Ian Hyland

The opening scene of BBC1's new Friday night sitcom Me And Mrs Jones featured a goldfish swimming around a toilet bowl. Fortunately the goldfish was quickly rescued. And it wasn't the only lucky escape it had.

Thanks to its seven-second memory, it will have no recollection of the ensuing half-hour of clunking, cliché-ridden comedy...

When Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz idea first arrived in 2004 it was a clever way to take list and nostalgia shows forward. But by the time last Sunday's Big Fat Quiz Of The 00s came around it was already falling foul of the law of diminishing returns. (Not to be confused with the law of diminishing tax returns, which is something you'd have to ask Jimmy Carr about).

It didn't help that Noel Fielding decided to reprise his trick of offering a wacky left-field answer instead of the correct one. It was quite funny when he first did it back in 2007 alongside Russell Brand, but here it was just irritating, and merely served to highlight how much Fielding has lost his way since the demise of The Mighty Boosh.

His mojo will no doubt return one day. But it's probably time to ditch the donkey-ears hat. It's not a good look. Particularly when you're behaving like an ass.

It was uncanny that the plot of Monday's episode of BBC1's family sitcom Citizen Khan revolved around Mrs Khan spoiling her husband's TV viewing. Because my wife did exactly the same thing to me on Monday night. She put Citizen Khan on.

Sky1's new comedy Moone Boy is now officially the funniest thing to come out of Ireland since Roy Keane's unconcealable disdain for Adrian Chiles's chummy banter. And having the Sultans Of Ping FC's Where's Me Jumper for its theme is surely the finest use of music since Tony Soprano bowed out to Don't Stop Believin'.

But it's a bit harsh that some people are calling Moone Boy Ireland's way of saying sorry for Mrs Brown's Boys. Mrs B might be crass and smutty but her show does what it does brilliantly. And BBC1's prime-time repeats are still beating allcomers on a Friday.

As for Moone Boy I have a couple of apologies. One, I didn't praise young David Rawle nearly enough for his amazing breakthrough performance as Martin Moone. And two, I failed to clock the name of the hairdressing salon until well into episode two. Scissors Palace. Sure, that's just lovely work.

It is perhaps not the host's career priority, but BBC2's The Rob Brydon Show has quietly grown into one of TV's best chat shows. I particularly enjoyed his latest guest Prof Brian Cox's anecdote about Kate Moss approaching him at a party to ask about particle physics. Not the kind of particles Kate has been known to find out about at parties, of course.

Notable low-points along the way for David Tennant include those dreadful Virgin Media adverts and a stint doing impressions on Chris Moyles' Quiz Night. And now he's reduced to hosting Channel 4's latest panel show by numbers, Comedy World Cup. Ever wish you had a real-life time machine, David?

Malcolm Tucker may have been back in The Thick Of It on BBC2 last night, but the comedy highlight of the week was Sky1's new Friday night delight Moone Boy.

It's a warm, nostalgic Irish tale starring Chris O'Dowd as Sean Murphy, the imaginary friend of 11-year-old Martin Moone, who is brilliantly played by David Rawle.

But guest star Steve Coogan stole the show early as Francie Feeley, a rich, loud-mouthed, hard-drinking big shot with a reputation for being rather too friendly with the local ladies. Hardly much of a stretch for Coogan, you might say, given his own past. But hey, those Irish accents can be quite tricky to pull off sometimes.

On balance the BBC probably picked the worst week to launch the new series of The Thick Of It. Because no matter how funny the opener was it could never have been as amusing as the fallout from David Cameron's Cabinet reshuffle.

Of course, you may question how anything in life could possibly be funnier than Peter Capaldi's potty-mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker - and you'd be right. But Tucker wasn't in it. And neither was Rebecca Front's Nicola Murray, his most recent sparring partner.

Still, as a scene-setter for the new Coalition era it did manage some laugh-out-loud moments. And the return of Roger Allam's gloriously withering Minister Peter Mannion was most welcome.

Although, not as welcome as the trailer for next Saturday's episode. Because Tucker is back. Murray is back. And the hair of Chris Addison's oily Ollie is insipidly slicked back. Happy (expletive deleted) days, as Tucker might say.

The first episode of Sky1's detective spoof A Touch Of Cloth had so many laugh-out-loud moments it was no surprise it ran out of steam midway through the second episode.

It's wonderful news that Sky Atlantic has given Alan Partridge a second series of the cringingly brilliant Mid Morning Matters. And if Alan has a request slot, I'd like to make the following one: please bring Alan's stand-in sidekick Zoe Scott (Pippa Duffy) back from her travelling holiday as soon as possible. Because Alan's attempt to woo her during Monday's finale was the first time I've watched a TV programme through my fingers and enjoyed it in years.