British Comedy Guide

Schedule Monday 5th October 2009

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Beauty Of Britain. Beauty Olonga (Jocelyn Jee Esien). Copyright: BBC

Beauty Of Britain

Series 1, Episode 1 - Seagulls Over Sue Ryder

Beauty discovers the glories of Weston-super-Mare's charity shops and experiences the disappointment of her first British funeral.

CBeebies logo. Credit: BBC 5:40pm
15 min
Gigglebiz. Justin Fletcher. Copyright: BBC

Gigglebiz

Series 1, Episode 21

Known to his millions of young fans as Mr Tumble, Bafta-winner and CBeebies favourite Justin Fletcher continues to entertain viewers under the age of six with some more crazy comedy characters.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

The Unbelievable Truth

Series 4, Episode 1

In a special episode recorded at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Reginald D. Hunter talks about cats, Shappi Khorsandi looks at tea, Adam Hills discusses Adolf Hitler and Rhod Gilbert chats about golf.

Comedy Central 10pm
Comedy Central

30 Rock

This sitcom may not be British, but its influence on the current comedy scene and consistently high quality cannot be overestimated. Starring Tina Fey (from those Sarah Palin impressions) and Alec Baldwin, the show is set behind-the-scenes at a live NBC sketch show. After the first two seasons were booted around and ill-treated by Five, season three kicks off on digital station Comedy Central for its UK-premiere run.

BBC Two 10pm
30 min
Home Time. Gaynor (Emma Fryer). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

Home Time

Episode 4

Just when she's settling back in, dad Roy decides to spruce up Gaynor's room "now she's having boys over". Meanwhile, Becky finds out about an age-old insult from Mel which blows the group apart. Gaynor must choose: Becky or Mel.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10:35pm
45 min
The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Credit: So Television, Christopher Baines

The Graham Norton Show

Series 6, Episode 1

Graham Norton brings his anarchic talk show to BBC One. In this instalment, trouble and strife with showbiz couple Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, the truth about lying with comedian Ricky Gervais, and Graham finally meets one of his heroines - the legendary Olivia Newton-John.

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