BCG Daily Wednesday 25th December 2024
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'The film studio just didn't get it': The making of Wallace & Gromit
Stop-motion animation's director of photographer recalls the origin of the beloved British duo.
Tom Nicholson, i Newspaper, 25th December 2024
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl review
"Cracking Christmas treat, Gromit!"
David Hepburn, The Scotsman, 25th December 2024
Behind the scenes of Wallace & Gromit's epic Christmas return
"Feathers crashed the party".
Steven MacKenzie, The Big Issue, 25th December 2024
What's occurrin'? Gavin & Stacey has breathed new life into my hometown
The Barry I grew up in was a far cry from its peak as a thriving coal port then a holiday destination. It took an unassuming sitcom to give it a lifeline.
Simon Price, The Guardian, 25th December 2024
The best Christmas companions possible: Wallace & Gromit's triumphant TV return
Feathers McGraw is back - and more menacing than ever. Our claymation heroes' delightful attempt to face him is hilariously packed with jokes - they're just incapable of bad television.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 25th December 2024
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale review
Well, that was an utter delight.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th December 2024
Mrs. Brown's Boys review
Unkillable comedy comes up with a metaphor so perfect it deserves a gold star.
Ed Power, The Irish Times, 25th December 2024
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale review
You will be forcibly moved to tears.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 25th December 2024
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale review
The best comedy in British TV history couldn't have finished with anything but a happy ending.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 25th December 2024
Mrs. Brown's Boys review
Here we are again with the same old formula, the same old characters and the familiar complete and total absence of wit.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 25th December 2024
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale review
Better than any other comedy you've seen this year.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 25th December 2024
Mrs. Brown's Boys review
Heart-warming is the intention, heartburn is the outcome.
Gabriel Tate, The Telegraph, 25th December 2024
Jenny Eclair: "Anorexia is difficult. I can joke about it now, as I'm overweight"
The comedian and novelist tells Harriet Gibsone about the stress of sudden success, her disordered relationship with food, and how hobbies have replaced her libido.
Harriet Gibsone, The Irish Examiner, 25th December 2024
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl TV review
The pair are back for more hijinks - but the formula is starting to wear a little thin.
Vicky Jessop, The Independent (Ireland), 25th December 2024Videos
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6am60 min
Bad Sisters
Series 2, Episode 8 - Cliff HangerAs Houlihan discovers shocking revelations, the sisters face an impossible situation.
8am60 min
The Reunion: Absolutely Fabulous
The cast of Ab Fab reunite to look back at the hit sitcom.
12:30pm30 min
Fighting Talk
Series 22, Highlights Special - Favourites 2024 - Part 1Rick Edwards presents some of the best moments of sporting punditry from Fighting Talk this year.
2:15pm45 min
Punt & Dennis: Route Masters
Christmas SpecialIn this Christmas Day special, the duo reach their final destination, through a series of appropriately festive detours and diversions. They're armed with a bulging sack of nuggets of new and half-remembered trivia, aided by a special guest. And just as Father Christmas manages to circumnavigate the world in just one night, Steve and Hugh will take us on an equally circuitous and lengthy journey.
3pm60 min
The Football's On
Series 12, Episode 3A humorous look at the week's football stories with Ian Stone and guests.
3:30pm30 min
Fighting Talk
Series 22, Highlights Special - Favourites 2024 - Part 2Sporting punditry from Fighting Talk with more of the best moments from this year with Rick Edwards.
3:30pm90 min
Waiting In The Wings
Noel Coward's vibrant, poignant and witty play about a group of retired actresses who find challenging ways of facing old age together.
6:10pm75 min
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Wallace invents a 'smart gnome' that has a mind of its own - or does it? It falls to Gromit to take on the dastardly Feathers McGraw once more... or Wallace may never invent again!
6:30pm30 min
One Person Found This Helpful
Christmas SpecialIn this Christmas special, Frank Skinner and his guests decipher the good, the bad, and the baffling, as they try to work out a mystery item - based entirely on its online reviews. Which traditional panto features an animatronic dinosaur? What's the worst present they've ever received? And is that one star write-up "bit claggy, made me feel sick" a review of some stuffing or Love Actually?
9pm90 min
Gavin & Stacey
Christmas Special - The FinaleIt's five years since Nessa's marriage proposal to Smithy. Join us on the journey to Barry and Billericay as we catch up with the Shipmans and the Wests for the very last time.
9pm30 min
Ceefax Strikes Back... With Count Binface
Count Binface celebrates the BBC's quirkiest invention: CEEFAX. A hilarious revivification of an unlikely national treasure. Granted it's on the radio, but it's a start!
11:05pm30 min
Mrs. Brown's Boys
Christmas 2024, Christmas Special - Ding Dong MammyChristmas arrives in Finglas but it seems Agnes is struggling to find the festive spirit as she fails to convince her family she is not grumpy. Cathy pulls the community together in support of a good cause and Buster sources a sustainable tree.