British Comedy Guide

Schedule Tuesday 24th February 2009

Radio 4 11:30am
Radio 4

There Was a Young Man from Limerick

John Hegley celebrates the limerick and delves into the history of this versatile form of comic verse, encountering nursery rhymes, Shakespearian songs, nonsense poems and some smut along the way.

Radio 4 2:15pm
45 min
Mole

Mole

Comic Afternoon Play about a gardener who becomes obsessed with hunting down a mole.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 4:05pm
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 13 - Dribble Versus Trubble

The evil staff of Hotel Dribble run a campaign to put Hotel Trubble out of business.

ITV3 logo. Credit: ITV 10pm
30 min
Ladies Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Vera Small (Anne Reid), Irene Spencer (Maureen Lipman). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Ladies Of Letters

Series 1, Episode 4

Vera discovers her unmarried daughter Karen is pregnant.

BBC Three 10:30pm
30 min
Grownups. Image shows from L to R: Chris (Richard Mylan), Michelle (Sheridan Smith). Copyright: BBC

Grownups

Series 3, Episode 7 - Me, Me, Me

Michelle and Jenny's girlie night out ends in disaster. Grant maims pensioners in his bid to drum up business for his law firm. Alex comes face to face with his fear of little people and runs through a sheet glass window, yet again. Chris discovers he's a daddy and has been for the past sixteen years.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Mastering The Universe. Image shows from L to R: Sally Grace, Dan Tetsell, Professor Joy Klamp (Dawn French), Lucy Montgomery, Christopher Douglas. Copyright: BBC

Mastering The Universe

Series 2, Episode 1 - DIY

Investigating the fun that can be had, at other people's expense, through DIY.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 11pm
60 min
Shameless. Frank Gallagher (David Threlfall). Copyright: Company Pictures

Shameless

Series 6, Episode 6

Paddy wakes up disorientated, chained to a bed in a strange room, unable to remember where he is or how he got there. When Maureen comes in things seem a little clearer.

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