British Comedy Guide

Schedule Friday 1st February 2008

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

Series 3, Episode 6 - Piddler On The Roof

Arthur prepares for his performance of Fiddler on the Roof, but an unfortunate typo on the posters leads to widespread confusion. When Arthur receives a concussion the performance is in doubt, but he soldiers on in his inimitable style.

Radio 4 2:15pm
45 min
Lesley Sharp

Have Your Cake

Episode 2 - Private Parkin

A mysterious man gatecrashes the cake club. Is he the chef he claims to be or something more sinister?

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 3:25pm
15 min
ChuckleVision. Image shows from L to R: Paul Chuckle (Paul Elliott), Barry Chuckle (Barry Elliott)

ChuckleVision

Series 20, Episode 5 - Galloping Granddads

Paul and Barry go undercover is their granddad's care home in order to discover what the matron does when they're not around.

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

The News Quiz

Series 64, Episode 4

Sandi Toksvig is in the chair as panellists Jeremy Hardy, Jeff Green, Francis Wheen and Fred MacAulay examine the funnier aspects of the week's news. Harriet Cass reads out cuttings sent in by listeners.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:30pm
30 min
Jam & Jerusalem. Image shows from L to R: Susie (Suzy Aitchison), Eileen Pike (Maggie Steed), Tip Haddam (Pauline McLynn), Rosie Bales (Dawn French), Sal Vine (Sue Johnston). Copyright: BBC

Jam & Jerusalem

Series 2, Episode 6

Tash accepts Spike's proposal of marriage and they decide to organise their own unique wedding ceremony. When it all gets a bit too much, a distraught Tash throws herself at Sal's mercy. Secretly delighted to be able to organise her daughter's big day, Sal enlists the help of the Guild to create a magical Faerie Wedding by a babbling brook, with bewinged flower fairies, and a final magical send-off party for the happy couple.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 9pm
30 min
Moving Wallpaper. Image shows from L to R: Jonathan Pope (Ben Miller), Nancy Weeks (Raquel Cassidy), Sam Phillips (Lucy Liemann), Mel Debrou (Elizabeth Berrington). Copyright: Kudos Productions / Red Planet Pictures

Moving Wallpaper

Series 1 - Echo Beach, Episode 5

Jonathan creates a false crisis to give the team a push and tells them that Hugo Speer has quit the show. But his plan backfires when he learns that his leading actor really does want out.

Radio 2 logo 9:15pm
15 min
Radio 2 logo

Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall

Episode 2

Spike is surviving on food probably prepared by the Ministry of Bacteriological Warfare. Plus, his jazz combo becomes a sensation in the Bexhill area.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 10pm
60 min
Al Murray's Happy Hour. Al Murray. Copyright: Avalon Television

Al Murray's Happy Hour

Series 2, Episode 4

Comedy chat show hosted by the Guv'nor.

Radio 7 11:30pm
30 min
The Penny Dreadfuls Present.... Image shows from L to R: Humphrey Ker, Thom Tuck, David Reed

The Penny Dreadfuls Present...

The Brothers Faversham, Episode 4 - Augustus

The Penny Dreadfuls present the story of Augustus, the greatest illusionist in the history of Victorian Britain and the fourth born of the Faversham Brothers.

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