British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Schedule Sunday 15th March 2009

Radio 4 12pm (repeat)
Just A Minute. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game, with panellists Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock and David Mitchell.

BBC Three 9pm (repeat)
Little Britain. Image shows from L to R: David Walliams, Matt Lucas, The Prime Minister (Anthony Head)

Little Britain

Episode 3.1: New characters include corpulent health-spa guest Desiree and Thai bride Ting Tong. Features guest turns from Rob Brydon and Cat Deeley.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm
Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation

Peter Kay: Raider of The Pop Charts

Channel 4 supports Comic Relief 2009 with this frankly cheap and out-of-date documentary which tells the untold story behind cash-in merchant Peter Kay's star-studded 2005 charity video Is This the Way to Amarillo?. It reveals how a simple sketch for Comic Relief became the biggest selling song of the year and a national obsession during the summer of '05. Featuring Peter Kay, Sir Michael Parkinson, Gary Barlow, Matt Lucas and Richard Curtis.

BBC Three 9:30pm (repeat)
Horne & Corden. Image shows from L to R: Mathew Horne, James Corden. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Horne & Corden

Episode 1

James is overexcited about the fact that he and Mat have their own show, which has disastrous results.

BBC Three 10pm
30 min
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps. Image shows from L to R: Louise (Kathryn Drysdale), Donna Henshaw (Natalie Casey), Janet (Sheridan Smith), Gary 'Gaz' Wilkinson (Will Mellor). Copyright: BBC

Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps

Series 8, Episode 1 - Candle

It's Janet and Gaz's first night as a couple after Donna has moved to London to be with Wesley and start a new career.

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 10pm (repeat)
FM. Image shows from L to R: Dom Cox (Kevin Bishop), Jane Edwards (Nina Sosanya), Lindsay Carol (Chris O'Dowd). Copyright: Granada Productions

FM

Episode 3 - Return To Sender

Jane's criminal past reveals itself when she admits to having had a kleptomanic stage during her youth. Dom dates a girl with impaired hearing which ends in disaster and Lindsay finds himself embroiled in the saga of Ladyhawke's stolen laptop.

Radio 7 10:30pm (repeat)
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 27, Episode 1

University Challenged. Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the rest of The Now Show team are back for a new series and it seems like Barak Obama is yet to save the world. So there's more credit crunch comment and a look at Gordon Brown's trip to the States. Jon Holmes takes a view on awards season and Mitch Benn tries to woo a very special disqualified quiz show contestant. This week there's also a guest spot from BBC Radio 6 Music-presenting stand-up Jon Richardson, who likes to stay home and drink.

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 10:30pm (repeat)
Celebrity Juice. Image shows from L to R: Laura Whitmore, Leigh Francis, Emily Atack. Copyright: Talkback Productions

Celebrity Juice

ITV2 panel show hosted by Leigh Francis as Keith Lemon, focused on the world of celebrity and silly games.

Radio 7 11pm (repeat)
Colin And Fergus' Digi Radio. Image shows from L to R: Fergus Craig, Colin Hoult. Copyright: BBC

Colin And Fergus' Digi Radio

Series 2, Episode 3

Colin and Fergus present more sketches, in an episode which might just spell the end for Rutherford Lodge.

ITV3 logo. Credit: ITV 11:10pm (repeat)
Ladies Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Vera Small (Anne Reid), Irene Spencer (Maureen Lipman). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Ladies Of Letters

Comedy drama about two warring widows. Based on the books and BBC Radio 4 series of the same name.

BBC Three 11:15pm (repeat)
BBC Three

Comic Relief's Naughty Bits

Sarah Millican presents the ritual humiliation of national figures, the nakedness, the bad language and the chaotic moments which have taken place in the name of Britain's funniest charity.

Radio 7 11:30pm (repeat)
The Mitch Benn Music Show. Mitch Benn. Copyright: BBC

The Mitch Benn Music Show

Series 1, Episode 3 - Hils Barker

Star of BBC Radio 4's Radio9 Hils Barker joins Mitch in the studio in the show that plays the funniest songs it can find.

BBC Two 11:30pm (repeat)
The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Credit: So Television, Christopher Baines

The Graham Norton Show

Series 5, Episode 2

Graham's guests in this edition of the show are Greg Kinnear and Ruth Jones.

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