British Comedy Guide

Schedule Thursday 21st November 1996

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Rebecca Front

Hair In The Gate

Series 3, Episode 2

Comedy series set in the world of arts broadcasting.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:30pm
30 min
2point4 Children. Image shows from L to R: Bill (Belinda Lang), David (John Pickard), Ben (Gary Olsen), Jenny (Clare Buckfield). Copyright: BBC

2point4 Children

Series 6, Episode 2 - The Lady Vanishes

It's Halloween, and Ben's excited to say the least; Jenny's got a party to go to; David has a new pizza delivery job; and Bill ... well, she's got reclusive next-door neighbour Mrs Crudaal on her mind.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8:30pm
30 min
Is It Legal?. Image shows from L to R: Alison (Kate Isitt), Bob Birch (Patrick Barlow), Stella Phelps (Imelda Staunton), Darren (Matthew Ashforde), Colin Lotus (Richard Lumsden). Copyright: Hartswood Films Ltd

Is It Legal?

Series 2, Episode 5 - Dick In Court

Stella has to play Miss Whiplash again by forcing lazy senior partner Dick to handle one of her court cases and by confiscating Colin's pet dog Tucker.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:30pm
36 min
The Thin Blue Line. Image shows from L to R: D.I. Grim (David Haig), P.C. Habib (Mina Anwar), Inspector Fowler (Rowan Atkinson), P.C. Goody (James Dreyfus), D.C. Boyle (Mark Addy), Sergeant Dawkins (Serena Evans), P.C. Gladstone (Rudolph Walker). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

The Thin Blue Line

Series 2, Episode 2 - Ism Ism Ism

Faced with arresting a failed asylum seeker ready for deportation, Fowler trains his staff in equality by pretending to be a Martian dissident. Meanwhile, Grim has been turned down by the Freemasons and is now trying to become a member of the Order of Todgers.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Henry Goodman

Beaumarchais

Episode 3 - Femme Fatale

To help offset his enormous debts, Beaumarchais is set a task by Louis XV, but it involves a very unusual woman.

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