British Comedy Guide

Schedule Wednesday 30th December 2009

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Radio 4

Ballylenon

Series 7, Episode 6

Vera and Muriel experience the fallout from Mr. Gallagher's discovery.

Radio 4 6:15pm
15 min
The News At Bedtime. Image shows from L to R: Jim Tweedledee (Peter Capaldi), John Tweedledum (Jack Dee). Copyright: BBC

The News At Bedtime

Episode 5

Mary Mary reports on a medical mystery involving and old woman who swallowed a fly.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 7pm
30 min
Big Top. Image shows from L to R: Geoff (John Thomson), Lizzie (Amanda Holden), Helen (Sophie Thompson). Copyright: Big Bear Films

Big Top

Episode 6 - Thief

Erasmus's criminal past comes back to haunt him when he is accused of a series of burglaries.

BBC Two 10pm
60 min
Unwrapped With Miranda Hart. Miranda Hart. Copyright: BBC

Unwrapped With Miranda Hart

Episode 1 - 2009 Unwrapped With Miranda Hart

Miranda Hart hosts a look back at the defining cultural, political and televisual moments of the year, remembering the events that shaped the world in 2009, or would have done if they'd actually happened.

BBC Four 10:30pm
30 min
We Need Answers. Image shows from L to R: Mark Watson, Tim Key, Alex Horne. Copyright: BBC

We Need Answers

Series 2, Episode 5 - Language

Former EastEnder and comic actress Tracy-Ann Oberman competes against best-selling author of The Long Firm, Jake Arnott. In the physical challenge, Tracey-Ann takes on Jake in composing a sentence using alphabet spaghetti.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 11pm
45 min
Victoria Wood's Mid Life Christmas. Victoria Wood. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment

Victoria Wood's Mid Life Christmas

This searing in-depth documentary tells the story of how a lot of people, some of whose names the makers never really got to grips with, stood in a wet field trying to make a funny programme for Christmas.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
All Bar Luke. Luke Walsall (Tim Key). Copyright: Angel Eye Media

All Bar Luke

2009 Special, Christmas Special

Designated driver Luke Walsall and his disastrous social life returns for a half-hour Christmas special. Luke ferries Lee and Hayley between Christmas dinners with their parents nursing family conflict, marital breakdown and his own broken heart in typically fumbling style.

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