Catherine Gee

Irish comedian and Mock the Week presenter Dara O'Briain is one of the funniest stand ups around. This hour and a half-long gig at the Hammersmith Apollo marked the end of his 2008 sell-out tour. In it he makes jokes about everything from homeopathy to the home pregnancy test.

Just one week after Channel 4 launched a new panel quiz about the telly, You Have Been Watching, BBC One follows suit with its own As Seen on TV. This one is chaired by the painfully unfunny Steve Jones. The outgoing This Morning presenter Fern Britton and smiley stand-up Jason Manford captain the teams. The puns and one-liners come thick and fast but sadly the (genuine) laughs are thin on the ground.

After being pushed back a week to make way for BBC One's five-day Torchwood special, Hotel Babylon returns to its normal slot and typically there's drama in the glitzy guesthouse. Emily (Alexandra Moen) is faced with her estranged father when he enters Babylon's poker tournament and then tries to force Sam (Nigel Harman) to sell the hotel to him. Meanwhile, Tony (Dexter Fletcher) and his doppelganger (a successful American author who is staying at Babylon) decide to swap places for the day.

Stephen Fry: the day the comedian became Humphrey Lyttleton

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue returns to Radio 4 on Monday without the late Humphrey Lyttleton. Catherine Gee attends a live recording of the panel show.

A new three-part series from Rory Bremner, John Bird and John Fortune focuses first on the economic recovery, or lack of it, as well as looking askance at Gordon Brown's frightening smile and the "Sachsgate" affair. This was recorded in advance of the full horror of the MPs' expenses scandal; that will no doubt be explored in future weeks.

Alex Kingston stars in this new comedy drama about a group of four female ex-cons. They aim to start a new life in Barbados, armed with £3 million stolen from Ellie's (Kingston) gangster husband. But when that plan goes wrong, they find themselves hiding out in a hotel in the remote Scottish village of Hope Springs.

Feature: Free Agents

As if today's celebrities weren't rude enough, here's a sitcom about their even ruder agents. The Telegraph visits the set of Channel 4's new comedy series Free Agents and meets cast members Sharon Horgan, Stephen Mangan and Anthony Head.