BCG Daily Monday 20th December 2021
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You're Dead To Me & Fortunately make top 10 BBC podcasts
Greg Jenner's comedy history show You're Dead To Me has been named the second most downloaded podcast on BBC Sounds this year, only beaten by Newscast. Fortunately... With Fi And Jane, the chat show presented by Fi Glover and Jane Garvey, is third.
Chortle, 20th December 2021
Spitting Image stage show in 2022
The Spitting Image puppets will tread the boards of London's West End in 2022.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th December 2021
First look at Dating No Filter Christmas special
The comedians are running their eyes over some festive blind dates in the Christmas special.
Patrick Cremona, Radio Times, 20th December 2021
Meet the Bristol 'funny gal' teaching comedy with a difference
Award-winning poet, actress, stand-up and self-proclaimed Bristol 'funny gal' Angie Belcher has devised a new wellbeing project that draws on the healing effects of comedy for people who struggle with their mental health.
Betty Woolerton, Bristol 24/7, 20th December 2021
New calls for urgent help to save businesses
A third of pubs, bars and other hospitality venues fear closure within a month - as the government has been accused of letting the sector 'bleed' to death.
Chortle, 20th December 2021
This Way Up review
Aisling Bea's thought-provoking, dark comedy finally reaches New Zealand.
James Croot, Stuff.co.nz, 20th December 2021
Would I Lie To You? At Christmas, BBC1, review
Rose Matafeo and Jim Broadbent made this a real cracker.
Ed Power, i Newspaper, 20th December 2021
Two Doors Down Christmas Special, review
The BBC Two sitcom won't win any awards for originality but sometimes cheap punchlines and potty humour are all you need.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 20th December 2021
We Wish You a Mandy Christmas review
Diane Morgan does proper belly laughs.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 20th December 2021
We Wish You A Mandy Christmas review
Diane Morgan's hapless comedy character goes full Scrooge.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 20th December 2021
We Wish You a Mandy Christmas, BBC2, review
Even Diane Morgan has a soft side.
Ed Power, i Newspaper, 20th December 2021
Jimmy Carr: I lost friends over my tax-avoidance shame
I lost friends, suffered terrifying panic attacks and didn't sleep for days over my tax-avoidance shame, says Jimmy Carr.
Amanda Devlin, The Sun, 20th December 2021
Two Doors Down Christmas special review
The Bairds and their neighbours have a drinks do without any COVID drama in a perfectly pitched Yuletide treat.
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 20th December 2021
George Mason satirises own mental health struggles in debut sitcom
George Mason, 44, drew inspiration from his own 30-year struggle with conditions including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) when scripting Disordered.
Helen McArdle, The Herald, 20th December 2021'It's Behind You!' pantomime review
Kudos to the small cast of Alice Marshall, Ben Lydon and Jack Robertson for seamlessly switching between various characters and costumes and keeping the audience laughing with their sharp writing.
Claire Jenns, Voice Magazine, 20th December 2021Videos
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6:30pm30 min
The Musical Life Of...
Series 3, Episode 4 - Black BartA musical sitcom telling the story of the infamous Welsh pirate Black Bart, starring Amanda Wilkin as Black Bart and Kayed Mohamed-Mason as Admiral Chaloner Ogle.
6:30pm30 min
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 76, Episode 4Back for a second week at Birmingham's Alexandra Theatre. Marcus Brigstocke and Rory Bremner are pitched against Pippa Evans and Andy Hamilton with Jack Dee the unimpressed umpire. Colin Sell accompanies on the piano.
8:30pm30 min
Would I Lie To You?
Christmas Special - Would I Lie To You? At ChristmasDavid Mitchell is joined by Jim Broadbent and Rose Matafeo while Lee Mack is joined by Angela Rippon and Ardal O'Hanlon.
9pm30 min
QI
Series S, Christmas Special - Season's GreetingsSandi Toksvig hosts a festive edition of the quite interesting quiz, with panellists Bonnie Langford, Joe Lycett, Sally Phillips and regular guest Alan Davies. The seasonal subjects starting with "S" include School Nativity Success Statistics and the secrets of Shiraz and Sprouts. Plus, a candlelit General Ignorance, unanswerable questions, questionable answers, and a scoring system even the Three Wise Men couldn't fathom.
9:30pm30 min
Two Doors Down
Series 5, Christmas SpecialIt is merry and bright over at Michelle and Alan's as they welcome the neighbours for a festive get-together. But Christine is feeling vulnerable after Beth and Eric agree to a last-minute invitation to spend Christmas away, Gordon is irritating Ian with all his fussing, and Cathy is desperate to find the "real" party, so Michelle struggles to keep the evening on track.
10pm20 min
Mandy
Christmas Special - We Wish You A Mandy ChristmasWhat is the true essence of Christmas? Is it the glimmer in a schoolboy's expectant eye as he opens his pillowcase on Christmas morning?
10pm30 min
The Stand Up Sketch Show
Christmas SpecialRoutines by Russell Kane, Seann Walsh, Dane Baptiste, Glenn Moore, Lily Phillips, Nabil Abdulrashid, Bella Hull and Vidura Rajapaksa are brought to life in sketch form.