British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Schedule Wednesday 22nd August 2012

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. Image shows from L to R: Lawry Lewin, Simon Kane, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, John Finnemore, Carrie Quinlan. Copyright: BBC

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

2012 Fringe Special

John Finnemore presents a special edition of his sketch show, recorded at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012.

Sky Living logo. Copyright: Sky 9pm
60 min
Mount Pleasant. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Mount Pleasant

Series 2, Episode 1

The down-to-earth comedy drama starring Sally Lindsay and Daniel Ryan makes a new home on Sky Living. In this opening fix, Lisa is led astray by a new friend.

BBC Two 9pm
60 min
Vexed. Image shows from L to R: D.I. Georgina Dixon (Miranda Raison), D.I. Jack Armstrong (Toby Stephens). Copyright: Greenlit Rights

Vexed

Series 2, Episode 4

When the leading contestant in a TV amateur chef competition is found dead, Georgina is sent undercover to replace her - but quickly finds that her competitive side is threatening to get in the way of solving the case.

BBC Three 10pm
30 min
The Revolution Will Be Televised. Image shows from L to R: Heydon Prowse, Jolyon Rubinstein. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

The Revolution Will Be Televised

Series 1, Episode 1

Dale Maily meets members of the Occupy movement in London, a group tries to make Tony Blair a saint, and regular characters James and Barnaby attend the Liberal Democrat conference.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
30 min
Channel 4 Comedy Presents: Them From That Thing. Image shows from L to R: Morgana Robinson, Kayvan Novak, Blake Harrison, Sally Phillips. Copyright: Zeppotron

Channel 4 Comedy Presents: Them From That Thing

Episode 2

Concluding part of the double sketch-show uniting Blake Harrison, Kayvan Novak, Sally Phillips, Morgana Robinson, Simon Callow, Kevin Eldon and Dan Renton Skinner.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
30 min
Lee Kern's Celebrity Bedlam. Lee Kern. Copyright: Objective Productions / Lee Kern Productions

Lee Kern's Celebrity Bedlam

Episode 4 - Health

Kern looks at the subject of health. Posing as a man who is addicted to health spa treatments, he invites a cast member from The Only Way Is Essex to watch him having a colonic irrigation.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:30pm
Fonejacker. The Fonejacker (Kayvan Novak). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Fonejacker

A one-off Fonejacker prank call for Channel 4's Funny Fortnight, starring Kayvan Novak. The Fonejacker takes on the guise of nosy neighbour Mrs Millins and bemuses and baffles unsuspecting members of the public by phoning them to complain she's just seen a man walking a cat in the area.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:35pm
35 min
I'm Spazticus. Copyright: Zeitgeist Television

I'm Spazticus

Series 1, Episode 4

This edition features Tim, who is blind, ironically on a blind date. He asks the restaurant waiter to devise a code to let him know if his date is hot or not. Will the waiter recommend the 'specials' if she is a looker or the 'pork' if she is a pig?

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Political Animals. Copyright: BBC

Political Animals

Series 1, Episode 2 - Humphrey

Humphrey (James Fleet), chief mouser to the Cabinet Office, 1989-1997, gives a cat's eye view of life in 10 Downing Street under John Major and Tony Blair.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Before They Were Famous

Before They Were Famous

Series 1, Episode 2

Ian Leslie presents a new Radio 4 comedy show which brings to light the often surprising first literary attempts of the world's best known writers

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