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My column today is about Ben Affleck and J-Lo, in which I attempt to avoid using the phrase “No man can fill her hole”. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/ben-aff...

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My TV column today is about a programme that might be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/last-on...

submitted 7 days ago • 11 comments

What connects Alan Richmond, Thomas Whitmore, Allan Trumbull and Merkin Muffley? My column this week is about… well, if I tell you what it’s about, you’ll have the answer. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/netflix...

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Do you feel that Donald Trump is not taken seriously enough? If so, then you’d best avoid Have I Got News For You tonight. 9pm on BBC One; Ian’s guest is Chris McCausland, Paul’s is Janet Street-Porter, and they’ve let me have another go in the host’s chair.

submitted 15 days ago • 13 comments

Just seen they’re repeating the “Only Connect Sounds Special” on BBC2 tonight, at 8pm before the University Challenge final. That was a nice episode, I’m glad it’s getting a second airing. But apologies to the visually impaired, who can usually escape our show but have no excuse with this one!

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

Playing a triv game, my small daughter just said “In science fiction questions, it’s always Darth Vader or Wilf Skyscraper”. I’m so proud. (Her father distraught).

submitted 47 days ago • 19 comments

He is now very annoyed that it was only one point below my own category, “Barrel of Laughs.” “One point?” he keeps huffing. “ONE POINT separates Barrel of Laughs from Captain Boring?”

submitted 63 days ago • 21 comments

My husband just got challenged by our daughter to complete a quiz in the Beano, “How funny are you?” He scored 4 out of 12, achieving the rank “Captain Boring”.

submitted 63 days ago • 52 comments

Just went to see Oliver! in London - what a wonderful show and Simon Lipkin is really phenomenal. Reminds me of the night I was meant to star as the Artful Dodger at school but couldn’t due to stage fright. Mind you, I was only 9. Mind you, SO ARE MANY OF THIS WEST END CAST. ❤️

submitted 63 days ago • 6 comments

Is it ever okay to manterrupt? In my TV column this week, I’ve been watching ‘The Baldwins’ and thinking about their marriage. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/alec-ba...

submitted 69 days ago • 7 comments

I posted about Heresy yesterday when it wasn’t on. Then I forgot to tweet it today when it was. I’m SO bad at social media. Luckily it’s a great programme. Laura Smyth, Ignacio Lopez and Sally Phillips; bet you can’t listen without laughing. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

submitted 73 days ago • 11 comments

Plenty of oral sex, not many jokes; Towards Zero is like the opposite of my honeymoon. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/agatha-...

submitted 77 days ago • 23 comments

The penultimate Heresy has a line-up I’m so proud to announce: Grayson Perry, Desiree Burch and (doing his FIRST EVER radio panel show, in FORTY YEARS of comedy stardom): Ben Elton! All three as wonderful as you’d hope. Do not miss. 6.30pm tonight on BBC Radio 4.

submitted 80 days ago • 5 comments

Following yesterday’s column, I’ve received this spam. My usual gloomy trepidation about our communications being overheard and monitored by the mysterious Big Brother of techno-capitalism are tempered by the evidence that at least it got completely the wrong end of the stick.

submitted 83 days ago • 5 comments

If I got murdered in a Thai spa resort, at least I wouldn’t have to go to yoga. My TV column today is about The White Lotus, and what other people consider to be “pampering”. www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/white-l...

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

It is a very funny episode of Heresy tonight, with Steph McGovern, Desiree Burch and David Baddiel discussing Dry January, digital money and whether you should tell the woman sitting near you in a restaurant that her husband is texting his mistress from the table. 6.30pm on Radio 4.

