BCG Daily Monday 29th September 2014

David Schwimmer set to appear in Episodes with LeBlanc

TV stars David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc are set to reunite for BBC show Episodes, according to a newspaper report.

Reviews of Luisa Omielan's comedy show

Omielan's 'joyous, raucous' confessional comedy about modern womanhood is a tonic.

Comedy review: Ross Noble - Tangentleman, Edinburgh

For such a seasoned comic, so comfortable riffing off the top of his head, the suggestion that Ross Noble needed a few shows under his belt before allowing reviewers in for press night this evening boggles the mind.

Rhod Gilbert on becoming the new host

It feels like we've had guest hosts on Never Mind the Buzzcocks forever, but that's about to change. Yup, we have a new - permanent - host, and it's none other than comedian Rhod Gilbert.

Radio Times review

At last, Buzzcocks has a permanent host. For too long we've been adrift on a choppy sea of guest hosts where for every swell like Terry Wogan or Adam Buxton who could make the show their own, there have been troughs of forgettable faces.

One of the more memorable is voluble Welsh comic Rhod Gilbert, who finally takes on the mantle of hosting duties left by Mark Lamarr and Simon Amstell. He's not as acerbic or waspish as either of those two, so expect more surreal anarchy than vicious putdowns. Guests Professor Green, Roisin Conaty, Gabby Logan and the 1975's Matt Healy will do their best to keep up.

Radio Times review

In the toga-clad comedy about three hormonal lads in ancient Rome, Grumio is recycling the rubbish. Yes, they had confusing bin systems in Rome, too, and just as the lazy slave gives up trying to understand it, he spots an abandoned baby tucked away behind the bins - and decides to raise it as his own.

Stylax, naturally, sees the new arrival as an opportunity to strike up a relationship with an attractive wet nurse. Meanwhile, Marcus is trying to avoid seeing Cynthia's arty one-woman play.

Scottish Comedian of the Year 2014 review

Musical comic Harry Garrison was the standout crowd favourite, but under a system that incorporated both audience voting and the will of a panel of judges, with opaque respective weighting, justice was done and the title went to Bruce Fummey.

Review: Dawn French's Thirty Million Minutes

To call this stand-up would be misleading. To be sure, Dawn French is as funny as ever.

Meet Millie Innes

Meet Millie Innes, the cute as a button young Scottish actress who is the star of a brand new eponymous BBC television show.

Roy 'Chubby' Brown opens up about his cancer battle

Risque comic Roy 'Chubby' Brown has opened his heart about his cancer battle.

Sheeps, Beasts and the new breed of sketch show

The same sketch performed over and over, an ensemble competing to go solo, and a show rewritten live on stage ... Brian Logan meets the young guns rebooting sketch comedy.

TV Review: Frankie Boyle's Referendum Autopsy

Frankie Boyle certainly has a pretty good idea of what people think of him: "There are many people who consider me a cunt." I'd love to see a vote on that to see if this programme changes people's opinions at all. Somehow I doubt it.

Book review: Only When I Laugh by Paul Merton

The trouble with autobiographies of stand-up comedians is that if you are a big enough fan to shell out for them you are probably going to be familiar with many of the stories in them. This is the case with Paul Merton's eagerly anticipated story. I've followed him from the start, interviewed him a few times and felt a keen sense of deja vu while reading his book.

Cast revealed for Black Mirror Christmas special

Jon Hamm, Rafe Spall and Oona Chaplin are confirmed to co-star in the Black Mirror feature-length special due on Channel 4 this Christmas.

Cardinal Burns interview

"Well, it's a mixture of our favourite characters from the TV show, characters and sketches from our previous Edinburgh shows, and then newer ones that we've been doing on the circuit this year," explains Dustin.

Parody copyright laws set to come into effect

Changes to UK legislation are to come into force later this week allowing the parody of copyright works. The new law will come into effect on 1 October.

John Kearns, Soho Theatre - comedy review

John Kearns sports traditional comic trappings, fake teeth, silly wig but that is where the conventional clowning largely ends.

Video: Cassetteboy says copyright law could go further

Changes to UK law come into force this week allowing people to use copyright material from films, TV shows and songs in order to parody them. One part of the anonymous Cassetteboy, a pair of YouTube users who make "mash-up" comedy sketches, told the BBC that "the change in the law is a step in the right direction, but it could go further."

Writing on Someone Else's Sitcom - For Real

I talked to Lucien Young, who's been working on Siblings.

Audio: Seann Walsh on turning up to the wrong gig

Imagine turning up to perform a gig in Hertford, only to realise you had travelled 150 miles away to Hereford instead. That is was what happened to comedian Seann Walsh, who was forced to cancel the gig when he realised his mistake.