British Comedy Guide

Schedule Wednesday 12th October 2016

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 7:20am
15 min
Little Roy. Copyright: JAM Media

Little Roy

Series 1, Episode 3 - Oh Brother!

Roy wishes he had a cartoon little brother who wants to play all the time. Not a big sister who gets mad at him.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Man At The Helm

Man At The Helm

Episode 2

Local handyman Charlie Bates is not on the man list but the kids are prepared to give him a shot when their mum falls for him because he looks like Frank Sinatra.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 7, Episode 6 - Gibraltar

Mark performs in St Michael's Cave in the Rock of Gibraltar. He explores Gibraltar's relationship with Spain, visits a British phone box, has some British fish and chips and encounters some not so British monkeys.

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 6:45pm
15 min
Danger Mouse. Copyright: FremantleMedia

Danger Mouse

Series 1, Episode 44 - Sir Danger De Mouse

The Queen of Weevils returns and convinces DM he's a medieval knight in order to escape from a secure prison - can Penfold break the spell and prevent London becoming a medieval city?

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 7:35pm (repeat)
Open All Hours. Image shows from L to R: Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron), Granville (David Jason), Albert Arkwright (Ronnie Barker). Copyright: BBC

Open All Hours

Series 1, Episode 3 - A Nice Cosy Little Disease

Perhaps a nice cosy little disease on Arkwright's part would be the thing to attract the ministrations of a certain district nurse?

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 8:10pm (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 4 - The Unlucky Winner Is...

Del enters an old painting of Rodney's in to a competition and unexpectedly wins a holiday for three. Unfortunately for Rodney, his painting came first in the under 15 category... Del decides not to tell anyone and deal with it once they get out there.

U&Dave channel logo 9pm
60 min version
(repeat)
QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, David Mitchell, Stephen Fry, Sue Perkins, Sami Shah. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series M, Episode 3 - M-Places

With David Mitchell, Sue Perkins and Pakistani comedian Sami Shah.

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky 9pm (repeat)
Stella. Ivan Schloss (Tony Gardner). Copyright: Tidy Productions

Stella

Series 5, Episode 1

Beyoncé's pregnancy causes tension between Stella and Michael.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 9:20pm (repeat)
Mrs. Brown's Boys. Image shows from L to R: Dermot Brown (Paddy Houlihan), Rory Brown (Rory Cowan), Winnie McGoogan (Eilish O'Carroll), Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll), Cathy Brown (Jennifer Gibney), Buster Brady (Danny O'Carroll). Copyright: BBC

Mrs. Brown's Boys

Series 1, Episode 2 - Mammy's Secret

Mrs Brown is concerned that her family are keeping too many secrets. Her daughter, Cathy, won't tell anyone about her new boyfriend and son Mark won't tell anyone why wife Betty has thrown him out.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 10pm (repeat)
Marley's Ghosts. Image shows from L to R: Vicar (Jo Joyner), Gary Jarvis (Harman Singh), Tina Jarvis (Mina Anwar)

Marley's Ghosts

Series 1, Episode 3

The Vicar's developed an infatuation with neighbour Tina's son Gary, and Michael wants to give back to the world. When Adam learns of a daughter he never knew about we see him taking responsibility and proving to Marley that he would have been a good Dad.

U&Dave channel logo 10pm
60 min
Unspun With Matt Forde. Image shows from L to R: Ruth Davidson, Matt Forde. Copyright: Avalon Television

Unspun With Matt Forde

Series 1, Episode 5

Matt Forde is joined by the Conservatives' Scottish leader, Ruth Davidson MSP.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 10:40pm (repeat)
Only Fools And Horses. Image shows from L to R: Del (David Jason), Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst). Copyright: BBC

Only Fools And Horses

The Final Specials, Christmas Special - Sleepless In Peckham

With the bankruptcy court ordering the family home in Nelson Mandela house to be auctioned, the Trotters' financial nightmare is fast approaching meltdown.

Combined with Cassandra about to give birth at anytime, Marlene's mysterious disappearance and Trigger behaving even more bizarrely than usual, its little wonder that no one is sleeping soundly in Peckham.

U&Dave channel logo 11pm
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 47, Episode 4

Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by guest host Martin Clunes and guest panellists Johnny Vegas and journalist Jo Coburn.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair. Jenny Eclair. Copyright: BBC

Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair

Series 3, Episode 2 - Hannah's Gone

Josie Lawrence stars in Jenny Eclair's series about women on the verge of a breakdown. Hannah's mum unearths some secrets in her daughter's recently vacated room.

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky 11pm (repeat)
Duck Quacks Don't Echo. Image shows from L to R: Paul Hollywood, Lee Mack, Gabby Logan, Hal Cruttenden. Copyright: Magnum Media

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

Series 5, Episode 7

Paul Hollywood, Gabby Logan and Hal Cruttenden join Lee Mack in the studio to test out more obscure facts and theories.

BBC Two 11:15pm
30 min
No Such Thing As The News. Image shows from L to R: Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, Dan Schreiber, James Harkin

No Such Thing As The News

Series 2, Episode 1

In the first show of the new series, the team discuss a craze of menacing clowns sweeping the US; pumpkin records; Donald Trump's preparations for the second presidential debate; and hackable toys.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Mae Martin. Copyright: Sun Lee

Mae Martin's Guide To 21st Century Sexuality

Episode 1 - What Should We Tell Our Kids?

Mae considers how we should be teaching children about sex and relationships. Hint: possibly not the same way that her own mother Wendy did.

U&Dave channel logo Midnight
60 min version
(repeat)
QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, David Mitchell, Stephen Fry, Sue Perkins, Sami Shah. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series M, Episode 3 - M-Places

With David Mitchell, Sue Perkins and Pakistani comedian Sami Shah.

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky Midnight (repeat)
A League Of Their Own. Image shows from L to R: Andrew Flintoff, David Walliams, Jack Whitehall, James Corden, Johanna Konta, Harry Redknapp, Jamie Redknapp. Copyright: CPL Productions

A League Of Their Own

Series 11, Episode 3

The guys are joined by former West Ham United and Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp, comedian David Walliams and the UK's number one female tennis player, Johanna Konta.

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