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

Tonight at 6.30pm on Radio 4, it’s Heresy! David Mitchell, Phil Wang and Jo Bunting debate grass, conspiracy theories and whether we’ve had enough Prime Ministers in recent years.

submitted 94 days ago • 2 comments

It’s D-Day! Yes, the Grand Final of Only Connect is also the Dth episode! No expense spared, or indeed spent. Join us for the party as two great teams battle for championship at 8pm tonight on BBC Two. Bring your own booze, because I drank all ours. #OnlyConnect #DthEpisode

submitted 96 days ago • 12 comments

Not bad for a first attempt! (my Netflix series starts next week)

submitted 98 days ago • 14 comments

.. and happy St David’s Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

submitted 98 days ago • 8 comments

Monday’s Only Connect is the Grand Final, the last in the series and THE 500th EPISODE! To mark the occasion, my TV column this week is a quiz… (sorry about the paywall) www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/500-epi...

submitted 98 days ago • 5 comments

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD9p... My lord, imagine if he'd seen a Smartphone.

submitted 101 days ago • 5 comments

Heresy is back on Radio 4 at 6.30pm tonight with David Mitchell, Sarah Kendall and Chris McCausland discussing dancing, A.I. and Meghan Markle! And if you'd like free tickets to an even starrier recording of Heresy next Monday in London, go here: www.sroaudiences.com/application....

submitted 101 days ago • 3 comments

At long last, the wait is over. The all-important #OnlyConnect THIRD PLACE PLAYOFF is tonight at 8pm on BBCTwo.

submitted 102 days ago • 11 comments

The new series of Heresy begins tonight on Radio Four! The opening guests are Miles Jupp, Zoe Lyons and Phil Wang. We’ve made three episodes so far and I think they are really funny, sparky shows – hope you enjoy it. 6.30pm, BBC Radio 4

submitted 108 days ago • 9 comments

I was DELIGHTED to see a newspaper listing describe last week's episode of Only Connect as "two teams battling to make the third place play-off". The last opportunity to qualify for that key match is TONIGHT AT 8pm on BBC Two. (And whichever team doesn't make it will be in the final).

submitted 110 days ago • 9 comments

Next Tuesday at 6.30pm, a new series of Heresy starts on Radio 4! If you'd like FREE tickets to the next recording (evening of Monday 3rd March, in London - pretty amazing guests that night), you can apply here: sroaudiences.com/application....

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

No, fair enough. Don’t read the piece, just watch the video. This is the closest we’ve yet come to the great 3-2-1. www.thesun.co.uk/tv/33314708/...

submitted 115 days ago • 27 comments

OMG I know who the Kingfisher is. Harry indeed! Can’t believe that took me so long. This show just gets better and better. #TheMaskedSinger

submitted 125 days ago • 16 comments

Just seen Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright at Wyndham’s Theatre, genuinely one of the best things I’ve ever seen. So clever, funny, surprising, creative and un-boring. And I don’t even LIKE scary things! Phenomenal 😱 ❤️

submitted 128 days ago • 12 comments

You can understand Lauren Sanchez having her phone out here. She must have worried the occasion wouldn’t otherwise be recorded.

submitted 136 days ago • 22 comments

Tonight’s Only Connect is one of my favourite of the series. Two fantastic captains provide a lovely opening chat (thanks, captains!) and it’s a really jolly episode in general. Enjoy the music sequence…. 8pm on BBC Two

submitted 145 days ago • 18 comments

New series of HERESY for Radio 4! Free tickets are now available for the first date (Monday 27th January; two showtimes) in London. It's a fun hour or so at the theatre, audience participation is totally optional and big name comedians are guaranteed. www.sroaudiences.com/application....

submitted 148 days ago • 5 comments

Catching up on one of the #onlyconnect specials. It might be the best episode ever. Phenomenal work. @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social @davidmcgaughey.bsky.social @quizquizquiz.bsky.social

submitted 154 days ago • 1 comment

All right, fun's over. The #OnlyConnect CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS SPECIAL kicks off in half an hour: 2023 champions the Strigiformes grapple with 2024 champions the Thrifters. The teams are lovely. The questions are not. 8pm on BBC Two.

submitted 155 days ago • 10 comments

Can’t wait for everyone to hear/see/witness this very special special.

submitted 157 days ago • 1 comment

If you’re blind, vision-impaired or simply unable to open your eyes for reasons of hangover, then tonight’s Only Connect is for you! It’s up against a lot of other treats at 8 o’clock, but may be our greatest adventure yet. Only Connect Sounds Special 8pm on BBC Two #OnlyConnect

submitted 157 days ago • 14 comments