Schedule for 15th March 2013 (full list)

6am (repeat)

The Brittas Empire

Despite his ambition and good intentions, everything seems to go wrong at Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre when manager Gordon Brittas is around.

6am (repeat)

On The Buses

Series 3, Episode 13 - On The Make

Stan's intentions are less than honourable when he offers Edna a place to stay after her landlady throws her out.

6:30am (repeat)

Goodnight Sweetheart

Series 1, Episode 3 - Is Your Journey Really Necessary?

Time-travelling Gary returns to 1940 to try to protect Phoebe and Eric from an impending air raid.

7am (repeat)

Goodnight Sweetheart

Series 1, Episode 4 - The More I See You

Ron agrees to print identity papers for Gary's return to 1940 at a price - he wants to go back in time with him. But where can Phoebe go now that she wants to leave the pub and her aunt's house has been bombed?

7am (repeat)

The Right Time

Episode 2.1: 40 is the new 21. Sketch show written and performed by the well-lived.

7:30am (repeat)

Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section

Series 2, Episode 3

Alex Horne and his five-piece band explore the theme of love, including songs on chat up lines and romance in Bognor. Guest starring Charlie Baker, who deconstructs a classic love song.

7:40am (repeat)

The Brittas Empire

Despite his ambition and good intentions, everything seems to go wrong at Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre when manager Gordon Brittas is around.

7:45am (repeat)

Tommy Cooper

Sketch, stand-up and magic from the inimitable Tommy Cooper.

8am (repeat)

The TV Lark

Episode 4, House of Commons: Troutbridge TV has to transmit a party political broadcast, and Phillips is off to a ball.

8:15am (repeat)

Tommy Cooper

Sketch, stand-up and magic from the inimitable Tommy Cooper.

8:20am (repeat)

Ever Decreasing Circles

Series 4, Episode 5

A dispute with a farmer over the right to use a public footpath backfires on Martin as he campaigns to liberate footpaths for the use of all the public. He finds that the same footpath runs through his back garden as well...

8:20am (repeat)

The Upper Hand

Series 4, Episode 11 - To Let Or Not To Let

Charlie falls out with Caroline.

8:30am (repeat)

Much Binding In The Marsh

With fresh London premises, the staff must recruit a new secretary.

9am (repeat)

As Time Goes By

Lionel and Jean were young lovers until accidentally losing touch. Years later they meet again by chance and unexpectedly rekindle their romance.

9am (repeat)

Tony's

Episode 2.5, The Italian Connection: The salon and owner are attacked by gangsters, but can a cousin speak their language?

9:10am (repeat)

Sooty

Modern incarnation of the children's comedy series. The puppets Sooty, Sweep and Soo help Richard Cadell at a coastal holiday park.

9:10am (repeat)

Dani's House

Series 3, Episode 13 - ESP

After Sam performs a science experiment on Dani, both Jack and Sam become convinced that Dani is psychic.

9:30am (repeat)

The Brothers

Episode 2.4: The arrival of Nigel and Michael's father sparks more havoc.

9:40am (repeat)

My Family

Series 6, Episode 7 - The Art Of Being Susan

Susan is invited to dinner by a wealthy art collector. Her mother is gathering a collection of her own, and Roger is summoning up the courage to pop the question to Abi.

10:20am (repeat)

Keeping Up Appearances

Suburban snob Hyacinth Bucket devotes her time to monitoring standards and attempting to impress influential people.

10:25am (repeat)

Me & My Monsters

Series 1, Episode 2 - Monster Smart

Eddie is panicking about the arrival of his school report, and tries to stop the post with the help of the monsters. But they are too busy being educated by Kate and Nick, who are desperate to prove who is the brainier parent.

10:50am (repeat)

Scoop

Series 2, Episode 1 - Trying My Patients

The chances of a scoop seem unlikely when Digby ends up in hospital with a broken arm.

