BCG Daily Sunday 27th December 2020

Janey Godley: an artist at the peak of her vocal powers

Janey Godley had big plans for 2020, but they did not involve Nicola Sturgeon, emotional life jackets or Frank getting the door.

Maya Jama seated in front of photo of her ex Stormzy

As is tradition (although they were socially distanced this year), the celebrity guests on The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year were sat in front of a collage of the most talked-about celebrities and public figures of the year. However, viewers spotted that radio presenter Jama had been seated in front of a huge photo of her ex-partner, Stormzy, whom she dated for four years.

Review: Death To 2020

It's fun, but only if your idea of fun is watching 70 minutes of Hollywood stars reading out jokes from The Mash Report.

Back on track: the Mitchell and Webb sitcom returns

Simon Blackwell's show has been beset by delays, but it may have saved Webb's life.

Review: Motherland; Roald & Beatrix

A Christmas TV review.

Review: Death To 2020

Charlie Brooker's Netflix mockumentary is a complete mess. One of the few things you can say for the show is that it's appropriate to its subject, in that you'll be glad when it's over.

Two Doors' Doon: It's going swimmingly

Two Doors Down star Doon Mackichan has revealed how taking the plunge helped her mental health during lockdown.

Review: Death To 2020 is too rushed

The 70-minute Netflix special should probably have been at least five times longer.

Review: Death To 2020 misses the Screen Wipe magic

It's not bad, but it is what it is. It's a recap with some characters going 'can you believe that?'

Review: Death To 2020

Once people realise Death To 2020 isn't actually very Black Mirror-esque at all, but rather just a subpar year-in-review show - in the vein of Last Week Tonight only less sharp - I'm not sure why anybody would seek out this special.

Mrs. Brown's Boys actor sues star Brendan O'Carroll

Mrs. Brown's Boys boss Brendan O'Carroll is being sued by former co-star Gary Hollywood.

The comedy actor and show chief, 65, faces claims of constructive dismissal and workplace discrimination after a row over pay.

Gary, 41, who quit the sitcom in the ­autumn, says he is also taking legal action against the BBC.

Dawn French blagged £17,000 Concorde tickets

Dawn French once bagged £17,000 of Concorde tickets by dressing up as a priest as she cashed in on her Vicar Of Dibley fame.

She revealed British Airways gave her the gift for posing as her character, Geraldine Granger, at a leaving party for a member of their cabin crew.

Review: Death To 2020

It fast became a cliché to say that the spiralling dystopia of 2020 was like an out-of-control episode of Black Mirror. So it was probably inevitable that Charlie Brooker would be called upon to offer a satirical summary of the momentously awful 12 months, especially given his track record with the Wipe series for the BBC. The result is a wry, often bleakly amusing look at the year, albeit without the astringent personal bite Brooker normally brings to his year-end round-ups.

Review: Death To 2020

Perhaps it's a case of too many cooks, with eighteen writers listed in the credits, and the desire to reach a much bigger audience given that the likes of Jackson, Jones, Grant and Milioti were all involved, but the satire felt bleakly blunted.

Review: Worzel Gummidge reboot is my cup o' tea

The best thing about this tale, when we're all mostly locked up, is getting outdoors. And that itself was a turnip for the books.

Death To 2020: Interview with Brooker & Jones

Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones tackle the "nonsense and chaos and horribleness" of 2020 with a star-studded mockumentary filmed under pandemic-era protocols. "We hope to give people a sort of cathartic exorcism of the year that was 2020," Jones tells The Hollywood Reporter.

How we found the funny side of Covid

Jan Etherington on how her 'dream team' helped her adapt her latest radio series to the pandemic.