BCG Daily Sunday 6th May 2012

Audio: Tim Minchin on writing 'Song for Phil Daoust'

Musical comedian Tim Minchin has defended his decision to hit back at a critic who gave him a bad review on his debut at the Edinburgh Fringe, by writing Song for Phil Daoust, although he regretted the prominence it still had on the internet.

He said it hurts to be told your work is useless and particularly difficult to go on stage with material you are so familiar with and no longer find funny, with the words of a critic ringing in your ears.

You can hear Tim Minchin speaking to Kirsty Young on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs on Sunday 6 May at 11:15 BST. Listen online or browse the extensive Desert Island Discs archive.

James Corden plans to invite Beckhams to his wedding

Actor James Corden is to marry his girlfriend in a swanky £100,000 wedding - with Posh and Becks as guests.

Meera Syal interview

Growing up as part of the only Indian family in a West Midlands mining village meant the actress and writer was always an outsider. And that, she says, was a very good thing. Jonathan Owen meets Meera Syal.

Tim Minchin to play Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar

As an outspoken atheist, Tim Minchin, the Australian musician and comedian, may bewilder radio listeners today by choosing a biblical figure as one of his greatest inspirations.

Episodes: LeBlanc admits he's loving new lease of life

It must be a funny old life being Matt LeBlanc. As one of the six best known TV stars in the world, there's not a street he can walk down without someone thinking it's hilarious and original to greet him with "How you doin'?", or yelling out "Joey".

Sanjeev Kohli wants Still Game back... so as to woo Isa

Sanjeev Kohli yesterday revealed his burning... to rekindle romance with Still Game's Isa.

Matt LeBlanc: 'people think I'm depressed'

Matt LeBlanc on playing 'Matt LeBlanc' in hit comedy drama Episodes, shaving his body hair - and how his role in Friends has defined him

Recording Eggy Doylers

The cast were gorgeous and generous with the endless retakes. My producer Jonquil Panting has an uncanny ability to tell you how good you are while wringing another rewrite/take out of you.