11am (repeat)

Last Of The Summer Wine

Series 15, Episode 8 - There Are Gypsies At The Bottom Of Our Garden

Foggy identifies the sound of a giant woodpecker and exploits this natural wonder.

11am (repeat)

Genevieve

Film about two classic car fanatics who, after completing the annual London-to-Brighton run, decide to make the return leg a race.

11:30am
30 min

HR. Image shows from L to R: Sam (Nicholas Le Prevost), Peter (Jonathan Pryce). Copyright: BBC

HR

Series 4, Episode 4 - Musical

Musicals can fly. Or crawl. Should Sam invest his lottery win in one?

11:40am (repeat)

Last Of The Summer Wine

Series 15, Episode 9 - Aladdin Gets On Your Wick

The sight of a sailboarder slicing through the water gives Foggy an idea. But where can he get a bit of wood big enough for three to stand on?

12pm (repeat)

The TV Lark

Episode 4, House of Commons: Troutbridge TV has to transmit a party political broadcast, and Phillips is off to a ball.

12:20pm (repeat)

The Good Life

Series 3, Episode 1 - The Early Birds

After accidentally waking the Leadbetters at an ungodly hour, Tom and Barbara promise future consideration and decide to live their lives by nature's clock while they have so much work to do. However, that soon proves easier said than done.

12:30pm (repeat)

Much Binding In The Marsh

With fresh London premises, the staff must recruit a new secretary.

12:45pm (repeat)

Sailor Beware

1950s farce starring Peggy Mount as a formidable mother who scares her daughter's naval fiancé.

12:45pm (repeat)

Dani's House

Series 3, Episode 13 - ESP

After Sam performs a science experiment on Dani, both Jack and Sam become convinced that Dani is psychic.

1pm (repeat)

Goodnight Sweetheart

Series 1, Episode 4 - The More I See You

Ron agrees to print identity papers for Gary's return to 1940 at a price - he wants to go back in time with him. But where can Phoebe go now that she wants to leave the pub and her aunt's house has been bombed?

1:40pm (repeat)

'Allo 'Allo!

Series 4, Episode 3 - Good Staff Are Hard To Find

With Maria lost in the post, René and Edith are auditioning for a new serving girl - surprisingly, it seems that the two are looking for entirely different qualities! Meanwhile, with the Italians now in the war, Captain Alberto Bertorelli arrives at the château.

1:45pm
15 min

...At The Stand

Hardeep At The Stand 3, Episode 4

Join Hardeep Singh Kohli for comedy, jokes, anecdotes and backstage revelations from Paul Foot, Benny Boot and Dana Alexander.

2:20pm (repeat)

Ever Decreasing Circles

Series 4, Episode 5

A dispute with a farmer over the right to use a public footpath backfires on Martin as he campaigns to liberate footpaths for the use of all the public. He finds that the same footpath runs through his back garden as well...

2:20pm (repeat)

My Parents Are Aliens

Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.

3pm (repeat)

As Time Goes By

Lionel and Jean were young lovers until accidentally losing touch. Years later they meet again by chance and unexpectedly rekindle their romance.

3:15pm
5 min

Shaun The Sheep

Series 3, Episode 15 - The Snapshot

The Farmer wants a family photo and instructs Bitzer to gather all the animals together. Getting them all to stand still at the same time is more than they can manage and Shaun discovers he's cut out of the shot. Bitzer can't bear to have his friend left out so the pair set out to find a solution.

3:30pm (repeat)

Last Of The Summer Wine

Series 9, Episode 4 - The Really Masculine Purse

Compo can't believe his luck when Seymour personally selects him to road-test a revolutionary new concept of a gentleman's purse and, what is more, there will actually be real money provided. For once Compo willingly agrees to help...

3:40pm (repeat)

My Family

Series 6, Episode 7 - The Art Of Being Susan

Susan is invited to dinner by a wealthy art collector. Her mother is gathering a collection of her own, and Roger is summoning up the courage to pop the question to Abi.

