BCG Daily Sunday 16th October 2016
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Harry Hill's Tea-Time: a recipe for glorious fun
Harry Hill returns to TV with a spoof cookery show featuring Paul Hollywood and fist-fights over Ferrero Rocher. As you might expect, it's quite odd.
Alexi Duggins, The Guardian, 16th October 2016Yonderland In Pictures
We asked Larry Rickard and Jim Howick, two members of the talented team responsible for creating, writing and performing the show, to talk us through a set of images taken from the new series.
The Velvet Onion, 16th October 2016Alexei Sayle calls modern political comedy 'nihilistic'
Alexei Sayle was at the forefront of the alternative comedy scene back in the 1980s- surreal, inventive and, in the era of Margaret Thatcher, militantly political. However, despite comedy growing into a titanic industry in the interim, and a fractious political climate, Sayle believes there's no real successor on television today.
Jonathan Holmes, Radio Times, 16th October 2016
Alexei Sayle on Rik Mayall
He's the late, great king of anarchic comedy, but Rik Mayall was also charmingly narcissistic. At least according to his co-star on The Young Ones, Alexei Sayle. "One thing Rik liked to do was he'd bring you back to his flat and make you watch tapes of Rik Mayall."
Jonathan Holmes, Radio Times, 16th October 2016Mathew Baynton interview
Yonderland star Mathew Baynton on Horrible Histories, laughs with James Corden, and teaming up with Stephen Fry.
Craig McLean, Radio Times, 16th October 2016Private Eye: the Donald Trump cover you'll never see
Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, the editor of 30 years reveals what goes into a good front page.
Jonathan Holmes, Radio Times, 16th October 2016Ian Hislop: saying 'allegedly' doesn't stop being sued
"I should point out that allegedly is no defence at all in libel. I perpetrated this myth for years hoping some judge would believe me."
Jonathan Holmes, Radio Times, 16th October 2016Yonderland series 3 episode 1 review: A Rising Tide
After a promising first series and a confident second, Yonderland has returned for a third and begins by posing the question, 'do you need a Chosen One after the evil has gone?'
Rachel Meaden, Den Of Geek, 16th October 2016Book extract: Alan Partridge on Noel Edmonds
In an exclusive extract from his new book Nomad, Alan Partridge unpicks the many insults of his TV nemesis, from humiliation at the Our Price Christmas party to the shame of a BBC safety tutorial.
The Guardian, 16th October 2016Videos
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11am25 min
Justin's House
Series 4, Episode 4 - Secret Sock DetectiveJustin has lost his favourite socks and is convinced that someone in Justin's House must have taken them, he even starts to suspect his trusty friends!
6pm30 min
Harry Hill's Tea Time
Series 1, Episode 1 - Paul HollywoodPaul Hollywood is challenged to create the classic dish that is a George Michael carved doner kebab with feta cheese.
6:30pm30 min
Yonderland
Series 3, Episode 1 - A Rising TideThe puppet-filled family comedy returns for series three as Yonderland's inhabitants, including Cuddly Dick, look forward to a bright new future.