Julian Barratt

True fans will have bought the boxed-set, nabbed front-row seats at the tour and driven their nearest and dearest mad quoting Bob Fossil. But you'll probably want to tune in for this repeat anyway. It wasn't until series two that most of us cottoned onto The Boosh, and this opening episode exhibits the anarchic genius of creators Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding (aka Howard Moon and Vince Noir). Having escaped the zoo, Howard decides that the only way to secure fame and fortune is to track down a Yeti. It really does get better every time.

Try to catch the last in the series of The Boosh. Fans of Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt's absurdist comedy will be aware that The Mighty Boosh (absurdly enough) started life in 2001 as a radio series on GLR, sandwiched in the middle of the football coverage. If you enjoyed the first TV series - set in a zoo - and you subscribe to the view that pictures are better on the radio, you'll like this episode. Howard and Vince have their first encounter with the cockney hitcher as they take Tony the Prawn (a psychological killer) to the animal offenders' zoo run by Bob Fossil's twin brother Wilbur. Some of the themes and songs will be familiar, some will be new. But the tunes are all earworms that will burrow their way in for a good 24 hours. "I'm Bob Fossil / And my anger is colossal ... "

Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding, otherwise known as The Mighty Boosh, present a two-week exploration of the Monty Python team's comedy LPs - which, predating as they did the home video market, were often the only way that fans could experience sketches and songs that would otherwise have disappeared from memory.

Boosh on a budget

It's wacky and full of cheap laughs - especially since the BBC cut costs on The Mighty Boosh