4:15pm (repeat)

Only When I Laugh

Series 3, Episode 2 - Adam's Rib

The new young female doctor on the ward gets a mixed reception...

4:20pm (repeat)

Keeping Up Appearances

Suburban snob Hyacinth Bucket devotes her time to monitoring standards and attempting to impress influential people.

4:50pm (repeat)

On The Buses

Series 3, Episode 6 - The Snake

The Indian busmen hold a social evening in the depot canteen with an attractive snake dancer. Jack steals the opportunity to ask her out, and asks Stan to take his washing home for him - complete with slithery companion!

5pm (repeat)

Last Of The Summer Wine

Series 15, Episode 8 - There Are Gypsies At The Bottom Of Our Garden

Foggy identifies the sound of a giant woodpecker and exploits this natural wonder.

5pm (repeat)

For Better Or For Worse

Series 1, Episode 1

Dithering Bernard tries to get engaged to his flighty partner Iris. Will she manage to persuade Bernard to buy her an engagement ring at last?

5:20pm (repeat)

The Upper Hand

Series 4, Episode 12 - Big Bad Burrows

Charlie goes rather pale when he is asked to put his toughness to the test in a charity boxing match. He may go even paler when Caroline offers to be his coach.

5:25pm (repeat)

My Parents Are Aliens

Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.

5:30pm
15 min

Beastly Baroque

Episode 5 - Handel With Care

A short fuse and a liking for eating are two of the chief characteristics of the musical genius with the best commercial brains of the Baroque.

5:30pm (repeat)

The Right Time

Episode 2.1: 40 is the new 21. Sketch show written and performed by the well-lived.

5:40pm (repeat)

Last Of The Summer Wine

Series 15, Episode 9 - Aladdin Gets On Your Wick

The sight of a sailboarder slicing through the water gives Foggy an idea. But where can he get a bit of wood big enough for three to stand on?

6:15pm
30 min

4 O'Clock Club

Series 2, Episode 11 - Music Thief

Josh has written his best track ever and decides he's going to sell CDs of it in school. But when he realises he's sampled a famous track without permission he has to get all the CDs back before he's caught.

6:20pm (repeat)

The Good Life

Series 3, Episode 1 - The Early Birds

After accidentally waking the Leadbetters at an ungodly hour, Tom and Barbara promise future consideration and decide to live their lives by nature's clock while they have so much work to do. However, that soon proves easier said than done.

6:30pm
30 min

What's The Story?

Series 8, Episode 5

Tom Price hosts the topical comedy quiz show which takes a sideways look at the week's news.

6:30pm
30 min

The Now Show

Series 39, Episode 5

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.

6:45pm (repeat)

Shaun The Sheep

Stop-motion animated children's sitcom by Aardman Animations for CBBC. Wildly popular with not just kids, but adults too.

7pm (repeat)

Goodnight Sweetheart

Series 1, Episode 5 - I Get Along Without You Very Well

Yvonne decides to spend more time with Gary, now that he's given up his 1940s obsession.

7pm
480 min

Comic Relief

Episode 14 - Comic Relief 2013

Lenny Henry kicks off the biggest night in television, this year celebrating 25 years on our screens, with contributions from the best comedy and entertainment talent in the UK.

7pm

Red Nose Day 2013. Image shows from L to R: Doug Naylor, James Corden, John Lloyd, Cleaner (Kevin Eldon), Nick Haverson, Glenn Robbins. Copyright: BBC

Comic Relief - Red Nose Day

8 Hour Live Broadcast - 7pm to 3am.

Lenny Henry kicks off one of the biggest nights for television comedy as a host of A-list stars do funny things to raise money for people in the UK and Africa. This year Comic Relief is celebrating 25 years on our screens, with contributions from the best comedy and entertainment talent in the UK.

