British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Schedule Friday 2nd January 2009

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9am
30 min
Hotel Trubble. Image shows from L to R: Jamie (Sam Phillips), Sally (Dominique Moore), Lenny (Gary Damer). Copyright: BBC

Hotel Trubble

Series 1, Episode 8 - High Trubble Musical

The staff must put on a fabulous performance for Mr Trubble's birthday.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
The Castle. Image shows from L to R: Sir William De Warenne (Neil Dudgeon), Lady Anne Woodstock (Martha Howe-Douglas), Lady Charlotte (Ingrid Oliver), Sir John Woodstock (James Fleet). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

The Castle

Series 2, Episode 1 - Houston We Have An Problemme

Brave knight Sir William De Warenne's dungeon renovation falls foul of the Health and Safety inspectors. Meanwhile Thomas has invented a new rocket.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 12:55pm (repeat)
Carry On Screaming!. Image shows from L to R: Oddbod (Tom Clegg), Valeria Watt (Fenella Fielding), Dr Orlando Watt (Kenneth Williams). Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions

Carry On Screaming!

Tongue-in-cheek horror spoof. An investigation into the disappearance of several young women leads two bumbling Victorian detectives to the eerie home of Dr Watt.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 5:05pm
30 min
The Legend Of Dick And Dom. Copyright: BBC

The Legend Of Dick And Dom

Series 1, Episode 1 - Tickle Tournament

Dick and Dom enter a tickling tournament to win a Magnofish for the potion, and face the current world champions, the Two Shadows.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 5:35pm (repeat)
A Grand Day Out With Wallace And Gromit. Credit: BBC, Channel 4 Television Corporation, Aardman Animations

A Grand Day Out With Wallace And Gromit

The pair blast off in a home-made rocket to test the theory that the moon is made of cheese, and what they find surprises them.

BBC Radio Scotland 6:10pm
30 min
No Hard Feelings

No Hard Feelings

Series 1, Episode 4

Comedy drama about a nuclear family, who are just a button push away from mutually assured destruction!

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 26, Episode 6

As we head into 2009, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis ask what lessons can be learned from 2008. This episode provides another chance to hear the best material from this year's Now Show. With help from Marcus Brigstocke, Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin and Mitch Benn.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:30pm
30 min
Parents Of The Band. Image shows from L to R: Eddie Soutakis (David Barseghian), Granville Cunningham (Franz Drameh), Phil Parker (Jimmy Nail), Jack Parker (Peter Losasso). Copyright: BBC / Serious Comedy

Parents Of The Band

Episode 5

Phil ropes the band into playing at his parents' fiftieth wedding anniversary party.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9pm
60 min
Morecambe And Wise - The Show What Paul Merton Did. Paul Merton. Copyright: Hot Sauce

Morecambe And Wise - The Show What Paul Merton Did

Paul Merton looks back and Morecambe and Wise's contribution to comedy. Features archive footage and interviews with A-list fans.

U&Dave channel logo 9:40pm (repeat)
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island. Image shows from L to R: Richie (Rik Mayall), Eddie (Adrian Edmondson)

Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island

Richie and Eddie find themselves marooned on a desert island in the third live stage show based on the popular sitcom.

BBC Two 10pm (repeat)
QI. Stephen Fry. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series F, Christmas Special - Fire And Freezing

Special Christmas episode, with Dom Joly, Rob Brydon and Clive Anderson.

BBC Two 10:30pm (repeat)
Rab C. Nesbitt. Rab C. Nesbitt (Gregor Fisher). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Rab C. Nesbitt

2008 Special - Clean

A Christmas special featuring the string-vested sage of Govan. It is 2008 and Rab is a changed man. He has ditched alcohol, found religion and even discovered the cooker.

BBC Two 11:15pm (repeat)
Mock The Week. Image shows from L to R: Andy Parsons, Hugh Dennis, Dara O Briain, Russell Howard, Frankie Boyle. Copyright: Angst Productions

Mock The Week

Series 6, Christmas Special

Dara O Briain and his little helpers, Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard and Andy Parsons, present a festive cracker of a show comprising unseen festive material and out-takes.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 11:20pm (repeat)
The Sunday Night Project. Image shows from L to R: Alan Carr, Justin Lee Collins. Copyright: Princess Productions

The Sunday Night Project

Another chance to see guest host Simon Pegg present the show with JLC and Alan.

BBC Two 11:45pm (repeat)
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe. Charlie Brooker. Copyright: Zeppotron

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

Series 5, Special - Review Of The Year 2008

Charlie Brooker celebrates Christmas by taking a look back at all that's happened in TV land over the past year, including reviews of the very best and worst shows to grace our screens in 2008 and reflections on all the big issues.

U&Dave channel logo 11:50pm (repeat)
Bottom Live

Bottom Live

Eddie and Richie get up to more insane antics in the 1993 live stage version of the popular sitcom.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 12:10am (repeat)
Carry On Girls. Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions / ITV Studios

Carry On Girls

In one of the later Carry On comedies, a local businessman convinces the town council of a seaside resort to stage a beauty contest.

BBC Two 12:15am (repeat)
The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Credit: So Television, Christopher Baines

The Graham Norton Show

Series 4, Episode 14 - The Graham Norton Holiday Show

Festive fun and frolics as Graham unwraps some seasonal suprises and a lively mix of comedy, chat and music, with guests King of the Jungle Joe Swash, comedians Michael McIntyre and Tim Minchin, and boyband favourites Boyzone perform their new single Better.

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