British Comedy Guide

BCG Daily Tuesday 24th December 2024

Press clippings

Gavin & Stacey. Image shows left to right: Smithy (James Corden), Gavin (Mathew Horne), Stacey (Joanna Page), Nessa (Ruth Jones). Credit: Tidy Productions, Fulwell 73 Productions, BBC, Tom Jackson

Gavin & Stacey: An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Christmas finale

"It can't carry on after this," explains James Corden. "It just can't."

Colin Paterson, BBC, 24th December 2024
Only Fools And Horses - The hit musical direct direct from the West End

Only Fools stage show stars left "visibly upset" after two black cast-members are "racially abused by a rowdy audience member"

Black actors Bradley John and Gloria Acquaah-Harrison, who play truck driver Denzil Tulser and and new character Mrs Obooko, were said to be the target of the disgusting comments which left them 'visibly upset'.

Geraint Llewellyn, Daily Mail, 24th December 2024
Image shows from L to R: Jonny Donahoe, Paddy Gervers. Copyright: Matt Stronge

Jonny & The Baptists (The Happiness Index) interview

After an incredibly well-received run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Jonny & The Baptists are set to take their production The Happiness Index on a UK tour.

Vicky Humphreys, Adventures in Theatreland, 24th December 2024
Sophie McCartney. Credit: Karla Gowlett

Sophie McCartney: "Shocking state of childcare in the UK forced me to become a comedian"

Comedian and novelist Sophie McCartney - yes, from that McCartney family - hasn't had an ordinary route into stand-up and parenthood. Or life, for that matter.

Kitty Chrisp, Metro, 24th December 2024

Videos

Podcasts

TV & radio

Radio 4 9am
30 min
Natalie Haynes

Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics

Christmas Special - Saturnalia

Expect gifts, special pyjamas, drinking games and cross-dressing. Natalie celebrates the mid-winter festival of Ancient Rome, Saturnalia, with André Vincent and Llewelyn Morgan.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Desiree Burch, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Abdullah Khan, Mark Williams

Best Medicine

Series 2, Episode 6 - Pain Management, Organoids, Prosthetic Leg Covers

Desiree Burch discovers ways to cope with pain, Dr Abdullah Khan explores tiny beating hearts in a dish, and Dr Mark Williams tells Kiri how losing his leg led to finding his purpose.

BBC Four 8pm
30 min
Dick Clement And Ian La Frenais Remember... Porridge. Image shows left to right: Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

Dick Clement And Ian La Frenais Remember... Porridge

Fifty years on from when the prison doors first slammed shut on Norman Stanley Fletcher, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais look back at this landmark British comedy.

BBC Two 9:15pm
60 min
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Christmas Special - Gone Christmas Fishing 2024

Paul and Bob head to Cahors in the South West of France, where they celebrate another eventful year of fishing together.

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