BCG Daily Sunday 11th February 2024

Sunday with Dom Joly: "I'm obsessed with bread sauce and have it on toast"

The comedian talks about loving the Traitors, skipping breakfast, finding Sundays dull and the black labs of Gloucestershire.

Alex Horne: "I wish there wasn't a private school system"

The comedian, 45, on his privileged upbringing and why he doesn't let his sons watch his hit show Taskmaster.

Extraordinary is getting a musical episode

Series 2 will continue Jen's quest to find her powers and may include a musical episode.

Smashie and Nicey - the End of an Era

What exactly is Smashie & Nicey - End Of An Era?. One of the endless joys of the show is that it's many things. A parody of a certain kind of DJ, of course. Also a pastiche of a certain kind of documentary. But it's also a trawl through decades of British light entertainment: a macrocosm of a particular strand of British culture. With that in mind, it's no surprise that the show is absolutely stuffed to the gills with music, of all different kinds. Some of them obvious, others obscure. Wouldn't it be nice if somebody sat and worked out exactly where everything came from?

Stewart Lee: The chilling soulless cruelty of Rishi Sunak

Another week, another personal nadir for the PM. And now his smirking face has spilled over into my dreams.

Theatre review: The Frogs, Kiln Theatre

If you want your existentialism garnished with a generous helping of laughs look no further. The Frogs might not always feel like great art but it will make you jump with joy.

Ania Magliano review

In her show I Can't Believe You've Done This at Bloomsbury Theatre, this thoughtful Gen Z comedian's true powers creep up on you.

Classic UK TV sitcoms transfer to stage - and thrill the superfans

Fawlty Towers, The Fast Show, Only Fools And Horses ... the vogue for screen-to-stage shows taps into our need for nostalgia.

Ania Magliano review

This was an incredible stand-up show, leaving me both glad that I had waited but also frustrated that we hadn't seen her show sooner.

Comedian Darren Maskell dies at 37

Darren Maskell, a familiar face on the open mic scene in London and the South East in the late 2000s and early 2010s, has died at the age of 37.

Michael McIntyre's Big Show comes under fire as fans accuse the BBC for breaking rules over plug

As Big Brother's AJ Odudu appeared on the pre-recored programme, some viewers questioned her 'subtle plug' of her Google Pixel phone.

Lou Sanders leaves Dancing On Ice and social media is angry

Sanders was one of two celebrities eliminated in the latest show.

10 years of Inside No. 9: The legacy of Britain's most daring and imaginative show

Mastering devilish deception is this duo's forte.

Teacher told me to give up singing - then I stunned millions

He's the disabled lad with a voice to melt the coldest of hearts.

Alfie Draper left a BBC ­audience in tears after his ­touching performance as the Unexpected Star on Michael McIntyre's Big Show.