BCG Daily Saturday 18th April 2015

Comedy review: Jonny & The Baptists

Being at the forefront of political musical comedy is all well and good, but Jonny Donahoe and Paddy Gervers yearn to be more puerile.

Radio Times review

It's funny to think that what was unpopular back in 1977, when this episode was first broadcast, remains unpopular today. When Private Frazer rounds on Mainwaring with the words "I don't trust banks, I don't trust bankers and I don't trust you!" he gets a warm round of applause from the studio audience. You see, the captain has been dropping unsubtle hints when he learns that the wily Scot keeps his savings in the form of a stash of gold sovereigns.

It's a not-so-familar episode that gives plenty of airtime to the manic gibberings of John Laurie (who plays Frazer), but there are other delights, too: the rare spectacle of a tiddly Sergeant Wilson, a scene set in Hodges' greengrocer's, Fulton Mackay in his second (different) guest role for the show and Jones blowing accidental raspberries during a gas-mask drill.

W1A is back to lampoon the corporation and Clarkson

Brush up on your corporate gobbledegook as it's time to head back to New Broadcasting House in this hilariously accurate spoof of life at the BBC.

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Stewart Francis, Liam Williams and Josh Howie.

How do you write good comedy?

Some of Britain's finest comedians share their knowledge.

Review: Raised by Wolves

Not only is this programme bitterly funny, but it also implies something far more poignant beneath the surface. I eagerly anticipate another series.

Review: Inside No. 9, 2.4 - 'Cold Comfort'

Having guessed the double-twists of last week's tale, I was relieved "Cold Comfort" managed to outmanoeuvre me.

Grimsby details revealed on Wikileaks

Detail about Sacha Baron Cohen's new movie Grimsby have been revealed from leaked Sony e-mails published on Wikileaks.

Opinion: Janey Godley brews up trouble for Irn-Bru?

Janey Godley's complaint that she thinks she was ripped off by the people who made the new Irn-Bru ad has caused a stir in comedy circles. It is not the first time a comedian has allegedly had input into an advertising campaign and not been given credit. Or, in some cases, paid.

Ed Byrne: I'm not dead yet

"There are times when you meet people and they just laugh and you haven't done anything. It's just 'Ah ha ha!' and it lightened their day just to see you. That is a privilege."

Live Review: Death Of A Comedian

If nothing else Death of a Comedian is a reminder of how fraught the comedy world is.