BCG Daily Sunday 8th December 2013

Ronni Ancona interview

Ronni Ancona reveals her daughters Lily, eight, and Elsa, five, have yet to laugh at her impressions but were proud of her voice for a character in CBBC's Pet Squad.

Will it always be too soon to joke about Jimmy Savile?

In live comedy, it seems that no one feels any further need to apologise for using material about Operation Yewtree. But should they?

Andrew Newman interview

Interview with Objective Productions chief.

Yonderland Episode 6: 'The Idiot King' review

Overall another entertaining half-hour; not the best episode, but still one with enough laughs to keep the family entertained for the duration and still like nothing else on TV.

QI star Stephen Fry voted top holiday companion

Broadcaster Stephen Fry has been named the nation's ideal holiday companion.

Ricky Gervais on what's made him so successful

TIME asked Ricky Gervais to write about the secrets of his success.

Radio Times review

One of the many strengths of this show is the guarantee that there'll be an entirely new, entirely brilliant comic character to enjoy in every episode, in addition to the magic kingdom's regulars. The other week the team even had the nerve to create tremendous womaniser Philip of Woolworth, then kill him off after only one hilarious scene.

Tonight there's another lothario, who lasts a bit longer as he attempts to woo Debbie (Martha Howe-Douglas): King Bernard (Jim Howick) joins her on her latest quest, but he's more interested in his planned statue of himself. The blowsy love ballad Bernard sings to try to make Debbie his queen is terrific, as is Laurence Rickard's episode-stealing turn as Chamberlain, Bernard's disgusted manservant who has long since resorted to burning sarcasm.

Yonderland does preening, benign fools as well as any comedy. But now Debbie also, finally, meets the realm's less benign fool: Negatus.