel 4 promised that it would divert the river of money it poured into Big Brother to irrigate original, one-off dramas, but if I did, may I offer a cautious apology with regards to Black Mirror. It was beautifully realised, with numerous tart little touches in the design, and nicely performed too.

David Walliams' thrill at meeting the Queen

David Walliams was delighted to meet Queen Elizabeth II this week after the royal took the time to chat to the funnyman about his recent charity swim.

Radio weekly #7 - Mark Steel's in Town

This week saw the return of the multi-award winning stand-up radio series Mark Steel's in Town, in which the socialist comic performs some specially tailored stand-up to the locals of a particular town.

Peter Kay sells more than 10million DVDs

Stand-up comedian Peter Kay breaks the record for sales of comedy DVDs.

Black Mirror - "Fifteen Million Merits"

Clever, astute, passionate, rewarding and human. Black Mirror's two-for-two, with one more in the pipeline...

15 Million Merits but the script ain't one

Charlie Brooker and Konnie Huq get dark on the second installment of Black Mirror, but was she just there to fellate him while he banged this out?

Nick Frost: Hot Fuzz sequel to start shooting in 2012

Nick Frost has revealed some of the plans for the follow-up to Hot Fuzz. A draft has been completed for the third film in Frost and Simon Pegg's 'Cornetto Trilogy', which has the working title of The World's End.

Ruby Wax uniting fellow depressives online

Website aims to twin people with similiar symptoms.

It's Christmas comedy DVD-Day

"What are you doing today?" asked a pal, on my day off.

"I'm watching 24 hours of comedy DVDs in a row." I said.

Misfits, 3.7 - episode seven

The penultimate episode of Misfits didn't have much on its mind, as brains were too busy being splattered everywhere.

Black Mirror: 15 Million Merits review

15 Million Merits held a black mirror up to everyone watching, achieving a huge amount in just over an hour.

Misfits: Series 3, Episode 7 review

Joseph Gilgun steals most of the best lines and many of the laughs dragging around his absurdist comedy sledgehammer but in truth everyone gets at least two laugh-out-loud lines this week.

Misfits: Series 3, Episode 7 review

So far, despite still being one of the best things on TV all year, this third series of Misfits hasn't quite hit the heights of the first two. But that all changed last night, with an episode that finally stands up alongside the very best of series one and two.

Nauseous reaction to a joke-free satire

For my part, mild amusement turned first to distaste and then to nausea. No doubt Charlie Brooker would say this is precisely the reaction he was after..