British Comedy Guide

Schedule Friday 24th April 1998

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 39, Episode 10

Panellists Alan Coren, Francis Wheen, Jeremy Hardy and Fred MacAulay join chairman Simon Hoggart in a satirical look at the week's news, with cuttings read by Peter Donaldson.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8pm
30 min
ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV

My Wonderful Life

Series 2, Episode 2

Comedy drama following nurse Donna, finally rid of her useless husband and looking for love whilst raising their two young children.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9:30pm
30 min
Father Ted. Image shows from L to R: Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O'Hanlon), Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan), Mrs Doyle (Pauline McLynn), Father Jack Hackett (Frank Kelly). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Father Ted

Series 3, Episode 7 - Night Of The Nearly Dead

Mrs Doyle wins a competition to meet a singer, the obsession of middle-aged women across Ireland. When she inadvertently reveals the date of his visit, the house is beseiged by dozens upon dozens of menopausal women.

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