BCG Daily Friday 22nd January 2021

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Back. Image shows from L to R: Stephen (David Mitchell), Andrew (Robert Webb)

Back review

Return of sibling-rivalry comedy with Mitchell and Webb.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 22nd January 2021
Back. Image shows from L to R: Stephen (David Mitchell), Andrew (Robert Webb)

Back review

Whether you can stomach the lurches from pitch-black humour about mental illness to banter about fizzy drinks in the bar depends chiefly on how much you enjoy Mitchell and Webb as a sitcom double act. Fans of their previous series, Peep Show, might love it. I can't say I do.

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 22nd January 2021
QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Sandi Toksvig. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI questions answered

From who alphabetised the alphabet to can you ever just be whelmed?

Sara-Aisha Kent, The Mirror, 22nd January 2021
Back. Image shows from L to R: Stephen (David Mitchell), Andrew (Robert Webb)

Back review

Mitchell and Webb return to offer some comfort viewing.

Carol Midgley, The Times, 22nd January 2021
Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly, 78, gets his first coronavirus vaccine

Sir Billy's wife Pamela Stephenson confirmed he had received his first dose of the vaccine in Florida on Thursday.

Jason Chester, Daily Mail, 22nd January 2021
Taskmaster. Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television

No More Jockeys interview

The quarantine quiz show, invented and played by comedians Tim Key, Mark Watson and Alex Horne, has been a surreal coronavirus balm.

Tom Wiggins, Esquire, 22nd January 2021

Videos

Podcasts

TV & radio

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC
7:20am
15 min
Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!. Copyright: Beano Studios

Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!

Series 2, Episode 31 - Eco Worriers

Dennis and the gang take on the power of WilburCorp to stop Walter's new line of collectable toys ruining the Beanotown environment with all its wasteful plastic packaging.

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC
8:10am
15 min
Danny & Mick. Image shows from L to R: Danny (Danny Adams), Mick (Mick Potts). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Danny & Mick

Series 4, Episode 5 - The Boss Boss

Sharon's boss, Mrs Harris, has come to the leisure centre to make sure that things are running smoothly. She thinks she can run it better herself and so fires a distraught Sharon. However, it is not as easy as it looks, and Danny and Mick make sure Mrs Harris' boss, Dame Frost, fires her and brings Sharon back to get things back under control.

YouTube
9am
25 min
No More Jockeys. Image shows from L to R: Mark Watson, Alex Horne, Tim Key

No More Jockeys

Set 3, Episode 1 - Set 3, Game 1

With the scores standing at one set to Alex Horne and one set to Mark Watson, Tim Key will be attempting to win his first set. Key to play...

Radio 4
11:30am
30 min
Skeletons In The Cupboard. Image shows from L to R: Maureen (Alison Steadman), Lesley (Morwenna Banks). Copyright: Little Brother Productions

Skeletons In The Cupboard

Series 2, Episode 2 - See Me Afterwards

Maureen and Lesley are horrified when they discover that the dead body of David has vanished from the cellar where they left it. Has he been found by the police?

BBC Radio Scotland
1:30pm
30 min
Mark Nelson

The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Series 7, Episode 3

Crow Road and Harry Potter actor Sean Biggerstaff has dinner with someone really unexpected, and he's joined on the panel by absolute Scottish comedy royalty, Elaine C Smith. As if that wasn't enough, the hardest working comedian in lockdown Carl Hutchinson joins the panel with tales of particularly average DIY.

Radio 4
6:30pm
30 min
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 104, Episode 4

Andy Zaltzman chairs the satirical quiz, with guests including Helen Lewis, Olga Koch, Andrew Maxwell and US stand-up Hari Kondabolu.

Not Going Out. Image shows from L to R: Carol (Susie Blake), Frank (Bobby Ball)

Not Going Out

Series 11, Episode 3 - Carol

When Lee's feckless dad, Frank, announces his engagement, Lee cannot believe that any woman would want to marry him and sets out to find out exactly what is wrong with her.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC
10:45pm
45 min
The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Credit: So Television, Christopher Baines

The Graham Norton Show

Series 28, Episode 15 - Carey Mulligan, Neil Patrick Harris, James Norton, Ian Wright, Camille Cottin, Celeste

Carey Mulligan says her dark new film is actually a lot of fun, James Norton talks about life and love, Neil Patrick Harris says he's super excited to see Dougie again, Camille Cottin jokes that she now keeps apologising to her agent, Ian Wright reveals how emotional his new podcast is, and Celeste performs live in the studio.

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