Bill Turnbull

'Fry and Turnbull effect' on prostate cancer

NHS chief Simon Stevens will today thank former BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull and broadcaster Stephen Fry for the work they have done in urging men to come forward for help.

Is Room 101 three times better now there are three celebrities involved? The anecdotes have certainly suffered from a lack of breathing room, but at least that means there's a bit less credence given to predictable, fusty middle-England gripes, such as BBC Breakfast's Bill Turnbull banging on about youths wearing their jeans below their arses. Then again, Jo Brand is supposed to provide the comedic cutting edge tonight, but uses the opportunity to tell us that she doesn't like high heels. Who knew?

Taking a break from hunting killers under the scorching sun in Death In Paradise, actor/comedian Ben Miller lets off steam in Frank Skinner's lair.

What gets the persuasive Miller hot under the collar are shoelaces, homeopathy - which, to his scientific mind, is quite simply rubbish - and pedestrians who don't know how to behave on a pavement.

Splash! judge Jo Brand's high-heeled shoes and BBC 1's Breakfast host Bill Turnbull's low-slung jeans haven't got a prayer.

Ben Miller may have studied for a doctorate in quantum physics at Cambridge, but the man can't tie his own shoelaces. Or rather, he can't tie a bow, so he's devised his own way of tying them - and consequently makes a bid to have laces themselves condemned for ever to Room 101. It seems drastic, but that's the nature of the show, and at least Miller's gripes are idiosyncratic, whereas Bill Turnbull gets cheers from the audience for such regulation bugbears as low-slung jeans and people who hog the middle lane on motorways.

Jo Brand, meanwhile, has it in for high-heeled shoes, which gives the production the excuse to show us a clip of a very bizarre race.

George Orwell has provided TV producers with plenty of concepts; but we can only hazard a guess at what he would have thought of them. In this panel show, based on the idea of a room in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four where prisoners are subjected to their worst fears, guests must discuss their pet peeves with host Frank Skinner and compete for his approval to banish them to Room 101. Tonight's guests are BBC presenter Bill Turnbull, who hates low slung jeans and people who hog the middle lane on the motorway, comedian Ben Miller who can't abide homoeopathy, and comedian Jo Brand, who thinks personalised number plates and high-heeled shoes should make the cut.

Video: Ed Byrne interview

Ahead of his appearance at the Brighton Comedy Festival, Ed Byrne spoke to to BBC Breakfast's Bill Turnbull and Louise Minchin about the joys of parenting, Twitter and Blind Date.

Video: Reginald D. Hunter interview

Comedian Reginald D. Hunter joined BBC Breakfast to talk about his new show The Truth.

Hunter has been on the comedy scene since 2002 when he was nominated for the best newcomer award at The Edinburgh Festival.

Originally from Georgia in the US, Hunter has been living and performing in the UK for the last 14 years.

Before the interview even started BBC Breakfast presenter Sian Williams was tickled by something Hunter said to her co-presenter Bill Turnbull.

How Simon Amstell shook up BBC Breakfast

It was bad enough breaking the show's sofa protocol - but Amstell's cancer joke really rattled presenters Sian Williams and Bill Turnbull.