BCG Daily Tuesday 17th December 2013

What legacy does Misfits leave behind?

Back in 2009, Misfits was a bit of a revelation.

Greg Davies review

Greg Davies's show, The Back of My Mum's Head, focuses on his inability to be a proper adult.

Jennifer Saunders close to penning Ab Fab movie

Absolutely Fabulous creator Jennifer Saunders has revealed that she is close to writing the movie of the comedy television series.

Stephen Fry and Jennifer Saunders at 2014 Hay Festival

Entertainment heavyweights Dame Judi Dench, Stephen Fry and Jennifer Saunders are among the headline acts for the 2014 Hay Festival in Powys.

Opinion: Frankie Boyle's jokes go missing

recently took part in the British Comedy Guide's comedy conference and one of the pieces of advice I gave to aspiring stand-ups was "always carry a notebook with you. And also a pen."

Milton Jones returns to Radio 4

Milton Jones is returning to Radio 4 - less than two years after the channel axed his last show - as a Good Samaritan-style problem solver.

QI: quite interesting facts about A Christmas Carol

A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week: QI's Christmas Carol.

TV preview: Bad Education Christmas special

This is one of those shows that looks like it was filmed in the blazing heat of the British summer with the cast sweltering in their winter woolies as they get up to their usual mischief, with a bit of soppy sentimentality lobbed in for good measure like a lucky sixpence in a Christmas pud.

What's the Freestival all about?

The founders of the breakaway Fringe movement set out their stall.

Last Tango in Halifax, series 2, episode five, review

It's Nicola Walker's turn to shine in the latest Last Tango in Halifax episode.

Sarah Lancashire and Nicola Walker shine

I found this to be a thoroughly satisfying instalment of a series that's had its ups and downs.

The best comedy gigs of 2013

Alexei Sayle, Russell Brand, Bridget Christie, The Pin and Tim Key showed us the funny this year.

Reginald D Hunter interview

Since stepping on to the comedy circuit well over a decade ago, Reginald D Hunter has picked up plenty of fans for his stand-up without too much fuss.

Marcel Lucont's Poème de Noël

The London-based, suave Frenchman pens an ode to our city at its most joyful time of year.

Radio Times review

The ubiquitous Jack Whitehall wrote and stars in this school-based comedy, back for a badly behaved Christmas special. Fed up with the nativity, his hapless history teacher invents a new festive story, a cross between Robocop and Nutcracker: Robocracker.

Sitcom staple Sarah Solemani plays the altruistic art teacher, while Mathew Horne sports an elf costume as the immature headmaster fond of tragic puns ("Snow-k?" "Yes sir, yours-elf?") Look out for Greg McHugh, Whitehall's co-star in Fresh Meat, as an expletive-spewing tramp.