British Comedy Guide

Schedule Friday 19th August 2016

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 9am
30 min
Hacker Time. Copyright: BBC

Hacker Time

Series 6, Episode 10 - Ricky Martin

CBBC's Art Ninja, Ricky Martin, joins Hacker in the studio for a show about all things art. Plus Luke and Leia sing about their potent breath in Lost and Found (...& Lost Again) and there's a final trip to Rearend-On-Sea for The Accommodation Place.

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
Monsignor Quixote. Quixote (Bernard Cribbins)

Monsignor Quixote

Episode 10

Graham Greene's comic 'entertainment', set in rural Spain a few years after the death of Franco.

Radio 4 11:30am
Start/Stop. Barney (Jack Docherty). Copyright: BBC

Start/Stop

Series 3, Episode 4 - Cathy's Dad

Cathy's father is in a nursing home, but Cathy wants him to come and live with them. Barney is not keen but then realises he can use looking after Cathy's dad to make him seem more caring.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Breaking The News. Des Clarke. Copyright: BBC Studios

Breaking The News

Series 4, Episode 6

Des Clarke is joined at the Edinburgh Fringe by comedians Rory Bremner, Felicity Ward and Andrew Maxwell plus author Val McDermid.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm
Gein's Family Giftshop Present.... Copyright: The Rubber Chicken

Gein's Family Giftshop Present...

Series 2, Episode 1 - The Space Race

Gein's family Giftshop decide to make it their priority to put Wales on the space map. They're appealing to the people of the principality as they try to raise the funds to send Wales' first rocket into space.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Noel Fielding. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 9, Episode 4 - Meeting Fifty-Three

Offering their donations to John Lloyd and Noel Fielding are the surreal comic Vic Reeves, pheromone expert Tristram Wyatt and historian Kate Williams.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm
60 min
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Copyright: ITV Studios / Zeppotron

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Series 9 (Channel 4: Series 10), Episode 3

Sean Lock and David O'Doherty go up against Jon Richardson and Natasia Demetriou. John Kearns joins Countdown's resident lexicographer Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner, while Rachel Riley looks after the numbers and letters.

Channel 5 logo 10pm
30 min
It's Not Me, It's You. Image shows from L to R: Eamonn Holmes, Vicky Pattison

It's Not Me, It's You

Episode 8

In the final show of the current series, Eamonn Holmes, Kelly Brook and Vicky Pattison are joined by celebrities Carol Vorderman, Al Porter, Russell Kane and Ruth Langsford for more cheeky games and challenges focused on the world of dating and relationships.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
35 min
Friday Night Dinner. Cynthia (Rosalind Knight)

Friday Night Dinner

Series 4, Episode 5 - The Funeral

It's Uncle Saul's funeral which means 'Horrible Grandma' is back, and leaving a trail of broken furniture in her wake.

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