BCG Daily Sunday 6th April 2014

Rob Brydon: comedy, politics & dining with Steve Coogan

Lazy criticism, women on comedy panel shows and intimations of mortality... As he chews the fat with Steve Coogan in another series of The Trip, the new prince of Saturday-night TV confesses that he has a lot on his plate.

Radio Times review

A generation not often associated with smartphones makes full use of them in the second series of this good-natured geriatric prank show.

Many of us are too addicted to our screens to notice we were about to be on Candid Camera until it was too late. In Off Their Rockers, that's how you end up being outfoxed by a harmless-looking elderly lady - and if one asks you to send a text for her, be very afraid. Be aware, too, of men who ask you to scratch their backs, people selling fajitas "with salsa", nuns on mobility scooters and older couples who appear to have fallen out.

It's rather gladdening to see that, in an apparently driven and heartless society, a lot of people are willing to stop to either help or humour a senior citizen who asks for assistance. And it's almost equally cheering to note that "pull my finger" gags never get, well, old.

W1A: fear, jargon and the art of going forward

The BBC's acute satire of its own management foibles is shedding light on a widespread problem in the workplace.

Comedy Festival review: Sara Pascoe

There's a lot going on in the skull of Sara Pascoe.

Comedy Festival review: Joe Lycett

It feels as if we're only catching a glimpse of the lad's potential.

Bill Bailey opens birds of prey hospital

Bill Bailey could not resist a 'selfie' with a Great Grey Owl when he opened a new wild bird hospital yesterday.

Craig Ferguson in line for £3m Letterman payout

Craig Ferguson could be in line for a £3million payday - if he DOESN'T get one of the biggest jobs on US TV. Late-night legend David Letterman is retiring and Ferguson, from Cumbernauld and formerly the stand-up comic Bing Hitler, has been promised his sofa - or a bumper payout if someone else gets it.

Jonny & the Baptists: Stop UKIP, Oxford, review

Perhaps the country is sleepwalking towards Farage-o-geddon. I doubt it.

Producers cut scenes after love cheats caught on camera

There were a few scenes we filmed in a park with a couple and they didn't sign a release form because they shouldn't have been together in the first place.

Reflections on Bob Larbey

As a chronicler of the human condition he was a leading member of that great pantheon of 'light entertainment' writers who - during an extraordinary period - created a true National Theatre of Britain.

Review: Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle

They're going to need to give him another BAFTA for this one.