British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Schedule Monday 12th March 2012

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am
30 min
Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section. Image shows from L to R: Drums (Ben Reynolds), Saxophone (Mark Brown), Alex Horne, Bass (Will Collier), Trumpet (Joe Auckland), Ed Sheldrake. Copyright: BBC

Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section

Series 1, Episode 2

The band are joined by Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee guest Nick Helm, and explore the relationship between man and dog and dinosaurs and puns.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 1, Episode 4

Michael Rosen, Arthur Smith, Paul Sinha and Natalie Haynes play the word-based panel game.

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 5:15pm
30 min
Roy. Image shows from L to R: Becky (Martha Byrne), Maura (Cathy Belton), Bill (Simon Delaney). Copyright: JAM Media

Roy

Series 2, Episode 10 - DIY Roy

Roy and friends are building a rabbit hutch, but Roy's eagerness destroys it and the team fires him. Bill employs Roy on a decorating job which also ends badly. Can Roy repair the damage and make up with his mates?

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 5:45pm
30 min
The Ministry Of Curious Stuff. Copyright: BBC

The Ministry Of Curious Stuff

Series 1, Episode 10

Vic and his team determine whether it's possible to predict the future, investigate the world's smallest farmers and discover the longest song ever written.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 62, Episode 6

Paul Merton, Liza Tarbuck, Josie Lawrence and Kit Hesketh-Harvey are this week's panellists with Nicholas Parsons at the helm. Which one of them has the greatest gift of the gab?

U&Dave channel logo 9pm
30 min
Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask. Alexander Armstrong

Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask

Series 1, Episode 6

Alexander Armstrong is joined by Russell Kane, Andy Parsons and Steve Punt for the last episode in the series.

BBC Four 9pm
60 min
Dirk Gently. Image shows from L to R: Dirk Gently (Stephen Mangan), Richard MacDuff (Darren Boyd). Copyright: The Welded Tandem Picture Company

Dirk Gently

Episode 2

With business far from booming, Dirk and MacDuff style themselves as holistic security consultants and return to the university that expelled Dirk for cheating twenty years earlier.

BBC Two 10pm
30 min
Watson & Oliver. Image shows from L to R: Lorna Watson, Ingrid Oliver. Copyright: BBC

Watson & Oliver

Series 1, Episode 4

The Teenage Girls try to catch the bus home but are distracted by two boys. Meanwhile, Colin Firth is humble, and Julio Iglesias is reunited with his son Enrique for a chat and a song.

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