British Comedy Guide

Schedule Sunday 14th February 2010

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
7 Day Saturday. Chris Addison. Copyright: Avalon Television

7 Day Saturday

Series 1, Episode 5

Chris Addison, Andy Zaltzman, Sarah Millican and guest Andrew Collins pull apart the week's big stories to see what makes them tick.

Radio 4 12pm (repeat)
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 56, Episode 6

Paul Merton and Graham Norton talk about how to pass the time if you're stuck in traffic, and Sue Perkins and Liza Tarbuck debate whether bikers should be clad in leathers or lettuce.

Radio 7 2:30pm (repeat)
Bleak Expectations. Image shows from L to R: Hardthrasher (Geoffrey Whitehead), Aunt Lily (Celia Imrie), Young Pip (Tom Allen), Mr Gently Benevolent (Anthony Head), Sir Philip Bin (Richard Johnson), Harry Biscuit (James Bachman). Copyright: BBC

Bleak Expectations

Series 1, Episode 6 - A Life Sadly Smashed...Then Happily Restored A Bit

Things look grim for Pip as he faces a lengthy and highly prejudicial court case. Is he to be hanged, or will there be a last-minute escape followed by a thrilling chase, several duels, a jar of exotic jam and at least two weddings?

Radio 7 3pm (repeat)
Down The Line. Gary Bellamy (Rhys Thomas). Copyright: Down The Line Productions

Down The Line

Series 1, Episode 4

Continuing Radio 4's provocative and ground-breaking new live phone-in show, hosted by award-winning talk radio DJ Gary Bellamy. Crime is this week's topic.

Radio 7 4:30pm (repeat)
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 70, Episode 5

Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The panellists are Francis Wheen, Jeremy Hardy, Micky Flanagan and Jack Dee.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 6:20pm (repeat)
Harry Hill's TV Burp. Harry Hill. Copyright: Avalon Television

Harry Hill's TV Burp

Series 9, Episode 11

David Dimbleby is high up in the sky, using his right leg as a propellor. Then he's sick on Harry. Plus, The K Factor continues and we find out who from last week is through to the not live final.

BBC Two 7pm (repeat)
Porridge. Image shows from L to R: Mr. Mackay (Fulton Mackay), Fletcher (Ronnie Barker), Godber (Richard Beckinsale). Copyright: BBC

Porridge

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Hustler

Gambling fever has hit Slade - subjects include the number of bricks in a cell, and the number of eggs laid by the hens on the prison farm. Fletch has organised a big game in a secret location, but will anyone actually win?

Radio 7 10pm (repeat)
Red Dwarf. Copyright: BBC

Red Dwarf

Better Than Life, Episode 5: Lister awaits rescue. And waits. And waits. Back on the ship, however, time behaves oddly.

Radio 7 10:30pm (repeat)
The Mark Steel Lecture. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

The Mark Steel Lecture

Series 1, Episode 1 - Oliver Cromwell

Mark presents the life of Oliver Cromwell, claiming that he was a man who seemed to have the sense of humour of a six-year-old, and whose greatest achievement was to make a civil war appealing to the English.

Radio 7 11pm (repeat)
Miles Jupp

Newsjack

Series 2, Episode 6

Ali Dezale is arrested, Alex Salmond looks for new fundraising methods, we speak to a man in a coma, the BBC's talent payroll is scrutinised and David Cameron confronts Miles.

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 3.2, Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep: A beast is terrorising the sheep on Craggy Island, causing Ted to display his shepherding skills.

Radio 7 11:30pm (repeat)
Clipboard

Knocker

Episode 4 - Confidentialitydence

Ian tries some product placement around a block of flats, and finds himself embroiled with a love-starved woman.

Radio 7 11:45pm (repeat)
No Tomatoes. Copyright: BBC

No Tomatoes

Episode 4 - World Weary

Sketches include a documentary on the Arctic, an advert starring William Blake and the radio bloopers show.

More4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 11:45pm (repeat)
Black Books. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Black (Dylan Moran), Manny Bianco (Bill Bailey), Fran Katzenjammer (Tamsin Greig). Copyright: Assembly Film And Television

Black Books

Series 1, Episode 1 - Cooking The Books

Bookshop owner Bernard dreads the end of the financial year as his accounts beckon, Fran is an unlikely birth partner and accountant Manny swallows The Little Book of Calm.

More4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 12:15am (repeat)
The IT Crowd. Image shows from L to R: Jen (Katherine Parkinson), Moss (Richard Ayoade), Roy (Chris O'Dowd). Copyright: TalkbackThames

The IT Crowd

Series 1, Episode 1 - Yesterday's Jam

The unloved, ignored, socially-awkward Roy and Moss make up the I.T. department of Reynholm Industries. Their world is shattered by the arrival of Jen, a new 'relationship manager'.

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