BCG Daily Friday 19th February 2021

Sacha Baron Cohen interview

Stopping Trump, reforming Facebook and risking his life to make a Borat sequel. In an exclusive interview, the actor unveils his plans for a revolution - and reveals how it feels to come out as himself.

Sir Billy Connolly receives second 'wee jab'

Sir Billy Connolly has received a second dose of the covid vaccine and declared: "Wee jab - nae bother!"

The comedian's wife Pamela Stephenson tweeted an image of the 78-year-old as the injection was administered at his local supermarket in Florida.

Baroness Warsi compares Boris Johnson to GoT's Joffrey

Who needs enemies when you have friends like Baroness Sayeeda Warsi?

The former co-chairwoman of the Conservative Party is taking no prisoners as part of new Channel 4 comedy show Stand Up And Deliver.

Famalam rap becomes a real single

Drillogram first appeared in Series 3 of the BBC Three comedy, when a group of rappers showed up at an office to surprise one of the workers with a modern version of the singing telegram, as ordered by her boyfriend.

How Paddington can escape the curse of the threequel

As another marmalade-packed outing awaits, the onus is on the friendly bear to succeed where Neo, Batman and Shrek failed.

Spike Milligan has been purged but Muppets aren't woke

Forty-five years after it first aired on television, all five series of The Muppet Show are now available on Disney+. The series - which is known for its madcap comedy skits and celebrity guest stars - has lost none of its magic, like a healthy wallop of felt-based nostalgia. All the gang are together: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Swedish Chef, Gonzo. (And it's the gang at their very best, when they were controlled by the genius of Jim Henson - before Disney got its mousey, corporate claws into them.)

But noticeable by their absence are some of the Muppets' celebrity guests, including Chris Langham - an understandable omission from the family-focused streaming platform - and Spike Milligan, both of whose episodes are missing from the Disney+ collection.