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BCG Daily Sunday 17th December 2023

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Caroline Aherne

'A light that didn't shine long enough' - new unseen photos of Caroline Aherne

Personal and family photographs of the comedy performer, Caroline Aherne - best known for her character, Mrs Merton, and for playing Denise in the sitcom, The Royle Family - help to tell the story of her complex life in a new documentary.

Lucy Wallis, BBC, 17th December 2023
Henry Rowley

Henry Rowley: The British 'posh boy' who became one of the year's breakout TikTok stars

Many of TikTok's billion-plus users have spent some of their year watching British marketing executive-turned-comedian Henry Rowley. He's one of the platform's breakout stars of 2023, and ended up performing at Edinburgh Fringe.

Tom Acres, Sky News, 17th December 2023
QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Sandi Toksvig. Copyright: TalkbackThames

Try the official QI quiz - by the elves

To celebrate two decades of the hit BBC show, here's a fiendish brainteaser. How will you do?

The QI Elves, The Sunday Times, 17th December 2023
Murder, They Hope. Image shows left to right: Susan (Rosie Cavaliero), Robert (Ed Kear), Samuel (Samuel Anderson), John (Martin Kemp), Terry (Johnny Vegas), Gemma (Sian Gibson), Martin (Robert Webb), David (Peter Davison), Annette (Jane Horrocks)

Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery review

Even aside from the fnar fnar gags about bed-hopping villagers, the humour in this easily digested comedy is broader than a snowman's smile.

Ed Power, i Newspaper, 17th December 2023
Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard fails to be selected to fight next general election

The stand-up, also known as Suzy, was rejected by Labour members in Brighton Pavilion and the seat will now be contested by music industry activist Tom Gray.

Chortle, 17th December 2023
Pandemonium. Paul Chahidi. Credit: Marc Brenner

Pandemonium review

Anyone seeing Armando Iannucci credited as the writer of Pandemonium might expect a satire with the brutality of The Thick Of It or the classy bite of Veep. Think again.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th December 2023
Rob And Romesh Vs. Image shows left to right: Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan

Rob & Romesh Vs Lapland review

Their meeting with Santa is so unfunny it's painful.

Jack Seale, The Guardian, 17th December 2023
Rob And Romesh Vs. Image shows left to right: Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan

Rob & Romesh Vs Lapland review

Nowhere on Earth is safe from their harmless pub banter.

Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 17th December 2023
Kit Loyd

BCG Pro Talent Awards for Performance 2023 - Review

I've judged two comedy competitions recently and despite most of the names being unknown to me, the standard has been incredibly high.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 17th December 2023

TV & radio

Radio 4 7:15pm
30 min
Jon Long

Carbon Lifeforms

Christmas Special

It's the most wonderful - and most wasteful - time of the year so Jon and Dr Tara bring us fun facts and practical advice to help us all cut down the amount of food, drink, and packaging that gets thrown away over the Christmas period.

Sky Max. Copyright: Sky 9pm
60 min
Rob And Romesh Vs. Image shows left to right: Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan

Rob And Romesh Vs

Christmas Special - Lapland

Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan head to Lapland for Christmas, where they try their luck at a range of festive-themed tasks featuring elves, reindeer, magic and Santa Claus to see if there's one activity that they have the Christmas spirit for.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 10:55pm
30 min
Sorry, I Didn't Know. Image shows left to right: Chizzy Akudolu, Jimmy Akingbola, Eddie Kadi

Sorry, I Didn't Know

Series 4, Episode 5

Charlene White, Shazia Mirza, Jessica Fostekew and Stephen K Amos join team leaders Chizzy Akudolu and Eddie Kadi to answer questions about black history. Jimmy Akingbola hosts.

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