Highlights include Rowan Atkinson appearing as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Miranda Hart starring in a unique edition of Call the Midwife, Jack Whitehall and Micky Flanagan joining Dame Edna Everage for MasterChef, and Peter Kay presenting the results of his very own physical challenge. Plus, Ricky Gervais returns as David Brent in a new sketch!

Later in the night there will be comedy from Mrs Brown's Boys, and the cast of Fresh Meat go back to their roots with a unique university-based challenge.

Citizen Khan travels down from Birmingham, and David Walliams meets all the celebrities that he's been 'intimate' with over the last 12 months. Plus, Russell Howard serves up some good news.

There's also highlights from other Comic Relief programmes, including Graham Norton's big chat show, and the river challenge involving Jack Dee and Dara O'Briain. Music stars lending a hand include the biggest boyband on the globe - One Direction.

Presenters across the night will include Lenny Henry, Jonathan Ross, Jack Whitehall, Michael McIntyre, Rob Brydon and John Bishop.

From 1:30am Nick Grimshaw presents the very best sketches from the last 25 years of the telethon, mixed with his favourite comedy clips from the last 12 months.

Full Red Nose Day TV Guide

7pm (repeat)

The TV Lark

Episode 4, House of Commons: Troutbridge TV has to transmit a party political broadcast, and Phillips is off to a ball.

7:20pm (repeat)

Last Of The Summer Wine

Series 9, Episode 4 - The Really Masculine Purse

Compo can't believe his luck when Seymour personally selects him to road-test a revolutionary new concept of a gentleman's purse and, what is more, there will actually be real money provided. For once Compo willingly agrees to help...

7:30pm (repeat)

Much Binding In The Marsh

With fresh London premises, the staff must recruit a new secretary.

7:40pm (repeat)

'Allo 'Allo!

Series 4, Episode 3 - Good Staff Are Hard To Find

With Maria lost in the post, René and Edith are auditioning for a new serving girl - surprisingly, it seems that the two are looking for entirely different qualities! Meanwhile, with the Italians now in the war, Captain Alberto Bertorelli arrives at the château.

8:20pm (repeat)

Porridge

Series 2, Episode 3 - Disturbing The Peace

The prisoners look forward to a more relaxed life when Mr Mackay leaves - but he's soon replaced by Wainwright, the toughest screw in the system. When he moves Mr. Barrowclough from the cells to the prison farm, the inmates decide enough is enough.

8:30pm
30 min

John Bishop's Only Joking

Episode 10

John Bishop calls on a few more friends for this final jolly, including Roger Monkhouse, Andi Osho, Warwick Davis and Joe Pasquale.

9pm (repeat)

The Royle Family

Special - The Queen Of Sheba

Nearly seven years on, and now living with the Royles, Nana is bedridden and the centre of attention. Jim is, unsurprisingly, not best pleased. Meanwhile, Antony is a businessman; Denise is pregnant again; and poor Cheryl is still trying to lose weight and find love.

9pm
60 min version (repeat)

Have I Got News For You

Series 40, Episode 3

John Bishop hosts the satirical panel game featuring Ian Hislop and Paul Merton, with guest panellists Andy Hamilton and Miles Jupp.

9pm (repeat)

Love Actually

Romantic comedy by Richard Curtis, charting a multitude of relationships across a Christmas period.

9pm
30 min

Stella

Series 2, Documentary - Behind The Scenes

Ruth Jones's much-loved comedy may have finished its second run, but head back to the valleys for this making-of special.

9:30pm (repeat)

Russell Howard's Good News

Topical stand-up comedy and chat show hosted by Russell Howard.

10pm (repeat)

Extras

Andy Milman is a TV and film extra who dreams of stardom and that elusive big break.

10pm (repeat)

Russell Howard's Good News

Topical stand-up comedy and chat show hosted by Russell Howard.

10pm (repeat)

Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section

Series 2, Episode 3

Alex Horne and his five-piece band explore the theme of love, including songs on chat up lines and romance in Bognor. Guest starring Charlie Baker, who deconstructs a classic love song.

