BCG Daily Monday 7th December 2015
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Pauline McLynn: 'There's a Mrs Doyle everywhere'
EastEnders, Shameless, Shakespeare: she's done the lot. But it's her tea-foisting role in Father Ted she'll always be remembered for - and it almost didn't happen.
Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian, 7th December 2015Matt Berry's Christmas Q&A
The comedian and musician says it doesn't feel like Christmas until he panics, and reveals what his character Steven Toast would do on the big day.
Tom Meltzer, The Guardian, 7th December 2015Five of the best comedy gigs for Christmas 2015
Sara Pascoe, Margaret Cho, Brian Cox and Kevin Bridges are among those promising better laughs than you'll get from your Christmas crackers.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 7th December 2015Berry set to make history by playing theme tune live
Toast of London star Matt Berry will be playing the theme tune to his Channel 4 series live on Wednesday, in what the broadcaster says is a global television first. The BAFTA award-winner, who plays eccentric actor Steven Toast, will be performing Take My Hand - the series' theme tune - live from a studio over the end credits of episode four, which airs on 9th December. According to Channel 4 this kind of live performance has "never been done before".
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 7th December 2015Why you should go see... Sofie Hagen in Bubblewrap
The winner of Best Newcomer at this years Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Danish comic Sofie Hagen shows no sign of stopping in her rise to the top of the comedy world. Laugh Out London's Tim Lewis explains why you shouldn't miss her Soho Theatre run of the award-winning Bubblewrap.
Tim Lewis, Laugh Out London, 7th December 2015Are You Being Served? actor Nicholas Smith has died
Nicholas Smith, the actor who played store manager Mr Rumbold in the BBC sitcom Are You Being Served?, has died aged 81.
BBC News, 7th December 2015Kim Noble's landmark show about loneliness is back
No one quite does comedy shows like Kim Noble. The stunts he pulls, the lengths he's prepared to go to, the gut-punching emotional impact, the uncompromising honesty about life's dark edges...
London Is Funny, 7th December 2015Interview: Bob Slayer is here to save Christmas
We caught up with bearded comedy hero Bob Slayer to talk Christmas, world peace & the offbeat pop up grotto he has created beneath the radar of the city bankers...
Rupert Dannreuther, To Do List, 7th December 2015Review: Mike Bubbins and Dan Mitchell
Rhymney Brewery played host to the comics during their first comedy night, Brew Ho Ho, which it is hoped will become a regular event.
Bob Rogers, Wales Online, 7th December 2015Peter Pan Goes Wrong: a comedy of errors
The creators of West End hit The Play That Goes Wrong are busily working their magic on Peter Pan.
John Nathan, The Independent, 7th December 2015Review: Plymouth Comedy Club delivers lots of laughs
Reviews of Ian Cognito, David Arnold, Mike Newall, Bethany Black, Sam Blackledge, Chris Brooker.
William Telford, Plymouth Herald, 7th December 2015Gina Yashere: you know where you stand with US racism
"I prefer good ol' fashioned American racism. 'Cause it's in your face. You know where you stand with American racism. ... In England, the racism is very much more underground, more subtle. It's more insidious. You don't even know you're being discriminated against. It's, 'Hello. So nice to meet you.' Smile. Smile. Smile. And then you leave the room, and they say, 'We are never going to employ that woman.'"
David Beard, PRI, 7th December 2015Videos
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7:45am15 min
The Roy Files
Episode 1 - EmbarrassmentRoy is making a scrapbook for history homework about the person he knows best - himself. With excerpts from some of the funniest, most embarrassing and most surprising events in his life so far.
11:30am30 min
The Missing Hancocks
Series 2, Episode 3 - The Marriage BureauTony needs a job, but cannot get one as an unmarried man. Luckily, Sidney James has a proposal.
6:30pm30 min
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 64, Episode 2A return visit to Dorking for regulars Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer, plus Tony Hawks on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair.
9pm30 min
Trollied
Series 5, Episode 6Pharmacist Brian proves sceptical about giving blood when a donor bank sets up in store.
9:30pm30 min
After Hours
Episode 6 - Romance Is BoringIt's the night of The Bad Weekends' big gig and the venue is a sell-out. Willow makes a decision he finds hard to break to Lauren and Ollie.
10pm30 min
Live At The Apollo
Series 11, Episode 5 - Katherine Ryan, Henning Wehn, James AcasterCanadian comedy star Katherine Ryan is the host, introducing German comic Henning Wehn and the brilliantly funny James Acaster.
10pm30 min
Crackanory
Series 3, Episode 1 - Uncivil War & Dread And BreakfastIn the first of story things escalate out of control at a reenactment troupe's weekend display after new evidence emerges suggesting history might have taken a different course. Next, a young couple checks into a mysterious B&B where the residents seem very keen to keep them there... forever. Read by Paul Whitehouse and Carrie Fisher.