BCG Daily Wednesday 10th September 2014

Radio Times review

Readers of a certain age will remember the Bob Monkhouse version of this genial noughts-and-crosses quiz game from the 1970s. Revived now with host Warwick Davis - who is just the right combination of cheeky yet charming - the format is pretty well the same as the original. General knowledge questions are put to the celebrities and the contestants decide whether or not they've answered correctly. If they're right, they win that square. The object then is to try to get three in a line.

As in the show's previous incarnation, the comedians (James Corden in Willie Rushton's central square position, Tim Vine, Joe Wilkinson etc) try to be funny. And sometimes they succeed.

Michael Palin: Travelling to Work review

Hot on the heels of Monty Python at the O2, Palin's latest offering is mildly amusing but his bricolage offers no surprises.

Opinion: Janey Godley on Swearing

Does my swearing sound worse because I am a working class Scottish woman? If I was an Oxbridge graduate swearing onstage would it be seen as 'urban and gritty' like a hipster getting angry at a flat tyre but in my accent does it sound really harsh and filthy and all you hear is a slovenly washer woman taking us back years with her filthy language?

TV preview: Bad Education, BBC3

Schooldays are the happiest days of your life? Well, there are plenty of belly laughs in the BBC Three classroom with the third series of Bad Education.

Dave Gorman gives evidence at Dave Lee Travis trial

Staff working on the BBC's Mrs Merton Show thought an alleged assault by Dave Lee Travis was "aggressive" rather than "playful albeit ill-judged", comedian Dave Gorman has told a court.

Warwick Davis interview

'I grew up watching this show,' Warwick Davis enthuses. 'My goal is to have a chat show, so Celebrity Squares allows me to do that with nine celebrities each week.'

Do the stars on Celebrity Squares deserve better?

The gameshow, which ran in the 1970s and 1990s, has been brought back by ITV with Warwick Davis hosting. But how will its creaky noughts-and-crosses format fare in the modern age?

Vic Reeves & family rescue three orphaned leopard cubs

He might be one of Britain's leading funnymen. But even Vic Reeves has a serious side, as he showed by taking his family to South Africa to help rescue three orphaned leopards.

Rudy's Rare Records review

The term 'community theatre' is often the kiss of death for many ostensibly noble productions. It smacks of political correctness and limited horizons. But for Danny Robins and Lenny Henry's glorious radio comedy set in a dusty Handsworth record store, it is the kiss of life.

Rudy's Rare Records review

Lenny Henry's reggae romp has the audience roaring.

Warwick Davis interview

Warwick Davis and Ricky Gervais are friends, and even after the end of their comedy Life's Too Short which followed the fortunes of Davis's character in the world of showbusiness, they stay in touch. However there is one thing the actor, presenter and former Ewok Davis would never ask his pal, it seems: to go on his gameshow Celebrity Squares.

Video: Lenny Henry play gets Birmingham premiere

Rudy's Rare Records, a play written by comedian Lenny Henry, which was inspired by a Birmingham record shop, has been premiered in the city.

Disablism? Simon Minty's just having a laugh

The co-founder of comedy troupe Abnormally Funny People says humour is a seriously powerful tool for changing attitudes.

Chris Turner to record US special

British stand-up Chris Turner is to record his first US special. The relatively unknown comic is taping his first solo show, Pretty Fly, at the Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles and will release it as a CD later this year on the Comedy Dynamics label.