British Comedy Guide

Schedule Tuesday 2nd December 2008

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 5:45pm
25 min
Bear Behaving Badly. Barney (Barney Harwood)

Bear Behaving Badly

Series 2, Episode 2 - Day of the Terrific

Barney buys Nev a plant, which Nev feeds excessively, with disastrous consequences.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Listen Against. Image shows from L to R: Alice Arnold, Jon Holmes. Copyright: BBC

Listen Against

Series 2, Episode 3

Jon Holmes is at the Commercial Radio Weapons Fair in Blackpool, whilst Alice Arnold is in London reporting on killer digital TV robots and the recent spate of radio presenters that have been kidnapped and trafficked to other stations.

BBC Four 10:30pm
50 min
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe. Charlie Brooker. Copyright: Zeppotron

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

Series 5, Special - Writing Special

In a writers' special, Brooker is joined by some of the best in the business to talk about how you make a TV programme actually happen. The people and pens behind Doctor Who, Father Ted, Peep Show, Life on Mars, Shameless and many more lead us through the joys and pitfalls of writing, with the added benefit of some of the best bits from the programmes.

BBC One Wales. Copyright: BBC 10:35pm
30 min
High Hopes. Image shows from L to R: Mam (Margaret John), Fagin (Robert Blythe). Copyright: BBC

High Hopes

Series 6, Episode 4 - A Passage To India

The Immigration Department, in the guise of Adam Mosley, plan to deport Muktar Rahman, the elderly patriarch of the local Indian restaurant, back to the Punjab. The community rallies around to save him, led by Mam.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 10:40pm
30 min
Comedy Classics. Copyright: ITV Studios

Comedy Classics

Episode 6 - The New Statesman

Rik Mayall plays The Right Honourable Alan Beresford B'Stard - the most right wing MP in the House of Commons, and the personification of Tory sleaze and corruption. Contributors include Marsha Fitzalan who played B'stard's wife Sarah, Edwina Currie, Helen Lederer and writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Danny Robins Music Therapy. Danny Robins. Copyright: BBC

Danny Robins Music Therapy

Episode 3

Danny helps the worst five-a-side football team in the country and boosts the confidence of a listener who, at under five feet tall, feels that the world is heightist. Also, Danny tries to use music to cure obesity and Isy attempts to help people with phobias. With guest saxophonist Scott Garland and How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? star Connie Fisher.

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