British Comedy Guide

Schedule Sunday 6th May 2012

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

7 Day Saturday

Series 3, Episode 15

Al Murray and guests Andy Zaltzman, Nick Hancock and Ned Boulting pull apart the week's big stories to see what makes them tick.

Radio 4 11:15am
Comedy Prom. Tim Minchin. Copyright: BBC

Desert Island Discs

Musician and comedian Tim Minchin is interviewed by Kirsty Young.

U&Dave channel logo 6pm (repeat)
Dara O Briain: School Of Hard Sums. Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain: School Of Hard Sums

Series 1, Episode 3

Dara O'Briain takes a witty look at how maths underpins everything around us. Dara takes on comic Jason Byrne in a problem-solving challenge.

U&Dave channel logo 6:40pm (repeat)
QI Titles. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series D, Episode 6 - Drinks

With John Sessions, Phill Jupitus and Jimmy Carr.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 7pm (repeat)
One Foot In The Grave. Image shows left to right: Margaret Meldrew (Annette Crosbie), Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson). Credit: BBC

One Foot In The Grave

Series 4, Christmas Special - One Foot In The Algarve

Victor and Margaret accompany Mrs Warboys, who is hoping for romance with her pen pal Alfonso, on holiday to meet him in his native Portugal. Fleet Street paparazzo Martin Trout is hot on their tail after an encounter at Victoria station leads him to believe they have accidentally taken possession of an extremely valuable and politically explosive roll of film...

BBC Three 7pm (repeat)
Wallace And Gromit's Cracking Contraptions. Copyright: Aardman Animations / BBC

Wallace And Gromit's Cracking Contraptions

A selection shorts featuring some of Wallace and Gromit's inventions.

BBC Three 7:15pm (repeat)
A Grand Day Out With Wallace And Gromit. Credit: BBC, Channel 4 Television Corporation, Aardman Animations

A Grand Day Out With Wallace And Gromit

Oscar-nominated claymation in which a Yorkshireman and his canine companion venture to the Moon.

U&Dave channel logo 7:20pm (repeat)
Red Dwarf. Kryten (Robert Llewellyn). Credit: BBC

Red Dwarf

Series V, Episode 5 - Demons And Angels

Using Kryten's matter paddle, the crew manage to figure out how to triplicate things. First a strawberry...and then Red Dwarf!

BBC Three 7:40pm (repeat)
Chicken Run

Chicken Run

Award-winning animation telling the story of a band of hens doomed to a life of egg-laying on a Yorkshire chicken farm.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 9pm (repeat)
Ali G Indahouse. Ali G (Sacha Baron Cohen). Copyright: Working Title Films

Ali G Indahouse

Self-styled voice of the youth Ali G unwittingly becomes embroiled in a plot to overthrow the Prime Minister.

BBC Four 9pm
30 min
A Civil Arrangement. Isobel (Alison Steadman). Copyright: BBC

A Civil Arrangement

Comic monologue starring Alison Steadman as a mother helping to prepare for her daughter's gay civil ceremony.

BBC Four 9:30pm (repeat)
Alison Steadman. Copyright: Alan Peebles / BBC

The Many Faces Of...

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Many Faces Of Alison Steadman

Alison Steadman talks about her impressive career, featuring archive footage and testimony from friends and colleagues.

U&Dave channel logo 10pm
60 min version
(repeat)
QI Logo. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series H, Episode 4 - Humans

With Jo Brand, Jimmy Carr and Jack Dee.

BBC Four 10:30pm (repeat)
Nuts In May. Image shows from L to R: Candice-Marie (Alison Steadman), Keith (Roger Sloman). Copyright: BBC

Nuts In May

Light-hearted comedy drama about a possessive husband who takes his timorous wife on a camping holiday.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 10:50pm (repeat)
Only Fools And Horses. Image shows from L to R: Raquel (Tessa Peake-Jones), Del (David Jason), Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Cassandra (Gwyneth Strong). Copyright: BBC

Only Fools And Horses

Christmas Special - Fatal Extraction

Del has tired of being the dutiful father and his relationship with Raquel is showing the strain. He ventures to see whether he can still pull the birds when he chances to meet a divorced woman at the dentists and soon wishes he'd kept his mouth firmly shut.

U&Dave channel logo 11pm
60 min version
(repeat)
QI Logo. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series H, Episode 5 - Hanimals

With Ross Noble, Sean Lock and Ruby Wax.

BBC Three 11:30pm (repeat)
Russell Howard's Good News. Russell Howard. Copyright: Avalon Television

Russell Howard's Good News

Series 6, Episode 4

Russell Howard looks at topics including security for the Olympics, the terrible May weather and a lost ET doll. Pali, the world's quickest pizza maker, is the Mystery Guest. The Good News Extra comic is Daniel Simonsen.

U&Dave channel logo Midnight (repeat)
QI Titles. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series D, Episode 6 - Drinks

With John Sessions, Phill Jupitus and Jimmy Carr.

BBC Three Midnight (repeat)
Unzipped. Image shows from L to R: Greg James, Russell Kane. Copyright: Talkback

Unzipped

Series 1, Episode 2

Greg James and Russell Kane, along with special guest Christine Bleakley, take a look at British behaviour and reveal what really goes on behind closed doors and inside our heads.

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