British Comedy Guide

Schedule Saturday 24th December 2011

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
Fighting Talk. Colin Murray. Copyright: World's End Productions

Fighting Talk

Series 9, Christmas Special - 5 Live v 6 Music

Colin Murray presents a special inter-radio station showdown. 6 Music's Steve Lamacq and Shaun Keaveny take on 5 live's Pat Nevin and Tony Livesey. The Kaiser Chiefs act as the house band.

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky 7:30pm
20 min
Little Crackers

Little Crackers

Little Crackers 2011, Documentary - Behind The Scenes

Special episode going behind-the-scenes on Sky1's Little Crackers.

U&Yesterday channel logo 8pm
60 min
Porridge. Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker). Copyright: WitzEnd Productions

Legends Of British Comedy

Episode 3 - And It's Goodnight From Him - The Very Best Of Ronnie Barker

Engaging tribute to the much-missed comedy actor and writer. Featuring a frank interview with the man himself and eulogies from the leading lights in British comedy.

BBC Two 8pm
60 min
The Morecambe & Wise Show. Image shows from L to R: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Andre Previn. Copyright: BBC

The Morecambe & Wise Christmas Show: A Perfect Christmas

A compilation of the best sketches from a decade of The Morecambe & Wise Show Christmas specials.

BBC Two 9pm
60 min
Les Dawson

The Many Faces Of...

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Many Faces Of Les Dawson

Les Dawson was one of Britain's all time great comedy talents. He's best known as a comedian but was also a talented musician, writer and actor. This programme traces his career, with familiar favourite TV clips and some rare gems from the archives.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:20pm
40 min
Outnumbered. Image shows from L to R: Pete (Hugh Dennis), Sue (Claire Skinner), Karen (Ramona Marquez), Ben (Daniel Roche), Jake (Tyger Drew-Honey). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Outnumbered

Series 4, Christmas Special

It's Christmas Day and the Brockman family have decided to escape the festivities and head for the sun, but fate seems determined to intervene...

BBC Three 9:20pm
Son Of Rambow

Son Of Rambow

Comedy set in in 1980s England in which two young boys from very different backgrounds join forces to make a film.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10pm
75 min
Being Eileen. Image shows from L to R: Mandy Lewis (Julie Graham), Eileen Lewis (Sue Johnston), Pete Lewis (Stephen Graham), Liam Cooper (Ellis Murphy), Paula Cooper (Elizabeth Berrington). Copyright: BBC

Being Eileen

Christmas Special - Lapland

Family comedy about the Lewis family, lead by mother Eileen (Sue Johnston), decide to spend Christmas in Lapland and to see Father Christmas in person.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm
30 min
Pleased To Meet You

Pleased To Meet You

Christmas Special

Dame Dora Dale returned for 2 Christmas specials in 2011.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:55pm
60 min
Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind. Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind

Captured in performance live, and featuring his trademark musical interludes, observations and stories of the road, Bill Bailey takes centre stage in Dandelion Mind, which is based loosely on the theme of doubt, as we follow Bill from his real-life saga of being trapped by the ash cloud, to his barely contained rants about celebrity, TV, creationism and Michael Winner.

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