BCG Daily Saturday 8th February 2014

This week's new live comedy

Previews of Mark Olver, Live At The RSC and Stand Up For The Felix Dexter Foundation.

Interview: Paterson Joseph on Babylon

Joseph will star in Channel 4's big winter tent-pole drama Babylon as Deputy Commissioner Charles Inglis.

Leicester Comedy Festival: Vote for legend of comedy

Jasper Carrott, Ken Dodd, Lenny Henry, Nicholas Parsons, Victoria Wood and Jennifer Saunders are on our comedy legends shortlist.

Comedy review: Rob Deering, Glasgow

Anyone attending The Stand with a vague allergy to musical comedy might well have felt they had stumbled into purgatory on Thursday night. But the top two acts on the evening's bill, Loretta Maine and Rob Deering, proved that this comedic sub-genre is a broad and hearty beast.

Radio Times review

TV action hero Kiefer Sutherland, in London filming a new series of his frenetic drama series 24, gets comfy on the Ross sofa tonight. He probably needs the rest - recent tabloid photos showed him on location running around a block of flats in the capital. After a four-year break the series returns to Sky1 later this year, with Bauer on the run from the CIA.

Also on the show is actress Emily Mortimer, talking about the faintly autobiographical sitcom she's made for Sky Living with best pal Dolly Wells, Doll & Em. And twinkly sex symbol Chris O'Dowd will tell Ross all about his role as a salsa dancer in the Nick Frost comedy film Cuban Fury.

Comedy Festival Review: Rachel Parris

Rachel Parris's warm and witty delivery seemingly found the perfect niche combining her musical and theatrical talents to make merry.

BBC chief: no more comedy shows with all-male panels

Corporation is acting on recommendations by the Trust to boost female presence on screen.

Review: Russell Kane - Smallness, De Montfort Hall

Using witty one-liners, he bounced off the audience, interacting constantly with those who had come to see him.

21 things to see at the Leicester Comedy Festival

My, hasn't it grown. The comedy festival, that is. This year marks the 21st birthday of Leicester's jesters' fiesta. In tribute, and the hope we'll get some free tickets, we've put together a special comedy-themed edition.

Leicester Comedy Festival: 80,000 expected to attend

The longest running comedy festival in Britain has returned for its 21st year.