Radio Times review

A comedy game show based on hypnosis: five members of the public take on straightforward tasks, made harder by the hurdles that hypnotist Keith Barry plants in their unconscious minds. If they can complete the tasks, they'll share a £25,000 prize. But they'll look very silly along the way.

Phillip Schofield as ringmaster tries to keep his air of priestly calm while all around him is chaos. Serving a meal to celebrity chefs, Carolyn believes she has lost a precious ring in the mash, while Kate shakes every bottle of champagne in celebration. During a music round, there's an altercation between Lennie, who thinks she's an X Factor judge, and Ross, who believes he is James Brown. And that old chestnut: in the blowing-up-balloons round, Ross believes he's naked.

Phillip Schofield brings hypnosis to primetime

This new Saturday night gameshow has a simple but ingenious premise: make its contestants perform basic tasks while in a waking trance, and laugh at the results.

Video: Cadbyry's Xmas ad with Keith Lemon & no script

Fearne Cotton, Paddy McGuinness, Phillip Schofield also joined in the fun and had to make it up as they went along.

Russell Brand swears, talks addiction on 'This Morning'

Russell Brand made Phillip Schofield gasp after seemingly swearing during a live appearance on This Morning in which he also admitted to being "a pest".

The talkative host welcomes Sacha Baron Cohen in character as Supreme Leader Admiral General Aladeen of Wadiya to plug his latest film The Dictator, tonight. The actors from the film Snow White and the Huntsman are also out in promotional force tonight, with Ray Winstone appearing here and his co-star Kristen Stewart appearing on The Graham Norton Show. Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby make up the numbers and music comes from Rebecca Ferguson.

It's been a funny old year and Jason Manford and Alistair McGowan intend to milk it for laughs while they still can with a whole bunch of (mostly) family friendly topical gags that haven't had an airing yet on all those other topical comedy shows and are in danger of passing their sell-by date if they don't get used up soon.

Yes, it's Mock The Year, ITV style, with Phillip Schofield as host, plus a round-up of clips that made us laugh on the web - counted down by Come Dine with Me's Dave Lamb.

One comedian who had an excellent 2011 is Patrick Monahan, winner of ITV1's Show Me The Funny. He does well here, while we can only assume headliner Jason Byrne didn't get the email saying his material was supposed to be about 2011.

And don't miss tenor Alfie Boe with a performance that provides the best surprise of the night.

The return of this annual comedy special, which sees comedians deliver their verdict on the past year. Jason Manford, Alistair McGowan, Jason Byrne and Patrick Monahan join silvery-haired, perma-smiling host Phillip Schofield to run through their highs, lows, loves and loathes of the past 12 months. There's also an appearance from much-loved West End tenor Alfie Boe.