Jack Seale

Russell Brand terrorises MSNBC morning show

Brand's appearance on the programme was extraordinary, not so much for his contribution - shouting over at the journalists sitting at workstations behind him, pointing out when he could see down host Mika Brzezinski's top, eventually attempting to host the show himself - as for the way he was treated by the three anchors.

This Suffragette comedy completes its short run. The fight for votes for women has only ever been a peg on which to hang an unthreatening, if rather well executed, 2D sitcom staffed with charming bumblers. It feels as if it's really about Suffragettes much less than, say, the stylistically similar Dad's Army was subtly and profoundly about the Second World War.

Not that "this isn't as good as Dad's Army" is any sort of criticism, but the rousing finale is flat and unearned after just three episodes. Before that, though, there's an injection of brio from Sandi Toksvig, delivering a riotous turn as Emmeline Pankhurst herself.

Mathew Baynton interview

The co-creator of James Corden's new BBC2 comedy thriller The Wrong Mans is preparing to be ubiquitous.

Horrible Histories: 5 brilliant songs

The cast and crew of CBBC's best show explain how they turn musty old history into minor pop classics.

Jessica Hynes moves as far as she can from her buzzword-spewing PR wonk in Twenty Twelve with a self-penned sitcom set in a church hall in Banbury in 1910. Hynes is Margaret, a mouse about to roar: she wants the other women in the local craft circle to put down their tapestries and agitate for women's suffrage.

It's a static, traditional affair. In episode one at least, we never leave the hall and its adjoining kitchen, and despite an army of additional gag-writers on the credits, you're more likely to smile creakily than laugh. But, gently, the foundations of something good are in place.

Rebecca Front and Vicki Pepperdine are terrific as a frosty antagonist and buck-toothed naïf respectively, Hynes is great as ever, and the central point - that the silly sexism of the time is still with us - lends it some edge.

The terrific Alex MacQueen excels as one of those fans who lurk outside theatres hoping for an autograph or a glimpse of an actor. MacQueen plays a video shop manager who lies in wait to give (very) critical notes to stage performers. The others are wacky and unbelievable: two women who aren't allowed within 50ft of John Nettles, and a man who's hand-made a ludicrous gift for Suranne Jones. It's written by actors Catherine McCormack and Laura Power, with perhaps a smidgen of contempt.

This loud and proud sitcom has dismayed many viewers and critics, although a lot of them are criticising it for being exactly what it's trying to be: catty, broad, stagey and old-fashioned. There's almost no depth behind the barbs thrown around by Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, who have enormous fun as a constantly warring couple. You have to just surrender and try to enjoy it as much as they evidently are.

Radio 4 panel games come and go. In some cases they come, then stick around for decades after you wish they'd disappeared. But not this one, which might still be the best of the bunch. Nicholas Parsons, Paul Merton and other regulars are back for the show's 66th series - and in the first episode, fans will be holding their breath for 60 full seconds as Graham Norton achieves the rare feat of speaking for a minute without hesitating, deviating or repeating himself. Pam Ayres and new BBC2 sketch-comedy star Kevin Eldon round out a great panel.

Celebrate the best of broken British comedy with this cosy but satisfying look back. It's about bathing in the glory of classics we've all seen many times, from presenter David Frost's ground-breaking Frost Report to Little Britain - mostly they're not re-evaluated or analysed in much depth, although there's the odd tart remark. There are A-list contributors - Corbett, Palin, Fry - and an interesting assessment of why sketches aren't such a mainstream force now.

Ruth Jones: US Gavin & Stacey remake could be fantastic

BBC comedy's co-creator says Us & Them has translated G&S for an American audience - after several false starts.