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Adrian Edmondson takes over the Out To Lunch podcast

Adrian Edmondson is taking over the hit Out To Lunch podcast from Jay Rayner.

George Egg: Movable Feast - preview

The gloriously funny George Egg is returning to the Edinburgh fringe this summer, with a new show about the joys of makeshift cookery. After demonstrating how to make dinner in a hotel room with only a kettle and a Corby trouser press, Movable Feast is about cooking on trains, planes and automobiles.

For those going to Edinburgh the brilliantly funny George Egg is back with a new show. Previously he did an hour of stand-up about cooking in hotel rooms, using only a Corby trouser press. Now the DIY cook is in the garden shed using power tools including wallpaper strippers. And he does cook real food during the performance.

Preview - Cunk on Christmas

Following a previous episode where Cunk "examined" the life of Shakespeare, this time around she looks at everything to do with Christmas, from the birth of Jesus and the pagan origins to Santa Claus and "Sir Charles Dickings".

TV preview: Cunk on Christmas, BBC Two

Following a one-off on Shakespeare earlier this year Philomena Cunk returns with a seasonal sequel exploring the meaning and traditions of Christmas. It's an important time of the year, she tells us. In fact as Cunk explains at the start of the programme in her distinctive flat northern tones, "Christmas is such a big deal even Richard Dawkins probably does it."

The Trip: a stand-out stand-in?

Reviewing restaurants can be a surreal task at the best of times. What do you make of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's The Trip?