British Comedy Guide

Schedule Wednesday 18th March 2009

Radio 7 6am (repeat)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile. Image shows from L to R: Frank Pike (Ian Lavender), Arthur Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Miss Perkins (Vivienne Martin), Bert Hodges (Bill Pertwee). Copyright: BBC

It Sticks Out Half A Mile

Episode 7 - The First Meeting

Pike and Hodges continue their campaign to save the pier, while Uncle Arthur upsets Mavis Pike.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC

Clare In The Community

Series 5, Episode 5 - Garden Party

Clare organises a petition to keep the Sparrowhawk Family Centre open and hosts a garden party to get to know her new neighbours.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 1:20pm (repeat)
Kind Hearts And Coronets. The General D'Ascoyne (Alec Guinness). Copyright: STUDIOCANAL / Ealing Studios

Kind Hearts And Coronets

Black Ealing comedy with eight classic characterisations by Alec Guinness as the noble victims of vengeance-seeking relative Dennis Price.

Radio 7 6:30pm (repeat)
The Brightonomicon. Copyright: Ladbroke Productions / Hocus Bloke Productions

The Brightonomicon

Episode 8 - The Fantastic Adventure Of The Foredown Man

Is Rizla only two minutes away from death? The monk in his dreams thinks so.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 1, Episode 1 - Skipton

Mark records a show in the Mart Theatre, a livestock auction hall in Skipton, North Yorkshire, celebrating canals, castles, cows and what makes the town and its people distinctive.

ITV3 logo. Credit: ITV 9pm (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

Series 1, Episode 7

Vera and Irene are making a big impact on board the prison ship.

ITV3 logo. Credit: ITV 9:30pm (repeat)
Rising Damp. Rupert Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter). Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Rising Damp

Series 1, Episode 6 - Stand Up And Be Counted

It's election time and the house is out in force: Alan and Philip are making Labour posters in the attic whilst Rigsby is canvassing for the Conservatives. Ruth, meanwhile, is being wooed by all sides.

BBC Two 10pm (repeat)
Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Image shows from L to R: Noel Fielding, Greg Davies, Daisy May Cooper, Jamali Maddix

Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Comedy pop quiz hosted by Simon Amstell with team captains Bill Bailey and Phill Jupitus. Guests include comedian Tim Minchin, Foals singer Yannis and Sophie Ellis Bextor.

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 10pm
30 min
Celebrity Juice. Image shows from L to R: Holly Willoughby, Rufus Hound, Leigh Francis, Fearne Cotton

Celebrity Juice

Series 2, Episode 4

I'm A Celebrity badboy David Van Day, DJ Dave Berry and Denise Van Outen join Keith, Holly, Fearne and Rufus for another round of the celebrity-based quiz.

Radio 7 10:30pm (repeat)
Old Harry's Game. Image shows from L to R: Satan (Andy Hamilton), Gary (Steven O'Donnell). Copyright: BBC

Old Harry's Game

Series 2, Episode 5 - G.U.T.

The Professor tells Satan that humans have failed for years in trying to come up with a grand unifying theory behind the universe. Satan, however, knows the answer.

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 10:30pm
30 min
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 4 - Golden Lady

Lindsay is nominated for a radio award alongside his arch nemisis Topher Kiefer. Cameos include The Subways.

BBC Three 11pm (repeat)
Horne & Corden. Image shows from L to R: Mathew Horne, James Corden. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Horne & Corden

Episode 2

James struggles to hold the show together when Mathew Horne is late. Meanwhile, Shovey Mate surprises his friend, mid-urination.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 11:05pm (repeat)
Shameless. Frank Gallagher (David Threlfall). Copyright: Company Pictures

Shameless

Series 6, Episode 8

Paddy is back and harbouring a dark secret. Desperate to conceal the truth of his whereabouts, Paddy spins Mimi a lie, but he has vengeance on his mind.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
One. David Quantick. Copyright: Random Entertainment

One

The sketch show where no sketch features more than one voice. Written by David Quantick and starring Dan Maier, Lizzie Roper, Graeme Garden, Deborah Norton, Andrew Crawford, Dan Antopolski, Simon Greenall and Kate Gielgud, with Bill Oddie and Jeremy Clarkson as themselves.

Share this page