How I miss Men Behaving Badly, and why you should too

Caroline Quentin thinks the nineties show which made her name would never be commissioned today. Katy Brand wholeheartedly disagrees and explains why we need its booze, burps and boobs more than ever.

Neil Morrissey & Caroline Quentin reunite for play

Men Behaving Badly duo Neil Morrissey and Caroline Quentin reunite for Noel Coward play.

Jonathan Creek: Should it have returned?

The introduction of Sarah Alexander as Creek's wife Polly was a nice touch, but I realised quite quickly that Creek works best when Alan Davies has a sidekick like Caroline Quentin or Sheridan Smith to bounce off of.

Audio: Interview with Caroline Quentin

Caroline Quentin is an award-winning actress, who has performed in some of the most successful British comedies in recent years.

Jonathan Creek then and now

In the 17 year history of the programme, he has attracted many a love interest carelessly working his way through Caroline Quentin, Julia Sawalha, Sheridan Smith and now, as his wife no less, Sarah Alexander.

Radio Times review

If you've seen Richard E. Grant being interviewed before, you'll know it's only a matter of time before the subject of breaking wind crops up. The man is obsessed. True to form, he cheerfully expounds on matters flatulent in the latest edition of this affable comedy chat show.

Joining him on the couch in the Kumars' flat of chat are actresses Emilia Fox and Caroline Quentin. The apparently rib-tickling double-meaning of Fox's surname is ground into the ground, although host Sanjeev Bhaskar does crack a decent gag at the expense of her illustrious acting dynasty: "As kids, were you, like an Indian family, forced into the family business?"

Radio Times review

Caroline Quentin doesn't like control pants and wants them dumped in Room 101 as her most hated aspect of the Modern World. You can tell by the reaction of the women in the audience that they feel the same way about being "crammed into Lycra... I've been subjected to these for years."

Meanwhile the tiresomely provocative German comedian Henning Wehn, who has bafflingly been taken to the bosom of Radio Four and both BBC One and BBC Two, judging by the number of times he appears on panel shows, hates anything to do with fundraising. And Michael Ball is fed up with being sent teddy bears by fans: "I've got enough now, I don't need any more."

After 14 series of banishing the horrors of modern life into Room 101, the world should, theoretically, be an altogether marvellous place by now, free of all annoyances and populated almost entirely by kittens. So what a pity that Room 101 isn't real. Still, we can dream.

Competing to consign their personal pet hates to oblivion in this week's surprisingly controversial instalment are Caroline Quentin, Michael Ball and comedian Henning Wehn. Henning is German, and if you didn't know that before the start of this episode you certainly will once it gets going. Perhaps that's why he has the brass neck to attack a cornerstone of British life - fundraising.

What's even more surprising is that he's doing it at primetime on the BBC, home of Children In Need, Comic Relief and Sport Relief. If Henning had his way, Pudsey Bear would be on the dole.

And speaking of bears, just wait till you see one of the props that Frank is modelling tonight - it's one of the daftest ever.

The laugh-per-half-hour quota is guaranteed to stay steady with crooner Michael Ball and one-woman comfort blanket Caroline Quentin trying not to be upstaged by comedy German Henning Wehn. While Quentin attempts to banish control pants into the legendary room, Wehn goes straight for the jugular with fundraising. And don't get him started on the royal family. Ball, meanwhile, can't stand being showered with soft toys. "You want to toughen up your image," suggests Henning as the heart of many a fan breaks.

Seann Walsh interview

EntertainmentWise sat down with Seann Walsh to find out what it was like to star opposite Caroline Quentin and The Inbetweeners' Blake Harrison in Big Bad World and why he would be on the dole if he wasn't a comedian...