British Comedy Guide

Schedule Tuesday 25th December 2012

Radio 4 8:30am
30 min
Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC

Ed Reardon's Week

Ed Reardon's Christmas Week, Christmas Special - It Started In August

Celebrate Christmas with Radio 4's favourite curmudgeonly author, Ed Reardon, and his faithful companion Elgar.

BBC Radio Scotland 2pm
30 min
...At The Stand. Hardeep Singh Kohli. Copyright: Dabster Productions

...At The Stand

Hardeep At The Stand 2, Christmas Special - Christmas At The Stand

Banish the memories of those terrible cracker jokes as Hardeep Singh Kohli brings you great gags, one-liners and stories from some of the world's greatest comedians.

Radio 4 6:15pm
15 min
15 Minute Musical. Copyright: BBC

15 Minute Musical

Series 7, Episode 1 - A Right Royal Cockney Christmas

Upstairs Downton with the Windsors and the Middletons with a Cockney flavour. Plus a spoons solo.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
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 5, Episode 6 - A Loved-Up Life Potentially Totally Annihilated

Mister Gently Benevolent unveils an advent calendar of evil that will culminate on Christmas day with the total destruction of the universe.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm
60 min
Alan Carr: Chatty Man. Alan Carr. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

Alan Carr: Chatty Man

Series 9, Christmas Special

Chart toppers JLS join Alan on the sofa along with ex-Dragons' Den star Hilary Devey, who chats to Alan about her two new programmes for Channel 4, and David Walliams who drops by to talk about Christmas. With house band McFly.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:45pm
60 min
The Royle Family. Image shows from L to R: Denise Royle / Best (Caroline Aherne), Dave Best (Craig Cash), Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson), Antony Royle (Ralf Little)

The Royle Family

Christmas Special - Barbara's Old Ring

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Royles' and Barbara's gone overboard with the presents. "If you can't spoil your family at Christmas, when can you?" she asks, having spent a whole two hours in Poundland.

Loaded TV 10pm
30 min
Sexxx. Copyright: Loaded TV

Sexxx

Christmas Special - Grotto

It's holiday season at Sexxx and Dom brings seasonal cheer in the form of knock-off Christmas puds. Local council inspector Alfred Bonsor does his best to hit Ben and Pauly with some festive taxes.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 11:45pm
45 min version
Have I Got News For You. Image shows left to right: Ian Hislop, Paul Merton. Credit: Matt Crockett

Have I Got News For You

Series 44, Christmas Special

Popular news quiz, with team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop, guest host Daniel Radcliffe and guest panellists Sara Cox and Andy Hamilton.

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