BCG Daily Wednesday 25th November 2020

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Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Greg Davies, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television

Taskmaster's Rosalind appears as Chase contestant

Rosalind, a woman always doing cool stuff / a f***ing nightmare who was the subject of two songs for a task on Taskmaster, appeared as a contestant on yesterday's episode of The Chase.

Lewis Knight, The Mirror, 25th November 2020
Tom Allen. Copyright: Andy Hollingworth

Book review: No Shame, by Tom Allen

Allen's enjoyable book should provide an invaluable source of inspiration to any young gay readers, hopefully ensuring that feel able to advance to a position where they feel "no shame" themselves.

Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 25th November 2020
Peep Show. Image shows from L to R: Mark Corrigan (David Mitchell), Jeremy Usbourne (Robert Webb). Copyright: Objective Productions

Robert Webb sells Peep Show T-shirts for charity

Robert Webb is selling four of the T-shirts he wore when he played dissolute slacker Jez in Peep Show. The money raised will go to the Trussell Trust, the charity that supports those in poverty and campaigns for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th November 2020
Rising Damp. Rupert Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter). Copyright: Yorkshire Television

BritBox shows Rising Damp with racist language warning

Classic 70s comedy Rising Damp will be shown on the BritBox streaming service with a warning that it contains offensive racist language. The ITV series starred Leonard Rossiter as seedy landlord Rigsby, who displays his prejudiced ignorance through racist barbs aimed at a well-spoken black tenant.

Adam Sherwin, i Newspaper, 25th November 2020
Tim Key

Tim Key, Dice.FM, review

Gloriously funny, with Key on impish, playful and melancholic form.

Bruce Dessau, i Newspaper, 25th November 2020
The Horne Section

The Horne Section release a festive track

Alex Horne's band The Horne Section are releasing a festive track, Fiddly Christmas. In it, Horne sings about how the season offers a pause from daily struggles describing, work, school and social problems in the lyrics.

Chortle, 25th November 2020
The Turtle Canyon Lectures. Will Duggan

Will Duggan: the comedian packing Amazon boxes

"To call arts freelancers 'lazy' is dangerous".

Marianka Swain, The Telegraph, 25th November 2020

Jason Manford reveals he's been robbed

Jason Manford rages 'burglars haven't been furloughed' after break-in outside home.

The Mirror, 25th November 2020

Videos

Podcasts

TV & radio

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC
3:25pm
10 min
Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!. Copyright: Beano Studios

Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!

Series 2, Episode 26 - Teacher Off

Miss Mistry and Mrs Creecher clash over the best way to teach Class 3C about butterflies.

Go Jetters. Copyright: BBC

Go Jetters

Series 3, Episode 49 - Puffin Patrol, Iceland

The Go Jetters are going to Westman Islands, Iceland, where the world's largest colony of Atlantic puffins gathers every year.

Radio 4
6:30pm
30 min
The Wilsons Save The World. Image shows from L to R: Lola (India Brown), Maxine (Kerry Godliman), Cat (Mia Jenkins), Mike (Marcus Brigstocke). Copyright: BBC

The Wilsons Save The World

Series 3, Episode 4 - Marrow

Mike turns the front garden into a vegetable patch, but his joy is shattered when someone steals his produce.

Tudur's TV Flashback. Tudur Owen

TV Flashback

Series 4, Episode 1 - Gender

Tudur takes a look at the relationship between men and women in Wales, as he delves into the archives for the funniest television moments on the topic.

The Emily Atack Show. Image shows from L to R: Emily Atack, Zadeiah Campbell-Davies. Copyright: Monkey Kingdom

The Emily Atack Show

Series 1, Episode 4 - Image

This week's theme is image, including how to achieve the perfect, some may say deceptive, Insta pic; the good, bad and ugly truths of dieting; and Emily's ongoing battle with her nemesis...

Radio 4
11pm
15 min
Sarah Keyworth

Sarah Keyworth - Are You A Boy Or A Girl?

Series 1, Episode 3 - Clutch Bag

Tonight, Sarah looks back at her experiences at university.

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