Rob Brydon

Rob Brydon has a crush on Tom Jones

Funnyman Rob Brydon says he has a crush on Tom Jones.

While some panel shows are having trouble finding their footing, Would I Lie To You? just seems to keep going from strength to strength.

Rob Brydon, David Mitchell and Lee Mack seem to make a perfect team. There's so many angles for them to play with: Mitchell's poshness verses Mack's working class background; Mitchell's southerness and Mack's northerness; Mitchell and Mack's Englishness verses Brydon's Welshness, and so on.

There is one significant change to this new series, however, that being the show is now on before the watershed. This, for me, is a worry. You may remember that this happened to QI when it moved to BBC One, which ended up as a failure and resulted in QI moving back...

However, it would seem that it's survived this changed. The show seems to be just as funny as ever, especially the bit when Mack trying to claim that his ex-girlfriend's names spell out the world "Bermuda". The guests, Alexander Armstrong, Mel Giedroyc, Alex Jones and Chris Tarrant, provided much amusement too.

If you were thinking Friday nights had become a little joyless lately, here's good news. The best panel shows around are back to make BBC1's end-of-week comedy desert bloom again.

First, Rob Brydon wheels his festival of half-truths, fantasy and implausible facts back into view. It's in a new, pre-watershed time slot, which means some of the more colourful exchanges between team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell will be reined in. But their exaggerated oik/toff banter should still be one of the funniest things on TV.

Rob Brydon to star in Paralympics drama

The Best of Men, about a German neurologist whose work led to the creation of the Paralympic Games, is to run on BBC2.

Rob Brydon: stars now too thin for a G&S reunion show

Chances of a Gavin & Stacey reunion are slim - because the sitcom's two biggest characters have lost too much weight, says co-star Rob Brydon.

Audio: Stop being a 'prat', pals told Corden

Comedian James Corden admits becoming famous was intoxicating and sent him off the rails as he found himself out drinking with strangers every night, until friends and family helped him see he was looking like "a bit of a prat".

He described how advice from friend Rob Brydon and a hug from his father, which reduced him to tears, helped him turn things round and become the husband and dad he is today.

James Corden was speaking to Kirsty Young on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs on Sunday 12 Feb at 11:15 GMT, repeated Friday 17 Feb at 09:00 GMT. Listen online or browse the extensive Desert Island Discs archive.

Rob Brydon slams Gavin & Stacey musical idea

Comedian Rob Brydon has slated Ruth Jones's idea for a Gavin & Stacey musical.

British comedy threw many unusual shapes between 2000 and 2009. Catherine Tate's longform survey of the hits of the decade is hefty enough to stick with. A selection of great clips is punctuated by Tate interviewing - in the loosest possible sense - people like David Walliams, Rob Brydon, Noel Fielding and Alan Carr about what made their shows fly. And Tate's former Doctor Who co-star David Tennant quizzes Tate about her own comic creations.

Video: Rob Brydon on inspiring Catherine Zeta-Jones

Rob Brydon has shared his struggle with breaking through as a comedian in his biography, Small Man In A Book.

Brydon trained in the dramatic arts but had difficulties when he started out as a comedian.

He told BBC Breakfast that he attended the same school as Catherine Zeta-Jones and he joked that he may have been the inspiration behind her success in Hollywood.

Rob Brydon interview

Comedian Rob Brydon on his autobiography, his hero Jimmy Savile and how showbiz seems empty compared with being a father.