British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Schedule Sunday 12th July 2009

Radio 7 12pm (repeat)
It's That Man Again. Image shows from L to R: Jack Train, Tommy (Tommy Handley). Copyright: BBC

It's That Man Again

Tommy Handley tries to set up a newspaper. Marking 70 years since the wartime comedy was first broadcast. From March 1945. Repeated at 19.00.

Radio 4 12pm (repeat)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Image shows from L to R: Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer. Copyright: BBC

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 51, Episode 4

Another edition of the antidote to panel games from the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, with Jack Dee at chairman. Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are once again joined by Jeremy Hardy. With Colin Sell at the piano.

Radio 7 12:30pm (repeat)
It's That Man Again. Image shows from L to R: Jack Train, Tommy (Tommy Handley). Copyright: BBC

It's That Man Again

Victory Edition: Tommy Handley celebrates triumph in Europe. Marking 70 years since the wartime comedy started. This episode was first broadcast in May 1945. Repeated at 19.30.

Radio 7 6pm (repeat)
Space Hacks. Copyright: BBC

Space Hacks

Series 2, Episode 3 - Empire In The Sun

Charlie and Moog discover a lost race living inside the sun.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8pm
60 min
Hope Springs. Image shows from L to R: Hannah Temple (Sian Reeves), Ellie Lagden (Alex Kingston), Shoo Coggan (Christine Bottomley), Josie Porritt (Vinette Robinson). Copyright: Shed Productions

Hope Springs

Episode 6

With bits of Marius's car washing up at the loch side, the women are under pressure to get out of Hope Springs - fast.

BBC Two 8pm
BBC Two

Top Gear

Jeremy Clarkson gets chased by the British Army in some of their latest and most deadly toys. Meanwhile, Richard Hammond and James May compare the new Porsche Panamera against a small envelope, a 39p stamp and the logistical might of the Royal Mail in a race from one end of the British Isles to the other. Plus, Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter Usain Bolt is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 9pm
60 min
Kingdom. Peter Kingdom (Stephen Fry). Copyright: Sprout Pictures / Parallel Film & Television Productions

Kingdom

Series 3, Episode 6

Lyle helps a smallholder take on a pharmaceutical giant, and Peter helps an aristocrat to keep things in the family when his brother starts selling off titles. Beatrice learns to fish, and Peter receives some rather shocking news.

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

The Now Show

Series 28, Episode 2

Summertime: What are we missing while the sun is shining? Punt & Dennis investigate, while Marcus Brigstocke looks at the coverage of Michael Jackson's untimely death, Mitch Benn celebrates the repealing of an EU Law, Jon Holmes makes jokes about his bosses, and Laura Shavin reprises one of her most popular impersonations.

BBC Two 10pm (repeat)
Confetti. Image shows from L to R: Josef (Stephen Mangan), Isabelle (Meredith MacNeill), Sam (Jessica Hynes), Matt (Martin Freeman), Michael (Robert Webb), Joanna (Olivia Colman). Copyright: BBC

Confetti

Mockumentary following three couples competing to win a 'most original wedding' competition.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 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

Series 1, Episode 6

Irene is in prison. When the police raid Irene's house, she too ends up heading for the nick. The ladies end up on the same prison ship and are soon the life and soul of the community.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
50 min
Alan Carr: Chatty Man. Alan Carr. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

Alan Carr: Chatty Man

Series 1, Episode 5 - Kanye West, Mr Hudson, Fern Britton, Sarah Harding

This week Alan is joined by global music star and fashion icon Kanye West. Kanye is joined on the sofa by his new UK protege Mr Hudson. Together they perform the new single Supernova. The other guests are Fern Britton, and Sarah Harding (from Girls Aloud).

U&Dave channel logo 10:20pm (repeat)
Live At The Apollo. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

Live At The Apollo

Series 3, Episode 6 - Dara O'Briain, Stephen K. Amos and Frankie Boyle

Dara O'Briain is joined by special guests Stephen K Amos and Frankie Boyle. Recorded live at the world famous Hammersmith Apollo, this last show of the series hammers computer geeks, Australians, the seventies and present buying.

Radio 7 10:30pm (repeat)
Hut 33. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Robert Bathurst), Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall (Alex Macqueen), Archie (Tom Goodman-Hill). Copyright: BBC

Hut 33

Series 1, Episode 2 - Baghdad

An opportunity to go to Iraq comes up and both Charles and Archie want to go.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 10:45pm (repeat)
Comedy Classics. Copyright: ITV Studios

Comedy Classics

Episode 3 - Doctor In The House

The series about classic sitcoms looks at Doctor In The House, the comedy based on Richard Gordon's series of novels about the antics of a bunch of medical students. It starred Barry Evans, Robin Nedwell, George Layton and Geoffrey Davies, and its writers included Goodies Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. The series began in 1969, and numerous equally popular sequels followed.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:50pm (repeat)
8 Out Of 10 Cats. Image shows from L to R: Sean Lock, Jimmy Carr, Jason Manford. Copyright: Zeppotron

8 Out Of 10 Cats

Series 8, Episode 6

Kelly Osborne, Terry Christian, Reginald D. Hunter and Isy Suttie take part in the topical comedy show.

Radio 7 11pm (repeat)
Miles Jupp

Newsjack

Series 1, Episode 4

James Bond gets in trouble for his Facebook updates; Gordon Brown gets naked on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square; a look at Slash Fiction; Michael McIntyre investigates the war in Iraq; and it turns out no one is paying attention to Big Brother 10 - not even the housemates themselves.

More4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 11:10pm (repeat)
Father Ted. Image shows from L to R: Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O'Hanlon), Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan), Mrs Doyle (Pauline McLynn), Father Jack Hackett (Frank Kelly). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Father Ted

Episode 1.6, Grant unto Him Eternal Rest: Father Jack's fondness for floor polish results in his tragic death and an inheritance for Ted and Dougal. But they have to satisfy one chilling proviso before they can get their hands on the cash.

U&Dave channel logo 11:20pm (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 Mark Lamarr, with team captains Phill Jupitus and Bill Bailey. Guests are drum 'n' bass wizard Roni Size, Ollie from Freefaller, chart-topping singer Keedie and actor Ewen McIntosh, best known as Keith from The Office.

BBC Two 11:35pm (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 7, Episode 1

Host Dara O'Briain is joined by regulars Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard and Andy Parsons and special guests Frank Skinner and Gina Yashere.

More4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 11:45pm (repeat)
The IT Crowd. Image shows from L to R: Roy (Chris O'Dowd), Jen (Katherine Parkinson), Moss (Richard Ayoade), Douglas Reynholm (Matt Berry). Copyright: TalkbackThames

The IT Crowd

Series 3, Episode 4 - Speech

As 'Employee of the Month', Jen asserts herself as manager, and makes powerful enemies in Moss and Roy. Meanwhile, Douglas finds the love of his life is not all that she appears to be.

Radio 7 Midnight (repeat)
Space Hacks. Copyright: BBC

Space Hacks

Series 2, Episode 3 - Empire In The Sun

Charlie and Moog discover a lost race living inside the sun.

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