BCG Daily Monday 16th December 2013
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Eddie Izzard: I tried to blow up my old neighbour
Eddie Izzard recently revealed that he'll be running for London Mayor in 2020. Is he up to the job? We gave him the ultimate quiz to find out...
Ally Sinyard, FHM, 16th December 2013Opinion: Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Noel Fielding manages to survive by being a permachild, maybe Phill Jupitus has a large mortgage to service or the BBC is holding a member of his family hostage.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th December 2013The best TV of 2013: No 7 - Fresh Meat
Not just a series of student stereotypes, Channel 4's comedy drama had moments of real poignancy.
Andrew Collins, The Guardian, 16th December 2013Harry Hill poses for spoof 'at home' Hello photoshoot
Harry Hill poses in his reindeer slippers and smoking jacket 'at home' in a spoof photoshoot for a glossy magazine.
Danny Walker, The Mirror, 16th December 2013Sam Bain on how to break into comedy
The comedy writer talks working with Danny Boyle, how to deal with failure and why the nation's celebrity obsession should end in therapy.
Susanna Lazarus, Radio Times, 16th December 2013Jim Davidson Falklands sex case dropped
The attorney general of the Falkland Islands has confirmed that comedian Jim Davidson will not be prosecuted for an alleged sex offence from the 1980s.
BBC News, 16th December 2013Comic Relief sketch prompts most complains in 2013
A Comic Relief sketch in which Rowan Atkinson played a fictional archbishop of Canterbury and compared One Direction to Jesus's disciples has attracted more complaints to the media regulator than any other TV broadcast of 2013.
Mark Sweney, The Guardian, 16th December 2013ITV 'banned references to Scousers and Australians'
Laurence Marks says he had a "huge row" with ITV bosses over the use of comedy stereotypes while writing the new series of classic sitcom Birds Of A Feather.
Sam Marsden, The Telegraph, 16th December 2013Fresh Meat, series 3, episode 7, review
Until last night, this faintly tired third series of Fresh Meat had plodded. That disappointment, however, was both underlined and fully forgiven by the glorious seventh episode: a madcap installment that reminded us how good Channel 4's erratic student comedy drama ought to be.
Iona McLaren, The Telegraph, 16th December 2013Interview with Adam Larter
Adam Larter is a comedian, writer and founder of Weirdos Comedy Club.
Sara Shulman, Comedy Blogedy, 16th December 2013Videos
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11:30am30 min
Ed Reardon's Week
Series 9, Episode 6 - The Bride of AuntieEd finally becomes a contestant on the Radio 4 seminal quiz What Do You Know?
4:30pm30 min
The Infinite Monkey Cage
Series 9, Episode 5 - Should We Pander to Pandas?With Sandy Knapp, Simon Watt, Sara Pascoe.
5:30pm15 min
Gigglebiz
Series 3, Highlights Special - Best Of GigglebizIn this special Best Of Gigglebiz episode, location reporter Gail Force causes chaos at an archaeological dig, zany scientist Professor Muddles causes chaos with a super-strength magnet and Will Singalot infuriates Robin Hood by singing about his stinky feet.
6:30pm30 min
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 60, Episode 6Jack Dee hosts an edition of the comedy panel show first broadcast in December 2013, with David Mitchell joining regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden at the Milton Keynes Theatre. Colin Sell accompanies the gang on piano.
10pm30 min
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Series 27, Christmas SpecialJohnny Vegas hosts this Christmas Special. Joining Noel Fielding and Phill Jupitus on the panel are Christmas favourite Aled Jones, Rudimental and Sara Pascoe.
10pm50 min
Fresh Meat
Series 3, Episode 7Word gets out that it's Howard's birthday, and Candice insists they throw him a party. Unfortunately, not everyone sees the gathering in quite the same terms.
10:15pm30 min
Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net
Episode 3Irish comedian Andrew Maxwell, Canadian comic Jon Dore and Pakistani-American stand-up and actor Kumail Nanjiani perform fully improvised stand-up routines based on subjects presented to them while on an LA stage.
10:45pm15 min
Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
Episode 1On discovering some alarming spots, Wooster heads off to his quack, but on the way bumps into a former fiancee, her jealous paramour and a very unwelcome adversary from the past.