BCG Daily Friday 23rd December 2011
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Miranda Hart cracks no women gag at Sports Personality
Talk about choosing your moment to make a point... Comedian Miranda Hart stunned BBC Sports Personality of the Year host Gary Lineker with a jibe at the fact no women were nominated for the gong.
David Collins, The Mirror, 23rd December 2011David Jason believes royals will approve comedy
Sir David Jason believes his new comedy will meet with royal approval.
The Sun, 23rd December 2011Sun comedy's top 10 comedians of 2011
It's been another great year for stand-up comedy. Funny men and women are touring more than ever, and often extending their live dates to over double what was originally scheduled.
Tommy Holgate, The Sun, 23rd December 2011Jonathan Ross 'gutted' after Tim Minchin song is cut
Jonathan Ross has said he is 'really gutted' after comedian Tim Minchin was axed from the Christmas edition of The Jonathan Ross Show.
Metro, 23rd December 2011A minute with June Whitfield and Joanna Lumley
Twenty years after the first broadcast, Absolutely Fabulous is back on BBC One on Christmas Day - in the first of three 30-minute special episodes.
Fiona Wickham, BBC Blogs, 23rd December 2011Jennifer Saunders: TV is no laughing matter for women
Jennifer Saunders, star of the BBC's Absolutely Fabulous, says it is harder for women to succeed in television than it was 20 years ago.
Tim Walker, The Telegraph, 23rd December 2011Celebrity Juice: How to ruin Christmas in 45 minutes
A vile, snarky, base, lowest common denominator hour of hastily shoved-together, shoddily written, repetitive schoolboy humour. It might as well have been Keith Lemon wrapping his Johnson in tinsel and whirling it round in your face like a disgusting, fleshy Catherine wheel whilst sneering at the Christmas issue of Heat. How very festive.
TV Pixie, 23rd December 2011Jennifer Saunders: I need a drink, and more chemicals!
Jennifer Saunders seems very relaxed, her booted feet up on a pouffe, snuggled in a big woolly cardie, sipping a mug of tea and talking openly about everything from the menopause to depression, cancer and her empty nest syndrome. Oh, and there are a few laughs, too.
Ginny Dougary, Radio Times, 23rd December 2011Live comedy in 2011 - some things you may have missed
Seinfeld, Michael McIntyre stalkers, police interference, heroism, Nelson Mandela ... they all had their place this year around the London circuit.
London Is Funny, 23rd December 2011Lapland, BBC One, preview
Why do the Brits love Lapland? A new BBC comedy drama tries to get to the bottom of it...
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 23rd December 2011Ruth Jones interview
Gavin & Stacey's Ruth Jones stars in Stella - a comedy-drama about a Welsh single mother with three troublesome children.
David Collins, TV Choice, 23rd December 2011German version of The Office wins film adaptation
Producers of Stromberg, now in its fifth season, raise 1m in a single week to ensure hit sitcom will reach the cinema.
Ben Child, The Guardian, 23rd December 2011Adrian Chiles interview
Adrian Chiles returns with a mix of celebrity guests to mull over recent happenings in his topical chat series That Sunday Night Show...
Nick Fiaca, TV Choice, 23rd December 2011TV preview: Hacks
Channel 4's take on the phone-hacking scandal is almost beyond satire.
John Plunkett, The Guardian, 23rd December 2011Birds of a Feather to flock together in stage version
Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph are bringing the TV series that last aired almost 14 years ago to the theatre.
Matt Trueman, The Guardian, 23rd December 2011Matt Lucas recruits mum for new panel show
Funnyman Matt Lucas is best known for creating and writing Little Britain with David Walliams, but now he's teaming up with his mother Diana for his latest project, The Matt Lucas Awards.
The Daily Express, 23rd December 201120 comedy goodies to spend your Amazon gift vouchers on
If you've got the best relatives ever and are therefore in receipt of Amazon gift vouchers this Christmas, and not ill-fitting clothes or unwanted ornaments, then take a look below.
Andrea Mann, The Huffington Post, 23rd December 2011It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - QI style
If you adhere to the QI principle that everything in the Universe is interesting if looked at closely enough, for long enough, or from the right angle, you'll go far in the world.
Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 23rd December 2011A Quite Interesting Christmas quiz
John Mitchinson and Molly Oldfield, the éminences grises behind the BBC's QI, invite you to test your mettle over 40 brain-tickling questions.
Molly Oldfield & John Mitchinson, The Telegraph, 23rd December 2011Videos
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7:30am30 min
What's So Funny?
Series 2, Episode 12Ed Byrne and Lucy Porter bring a mix of news, reviews and interviews from the comedy world. With Scott Capurro and Stephen Armstrong.
11:30am30 min
North By Northamptonshire
Series 2, Episode 4Esther has a big question to ask Ken and Keith, while on the horizon, storm clouds gather.
6:30pm30 min
The News Quiz
Series 76, Episode 1It's Christmas: in the week that Kim Jong-Il died, Sir Gus O'Donnell predicted the breakup of the United Kingdom, and metal theives made off with a priceless sculpture, Radio 4 presents a festive review of the week's news. Sandi Toksvig is joined by Alexei Sayle, Susan Calman, Miles Jupp & Jeremy Hardy.
9pm30 min
Have I Got News For You
Series 42, Christmas SpecialA festive special of the news quiz, hosted by Martin Clunes. Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by Rebecca Front and David O'Doherty.
9pm75 min
The Jonathan Ross Show
Series 1, Christmas Special - Tom Cruise, Downtown Abbey, The InbetweenersTom Cruise talks about his new movie; Laura Carmichael, Jessica Brown Findlay and Michelle Dockery discuss the Downtown Abbey special; and the cast of The Inbetweeners Movie drop by too. With music from Il Volo.
9pm15 min
Little Crackers
Little Crackers 2011, Episode 11 - Johnny Vegas' Little CrackerSanta's suit needs last-minute filling in a short inspired, written and directed by Johnny Vegas.
9pm60 min
8 Out Of 10 Cats
Series 12, Christmas SpecialComedians Sean Lock and Jon Richardson head up the teams for this year's Christmas capers, joined by guests pop duo Jedward, comedian Micky Flanagan, actress and presenter Liza Tarbuck and The Inbetweeners star Greg Davies.
10pm30 min
10:35pm45 min
The Graham Norton Show
Series 10, Christmas Special - Matt Smith, Gillian Anderson, Russell Kane, Hilary Devey, Harry Judd, Dougie PoynterA festive special featuring Time Lord Matt Smith, actress Gillian Anderson, top comic Russell Kane, Dragon lady Hilary Devey, Strictly champion Harry Judd, King of the Jungle Dougie Poynter and the Military Wives Choir.