Pete Naughton

The final episode of this so-so sitcom features its main characters, two single elderly men, competing for the affections of a Belarusian prostitute in Soho - a plotline that's a long way from Galton and Simpson, to say the least. But then, this is the Noughties, and writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong were also behind the enjoyably risqué Peep Show.

A new family drama for BBC1, created by Jimmy Nail and Tarquin Gotch, in which a trio of teenagers form a rock band in order to lark around and attract some girls. So far, so CBBC; the primetime addition comes from the parents, an ambitious bunch who are keen to turn their boys into money-spinning starlets. They include a pop star turned cabinet maker played by Nail; an entrepreneurial single mother played by Niky Wardley, and - by far the best turn in the show - a lawyer with haute couture pretensions played by Colin McFarlane. Judging by this first episode, the series is more a situation in search of a comedy than anything else, aiming simultaneously for Skins and Desperate Housewives viewers, and falling a little short of both.

Lee Mack, who plays the lead in the BBC sitcom Not Going Out, takes to the stage in London for an hour of stand-up. He's a polished, exuberantly confident performer with a gift for physical comedy reminiscent of Lee Evans.

Pitched somewhere between E4's Skins and the Beeb's Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, this sitcom, written by teenager Tim Dawson, clearly has the youth demographic in mind.

It's set in and around a sixth-form college in Oxfordshire, with an exclusively youthful cast (even the teacher, played by Ed Coleman, can be hardly out of his twenties) and plotlines involving stolen coursework, romantic mishaps and sex.

Crudeness abounds - She's big, she's fat and she's minging: she'd obviously be well up for it! is a representative sample - but neither wit nor charm has tagged along for the ride.