BCG Daily Sunday 23rd March 2014

No Such Thing As a Fish (QI podcast) - review

A QI podcast spin-off affords Stephen Fry's little helpers the chance to really shine.

Richard Ayoade interview

Richard Ayoade shot to fame as Moss in The IT Crowd but it was Submarine, his debut behind the camera, that won him critical acclaim. As his new film, The Double, is released, he talks about pride, performing and giving up his pop dreams.

Radio Times review

Art for money's sake drives the farce forward in the penultimate episode of the upper-crust comedy. The choleric Lord Hannibal Didcot, played with a deep and convincing signature growl by John Sessions, thinks the canvas of a roly-poly popsie he bought from Clarence is a fake, and he wants his money back. His rumbles fall on deaf ears, since Clarence is busy posing with the Empress for a visiting American artist, Vanessa Polk (Daisy Beaumont), and Freddie is trying to shift a painting of a horse.

If the regular cast look just slightly bored in their gilded Wodehousian cage, Julian Rhind-Tutt brings proceedings to life. His return as the rakish Galahad, with his lightly devilled schemes and willingness to educate Freddie in the ways of the heart, is as welcome as any visitor to the great house could be.

Radio Times review

Martin Jarvis pulls off another one-man, multi-voiced spectacular at Cheltenham, bringing life to Richmal Crompton's naughtiest of schoolboys, William. He's voiced these short stories many times before, but to perform one faultlessly in front of a live audience is a true reflection of his thespian skills.

It is a recipe for both disaster and hilarity when William and his gang, the Outlaws, are asked to look after a baby. No sooner do they have one infant under their charge than they end up with a further two under their "care". The sequence at a baby show is sublime. When asked by the organiser what illnesses the "triplets" have had, William replies "lumbago and gout"!

TV comic 'groomed' tragic overdose teenager

A TV comedian 'groomed' a teenage boy for sex just months before the troubled youth killed himself, an inquest has heard.

Russell Brand confuses Match Of The Day viewers

Russell Brand has drawn mixed reviews after appearing on Match of the Day guest as part of a Sport Relief special.

The Trip preview

On the evidence of the opening episode this trip is a more joyous affair. Coogan's TV series in the US has supposedly been cancelled and this time Brydon has set up the trip but both men seem equally happy to be there.

Dad's Army quiz

Did you watch Dad's Army and if so how much can you remember from the timeless classic...

The Trip To Italy preview

On the evidence of the opening episode this trip is a more joyous affair.