BCG Daily Sunday 11th May 2014

CBB's Casey Batchelor wants to launch comedy career

Casey said: "I really want to pursue my acting and comedy now. That's the road I want to go down."

Radio Times review

As part of its 50th birthday celebrations, BBC2 has tiptoed downstairs to the vaults, cleared the dust from the shelves and picked some little-seen and little-remembered comedy treasures from the past half-century.

It has an enviably rich archive to trawl, one full of familiar faces. There are surprises, too, including the unbroadcast pilot of QI. Early BBC2 stalwarts aren't forgotten: there are sketches from Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, and Spike Milligan, whose thoroughly surreal and bizarre Q series ran for well over ten years.

We also get to see an early Borat work-in-progress from Sacha Baron Cohen, as an Albanian called Christo.

Jimmy Carr review - does he enjoy being himself?

In Funny Business, Jimmy Carr looks like a rich man making all the usual cruel remarks about Poles, lesbians and rape victims.

Jonathan Ross promises show shake-up

Jonathan Ross has promised to come back stronger for the next series of his chat show.

Whose Line Is It Anyway? live at Edinburgh Fringe

Whose Line Is It Anyway? is returning as a live show at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Lee Rigby: Does this article make you feel awkward?

On Sunday, the charity Scope is launching a national television campaign to get people talking about why they might feel "awkward" around disabled people. Comedian Lee Ridley, known as Lost Voice Guy, regularly experiences public awkwardness.

Episodes preview

Ten years on from the final episode of hit sitcom Friends, one particular friend is still going strong and regularly appears on our television screens, and that's Matt LeBlanc.