Rebecca Front interview

The Bafta award-winning actress on Julian Fellowes' new drama Doctor Thorne

10 Things You Didn't Know About Rebecca Front

Rebecca Front started a barbershop quartet; Her father's Beatles artwork sold for $15K+; She didn't learn to swim because her dad almost drowned; She used to throw her shoes out the window; A man lived in her shed; She didn't get her ears pierced until age 45; Nicola Murray is afraid of lifts so that Rebecca didn't have to go in one;She took hypnotherapy to get over her fear of flying; and more.

Q&A: Rebecca Front, actor and writer

'My guiltiest pleasure? Watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians with my daughter'

Radio Times review

The last time we saw Mr Bean he was bringing the house down at the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony, playing one note of Chariots of Fire. Can he (alongside Ben Miller and Rebecca Front) possibly be as funny for 2015's Comic Relief?

Anyone who's anyone from the world of comedy is on BBC One for this comedy marathon. Dawn French dusts off her dog collar to become the Bishop of Dibley (despite some famous rivals); and David Walliams gets in a right kerfuffle as patronising carer Lou, who appears to have a new charge - Professor Stephen Hawking. Miranda Hart, Stephen Fry, Russell Brand and Cardinal Burns also pop by.

There are stunts, dares and the unmissable sight of Dermot O'Leary dancing his socks off (will he survive this danceathon?).

In between all this hilarity are sobering film clips reminding us what this is really all about: donating money.

Rebecca Front & Ben Miller praise 'the master' Mr Bean

"Everyone loves Mr Bean and we were all delighted to watch the master at work whilst hopefully encouraging more people to join in and donate on Red Nose Day," said Ben Miller of the classic comedy revival.

I always forget that Radio 2 has comedy shows, but it does, and it boasts a promising new one in the form of Listomania. Hosted with panache by Susan Calman, Listomania's first show was last week, and boasted a selection of funny people I'd never heard of. This is a good thing: for the past five years, mainstream comedy producers seem to have been choosing their panellists from a list of about 10 people, of whom two are women (and one is always Rebecca Front).

That list is not one that has appeared on Listomania so far. Here are some that have: a list of World Cups that Wales could win; a list that compares a selection of My Little Pony characters against slang terms for illegal narcotics, and another that compares Judi Dench characters with Ikea merchandise. All terrifically artificial, of course, but cues for some good gags, especially from Lloyd Langford. I enjoyed the variety of accents on offer, too - Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, Aussie - it's cheering to hear different kinds of lovely voices, rather than the standard upper-middle southern English that sweeps all before it on Radio 4. Plus: three women each week! All funny! Who'd have thought?

The sublime Love in Recovery wraps up on Wednesday 11th February, with the sixth and final instalment of Radio 4's touching comic drama. Written by Pete Jackson, the series follows the lives of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting group, made up of characters portrayed by Sue Johnston, John Hannah, Eddie Marsan, Rebecca Front and Paul Kaye, whilst Julia Deakin plays village hall cleaner Marion.

This Radio 4 comedy drama is set in an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting room. Each episode focuses on a different character, played by a high-profile cast including Rebecca Front, Sue Johnston, John Hannah, Paul Kaye and Eddie Marsan. Written by Pete Jackson, it is inspired by his own experiences of being in recovery and is based on his attendance at AA meetings, where he says he found support in an unlikely assortment of people. The 15-minute episodes mix drama with black comedy as each character tells their story - from snobbish banker Fiona, who fails to combine her high-pressure job with her compulsive boozing, to journalist Simon, who has delusions of grandeur and a disastrous home life.