British Comedy Guide

Schedule Thursday 9th April 2009

CBeebies logo. Credit: BBC 9am
10 min
Timmy Time. Copyright: Aardman Animations

Timmy Time

Series 1, Episode 4 - Timmy The Artist

Timmy and Mittens get messy when they paint each other's portrait after a dispute about a paintbrush.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
4 Stands Up. Copyright: BBC

4 Stands Up

Series 3, Episode 2

With Sarah Millican, James Sherwood and Jeff Green.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:30pm
30 min
My Family. Image shows from L to R: Michael Harper (Gabriel Thomson), Susan Harper (Zoë Wanamaker), Ben Harper (Robert Lindsay), Janey Harper (Daniela Denby-Ashe). Copyright: DLT Entertainment Ltd. / Rude Boy Productions

My Family

Series 9, Episode 2 - Bringing Up Janey

Janey wants to keep her new man under wraps, while a suspicious Ben tries to expose an affair between Susan and a client.

Fox 10pm
30 min
No Signal. Copyright: You, Me And Him

No Signal

Episode 10

The Chavvy Wavvys weigh out drugs, Dan makes an escape bid from America's Next Serial Killer, and the American copes lose the last remanats of sanity and turn on the camera crew following them around the sleepy Buckinghamshire village of Taplow.

Radio 2 logo 10pm
30 min
ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 10pm
60 min
The Justin Lee Collins Show. Justin Lee Collins. Copyright: Objective Productions

The Justin Lee Collins Show

Episode 4

This week Justin welcomes guests Whoopi Goldberg, Michelle Ryan, Tony Christie and Pat Sharpe.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
30 min
The Inbetweeners. Image shows from L to R: Will Mackenzie (Simon Bird), Charlotte Hinchcliffe (Emily Atack). Copyright: Bwark Productions

The Inbetweeners

Series 2, Episode 2 - Work Experience

It's work experience week at school. Jay and Simon work at a plant hire, but a mix-up leaves Neil at a newspaper and Will at a garage.

BBC Three 10:30pm (repeat)
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 4 - Ello Ello

Janet begins her job as a police community support officer and is keen to earn Gaz's respect by making her first arrest.

Radio 2 logo 10:30pm
30 min
I'm Spartacus. Adam Buxton. Copyright: BBC

I'm Spartacus

Radio 2 panel game pilot in which four funny people tested their film know-how with a variety of silly games and challenges. Hosted by Adam Buxton.

BBC Four 10:30pm
30 min
I've Never Seen Star Wars. Marcus Brigstocke. Copyright: BBC

I've Never Seen Star Wars

Episode 5 - Hugh Dennis

Comedian Hugh Dennis's tasks include eating road kill and visiting a coal mine.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:35pm (repeat)
Star Stories. Copyright: Objective Productions

Star Stories

Series 3, Episode 2 - Heather Mills

Heather Mills offers her side of the story in this look at her life with Paul McCartney.

Radio 7 10:45pm (repeat)
Hamish And Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea. Image shows from L to R: Dougal (Graeme Garden), Hamish (Barry Cryer). Copyright: BBC

Hamish And Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea

Series 2, Episode 1 - The Vampire Of The Glen

There are strange goings-on in the glen when the Laird asks Hamish and Dougal to dig over his underground allotment.

Radio 7 11pm (repeat)
Think The Unthinkable. Image shows from L to R: Owen (David Mitchell), Daisy de Vere (Catherine Shepherd), Ryan Packer (Marcus Brigstocke), Sophie Stott (Emma Kennedy). Copyright: BBC

Think The Unthinkable

Series 1, Episode 5 - London Transport

With London's transport system in a shambles, the consultants ride to the rescue.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
The Personality Test. Copyright: BBC

The Personality Test

Series 3, Episode 4 - Edwina Currie

Edwina Currie takes the chair for the comedy quiz in which all the questions are about the guest host. Panellists are Sue Perkins, Caroline Quinlan, Robin Ince and Will Smith.

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

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe

Series 1, Episode 3

Charlie Brooker looks at news anchors and how their styles have changed over the years, including reflecting on how they do it over in America. Plus, a short film by Power of Nightmares creator Adam Curtis, a look at what's happening with the war against terror, and a poem by Tim Key.

Radio 4 11:30pm (repeat)
What A Carve Up!. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

What A Carve Up!

Episode 4

Michael Pearce is writing the biography of the notorious Winshaw family. He encounters Mortimer Winshaw's son, art guru Roddy.

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