Michael Hogan

The way Harry Hill has journeyed from cult stand-up surrealist to primetime fixture has been one of television's most merited and heart-warming rises. Tonight he's back for a 10th run of his four-time Bafta-winning, waspishly witty TV round-ups. With shows such as Strictly Come Dancing, The X Factor and The Apprentice in full swing, as well as the usual soaps, dramas and documentaries to skewer, pickings should prove rich.

The besuited funnyman's stand-up showcase returns. McIntyre himself divides opinion - he seems to be almost as unpopular with critics as he is beloved by audiences - but there's no doubting his infectious energy as he hauls his sparkly set around six large theatre venues. The tour begins at Glasgow Theatre Royal, where our host is joined by teen prodigy Daniel Sloss, hairy Canadian Craig Campbell, punning surrealist Milton Jones and headline act Kevin Bridges, a fast-rising raconteur who'll be cheered in his home town.

A long overdue solo vehicle for the likeable Rob Brydon - one of our finest comedy actors (see his scene-stealing turns in Gavin & Stacey and supporting roles for the likes of Steve Coogan and Julia Davis), and also a gifted stand-up and impressionist (the latter of which he demonstrated hilariously in the 2005 film A Cock and Bull Story). The format is knowingly cheesy, with Brydon chatting in matey style to his main guest, before breaking off for a short set by a comedian and interlude from a musician - with whom the host is invariably tempted to join in.

Chat shows stand or fall by the quality of their guests and tonight's are top-drawer. Main conversationalist is "Dame" David Walliams, who discusses his marriage to model Lara Stone and obsession with James Bond, then reads from his recent children's book. Walliams also answer questions from Twitter users (token nod to being modern, there) and the studio audience - which sweetly includes his mother. The musical guest is Sir Tom Jones, who performs a song from his acclaimed gospel album Praise & Blame. The only weak link is the set by young stand-up Tom Deacon, but it would be churlish to complain about Brydon championing a rising comedian each week. At times this opening show has the slight awkwardness of a first date, but all in all, it's a comfortingly cosy and entertaining half-hour.

This new format attempts to combine the uncomplicated watchability of clip shows with stand-up, a genre that's currently enjoying something of a small-screen revival with the likes of Live at the Apollo and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow. The idea here is that a comedian tells the story of a past year - nothing too far back, mind, this is still aimed at a "yoof" audience - to a live crowd at London's Hackney Empire theatre, recounting news stories, playing archive footage and chatting to studio guests along the way. First up is moustachioed Let's Dance for Sport Relief champion Rufus Hound, rewinding to the year when Big Brother began and George W Bush was in the White House.

The second slice of this jaunty comedy drama about a flirtatious detective duo. While Jack (Toby Stephens) and Kate (Lucy Punch) investigate the attempted murder of a big-money banker by car bomb, he's distracted by nosiness about her love-life and she tries to keep her marriage counselling sessions secret. It's an attempt at a modern-day Moonlighting and for that to work, the leads need to have genuine chemistry. Sadly, these two don't, meaning their banter grates rather than fizzes.

The likeable Liverpudlian comedian continues to explore themes by mixing stand-up with sketches and vox pops. This week's subject is family, with ex-EastEnder Natalie Cassidy joining Bishop to discuss parenthood. This show's slipped under the radar somewhat, being buried in the quiet summer schedules, but has proved watchable enough and Bishop probably deserves another shot in an improved format.

The climactic final episode of the excellent, edgy, Bafta-winning drama that has rightly been recommissioned for both a Christmas special and second series. While last week's dead body is stored in the freezer, the Asbo gang realise that local teenagers have suddenly stopped drinking, taking drugs, having sex and even swearing. They discover that this unlikely scenario is the work of a strait-laced cult called Virtue, who may not be as pure as they make out. Inevitably the two groups face off in an action-packed final showdown. It's left to motormouth trouble-maker Nathan (the show's standout star, Irish talent Robert Sheehan) to save the day - despite the fact that he's the only one without a superpower. Or so he thinks.

The likeable Liverpudlian comic combines stand-up, sketches and vox pops to explore the theme of work, with the ubiquitous James Corden as studio guest. It's a hotch-potch that sometimes feels like a funny man in search of a format. However, Match of the Day returns tonight, which feels like its natural bedfellow in the schedules, and Bishop is engaging enough company to keep things entertaining.

The streetwise superhero drama settles into its stride, as it focuses on one character per week. Tonight it's disgraced sprinter Curtis (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett), who rewinds time to the night he was arrested for drug possession but finds that altering history is complicated. Cleverly, this device also gives us a glimpse of the gang's lives before they met up on community service or gained their special abilities.

So an era comes to an end, with the start of the final series of the world's longest-running sitcom. Its stars are disgruntled there will be no farewell finale. Instead, the Beeb is marking the event with a Countryfile special filmed in Holmfirth (the sitcom's setting) at 8.00pm. In the meantime, there's six episodes left, starting tonight with Toby (Trevor Bannister) and Morton's (Christopher Beeny) woman trouble.