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The best theatre, comedy and dance of 2024
Including Flo & Joan, Catherine Bohart and Jordan Brookes.
Arifa Akbar, Brian Logan and Lyndsey Winship, The Guardian, 17th December 2024
Review: 'Wallace & Gromit: Complete Cracking' 4K UHD Blu-ray
Every film here is defined by careful comic timing and a steady escalation of absurdity.
Slant Magazine, 17th December 2024
"I'm gonna be like, so famous to children!": Jayde Adams on Strictly, sisterhood and her kids' TV classic
Want a raucous Christmas? Invite the Alma's Not Normal star. Ahead of her role in the BBC's animated adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's Tiddler, she talks lobsters, prosecco - and Adele.
Hollie Richardson, The Guardian, 17th December 2024
Philomena Cunk on Life, being bored, Brat Winter and wisdom teeth
Philomena tackles some of the most complex concepts to have ever been discovered, including Quantum Physics, Existentialism, Nihilism, Hedonism - and at least four other isms.
BBC, 17th December 2024
Film reviews: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The series has lost none of its appeal in the intervening years and, unlike Aardman's belated Chicken Run sequel last year, it feels fresh as ever.
Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 17th December 2024Review: Jeeves Takes Charge at Ustinov Studio, Bath
Jeeves Takes Charge, a stage adaptation of three of PG Wodehouse's Jeeves stories, brought to life by the terrifically versatile Sam Harrison, is as reassuringly cosy as tinsel and turkey.
Kris Hallett, What's On Stage, 17th December 2024Videos
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6:30pm30 min
Best Medicine
Series 2, Episode 5 - Books, Poetry, Scandal, WritingJoining Kiri this week in a literary special recorded at the Hay Festival is comedian Ignacio Lopez who heals family wounds through writing. Dr Paul Craddock explains how one of the most prestigious medical journals started as a scandal magazine, Miss Shabnam Parkar shares how poetry helps her perform surgery, and Professor Neil Frude walks Kiri through library bookshelves for mental health treatments.
9pm45 min
QI
Series V, Christmas Special - VarietyA Christmas edition of the show, with Gyles Brandreth, Emmanuel Sonubi and Lulu.
9:45pm45 min
Live At The Apollo
Series 19, Christmas Special - Noel At The Apollo: Judi Love, Dan Tiernan, John KearnsJudi Love introduces comedians Dan Tiernan and John Kearns to perform their comedy stand-up routines on London's Hammersmith Apollo stage.
10:40pm30 min
Leroy Brito - Live In Cardiff
The acclaimed comedian gives insight into his life, from being a teenage father to navigating marriage to the awkwardness of a vasectomy, in his first stand-up special.
11pm30 min
Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn
Series 4, Episode 5 - The Returning Children ProblemBreaking the ice at 51, ex-students moving back home just as it's got nice and quiet, and hen night anxieties - all given the Marian and Tara treatment.