BCG Daily Saturday 29th November 2014
Press clippings
Lenny Henry to guest edit Radio 4's Today
Comedian Lenny Henry and former Everything But The Girl singer Tracey Thorn are to guest edit BBC Radio 4's Today over the festive period.
BBC News, 29th November 2014Radio Times review
Anyone who enjoys the class collisions of Mainwaring and Wilson will be in heaven with this episode. In "The Honourable Man", Wilson becomes entitled following the death of his uncle. The news induces pride in Pike and his beaming mother, but brings out an assortment of colours in the Captain, including red for apoplexy and green for jealousy.
The welcoming preparations for a visiting Russian worker cause further explosions of pomposity. But the many other weapons in Dad's arsenal are discharged with equal efficacy, from Walker's leavening cockiness to Jones's "cobblers". It's a beauty.
Mark Braxton, Radio Times, 29th November 2014Alexei Sayle's Marxist demolition of Strictly
The TV show has taken a great popular art form and turned it into a travesty, argues the comedian - which is why you will never see this dance lover on Strictly.
Alexie Sayle, The Guardian, 29th November 2014John Bishop quits Twitter over abuse messages
Comedian John Bishop has quit Twitter, after receiving a number of abusive messages on the social networking site.
Rachel McGrath, The Huffington Post, 29th November 2014Interview: rarely asked questions - Alfie Brown
Q&A with stand-up Alfie Brown.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th November 2014Ben Elton: Michael Gove is wrong about Blackadder
The We Will Rock You creator discusses the First World War, global warming and the mystery of the missing Freddie Mercury statue...
Jonathan Holmes, Radio Times, 29th November 2014TV & radio
10:30am30 min
The Frequency Of Laughter: A History Of Radio Comedy
Episode 5 - 1995-2000Grace Dent interviews Paul Schlesinger and Meera Syal about their experiences of making radio comedy in the late 1990s.
11am60 min
Fighting Talk
Series 12, Episode 15Josh Widdicombe is joined by former GB athlete Kath Merry, sports commentator and broadcaster Steve Bunce, journalist and broadcaster Martin Kelner and comedian Romesh Ranganathan.
8pm30 min
Perry And Croft: Made In Britain
Episode 3 - Birds & BeesTonight we look at how British morality and attitudes evolved regarding romance and gender roles.
10:50pm65 min
The Jonathan Ross Show
Series 7, Episode 7 - Barry Manilow, Jessica Ennis-Hill, James McAvoy, Sarah Millican, Phillip SchofieldWith music legend Barry Manilow - for a chat and a performance, and also talks to Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, X-Men and Atonement star James McAvoy, TV and stand-up comedian Sarah Millican, and one of Britain's best loved presenters Phillip Schofield.