BCG Daily Monday 21st March 2011

Richard Wilson investigates trains for C4's Dispatches

TV grumpy man Richard Wilson could not believe it when he was charged £280 for forgetting his railcard on a £15.85 train trip.

Danny Baker is 'Winning his Battle'

Radio host Danny Baker, who is suffering from throat cancer, has not had "a thing pass his lips since Christmas Day", according to best friend DJ Chris Evans.

Double acts: Today's comics & their vintage lookalikes

Nice to see you... Rob Brydon may say to a young Bruce Forsyth, for the Welsh funnyman looks remarkably like the television veteran in his younger years.

Richard Ayoade: I was a lone wolf throughout school

Richard Ayoade talks to Metro about his new film Submarine, playing Maurice Moss in The IT Crowd, and his embarrassing first crush.

Lenny Henry's stammer joke is blasted

A charity for stammer sufferers yesterday hit out at a "deplorable" Comic Relief sketch.

Kay & Boyle's Comic Relief single released worldwide

Peter Kay and Susan Boyle's hilarious Comic Relief spoof single could be set for worldwide success, after TV bosses were bombarded with calls from foreign fans desperate to get their hands on the track.

The best Red Nose Day sketch? Smithy

As usual with telethons, last Friday's Red Nose Day had its fair share of hit and miss content.

Jollyboat win Musical Comedy Awards 2011 final

Musical brotherly duo Jollyboat have scooped the biggest prize in musical comedy after being crowned winners of the Musical Comedy Awards on Saturday night.

Video: Olympics used for new comedy

Actress Jessica Hynes stars in a new comedy about a PR team trying to sell the Olympics to the public. The show, called Twenty Twelve sees Hynes play Siobhan Sharpe, an efficient yet slightly clueless PR manager.

Jessica spoke to BBC Breakfast about the series and why the Olympics is a good backdrop to write a comedy.

Audio: Curtis sorry over Comic Relief stammer sketch

Richard Curtis, one of the founders of Comic Relief, apologises for any offence caused by a Lenny Henry sketch which joked about stammering.

Referring to the skit, which was based around Colin Firth's performance in the movie The King's Speech, Curtis tells BBC Radio 5 Live: "I would apologise for that."

"It was meant to be a big joke about a very famous film," the comedy writer tells Nicky Campbell on 5 Live Breakfast. "I am sorry."

Twenty Twelve: London landmarks as Olympic venues

Following the recent announcement of several exciting 'landmark' venues for 2012 Olympic sports, the Twenty Twelve offices have been inundated with several letters wanting to know how the decision over which landmarks to use was reached.

Reflections from a former (semi-)finalist

Whenever anxious relatives or friends ask me to account for how my comedy career is going, I tend to fall back on the same few hackneyed thoughts. I tell them "you've got to keep a lot of plates spinning", that "you never know what's around the corner" and (my personal favourite) "there's no such thing as a big break - just a series of smaller ones."

Review - Twenty Twelve, BBC4

London lurches ever closer to the 2012 Olympics, and this new BBC comedy showcases the hapless bureaucrats trying hard to make the Games a triumph.

Former Corrie stars all smiles on Mount Pleasant set

Former Coronation Street stars Angela Griffin and Sally Lindsay look like they're having a right giggle filming their new project in Hale.

David Mills crowned New Comedy Act of the Year

The Hackney Empire's annual talent quest went upmarket this year and the hallowed stage of the Barbican was rewarded with a suitably classy line-up.

Shappi Khorsandi interview

'I came home and thought: That's it. They've blown up my dad'.

Will Mellor: 'Ollie's not a typical white van man'

Will Mellor talks about his new role in the BBC3 comedy drama, White Van Man...

Mrs Brown is no drag

If you liked Carla Lane's Bread and haven't yet discovered Mrs Brown's Boys, then don't miss tonight's episode, the second last in the series.