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Schedule Friday 23rd January 1976

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8pm
30 min
It Ain't Half Hot Mum. Image shows from L to R: Gunner 'Atlas' MacKintosh (Stuart McGugan), Gunner 'Nobby' Clark (Kenneth MacDonald), Char Wallah Muhammed (Dino Shafeek), Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden (Don Estelle), Gunner 'Nosher' Evans (Mike Kinsey), Colonel Charles Reynolds (Donald Hewlett), Rangi Ram (Michael Bates), Gunner 'Paderewski' Graham (John Clegg), Captain Jonathan Ashwood (Michael Knowles), BSM Geoffrey 'Shut Up' Williams (Windsor Davies), Punka Wallah Rumzan (Babar Bhatti), Gunner 'Parky' Parkin (Christopher Mitchell), Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont (Melvyn Hayes). Copyright: BBC

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

Series 3, Episode 4 - The Grand Illusion

Williams is apoplectic when Beaumont is promoted to Bombardier behind his back. A chance encounter with an old acquaintance on a train, CSM Sharp, leads to a surprise inspection of his strapping, 6ft company!

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:30pm
30 min
The Good Life. Image shows from L to R: Margo Leadbetter (Penelope Keith), Tom Good (Richard Briers), Jerry Leadbetter (Paul Eddington), Barbara Good (Felicity Kendal). Copyright: BBC

The Good Life

Series 2, Episode 7 - Going To Pot?

Some botched household maintenance causes the Goods to enrol at a local council-run evening school. Margo soon joins Barbara in a pottery class, but her skills are somewhat lacking. For a brief moment, however, the Goods are quids-in after discovering one of Tom's hidden talents!

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8:30pm
30 min
Yes - Honestly. Image shows from L to R: Matt (Donal Donnelly), Lily Pond (Liza Goddard). Copyright: London Weekend Television

Yes - Honestly

Series 1, Episode 3 - I've Grown Accustomed To Your Salad-Cream Sandwiches

There doesn't seem to be any way that Matt and Lily are going to be able to work together ... and certainly not until they can see eye-to-eye on the subject matter of their musical, Love.

Radio 4 11:25pm
15 min
Radio 4

Week Ending

Series 16, Episode 3

A satirical sketch show that started many comedy careers and ran for more than 1,100 episodes, for nearly 30 years.

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