10:07pm
10 min

The Vicar Of Dibley

Comic Relief 2013, Comic Relief Special

Geraldine and the parishioners head to London. And this time they're on a mission: to ensure the Church approves the ordination of female bishops.

10:20pm (repeat)

Men Behaving Badly

Series 3, Episode 3 - Casualties

Deborah decides to sell her flat and go travelling in Asia, while Gary and Tony try to put her off the idea.

10:30pm (repeat)

Lee Nelson's Well Funny People

Episode 1

Irrepressible south London tearaway Lee Nelson discovers the benefits of living in the dark, Premier League footballer Jason Bent meets his team's new Spanish manager and Dr Bob's GP surgery opens its doors.

10:30pm (repeat)

Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive

Series 1, Episode 6

With Clive Anderson, Andy Zaltsman and Alexei Sayle

10:40pm
60 min version (repeat)

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QI

Series F, Episode 8 - Fashion

With Reginald D. Hunter, Rich Hall and Clive Anderson.

11pm (repeat)

The League Of Gentlemen

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Road To Royston Vasey

We meet Pop, the godfather of sweets and crisps, and Hilary Briss, a butcher with something sinister in his sausages.

11pm (repeat)

Knowing Me, Knowing You... With Alan Partridge

Episode 1

Alan is joined by a novelist, a feminist broadcaster and a man with a retail empire but struggles to control his guests.

11:30pm (repeat)

The Alternative Comedy Experience

Series 1, Episode 6 - Danger Comedians

Tonight's show includes surreal stand-up Tony Law, idiosyncratic comedian Eleanor Tiernan, satirist Andy Zaltzman, German Henning Wehn and backstage chats with Stewart Lee.

11:30pm (repeat)

The Simon Day Show

Series 1, Episode 1 - Geoffrey Allerton

The Mallard Theatre is visited by acclaimed Yorkshire poet Geoffrey Allerton, who reads poems and excerpts from his recent memoir and struggles to get served a hot meal.

11:40pm (repeat)

The Young Ones

Series 1, Episode 4 - Bomb

An atom bomb lands in the middle of the boys' kitchen, but they're divided over what to do with it. Vyvyan, for example, can't work out why he can't set it off.

11:40pm (repeat)

Father Ted

Series 3, Episode 7 - Night Of The Nearly Dead

Mrs Doyle wins a competition to meet a singer, the obsession of middle-aged women across Ireland. When she inadvertently reveals the date of his visit, the house is beseiged by dozens upon dozens of menopausal women.

11:55pm
6 min

Russell Howard's Good News

Comic Relief Special

Russell Howard introduces a highlights compilation of the best bits of good news from the past year.

Midnight (repeat)

The Comedy Café

Janice Forsyth presents a magazine show on BBC Radio Scotland focused on comedy in all its various formats.

12:10am (repeat)

The IT Crowd

Series 1, Episode 1 - Yesterday's Jam

The unloved, ignored, socially-awkward Roy and Moss make up the I.T. department of Reynholm Industries. Their world is shattered by the arrival of Jen, a new 'relationship manager'.

12:15am (repeat)

Father Ted

Series 3, Episode 8 - Going To America

A successful American priest sees Ted talking down a fellow priest from a window ledge, and invites him to move over to LA and become a television celebrity cleric.

12:30am (repeat)

...At The Stand

Hardeep At The Stand 3, Episode 4

Join Hardeep Singh Kohli for comedy, jokes, anecdotes and backstage revelations from Paul Foot, Benny Boot and Dana Alexander.

12:30am (repeat)

Jonathan Creek

Special - Satan's Chimney

When an actress is murdered on the set of her latest movie, Jonathan is called upon to explain how the killer managed to fire a gun through a plate glass window without breaking it. The funeral, held at the ancient Doomdorf Castle in Scotland presents more mysteries and Jonathan, without Maddy, has only a pushy showbiz agent, Carla Borrego, to trust.

