British Comedy Guide

Schedule Thursday 5th April 2018

Radio 4 2:15pm
45 min
Holbein's Skull. Copyright: BBC

Holbein's Skull

A comic peek behind Hans Holbein's painting The Ambassadors and the enigma that surrounds it.

CBeebies logo. Credit: BBC 4:45pm
10 min
Bitz & Bob

Bitz & Bob

Series 1, Episode 19 - Jungle Fashion Show

It's fashion show time. Bitz has designed some fantastic hats, Bob is taking the photographs, Purl is modelling them and Bevel is guiding them through the jungle to find the perfect place to hold the show.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Hexagonal Phase, Episode 5 - Fit The Thirty-First

As the Vogons approach Nano, Thor and Wowbagger prepare for their battle.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9pm
30 min
Not Going Out. Image shows from L to R: Lucy (Sally Bretton), Lee (Lee Mack)

Not Going Out

Series 9, Episode 5 - Pants On Fire

When Lee and Lucy cancel dinner with Toby and Anna at the last moment it opens up a can of worms.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:30pm
30 min
Still Game. Image shows from L to R: Jack Jarvis (Ford Kiernan), Victor McDade (Greg Hemphill)

Still Game

Series 8, Episode 5 - Pie

There's an appetite for destruction as steak pies dominate Jack, Victor and Craiglang's own hilarious version of the hunger games. Only the strongest will reign supreme.

BBC Two Scotland 10pm
30 min
Limmy's Homemade Show. Brian Limond

Limmy's Homemade Show

Episode 1 - Limmy's Homemade Show

In his homemade show Limmy, aka Brian Limond, opens the door to a tradesman who gets more than he bargained for and to a group of young men whose dabblings in the spirit world prove unsettling. There's also the appearance of a mysterious individual during a routine piece of filming at home. A visit to the museum prompts a vision of the future and while meandering by the river, Limmy attempts an academic explanation of how comedy works to a tough audience. Meanwhile a walk in the park which he takes to improve his health goes down a strange route after he recalls a previous encounter with a litterbug.

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 10pm
50 min
Celebrity Juice. Image shows from L to R: Jonathan Ross, Leigh Francis, Holly Willoughby, Lucy Fallon, Gino D'Acampo, Fearne Cotton, Gok Wan

Celebrity Juice

Series 19, Episode 3

Joining the panel this week are First Dates star Fred Sirieix, Coronation Street's Lucy Fallon, fashion guru and TV presenter Gok Wan and Celebrity Juice regular Gino 'Sheffield' D'Acampo.

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky 10pm
30 min
In The Long Run. Walter (Idris Elba). Copyright: Sprout Pictures

In The Long Run

Series 1, Episode 3

Valentine signs up for open trials at Leyton Orient football club. Meanwhile, Agnes and Kirsty discover their elderly neighbour Ernie has been dead for days.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Beef And Dairy Network. Benjamin Partridge

Beef And Dairy Network

Series 2, Episode 1

In this episode, we interview Michael Banyan, the former bovine poet laureate who is now in hiding after a brush with the Bovine Farmers' Union.

Radio 1 3am
Birthday Girls. Image shows from L to R: Beattie Edmondson, Rose Johnson, Camille Ucan

Birthday Girls House Party

Episode 2

Birthday Girls invite you to a series of parties.

Radio 1 3am
The Andy Field Experience. Andy Field. Copyright: Steve Ullathorne

The Andy Field Experience

Episode 2

Sketch show from comic Andy Field.

Radio 1 3am
Matt Edmondson. Copyright: BBC

Clickipedia

Episode 2

Matt Edmondson and guests search the web for the best facts and useless knowledge.

Radio 1 3am
Emily Lloyd Saini

Battle Acts

Episode 2

Two teams of comedians compete in a series of ridiculous and increasingly difficult challenges.

Radio 1 3am
Jen Wakefield

The Comeback

Episode 2

Comedians get the chance to deliver the comeback they always wanted.

Radio 1 3am
60 min
Benjamin Partridge

Ray Moss: No Stone Unturned

Episode 2

Ben Partridge from the award-winning Beef and Dairy Network podcast returns as Ray Moss to investigating the seemingly small personal mysteries of fictional listeners.

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