BCG Daily Sunday 20th April 2014

Easter is a time of loss and laughter in Rev

How the Reverend Adam Smallbone and his parishioners will celebrate Easter in the parish of St Saviour in the Marshes has not yet been revealed by the writers of the BBC hit comedy Rev but I can be sure of one thing: Easter will not be portrayed simply as the happy ending to a sad story.

Test your knowledge of 50 years of BBC2

Pointless star Richard Osman hosts our celebration of 50 years of BBC2 with (what else?) a quiz.

Radio Times review

Television loves birthdays and anniversaries, so how much more exciting can it get than actually having an excuse to celebrate one of its own milestones with a special season of programmes? BBC Two is 50 years old this year (surely not, doesn't she look young?) and the festivities will be sprinkled across the schedules throughout the year.

Here Dara O'Briain and Pointless's Richard Osman hosts a 50th birthday quiz where celebrities are asked questions about BBC Two stars and programmes across the years. Guests include Hugh Dennis, Hairy Biker Dave Myers and Professor Brian Cox.

'My dad Tommy Cooper was not an alcoholic wife-beater'

In her first interview since 2000, Tommy Cooper's only surviving child Vicky blasts the two-hour show - Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This - as "all lies".

Tommy Cooper fans' fury at YouTube death footage

Tommy Cooper fans have slammed YouTube for failing to stop disturbing footage of the comedian's death being shown on its site.

Julia Sutherland interview

Glasgow born comedian, Julia Sutherland, is a stand-up comedian and radio presenter. She's known North of the Border for her deeply personal, very funny and fearless one-woman shows. Hers is 'true life' comedy at its best.

Bethany Black interview

Bethany Black describes herself as a 'Goth, lesbian, transsexual, vegan, recovering alcoholic, and drug addict, sceptic, rationalist, atheist, comedian, chameleon, and caricature'.

Iain Stirling interview

Edinburgh born Iain Stirling is a BAFTA nominated kids TV presenter and stand-up comedian. He's currently performing club sets across the country as well as occasionally treating audiences to last year's smash Edinburgh show At Home.

Jo Burke interview

Jo Burke is an established stand-up and character comedian, perhaps most famous on the circuit as Mary Magdalene.

Paul Foot interview

Paul Foot is known for his wild and eccentric brand of stand-up comedy. Difficult to categorise, he has developed a cult following of fans known as the "Guild of Connoisseurs".

Jen Brister interview

In 2006 Jen Brister took her first one woman stand-up show, Me My Mum and I up to the bright lights of the Edinburgh Fringe. It went quite well and she's been back there almost every year since.

Janey Godley interview

Janey Godley is busy. She's a full time comedian and playwright, blogger, actor, podcaster, mother and bestselling author, but she's probably best known outside her native Scotland as a regular on BBC Radio 4's Just A Minute.

Trying Again preview

I wouldn't describe Trying Again as a laugh out loud comedy like Miranda or Mrs Brown's Boys, but there are some funny moments and is much more about the characters and character development.

Review: The Guess List

Unfortunately, no matter how entertaining some of Rob Brydon's chit-chat can be with the famous guests, The Guess List falls apart because it's not a particularly fun game and the time drags.

What Alan Carr taught me about gay men's homophobia

Gay men have a big problem with camp, understandably. But prejudice is corrosive, wherever it comes from.