12:30am (repeat)

Porridge

Series 2, Episode 3 - Disturbing The Peace

The prisoners look forward to a more relaxed life when Mr Mackay leaves - but he's soon replaced by Wainwright, the toughest screw in the system. When he moves Mr. Barrowclough from the cells to the prison farm, the inmates decide enough is enough.

12:35am (repeat)

Peep Show

Series 5, Episode 5 - Jeremy's Manager

Jeremy and Super Hans get a band manager and play a Christian rock festival. Mark comes along as their roadie, and learns how to have sex properly for the first time in his life.

12:40am (repeat)

PhoneShop

Series 1, Episode 2 - Never On A Tuesday

While Christopher prepares for a lunchtime date, Lance obsesses over an email, and Jerwayne fumes over the girl with the owl tattoo.

1:05am (repeat)

The Royle Family

Special - The Queen Of Sheba

Nearly seven years on, and now living with the Royles, Nana is bedridden and the centre of attention. Jim is, unsurprisingly, not best pleased. Meanwhile, Antony is a businessman; Denise is pregnant again; and poor Cheryl is still trying to lose weight and find love.

1:10am (repeat)

Peep Show

Series 5, Episode 6 - Mark's Women

Mark gets into online gaming and live role play with Dobby and wonders whether she may be 'the one'. Meanwhile Mark and Sophie finally sort out their annulment. Jeremy joins a cult.

1:15am (repeat)

Bluestone 42

Series 1, Episode 2

Nick has grown tired of eating the same food every day and is desperate to find something tastier. Mary encourages Nick to let Millsy run a re-training exercise. Millsy is ecstatic and ensures he does a very thorough job, much to the disdain of the team.

1:15am (repeat)

The Midnight Beast

Series 1, Episode 2 - Father's Day

Stef stays up all night editing a rubbish animated video for their new track Booty Call. Meanwhile, Dru miraculously gets a maintenance cheque from his long-estranged dad.

1:45am (repeat)

Extras

Andy Milman is a TV and film extra who dreams of stardom and that elusive big break.

1:50am (repeat)

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, Episode 2 - The Jelly Fox

Lysergic Casserole are trapped in a guitar case, Little Chrissie and Spoon Snake visit the Jelly Fox, while God ruins the party.

2am (repeat)

Tony's

Episode 2.5, The Italian Connection: The salon and owner are attacked by gangsters, but can a cousin speak their language?

2:05am (repeat)

Men Behaving Badly

Series 3, Episode 3 - Casualties

Deborah decides to sell her flat and go travelling in Asia, while Gary and Tony try to put her off the idea.

2:20am (repeat)

The Armstrong & Miller Show

Hit sketch show starring Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller. Characters include a pair of immature RAF pilots and a rude music hall duo.

2:25am (repeat)

Image shows from L to R: Alistair McGowan, Dave Lamb

Sports Mash - Taking The Mic

ITV4 show in which archive sport footage is given a comic twist with new commentary supplied by comedians.

2:30am (repeat)

The Brothers

Episode 2.4: The arrival of Nigel and Michael's father sparks more havoc.

2:35am (repeat)

Crapston Villas

Stop motion clay animation sitcom observing the antics of the inhabitants of the much sought-after residential property Crapston Villas.

2:45am (repeat)

Lee Nelson's Well Funny People

Episode 1

Irrepressible south London tearaway Lee Nelson discovers the benefits of living in the dark, Premier League footballer Jason Bent meets his team's new Spanish manager and Dr Bob's GP surgery opens its doors.

2:50am (repeat)

Rex The Runt

Series 1, Episode 6 - Easter Island

The gang go on holiday to New Zealand, but crash land on Easter Island, where they discover that the statues are alive. It turns out that they are aliens who plan to abduct Rex and take him to their home planet. Guest starring Eddie Izzard.