Schedule Friday 20th November 2009
11:30am30 min
The Richest Man In Britain
Episode 3 - The KidnapTrillionnaire rocker Dave Mabbutt finds the perfect excuse to get rid of shed-loads of cash when his mum is taken hostage.
5:15pm30 min
Sorry, I've Got No Head
Series 2, Episode 7Art exhibitions, cross country runs, world record attempts and a trip to the Museum Of The Imagination are among the many attractions in this week's compilation of comedy sketches.
5:30pm
(repeat)
Ayres On The Air
Series 1, Episode 3 - The CountryThis week Pam explores the country, with poems and sketches about grand plans for a garden, being a battery hen, the joys of buying a tractor, how the townie views the country life and the usefulness of chainsaw classes.
6:10pm30 min
Watson's Wind-Up
Series 14, Episode 7Topical comedy sketch series that takes an alternative look at the stories that have been making the news headlines.
6:30pm30 min
The News Quiz
Series 69, Episode 9Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen, Carrie Quinlan and Sue Perkins.
7pm
Children In Need 2009
This year's Children In Need is an almost completely comedian-free zone. There are just a few things you might want to tune in for though (all times are very approximate)
7:20pm: Peter Kay launches the official CiN single. The video features over 100 famous faces.
7:50pm: A Walk on the Wildside special.
10pm: Mastermind CiN Special with Lucy Porter, Mark Watson, Dave Spikey and Stephen K Amos (BBC2).
10:40pm: Justin Lee Collins. Plus impressions from Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson.
7:30pm30 min
The What In The World? Quiz
Episode 7Marcus Brigstocke presents the comedy panel show with team captains Lee Hurst and Dominic Holland.
8pm
(repeat)
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Secial show featuring classic clips from previous series. Little Mo hones her Frank Spencer impersonation, fellow baldies Al Murray and Duncan Goodhew unite with Harry for a brawl in the Queen Vic, global warming threatens all the world's major cities.
9pm60 min
Vent
Special - The Friday PlayThis one-off, one-hour play charts Ben's gruesome experiences in a rehabilitation unit as he learns to speak and move again. This series is about the problems facing Ben, a newly disabled man, when he returns home. People see Ben differently and he starts to see them differently, too.
9:30pm30 min
Beautiful People
Series 2, Episode 2 - How I Got My PlumesDebbie Doonan's millinery choices lead her son, Simon, to recall his visit to the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest, and the boys' early aspirations to assault the music scene themselves.
9:40pm
(repeat)
Live At The Apollo
Jack Dee Live At The Apollo Series 2, Episode 4 - Keith BarretJack Dee invites Rob Brydon's alter ego Keith Barret on to the stage.
10pm
(repeat)
Married
Series 3, Episode 4Robin, Leslie and Dirk go for a drive - through a time anomaly - and find themselves in deepest, darkest Texas.
10pm
(repeat)
Russell Howard's Good News
Series 1, Episode 5Tonight on the show, Russell tries children's TV presenting, celebrates the Ashes return to TV and stands up for the rights of hungry ducks!
10:40pm
(repeat)
11:05pm
(repeat)
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Series 2, Episode 1 - Simon Pegg, Mariah Carey, Noel FieldingAlan is joined on the sofa by Mariah Carey who also performs her single I Want To Know What Love Is; plus star of The Mighty Boosh, Noel Fielding; and comedy actor Simon Pegg who pops in to talk about the DVD release of Star Trek.
11:40pm
(repeat)
We Need Answers
Series 1, Episode 2 - MotoringCelebrity guests Julia Bradbury and Robert Llewellyn take part in a knock-about quiz to find out which one of them is the smartest, the funniest and the best at surreal physical challenges. All the questions come from the audience members and text-messaging services.