British Comedy Guide

Schedule Sunday 25th September 2016

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 7pm
60 min
Richard E. Grant On... Ealing Comedies. Image shows from L to R: Richard E. Grant, Miriam Margolyes. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment

Richard E. Grant On... Ealing Comedies

Episode 2 - Kind Hearts And Accolades

Richard looks at Ealing's golden years, comedy films that were produced almost back to back, which gave Ealing its rightful place in British comedy history. The Lavender Hill Mob, Kind Hearts And Coronets and The Man In The White Suit are all discussed as Richard celebrates the very best of Ealing.

Radio 4 7:15pm (repeat)
Sketchorama. Thom Tuck. Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Sketchorama

Series 2, Episode 3

Thom Tuck presents the sketch groups McNeil & Pamphilon, Barbershopera and WitTank.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 8:05pm (repeat)
Kind Hearts And Coronets. The General D'Ascoyne (Alec Guinness). Copyright: STUDIOCANAL / Ealing Studios

Kind Hearts And Coronets

Black Ealing comedy with eight classic characterisations by Alec Guinness as the noble victims of vengeance-seeking relative Dennis Price.

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 49, Episode 4

Guest host Alexander Armstrong is joined by regular team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop and guest panellists Michael Grade and Katherine Ryan.

U&Dave channel logo 10pm
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 49, Special - Have I Got Election News For You

Guest host Jo Brand is joined by regular team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop and guest panellists Romesh Ranganathan and Jon Snow for a special episode reacting to the General Election results.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 10:15pm (repeat)
The Young Ones. Image shows from L to R: Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson), Neil (Nigel Planer), Mike (Christopher Ryan), Rick (Rik Mayall). Copyright: BBC

The Young Ones

Series 2, Episode 2 - Cash

No one has any money, so - under Mike's instruction - Vyvyan begins stealing and chopping up everyone's possessions for firewood. When Vyvyan claims to be pregnant, Neil is forced to get a job, and joins the police!

BBC Two 10:30pm (repeat)
Fleabag. Godmother (Olivia Colman). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Fleabag

Series 1, Episode 6

Fleabag takes a date to her Godmother's Sex-hibition only to discover a few shocks are in store for her, including a declaration of love, a familiar piece of work, and an entire wall of surprises. But where is Claire? Fleabag is forced to face up to her actions, and to finally reveal what happened to her beloved friend, Boo.

BBC Two 10:55pm (repeat)
Murder In Successville. Image shows from L to R: George Shelley, Emma Bunton, DI Sleet (Tom Davis), Chris Kamara, Mark Wright, Kimberly Wyatt

Murder In Successville

Series 2, Episode 6 - Memoirs

D.I. Sleet is in Successville General Hospital recovering from being shot.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 11pm (repeat)
Clockwise. Image shows from L to R: Brian Stimpson (John Cleese), Laura Wisely (Sharon Maiden)

Clockwise

Manic comedy about the misadventures of an obsessively punctual comprehensive school headmaster, starring John Cleese.

U&Dave channel logo 11pm (repeat)
Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish. Dave Gorman

Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish

Series 2, Episode 4 - Poogle

The award-winning comic opines on life's little oddities, including micro-chipped cats, over-familiarity in coffee shops, self-driving cars, QR codes and cybersquatting.

U&Dave channel logo Midnight (repeat)
Crackanory. Carrie Fisher. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Crackanory

Series 3, Episode 1 - Uncivil War & Dread And Breakfast

In the first of story things escalate out of control at a reenactment troupe's weekend display after new evidence emerges suggesting history might have taken a different course. Next, a young couple checks into a mysterious B&B where the residents seem very keen to keep them there... forever. Read by Paul Whitehouse and Carrie Fisher.

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