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Derry Girls set to enter Bake Off tent for New Year

Leading cast members of the Channel 4 comedy hit will try their hand in special show for New Year's Day.

It's pretty much a Bake Off special this week as Ross quizzes judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith and presenter Noel Fielding about the current series of the cookery show. OK, so there's no Sandi Toksvig, but comedy awaits courtesy of Mo Gilligan and music is supplied by Olly Murs.

Preview - The Jonathan Ross Show

Jonathan is talking all things The Great British Bake Off on his show this week as he is joined by the GBBO judge Paul Hollywood and new presenter, Noel Fielding.

In terms of guests, reliable chat and the odd headline-grabbing revelation, Jonathan Ross is at the top of his game in his comfy ITV chair. This week, The Great British Bake Off's Paul Hollywood and Noel Fielding pop in to talk about cakes and stuff. Over in Hollywood A-list corner, there's Jeff Bridges, Halle Berry and Julianne Moore as well as chat from Taron Egerton. Craig David provides the music, completing the something-for-everyone lineup.

Noel Fielding struggled to bond with Paul Hollywood

Noel Fielding reportedly told pals that he and Paul Hollywood struggled to find common ground as they don't share the same hobbies.

TV preview: Harry Hill's Tea Time, Sky One

For those of you that miss TV Burp you are going to have to make sure you have Sky. Harry Hill's new series is definitely not a TV Burp clone, but to this fan who mourned the passing of his ITV1 clipfest it does feel like the nearest thing you'll see in both spirit and execution. And judging by the first episode it could evolve to be just as funny.

Guests revealed for Harry Hill's new Teatime show

The guests have been revealed for Harry Hill's new comedy show, Harry Hill's Teatime which is being made by Sky. They are Joey Essex, Gok Wan, Emilia Fox, Martin Kemp, Jason Donovan and Paul Hollywood.

Final episode for now of the slight but amiable panel show that eschews interrogation in favour of Sue Perkins lobbing underarm softball topics at the panellists. One might argue the licence fee-paying public would gain better value by just sending the panel down to Bella Pasta and screening their subsequent pre-doughballs banter. Nominative know-it-alls joining Josh Widdicombe and Richard Osman tonight include Bake Off invigilator Paul Hollywood, historian Kate Williams and comedians Joe Lycett and Sara Pascoe.

Here's one that will make you feel really old: it's 10 years since the final series of Little Britain aired on BBC One. The show that made David Walliams a bona-fide star served as a launchpad for a career that has seen him take on a judging role on Britain's Got Talent, undertake jaw-dropping charity work (his Thames swim remains a crowning glory), and become a successful children's author.

Now he's going back to his comedy roots with a one-off Christmas TV special. Titled Walliams & Friend, it sees the comedian return to the type of sketches that helped make his name - and his 'friend' is a very special guest indeed. It is, of course, the absolutely fabulous Joanna Lumley, who remains a brilliant comedic presence.

By its very nature sketch comedy is hit-or-miss, but Walliams & Friend is thankfully more of the former - from a hilariously terrible gameshow contestant played by Walliams, to a meeting between Joanna Lumley and her own personal team of, erm, other Joanna Lumleys.

And then there's the Bake Off sketch - you'll never look at Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry in the same way ever again.

The 40-minute special is daft fun - and likely to be even funnier after a few Christmas Eve sherries. Here's hoping for more Walliams & Friend episodes in the future with a different guest star each time.