BCG Daily Thursday 13th December 2018
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Jonathan Pie's American Pie review
Tom Walker's political insight as a fake Westminster correspondent amounts to little more than 'I told you so' and tedious Trump-apologism.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 13th December 2018The 50 best TV shows of 2018: No 6 - Derry Girls
The year's breakout comedy was a giddy mix of poignancy and nostalgia - and its subject matter couldn't have been timelier.
Shilpa Ganatra, The Guardian, 13th December 2018The Comedy School: teaching children about knife crime
How do you reverse the knife crime crisis? Send in the comedians, says Dominic Maxwell, who talks to the team devising a joke-packed show for school kids.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 13th December 2018New recipients of BBC Comedy Writer's Bursary announced
This year two new writers will join the list - Kat Sadler and Catherine Brinkworth. Whilst women have been recipients of the bursary for more than twenty years, this is the first year all recipients are women.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th December 2018Blackadder's Christmas Carol at 30
Thirty years ago, Blackadder brought us a brilliantly subversive take on the Charles Dickens classic - and it's still inspired.
Mark Butler, i Newspaper, 13th December 2018Book review: Sunrise, by Jessie Cave
Sunrise is a light read - being a transcript of an hour's stand-up, it takes less than that to get through - but it leaves a strong impression of Cave's struggles through life, love and motherhood. And anyone with their own anxieties will find an empathetic echo here.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th December 2018November comedian of the month #53, Ignacio Lopez
Ignacio Lopez is a Spanish stand-up comic and MC currently based in Cardiff.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 13th December 201850 best films of 2018 in the US: No 7 - The Favourite
Yorgos Lanthimos's nutty slab of period fruitcake, about a rivalry in the court of a gout-ridden Queen Anne, is deservedly becoming an Oscars frontrunner.
Catherine Shoard, The Guardian, 13th December 2018Here's 40 of the best facts chosen by the QI team
And if you have a top fact of your own, you could win a box set of QI books by impressing the show's makers in our competition.
i Newspaper, 13th December 2018Noise Next Door's Comedy Lock-In Xmas Special review
It was a raucous night at this festive comedy celebration, as the acclaimed comedy improv group bounded onto the stage complete with Christmas jumpers and yule-tide cheer.
Victoria Nangle, The Latest, 13th December 2018Clive Anderson on Whose Line
Griff Rhys Jones ate John Sessions' socks, Josie Lawrence hit the high notes and Colin Mochrie's Salmon Man went low. Ahead of three live Albert Hall specials, the presenter-cum-drummer looks back.
Clive Anderson, The Guardian, 13th December 2018Mark Watson to perform another marathon show
Mark Watson is to embark on another of his marathon shows, the first in four years.
Chortle, 13th December 2018Review: Sunrise, by Jessie Cave
Jessie Cave's Sunrise had the advantage of feeling like a series of candid diary entries anyway, so reading them seem a perfectly natural way to get a peek inside her unfiltered thoughts.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 13th December 2018Videos
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6:30pm30 min
The Missing Hancocks
Series 4, Episode 2 - Department Store SantaHancock is forced to stop claiming benefits, so takes up a new position as Santa.
8pm30 min
Beat The Internet With John Robins
Episode 9John Robins hosts the new comedy quiz show where contestants try to finish sentences based on some of the internet's most popular search terms.
8:30pm30 min
Beat The Internet With John Robins
Episode 10John Robins hosts the new comedy quiz show where contestants try to finish sentences based on some of the internet's most popular search terms.
9pm3 min
Dave's Advent Calendar
Episode 13 - The World's Worst Christmas Presents With Josh & TomJosh Widdecombe discovers why Tom Craine always has the very worst, most woeful, utterly horrific Christmas in the entire World.
10pm60 min
The Russell Howard Hour
Series 2, Episode 6This week, Russell engages in a spiritual healing session with Roisin Conaty and interviews Magid Magid.
10pm30 min
Live At The Apollo
Series 14, Episode 5 - Kerry Godliman, Suzi Ruffell, Loyiso GolaKerry Godliman introduces the energetic Suzi Ruffell and South African comedian Loyiso Gola to the stage.
10pm65 min
Celebrity Juice
Series 20, Christmas SpecialKeith Lemon hosts the Christmas special of the outrageous comedy panel show, which sees team captains Jimmy Carr and Fearne Cotton going head to head in a series of hilarious games. Joining the panel for the festive fun are X Factor judge Ayda Williams, number wizard Carol Vorderman, Loose Woman Stacey Solomon, drag extraordinaire Courtney Act, the King of Reem Joey Essex and Juice regular Gino D'Acampo.
10:30pm15 min
Newsjack Unplugged
Series 2, Episode 8Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Kiell Smith-Bynoe are back together again.
11pm15 min
TEZ Talks
Series 3, Episode 5 - What Are You Looking At?Tez talks about confrontations and awkward situations he has found himself in.