Sharon Lougher

Series two of Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's comedy horror begins in typically dark fashion. The survivors of the explosion at Ravenhill Psychiatric Hospital reunite at the burial of one of their number, which ends up kicking off a cavalcade of new mysteries. Even better news is that, after appearing in the Halloween special, Imelda Staunton returns as shadowy investigator Grace Andrews - as Staunton proved as vindictive teacher Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter, there are few who do terrifying quite so splendidly.

We thought the joke of this animated podcast series would eventually wear thin but not so: there's no end to the bizarre logic and mutterings of whipping boy Karl Pilkington when prodded by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. This time, Ricky reads out some predictions for the future, prompting Pilkington to share his theories.

Another one-off special for the Only Fools And Horses prequel, centring on the lives of the Trotter parents. Light-fingered Freddie Robdal (Nicholas Lyndhurst) is being investigated for the jewellery heist in Margate that ended the last Rock & Chips outing but, for all his wits, it looks like his affair with Del Boy's sweet mum Joan (Kellie Bright) might be his undoing. In the meantime, the teenage Del (The Inbetweeners' James Buckley) is hanging out with his pals, chasing girls and coming up with more hair-brained money-making schemes. Amusing enough, but it's actually the more charismatic and colourful grown-ups - Lyndhurst, Bright and copper Mel Smith - who keep this pukka.

We've always like Dave's idea of having comedians perform in their home towns - it means the series produces an amusingly skewed travel guide to Britain. To kick off season two, Chris Addison (of The Thick Of It and the Direct Line ads fame) performs at the Palace Theatre in Manchester with a set that references the city's attacks by the IRA, its crappy weather and its status as the home of Britain's tallest skyscraper outside London ('on a clear day it can be seen by ten counties. And when we get a clear day, we might be able to prove that'). Canadian Craig Campbell and the titchy Jo Enright support.

The pilot for this surreal sitcom, from the makers of Green Wing and Smack The Pony, was one of our favourites to be road-tested in C4's Comedy Showcase season back in 2009. So here it is at last, with its David Brent-alike university vice-chancellor, Jonty de Wolfe (Andy Nyman), once again in staggeringly un-PC form as he takes potshots at 'foreigns and disabled'. It should bounce along nicely with its good cast and snappy script.

The glorious Frances Barber guest stars in this episode: she's an old flame of dad Martin (so bumping into her again seriously ruffles Jackie's feathers) and has such an obsession with her Mercedes that it routinely sends Adam and Jonny into fits of giggles. It's also Adam's birthday, which Martin ruins by cooking an hilariously awful dinner and giving his son the worst present you could possibly give a young Jewish boy.

The wonderful thing about Karl Pilkington's idiotic philosophy is that, occasionally, there's a glimmer of logic to it all. For instance, what's the point in going to Covent Garden and taking a picture of all the mime artists, when the static medium of a photograph technically renders them no different to everyone else? He also delves into the realm of psychology of self, as he ponders who he'd actually be if he had his head transplanted on to someone else's body. Something to think about. Sort of.

Yet another challenge for the Olympics 'deliverance team' in this docu-spoof: Roman remains have been found on the site of the aquatics centre, meaning a design rethink - would swimmers mind if they had to go through the cafeteria to get from changing rooms to pool? Here's hoping that life doesn't imitate art, given that last week the real-life Olympic countdown clock broke down not long after a Twenty Twelve episode about exactly that.

This E4 sketch show by youthful comic actors had its flaws but was undeniably endearing. Now C4 viewers can get in on the silliness of series two. It's mainly worth catching for a dose of standout star Will Poulter, who, with films such as Son Of Rambow and, most recently, The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader to his credit, looks to be a young lad who is going places.

Dinner at the Goodmans always results in a neatly played farce. Tonight, things kick off with grandma's hair stuck in the car door (how?) before moving on to an argument about curtains. Can Adam smooth things over?