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BCG Daily Saturday 12th October 2024

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Have I Got News For You. Amol Rajan

Andrea Jenkyns accused HIGNFY of fixing the audience and Ian Hislop's A++ comeback was simply magnificent

Bravo to Ian Hislop and Paul Merton for his little gag at the expense of guest host Amol Rajan which was the icing on the cake.

John Plunkett, The Poke, 12th October 2024
Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey: "Seeing a white-tailed eagle soaring over the Highlands was like a glimpse into the past"

Comedy has taken Bill Bailey around the world, offering the chance to see many wonders of nature, celebrated in his new book My Animals And Other Animals. As captivating as any, he recounts here, are the sea eagles he spotted around Mull.

Bill Bailey, The Scotsman, 12th October 2024
Sweetpea. Rhiannon Lewis (Ella Purnell)

Here's every song on the Sweetpea soundtrack

The Ella Purnell show is packed full of pop bangers, from Billie Eilish and Charli XCX to Sugababes and the Spice Girls.

Max Pilley, NME, 12th October 2024
Chris McCausland

Strictly fans praise Chris McCausland for "unbelievable" week four performance

"Those lifts were insane," one viewer said.

Lydia Spencer-Elliott, The Independent, 12th October 2024
Sex Education. Lily Iglehart (Tanya Reynolds)

Tanya Reynolds on Timestalker, the "fantastic" Alice Lowe and life after Sex Education

"Just the mention of Alice's name, I was like, 'I'll do anything she tells me to.' I am such a big fan of hers."

Jess Bacon, Radio Times, 12th October 2024
Miranda. Miranda (Miranda Hart). Copyright: BBC

Miranda Hart's secret husband revealed

Miranda Hart's secret husband is a building company boss. We can reveal that she wed surveyor Richard Fairs, 60, in July last year.

Michael Hamilton & Joe Morga, The Sun, 12th October 2024
Only Fools And Horses. Image shows from L to R: Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Del (David Jason), Grandad (Lennard Pearce). Copyright: BBC

Sir David Jason reveals his wife can't stand trademark OFAH prop

Sir David Jason says his wife Gill got the hump when he wore Del Boy's trademark coat off screen - because it made him smell like a camel.

Hannah Hope, The Sun, 12th October 2024
The Horne Section. Image shows left to right: Ed Sheldrake, Ben Reynolds, Will Collier, Alex Horne, Mark Brown, Joe Auckland

The Horne Section review

The Horne Section are vibrantly chaotic, stumbling seemingly without a clear structure through the gig, and this has traditionally been what makes them special. How can something this disorderly be on The London Palladium stage? How can it be on ]Radio 4? Unfortunately, there are times when that sense of excited disbelief is lost.

Daniel Spicer-Cusack, The Reviews Hub, 12th October 2024

Videos

TV & radio

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
Rick Edwards. Credit: BBC

Fighting Talk

Series 22, Episode 8

Football presenter Flex, broadcaster Kate Mason, British rower Moe Sbihi, and comedian Neil Delamere join Rick Edwards for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 10:20pm
35 min
Password

Password

Episode 7

Stephen Mangan hosts the game show, with contestants Prav and Bethan joining captains Daisy May Cooper and Alan Carr to try to guess mystery passwords across multiple rounds as they try to win £10,000.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Randy Writes A Novel

Randy Feltface's Destruction Manual

Episode 4 - Water

Randy Feltface takes a deep dive and comes up wishing he hadn't. Extinction, pollution, rising temperatures and a very angry salmon all make an unwelcome appearance in this show - but will Randy press on with his plan to press the destruction button, or will he have a change of heart and share his hopes for the future?

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