BCG Daily Thursday 5th December 2013
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Simon Cowell mocks Russell Brand revolution
Simon Cowell has taunted Russell Brand's calls for a political revolution, pointing out that the comedian should hand back his riches if he really believes in changing the world.
Alex Fletcher, Digital Spy, 5th December 2013Ten days left to enter Musical Comedy Awards
There are ten days left to enter the 2014 Musical Comedy Awards.
Andrew Mickel, Such Small Portions, 5th December 2013Victoria Wood to adapt stage musical for BBC Two
Victoria Wood will rework her musical, That Day We Sang into a drama for for the channel.
Alice Vincent, The Telegraph, 5th December 2013The Unbelievable Truth: can you sort fact from fiction?
Test yourself against a true or false quiz and soak up 20 astounding facts as set by the team behind Radio 4's The Unbelievable Truth.
Jon Naismith and Graeme Garden, The Telegraph, 5th December 2013How 2011 winner Angela Barnes gave up the day job
In 2011, Brighton's Angela Barnes won the BBC New Comedy Award by a public vote. Here, she shares what she's been up to since taking the title.
Angela Barnes, BBC Blogs, 5th December 2013A look at the privilege of comedy stars
Alan Varley carries out a study to see how many privately educated people appear on comedy shows such as QI and HIGNFY.
Alan Varley, Chortle, 5th December 2013Opinion: British Comedy Awards predictions
Cynics and conspiracy theorists regularly suggest that The British Comedy Awards judges sit around a big solid gold table carving up the awards so that each network gets its fair share of prizes and each management company is satisfied that the performers they want to get a push get that push. This is categorically not true. The table is silver. No really, it's not true.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th December 2013Review: Barry Humphries, London Palladium
After an impressively energetic song and dance, the housewife superstar was replaced by a moving video retrospective and then Humphries as himself, taking a richly deserved bow.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 5th December 2013Jeeves and Wooster review
A charmingly-disarming piece of theatre for all.
TNT Magazine, 5th December 2013Review: Tony Law - Nonsense Overdrive
Lasers, space innuendos and undomesticated sheep. Tony Law's gone all scientific on us in his latest show.
Emma McAlpine, Spoonfed, 5th December 2013All smiles on Sunday with a comical take on religion
Presiding over the atheist congregation known as the "Sunday Assembly" are two comedians - Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 5th December 2013Tony Law - Nonsense Overdrive review
Compared to Maximum Nonsense, Tony Law's superb 2012 show that earned him a Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award-nomination, 2013's offering is much sloppier.
Ben Williams, Time Out, 5th December 2013Videos
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10:45am15 min
HighLites
HighLites: Split Ends, Episode 4With the wedding just two days away Harriet, the vicar, pops in for a trim. It looks as if she and Bev have very different ideas about the service.
5pm30 min
Dani's Castle
Series 2, Episode 7 - Location, Location, LocationDani's opportunity at a big Hollywood role with a castle location offers opportunities for Rich and Bogmoor - but is he seems too eager to be bothered with reading the script or small print...
5:15pm15 min
Gigglebiz
Series 3, Episode 19Accident-prone DIY enthusiast DIY Dan tries to build a spice rack, newsreader Arthur Sleep gets his chair stolen and goes home early, location reporter Gail Force interviews some big fans and so-called antiques 'expert' Ann Teak destroys a valuable dinner table and plates.
6:30pm30 min
The Secret World
Series 4, Episode 2Sean Connery, Griff Rhys Jones, Pam Ayres, Kirsty Young and Peter Sallis all have one thing in common. They enjoy nothing more than coming together every week or so for a bit of bare knuckle fighting.
9pm30 min
A Young Doctor's Notebook
Series 2, Episode 3Pelageya is taken critically ill but the Young Doctor is too infatuated with Natasha to care. Meanwhile, the Older Doctor begins writing an opera.
10pm30 min
Him & Her
Him & Her: The Wedding, Episode 3 - The CeremonyIt's the moment Laura's been waiting for - her wedding. We watch the ceremony in real time as Laura deals with a shocking revelation.
10pm30 min
The Sarah Millican Television Programme
Winter Specials, Highlights Special - The Best Of The Sarah Millican Television Programme Vol. 1Sarah Millican presents a compilation of series one, two and three of her TV Programme. This week's compilation includes interviews with David Harewood, Kirstie Allsopp, Michael Palin, and a rather ghostly encounter with Paul Hollywood.