Duncan Bannatyne

How I turned into comedy establishment's most hated man

The film-maker Chris Atkins descibes his extraordinary legal battle to screen a Panorama exposé of dubious investments from British charities - and the ensuing backlash from celebrities including Lenny Henry, Emma Freud and Duncan Bannatyne.

Let's hope chatty Alan has been sharpening his tongue over the summer ready to welcome in the first batch of guests for his 11th series. There's plenty of juicy material for him to get stuck into, what with a quartet of Dragons - Peter Jones, Duncan Bannatyne, Deborah Meaden and new business top cat Kelly Hoppen - plus comedian Lee Evans, actress Keely Hawes and reheated X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne. He'll eat them all for breakfast. Rizzle Kicks provide the music.

More frothy fun from Alan Carr as the ninth series of his effervescent chat show continues. Tonight Carr will be camping it up with fellow comedian and Take Me Out presenter Paddy McGuinness and chatting to formidable Dragons' Den entrepreneurs Theo Paphitis, Deborah Meaden, Duncan Bannatyne and Peter Jones. Music comes from Britain's own Justin Bieber, teen pop star Conor Maynard, performing his new single Turn Around.

Remember the dodgy MP who claimed thousands for a gold sarcophagus and a terracotta army? Or the Duckmanitarian crisis, which saw ducks around the country losing their homes?

Miranda Hart sums up 2009 with spoofs made up in someone's head. The show uses real footage, heavily messed with, and specially-recorded material that looks at events that almost happened but didn't - such as an 80-year-old Arlene Phillips being replaced on Strictly by a child.

Talking heads include Stephen K Amos, Sally Phillips and Duncan Bannatyne.

The year's defining moments in culture, politics and television are cut up into a thousand pieces, then reassembled for our amusement, in a spoof of the traditional list show. Miranda Hart guides us through re-imagined versions of party leaders' conference speeches, George Bush issues a semi-musical apology for his time in office, and even Jeremy Paxman gets a light ribbing. Guests include Stephen K Amos, Duncan Bannatyne, and Adam Buxton with a uniquely suburban take on Ed Wardle's Alone in the Wild documentary adventure.

Bloody hell, it has been recommissioned! Amazing, really, considering how staggeringly painful Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse's first series was.

Quality control has been cranked up a notch but I should warn you, Nelson Mandela is back.

Best reason to watch is a brilliant take on Dragons' Den. Harry is Deborah Meaden but the moment when Paul's Duncan Bannatyne leans forward to sneer at Harry's Peter Jones makes this worth investing in.