BCG Daily Monday 26th December 2022

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Press clippings

Fatiha El-Ghorri joins the Off The Kerb stable of talent

Fatiha is managed by DG Artist Management who work in association with Off The Kerb.

Off The Kerb, 26th December 2022

Doc Martin. Image shows from L to R: Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz), Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes). Copyright: ITV

Doc Martin review

This was billed as the last-ever Doc Martin - but they said that about the previous episode too.

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 26th December 2022

Mrs. Brown's Boys. Image shows from L to R: Buster Brady (Danny O'Carroll), Grandad Brown (Dermot O'Neill), Dino Doyle (Gary Hollywood), Rory Brown (Rory Cowan), Cathy Brown (Jennifer Gibney), Mark Brown (Pat Shields), Betty Brown (Amanda Woods), Winnie McGoogan (Eilish O'Carroll), Dermot Brown (Paddy Houlihan), Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll), Maria Nicholson / Brown (Fiona O'Carroll). Copyright: BBC / BocPix

Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas special review

I tried to like it but it's still worse than cranberry sauce and Whamageddon.

Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 26th December 2022

Mrs Brown's Boys viewers bemoan 'unwatchable' Christmas special

The Mrs. Brown's Boys Christmas special has aired - and viewers are not happy. The episode has been slated by viewers, with many posting criticisms of the sitcom on Twitter when it was broadcast at 10.25pm on Christmas Day.

Annabel Nugent, The Independent, 26th December 2022

Radio 4 controller pilots new comedy shows to counter the misery

Channel controller Mohit Bakaya has vowed a raft of new pilots to give the station a lighter feel, admitting that there was little on-air respite from 12 months of 'relentless' bad news.

Chortle, 26th December 2022

Detectorists. Image shows left to right: Andy Stone (Mackenzie Crook), Lance Stater (Toby Jones)

Detectorists Christmas special review

Detectorists is a TV treasure as priceless as anything Andy and Lance could ever dig up in the fields around Danebury.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th December 2022

Doc Martin Christmas Special, ITV review

Santa comes to Portwenn as the final curtain falls.

Adam Sweeting, The Arts Desk, 26th December 2022

Detectorists Christmas special review

The return of Mackenzie Crook's archeological sitcom was a highlight in the festive schedules - but I hope it never comes back again.

Gerard Gilbert, i Newspaper, 26th December 2022

Detectorists Christmas special review

A spine-tingling coda to TV's most treasured show.

Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 26th December 2022

Christmas Carole. Carole Mackay (Suranne Jones)

Christmas Carole review

Christmas Carole offered a marvellous hors d'oeuvre ahead of the next day's somewhat bloated and repetitive viewing.

Ben Dowell, The Times, 26th December 2022

Videos

Podcasts

TV & radio

3pm
30 min

Nature Table

Series 3, Episode 5

Recorded at The Eden Project, this week Sue Perkins is joined by special guests: Jaclyn Pearson (Wildlife Conservationist), Marcus Rhodes (Lepidopterist) and comedian Edward Rowe.

6:30pm
30 min

Just A Minute

Series 90, Christmas Special - Boxing Day Sales, Rival Towns And Boy Scouts

Sue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Anna Maxwell Martin, Jennifer Saunders and Julian Clary to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation.

9pm
75 min

Detectorists

Special

The Danebury Metal Detecting Club is in trouble; developers are sniffing around, and after losing out on a big finder's fee, the club is going to need a miracle to help save their beloved scout hall. So when Lance manages to secure a permission to search ten acres of prime, undetected land, it looks like things could be on the up. But when a mysterious relic is unearthed, Lance breaks protocol, threatening his friendship with Andy and the future of the DMDC.