BCG Daily Tuesday 8th March 2011

The Guardian's Top 100 Women: Victoria Wood

Bafta-winning comedian and writer, finding humour in everyday women's lives.

Second series of Come Fly With Me delayed

Airport spoof Come Fly With Me's second series has hit a delay - because Matt Lucas is too busy.

John Bishop in film move

Comic John Bishop is keen to get into acting - but fears his Scouse accent will hinder him.

Mrs Brown's Boys is so bad it's (almost) funny

Mrs Brown's Boys might appeal to its middle-aged female audience, but who's really having the last laugh?

Comic Relief sets world record for joke-telling

David Walliams wasn't the only person breaking ground for Comic Relief over the weekend; hundreds of British folk flocked to Maidstone on Saturday to set the Guinness World Record for telling cheesy jokes.

Comic Relief 2011: Doctor Who, Take That, Smithy & more

It comes but once every two years - the chance for comics to join the usual line-up of presenters, musicians and celebrities to hijack BBC's primetime schedule in the name of charity.

James Corden in Dr Who: Who's the daddy?

Footage from the filming of Doctor Who's sixth series seems to show that James Corden's character has become a dad - just three weeks before his real life tot with fiancée Julia Carey is due.

David Tennant in Uganda for Comic Relief

"When Comic Relief tells you your services are required, you take your malaria pills and get on with it."

David Tennant writes for Radio Times about the suffering he's witnessed in Uganda - and the joy Comic Relief donations have brought to children there.

Gallery: Red Nose Celebrities 2011

With Red Nose Day on the horizon (Friday 18 March), meet some of the celebrities who'll be taking part in charity extravaganza Comic Relief...

Miranda Hart for Comic Relief 'MasterChef'

Miranda Hart will take part in a special Comic Relief episode of MasterChef.

Campaign: bring back 'Whites'

So what can you, the public, do to try and save Whites?

James Nesbitt 'open to Cold Feet reunion'

James Nesbitt has revealed that he would consider returning to Cold Feet in the future.

Hank Azaria joins 'Free Agents' USA pilot

Hank Azaria, probably best known for his voice work on The Simpsons, has reportedly signed up for a role in NBC's pilot of Free Agents.

Have I Got News For You to return to Friday nights

Popular satirical show Have I Got News For You is to return to its traditional Friday night slot.

David Mitchell's double act with Victoria Coren

David Mitchell has abandoned life as a singleton for the journalist and television presenter Victoria Coren.

New venues emerge for Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011

Emerging Edinburgh fringe operators have begun moving into Edinburgh's New Town venues as the Big Five operators consolidate their operations round the city's Southside.

Obituary: John Fawcett Wilson, radio producer

For 50 years, John Fawcett Wilson, who has died of cancer aged 83, produced many of BBC Radio's most outstanding music, comedy and drama series. His vast output included King Street Junior, The Public Ear, Hinge and Bracket, Rolf's Walkabout, Albert and Me, and dramatisations of novels by John le Carré and Graham Greene. He became renowned for his creative and often innovative approach, and his work remains a staple of BBC Radio 7's comedy and drama output.

Ricky Gervais Show Review: The Musings Of a Pilkington

As Ricky Gervais continues his mission to make his best friend Karl Pilkington an A-List celebrity, the second series of The Ricky Gervais Show dances back onto our screens, with more ridiculous animated ponderings than you could shake a Golden Globe at.

Hugh Bonneville interview

Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville plays the commission's head Ian Fletcher in the six-part mockumentary Twenty Twelve...

John Fawcett Wilson obituary

BBC radio producer renowned for his innovative approach.