Schedule Friday 2nd March 2007

Serious About Comedy

Robin Ince and a range of guests examine and review the week's comedy output.

Inspector Steine

It's the five-year anniversary of the Middle Street Massacre. While Steine ponders on how to celebrate Mrs Groyne's deranged nephew, Brian the Brain breaks out of Broadmoor with revenge on his lips.

The Now Show

With Rory Bremner.

The Grumpy Guide To...

A grumpy guide to art. Telling you everything you need to know to look and sound profoundly clever and well informed in an art gallery.

Best Of Chewin' The Fat

Sink your teeth into more of the very best sketches compiled from the original Chewin' The Fat series and Hogmanay specials.

Comedy Connections

Series charting the history of the best of British comedy looks at Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones's comedy sketch show that dominated ratings throughout the 1980s.

It reveals how Smith and Jones were then thrown together as part of the Not The Nine O'Clock News team, and that they two had very different working styles, with Mel being relaxed and avuncular while Griff was the worrier who slaved over tweaking and memorising his lines.