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Mastermind contestant loses complaint over Walliams gag

Watchdog rules narrator David Walliams's criticism in clip show was fair comment given contender's record low score.

David Walliams has low key 40th birthday

Hitting a new decade is definitely a reason to celebrate, but when David Walliams gathered together a few of his closest friends, he ended up with a guest list fit for an awards show.

Comedy Britain proved that Barker was the funny one

Ronnie Corbett's Comedy Britain saw the comedian cavort with David Walliams, Ken Dodd and Rob Brydon, but once again it failed to raise a laugh.

Ronnie's brand of humour might not be to everyone's taste, but as one half of one of Britain's greatest comedy duos, he is entitled to a little introspection in his old age. In the concluding episode of his two-part series, the legendary comedian cavorts with fellow comics Harry Hill, David Walliams and Rob Brydon in an effort to understand what inspired them to carve out a career making people laugh.

The second half of the diminutive veteran's fluffy history of comedy sees him snoop round Harry Hill's unique prop store - see if you can spot stuff used in TV Burp. Next Corbett takes afternoon tea with David Walliams and his mother. Cue copious talk of cross-dressing. He also joins Rob Brydon for a round of golf, visits Dara O'Briain's favourite comedy club and takes a ferry across the Mersey with Ken Dodd. Finally, Corbett retells one of his most loved, free-wheeling monologues from the chair made famous in The Two Ronnies - and gets touchingly dewy-eyed over the memories it brings back of former partner-in-mirth Ronnie Barker.

Ronnie Corbett - the pint-sized national treasure, retired comedian and arguably the finest anecdotalist of the last century - is now 80 years old and as sharp as he ever was. Disregarding a slight limp, he also doesn't appear to have aged much in the last 20 years - proof that laughter is indeed the best medicine. Tonight, feeling that it's time for "a new adventure", he embarks on the first leg of a two-part tour through the history of British comedy.

It's basically a victory lap, in which Corbett meets up with a variety of comedy luminaries - from John Cleese to Stephen Merchant to Miranda Hart - and chortles about the good old days. In the hands of a less charming figure this could easily have been a piece of self-indulgent schedule filler, but Corbett has a wonderfully light touch and the programme skips along. The first leg is dedicated to double acts, touching upon Morecambe and Wise, Mitchell and Webb, Matt Lucas and David Walliams and, needless to say, The Two Ronnies. Jokes, anecdotes and clips from the archives abound - look out for the story of how Corbett and Barker made the TV big-time, thanks largely to a power outage and some clever ad-libbing.

Walliams looks more like Lucas in Doctor Who

David Walliams looks a Little Brit like his comedy partner Matt Lucas - as he plays a bald alien in Doctor Who.

David Walliams shows Stacey Solomon tattoo of her face

Saucy David Walliams makes singer Stacey Solomon squeal by showing her a tattoo of her face - on his behind.

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Coming late into an already saturated market, Sky 1's Wall of Fame is a fitfully-amusing, chronically derivative and ambition-free comedy quiz show based around the previous week's top 32 most talked about celebrities.

David Walliams is in the chair, with Jack Dee and Kate Garraway as competing team captains. It is something of a cakewalk for Walliams and Dee, relaxed to the point of complacent, but since comedy is hardly Garraway's forte she is given Andrew Maxwell as a teammate. Maxwell's material is quite funny, but he really should put a more effort into feigning spontaneity. It all sounds suspiciously scripted to order.

The rest of the panelists usually comprise attractive but vacant young women, purportedly celebrities themselves, whose principal contribution is to make the men appear funnier by comparison.

Wall of Fame isn't bad, but neither is it particularly good either. With originality so low on its list of priorities the show already looks a bit tired, despite being brand new.