British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Schedule Wednesday 3rd December 2014

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
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Hobby Bobbies

Series 2, Episode 2 - Vice

The tiny Haling police force is thrown into confusion when the Guv orders a crackdown on vice in their patch. Can social media help unveil the mysterious Big Brenda?

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 5:30pm
30 min
Millie Inbetween. Millie (Millie Innes). Copyright: The Foundation

Millie Inbetween

Series 1, Episode 10 - Baby Brain

Mum is buying a cot, looking at names, and calling nurseries. Millie and Lauren decide that she and Mike must be planning a baby, and that they have to be stopped. Dad tries to bond with Jake, but gets a bit overenthusiastic.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Paul Sinha

Paul Sinha's History Revision

Series 1, Episode 2 - Food

Paul asks how his own high street in south London ended up being dominated by Chinese and Indian restaurants. His findings start in 1600 and take in trade, invasion, opium, a bloody civil war that left 30 million people dead, giant greenhouses and the cultivation of saffron.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 7pm (repeat)
Bring Me Morecambe And Wise. Image shows from L to R: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise. Copyright: North One Television

Bring Me Morecambe And Wise

Episode 3 - At Home With Eric And Ern

GOLD's five-part tribute to the comedy duo here focuses on their home-based sketches, and explains how they came to share a bed.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 8pm (repeat)
The Vicar Of Dibley. Geraldine Grainger (Dawn French). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

The Vicar Of Dibley

Series 3, Episode 3 - Spring

Spring's on the way, and the Vicar has just about managed to get Alice and Hugo to agree to a reasonably sensible name for their baby. That means that the Christening can finally take place - but first, David has romance, and Geraldine, squarely on his mind.

BBC Three 8pm (repeat)
Gavin & Stacey. Image shows from L to R: Gavin (Mathew Horne), Stacey (Joanna Page), Smithy (James Corden), Mick (Larry Lamb), Pam (Alison Steadman), Bryn (Rob Brydon), Nessa (Ruth Jones). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

Gavin & Stacey

Series 3, Episode 1

Gavin starts his new job in Cardiff, Stacey is thrilled to be back in Barry, Smithy is still in Essex, and Nessa is adjusting to life in Dave's caravan in Sully. The weekend brings with it a big reunion, as everyone meets up for the christening of baby Neil.

BBC Three 8:30pm (repeat)
Gavin & Stacey. Image shows from L to R: Gavin (Mathew Horne), Stacey (Joanna Page), Smithy (James Corden), Mick (Larry Lamb), Pam (Alison Steadman), Bryn (Rob Brydon), Nessa (Ruth Jones). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

Gavin & Stacey

Series 3, Episode 2

Stacey is looking for a new job while insuring Gavin sticks to his recent promise.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 8:50pm (repeat)
Only Fools And Horses. Image shows from L to R: Del (David Jason), Trigger (Roger Lloyd Pack). Copyright: BBC

Only Fools And Horses

Series 6, Episode 2 - Danger UXD

There is trouble in store for the Trotters when Del puts his 'high profile' business strategy into overdrive.

U&Dave channel logo 9pm
60 min version (repeat)
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 46, Episode 10

Martin Clunes hosts the news quiz, with team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop and guest panellists Bernard Cribbins and Jennifer Saunders.

BBC Four 9pm (repeat)
And Now For Something Completely Different

And Now For Something Completely Different

Big screen version of the Monty Python TV series in which the team re-perform some of their most famous sketches.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 10pm (repeat)
Men Behaving Badly. Image shows from L to R: Gary Strang (Martin Clunes), Dorothy (Caroline Quentin), Tony Smart (Neil Morrissey), Deborah (Leslie Ash). Copyright: Hartswood Films Ltd

Men Behaving Badly

Series 6, Christmas Special - Jingle B***s!

Flat share sitcom following security salesman Gary and his lodger, as they attempt to navigate the opposite sex.

