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BCG Daily Sunday 1st January 2012

Features

Review of the Year: 2011 Features

TV Review of the Year: 2011

Was 2011 a good year for TV comedy? We look back at over 60 of the big TV series of last year and try to make up our minds...

Press clippings

Eddie Izzard on Treasure Island

He drifted into comedy, found he had a flair for the dramatic, and now wants to enter politics. Eddie Izzard's life is a marathon, not a sprint.

Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 1st January 2012

David Mitchell: 2012 won't be your year

For certain people in the public eye, the coming 12 months will truly be an annus horribilis. Let's look back at some of the highlights of the past year's silly seasons...

David Mitchell, The Observer, 1st January 2012

David Walliams signs 2-year Britain's Got Talent deal?

David Walliams has signed to become a judge on Britain's Got Talent, according to reports.

Adam Silverstein, Digital Spy, 1st January 2012

Merkel & Sarkozy in reworking of Dinner For One sketch

A 1963 British comedy sketch which is cult New Year's Eve viewing in Germany has inspired a YouTube hit featuring Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy.

BBC News, 1st January 2012

Remembering losses from British comedy world in 2011

While wishing everyone a Happy New Year and prosperous 2012, I wanted to remember some 'friends' the world of comedy lost in 2011.

Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 1st January 2012

10 comics to watch in 2012

They're new, they're funny and they might just be a big-shot comic one day. Remember the names...

London Is Funny, 1st January 2012

A look at The Royal Bodyguard

I'd tried to avoid too much press before seeing The Royal Bodyguard myself, but saw that some people were saying slightly curious things about it, comparing it to Jonny English, as if that were a bad thing.

James Cary, Sitcom Geek, 1st January 2012

Videos

Mrs. Brown's Boys. Image shows from L to R: Buster Brady (Danny O'Carroll), Grandad Brown (Dermot O'Neill), Dino Doyle (Gary Hollywood), Rory Brown (Rory Cowan), Cathy Brown (Jennifer Gibney), Mark Brown (Pat Shields), Betty Brown (Amanda Woods), Winnie McGoogan (Eilish O'Carroll), Dermot Brown (Paddy Houlihan), Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll), Maria Nicholson / Brown (Fiona O'Carroll). Copyright: BBC / BocPix TV

Mrs. Brown's Boys - Mrs Brown and the Condom

Mrs Brown gets into an awkward situation with a condom.

Mrs. Brown's Boys. Image shows from L to R: Buster Brady (Danny O'Carroll), Grandad Brown (Dermot O'Neill), Dino Doyle (Gary Hollywood), Rory Brown (Rory Cowan), Cathy Brown (Jennifer Gibney), Mark Brown (Pat Shields), Betty Brown (Amanda Woods), Winnie McGoogan (Eilish O'Carroll), Dermot Brown (Paddy Houlihan), Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll), Maria Nicholson / Brown (Fiona O'Carroll). Copyright: BBC / BocPix TV

Mrs. Brown's Boys - Grandad The Table

Mrs Brown has to pretend Grandad is dead in order to claim his insurance money. So any time the doorbell rings, she panics...

Mrs. Brown's Boys. Image shows from L to R: Buster Brady (Danny O'Carroll), Grandad Brown (Dermot O'Neill), Dino Doyle (Gary Hollywood), Rory Brown (Rory Cowan), Cathy Brown (Jennifer Gibney), Mark Brown (Pat Shields), Betty Brown (Amanda Woods), Winnie McGoogan (Eilish O'Carroll), Dermot Brown (Paddy Houlihan), Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll), Maria Nicholson / Brown (Fiona O'Carroll). Copyright: BBC / BocPix TV

Mrs. Brown's Boys - Mrs Brown's Catchphrase

Mrs Brown has a clever way of not swearing at Mrs Nicholson...

TV & radio

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 7:25am
30 min
My Phone Genie. Image shows from L to R: Gene (Adam Wadsworth), Mobbsy (Fox Jackson-Keen), Jaz (Bessie Cursons), Naoko (Haruka Abe). Copyright: Talent TV

My Phone Genie

Episode 1 - Serve and Protect

Jasmine Hart downloads a new Genie App to her phone. But when it is opened it gives her access to a real-life genie. Worried about Jaz's first day at a new school, Gene the Genie's attempt to protect her gets her in more trouble than she could ever have imagined!

Radio 4 7:15pm
30 min
It's Your Round. Angus Deayton. Copyright: BBC

It's Your Round

Series 2, Episode 2

Sandi Toksvig, Clive Anderson, Humphrey Ker and Milton Jones try to beat each other at their own games.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:40pm
30 min
Absolutely Fabulous. Image shows from L to R: Patsy (Joanna Lumley), Edina (Jennifer Saunders). Copyright: Saunders And French Productions / BBC

Absolutely Fabulous

2011 Christmas Specials, New Year Special - Job

Edina has some crucial questions to answer, including: Has she still got it? And could a new client destroy her relationship with Saffy or make it stronger?

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 9:45pm
60 min
The Unforgettable.... Copyright: North One Television / Watchmaker Productions

The Unforgettable...

2011 Specials - John Thaw

A tribute to John Thaw - best known for his roles as Regan in The Sweeney and as Inspector Morse in the highly successful detective series of the same name.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
60 min
Hacks. Image shows from L to R: Ho Chi Mao Feast (Eleanor Matsuura), Stanhope Feast (Michael Kitchen), Connor Feast (John Hopkins)

Hacks

Satire on the phone-hacking scandal set at a fictional newspaper where "any means necessary" doesn't begin to cover it.

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