BCG Daily Saturday 25th December 2021
Press clippings
Why the feck is Brendan O'Carroll's BBC comedy so popular?
Critics derided it from the beginning, yet Brendan O'Carroll's creation only seems to become more popular with each year. Alexandra Pollard explores the appeal of one of the UK's most polarising comedies.
The Independent, 25th December 2021
Kunt makes No 5 again
Kunt has made No 5 in the charts for the second year running with his sweary Boris Johnson song. The comedian and his backing band sold 53,000 copies in the past week - but were beaten to the coveted No1 by Ladbaby, who set a record by topping the festive chart for the fourth year running.
Chortle, 25th December 2021
'New' Morecambe and Wise Show episode brings Christmas cheer
Eric and Ernie, John and Paul, Jennifer and Dawn ... 'Lost' tapes by comedy duo highlight creative power of friendship.
Andrew Anthony, The Guardian, 25th December 2021
The Larkins at Christmas review
This isn't a rural idyll but a dystopia, a Kentish Truman Show in which none of the characters escape.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 25th December 2021
Wipe your tears, Maureen Lipman, there is plenty of life left in comedy
Far from being on its deathbed, it's actually in rude health.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 25th December 2021TV & radio
1pm30 min
You're Dead To Me
2021 Christmas Special - Medieval ChristmasGreg Jenner is joined by comedian Miles Jupp and historian Eleanor Janega to look at how Christmas was celebrated in medieval times.
5pm60 min
Fortunately... With Fi And Jane
Series 1, Christmas Special - Racily Adding Sweetcorn, With Clare Balding And Alice ArnoldIn a special Christmas Day edition of the podcast, Fi and Jane are joined by broadcasters and spouses Clare Balding and Alice Arnold. The two of them share a festive conversational meander, covering thoughts on their careers so far, a glimpse of Christmas in their household and reflections on the year gone by.
7:25pm35 min
Blankety Blank
Series 18, Christmas SpecialBradley Walsh hosts a fun-filled festive edition of the game show. TV presenter Angela Rippon, actor and author Richard E Grant, comedians Tom Allen and Sarah Millican, singer Mel B and McFly's Danny Jones aim to help the contestants fill in the blanks and win a selection of prizes - or at the very least go home with the famous Blankety Blank chequebook and pen - before the winner goes through to the supermatch game to play for the jackpot.
9pm85 min
The Larkins
Christmas Special - The Larkins At ChristmasIn this festive special, the Larkins are gearing up for Christmas, and in the village all talk is of the pantomime and an ongoing spate of burglaries. While PC Harness applies his limited gifts to finding the culprit, Mariette and Charley take their love to the next level, and Pop and Ma are overjoyed to have the pair back for Christmas...
10:20pm35 min
Mrs. Brown's Boys
Christmas 2021, Christmas Special - Mammy's Mechanical MerrimentAgnes has been recruited to the church choir, but she's under strict instructions from Father McBride that there's to be no singing and certainly no dancing.