U&Dave channel logo 10pm (repeat)
Room 101. Frank Skinner. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Room 101

Series 1, Episode 4 - Ross Noble, Jamelia, Germaine Greer

This week Ross Noble, Jamelia and Germaine Greer try to send the things they hate the most into Room 101. Nominations include folk dancing, text speak and computer pop-up adverts.

BBC Three 10pm
30 min
Sweat The Small Stuff. Image shows from L to R: Rochelle Humes, Nick Grimshaw, Melvin Odoom. Copyright: Talkback

Sweat The Small Stuff

Series 4, Episode 6

With guest panellists Tulisa, Professor Green and comedians Seann Walsh and Tash Demetriou.

BBC Four 10:25pm (repeat)
Frost On Sketch Shows. Image shows from L to R: David Frost, Michael Palin. Copyright: David Paradine Productions

Frost On Sketch Shows

Sir David Frost traces the development of the sketch show over the last fifty years, from variety theatre to primetime television.

BBC Three 10:30pm (repeat)
Russell Howard's Good News. Russell Howard. Copyright: Avalon Television

Russell Howard's Good News

Series 9, Episode 6

Russell looks at UKIP getting another MP, immigration, Paddington Bear and um, names for female masturbation...

U&Dave channel logo 10:40pm (repeat)
Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish. Dave Gorman

Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish

Series 1, Episode 5 - I Like Eggs

Here Dave looks at the footprint we leave behind when surfing the web.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 11pm (repeat)
A Child's Christmases In Wales

A Child's Christmases In Wales

A one-off period comedy, peeping into the lives of a south Wales family's Christmases across the 1980s. Written by Mark Watson.

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 11pm (repeat)
Celebrity Juice. Image shows from L to R: Holly Willoughby, Rufus Hound, Leigh Francis, Fearne Cotton

Celebrity Juice

Series 5, Episode 4

Tonight's celebrity guests are Christine Bleakley, who is having a late night for once, Adam Garcia, and popster Olly Murs. Who knows the most about this week's showbiz news?

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 11pm (repeat)
The Inbetweeners. Image shows from L to R: Will Mackenzie (Simon Bird), Charlotte Hinchcliffe (Emily Atack). Copyright: Bwark Productions

The Inbetweeners

Series 2, Episode 2 - Work Experience

It's work experience week at school. Jay and Simon work at a plant hire, but a mix-up leaves Neil at a newspaper and Will at a garage.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme. Key (Tim Key). Copyright: BBC

Tim Key's Poetry Programme

Series 1, Episode 5 - Egypt

Tim Key is on a cultural pilgrimage to Cairo, as he grapples with the meaning of 'Egypt'. Tom Basden plays guitar, while wearing a fez.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 11:35pm (repeat)
The IT Crowd. Image shows from L to R: Roy (Chris O'Dowd), Moss (Richard Ayoade), Jen (Katherine Parkinson). Copyright: TalkbackThames

The IT Crowd

Special - The Internet Is Coming

All four stars of the award-winning IT Crowd - Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson and Matt Berry - reunite for a one-off special episode written and directed by Graham Linehan.

U&Dave channel logo 11:40pm (repeat)
QI Titles. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series E, Episode 4 - Exploration

With Rich Hall, Sean Lock and Bill Bailey.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 11:40pm (repeat)
Fool Britannia. Dom Joly. Copyright: ITV Studios

Fool Britannia

Series 1, Episode 8

Dom Joly continues in his attempt to fool an entire nation. Armed with a truckload of hidden cameras and disguises, Dom unleashes a whole host of brand new characters across the UK.

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 11:50pm (repeat)
Plebs. Image shows from L to R: Grumio (Ryan Sampson), Stylax (Joel Fry), Marcus (Tom Rosenthal). Copyright: RISE Films

Plebs

Series 2, Episode 7 - The Phallus

The boys bump into old school friend Fabianus, who is now a hot shot lawyer living the high life in Rome. Through him, Stylax reconnects with old flame Cordelia. Meanwhile, Grumio finds something unusual hiding in their wardrobe.

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