Michael Hogan

The last of Stewart Lee's virtuoso stand-up performances - except for the second time this series, he's actually sitting down. Tonight the sardonic comic tells a tall tale about meeting a young David Cameron at Oxford in the mid-Eighties. Lee sums up the coalition government thus: "Despite being bred for power, Cameron was only able to get it by hooking up with Nick Clegg. It's like a foxhound that's only able to catch foxes with the assistance of a chihuahua." Recommission please, BBC.

No sooner does Life of Riley finish than In with the Flynns starts - this is clearly the Beeb's designated slot for a family sitcom with an Irish surname in the title. This new effort stars Will Mellor and Niky Wardley as over-stretched Mancunian parents with an unruly brood. There's the odd witty one-liner, but overall it makes My Family look like Frasier.

In this penultimate slice of masterful stand-up comedy, Stewart Lee looks at the notion of national identity. Skewered during his erudite, spiralling rant are figures as diverse as Winston Churchill, Michael McIntyre and pretty much the entire population of Australia. There's also a cameo appearance from the cult graphic novelist Alan Moore (Watchmen).

Tousle-haired Irish comic Dylan Moran won the Perrier Award at the tender age of 24. He's now nearing 40 and back out on the road touring an acclaimed stand-up show. This is a compilation of highlights from his back catalogue of live DVDs: three typically hilarious shows in Dublin, Sydney and London spanning 2004 to 2009. It captures Moran's funniest rants about ageing, religion, relationships and the little absurdities of life, all delivered with his unique shambolic charm.

We lost one of our finest comedy writers last month when John Sullivan died aged 64 after a battle with viral pneumonia. He's best known, of course, for Only Fools and Horses: the most-loved sitcom of the Eighties, regularly voted Britain's all-time favourite and which pulled in a record 24 million viewers at its peak. Yet Sullivan was by no means a one-hit wonder. He also created "urban guerrilla" Citizen Smith, the melancholic Dear John and the romcom Just Good Friends - not to mention Only Fools... spin-offs Green Green Grass and Rock & Chips.

The son of a south London plumber and char lady, Sullivan broke into TV by working in the BBC props department, while penning sketches in his spare time. He adhered to the maxim of "write what you know", basing his characters and dialogue on market traders and people he met while working as a second-hand car dealer in the Seventies. His skill was in turning everyday life into laughter and making us care deeply about his creations. His heartfelt, natural writing meant we'd chuckle at Del Boy Trotter's hare-brained schemes or bar pratfall in one scene, then be dabbing away tears the next. This tribute celebrates Sullivan's life and career, featuring timelessly funny clips, plus the fond memories of friends and colleagues. All agree that Sullivan will live on through his work. Lovely, if you will, jubbly.

A terrestrial debut for this promising sitcom, which started out as a pilot in the channel's Comedy Showcase season before earning a full series on E4 last autumn. In the first of six episodes, graduate recruit Christopher (Tom Bennett) starts work in a high-street phone shop. Viewers who have dealt with a sales rep recently will be shuddering with recognition.

The Beeb's drama department has carved out a neat niche with its biopics of beloved British comedy stars: from Kenneth Williams and Tony Hancock to Frankie Howerd and Morecambe and Wise. This latest film, first shown on BBC Four in January, is a worthy addition. Gavin & Stacey's Ruth Jones stars in an acclaimed dramatisation of Carry On star Hattie Jacques's life. Though she played an austere matron on screen, Jacques's private life was actually rather racy. The story focuses on the early 1960s love triangle between Jacques, her chauffeur (Aidan Turner) and her husband, Dad's Army star John Le Mesurier (a heartbreaking turn from Cold Feet's Robert Bathurst) - whom she continued to love, even when she moved her toyboy into their bed. It's a bittersweet story, superbly acted, and followed by a repeat of Jacques's 1963 appearance on This Is Your Life.

The Caroline Quentin comedy vehicle returns for a third run. She stars as a middle-aged, multi-tasking mother struggling to cope with her dysfunctional brood. Her stoical husband is played by Neil Dudgeon - aka the new Inspector Barnaby on Midsomer Murders. Perhaps he can investigate the dying jokes here and how this My Family-style sitcom got recommissioned. Tonight, Maddy (Quentin) meets her mother's new boyfriend. But her attempts to talk her out of the relationship lead to wedding plans and Maddy in a big, pink, puffy dress. My Family, incidentally, will air its final series later this year.

First shown on BBC Four, the second half of Michael Grade's history of the variety era examines what happened to the entertainers once the theatres closed and TV cameras beckoned. He talks to stars who managed to make the transition from stage to screen, among them Bruce Forsyth, Des O'Connor and Ken Dodd. Grade also looks at Sunday Night at the London Palladium, plus the impact of Tommy Cooper and Morecambe & Wise.

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