BCG Daily Tuesday 20th February 2018

The Office: 10 David Brents from around the world

Here are the 10 different incarnations of "friend first, boss second" David Brent from around the world.

In praise of Benidorm, the UK's most under-rated sitcom

It's a funny old game, comedy. Steve Pemberton's critical accolades for The League of Gentleman, and BBC2's late night cult hit, Inside No 9, are legion. But you'll be hard pressed to read glowing reviews of his eight years starring in the ITV comedy Benidorm. In fact you'll be hard pressed to read anything glowing from sniffy critics about the hit sitcom, despite its millions of viewers, longevity and viewer-voted National Television Awards. In fact, one critic went so far as to describe the viewing public a "disgrace" for voting for it.

Interview: rarely asked questions - Nick Revell

Nick Revell is a comic legend. He began selling jokes to radio and TV in the late 1970s and did his first stand-up gigs at the Comedy Store in 1980. Since then he has written and performed for stage, radio and TV.

DVD review: Inside No.9 - Series Four

Inside No. 9 remains head and shoulders above virtually everything else on TV.

Graham Norton's next novel 'brilliantly foreboding'

Comedian and presenter Graham Norton is publishing a new novel with Hodder entitled A Keeper.

Phill Jupitus: interview

Comedian is taking his Jupitus show around the UK, but it might just be an excuse to visit his favourite museums and record shops.

Review: Austentacious (Piccadilly Theatre)

Austentacious is a witty, silly triumph.

Bridget Christie interview

Bridget Christie is, by her own admission, a worrier.

Mum Series 2 preview

Mum's emotional moments are as powerful as anything on television.

Lisa McGrillis interview

The star of Mum on Lesley Manville's work ethic and why Kelly isn't as stupid as she looks.

How do comics survive life on the road?

How do comics survive life on the road? They rob their minibars, turn roadies into bird-watchers - and read The Da Vinci Code.

Comedy review: Mark Steel at Hertford Theatre

The Radio 4 comedian goes into the aftermath of his divorce with too many digressions, but his inventiveness and mimicry save the day.

Partridge & Farage would 'get on like a house on fire'

Fictional Tory-voting broadcaster would have been tempted to vote Ukip, says his creator Steve Coogan.

Mum makes the mother of all returns

Poignant is a word that doesn't get used much these days, but it fits Mum (BBC Two) like a glove. In this spare, quiet sitcom, deep emotions aren't so much plumbed as plucked at in a piquant, reserved, achingly sympathetic way.

Daisy and Charlie Cooper interview

The brother-sister duo behind the revolutionary BBC comedy on their childhood feuds, "the Mr Perkins scandal", and stalking Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen in Cirencester.

The Office to be remade in India

The BBC's popular mockumentary sitcom The Office is relocating to India.

The agreement with Applause Entertainment will mark the first time The Office has been commissioned in Asia, with India being the first country in the region to launch a local version of the show. The adaptation will adapt series one and two of the US version into one series of 28 episodes.

Review: The Belle's Stratagem

Cownie directs a hilarious adaptation of a comedy with strong women at its centre pulling the strings. A timeless pleasure that hits the current zeitgeist.

Review: The Belle's Stratagem

The Lyceum has restored a toweringly funny and important comedy to the stage, and it is something you must witness. The term 'restoration comedy' has been rewritten here to cement the reputation of along-neglected playwright Hannah Cowley and that of the Lyceum Theatre.