British Comedy Guide

Schedule Wednesday 27th June 2018

BBC Three 10am
30 min
Live From The BBC. Fern Brady. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment / Ellis O'Brien

Live From The BBC

Series 3, Episode 1 - Fern Brady

In her first TV special, Scottish stand-up comedian and writer Fern Brady reveals how she got through University with unexpected side jobs and a simple diet. Fern's delivery is appealingly acidic, bold, whip-smart and unabashedly honest.

Radio 4 10:41am
15 min
Dead Pan. Image shows from L to R: DS Jason Trotter (John Hollingworth), DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh), CSM Jo Black (Jane Hazlegrove). Copyright: Savvy Productions

Dead Weight

Episode 3

The team feel no closer to discovering who would want to kill Jean Cranberry and why, when Jason delivers a shocking announcement. Meanwhile, Alma is about to discover that Jo has not been truthful about where she has been and it looks like there is a parasite at large.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Simon Callow

Plum House

Series 2, Episode 5 - Hot Quiz

A local pub quiz becomes the arena to decide who is best and smartest at Plum House after Tom decides that Peter and Julian should no longer be in charge of the finances.

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 4:05pm
15 min
Diddy TV. Copyright: BBC

Diddy TV

Series 4, Episode 3 - The World's Strongest Diddy

Love blossoms Diddy-style in First Dates. We discover that Vets Do the Funniest Things and who will win the title The World's Strongest Diddy?

U&Dave channel logo 6pm
60 min version
(repeat)
QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Julia Zemiro, Stephen Fry, Matt Lucas, David Mitchell. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series M, Episode 12 - Medieval And Macabre

With Matt Lucas, David Mitchell and Julia Zemiro.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Sanjay (Omar Raza), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Alok (Susheel Kumar). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Series 6, Episode 5 - Downton Abbey Voice Changer Helmet

Local butcher Mutton Jeff arranges a date, but his vocation proves a problem.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 7:15pm (repeat)
The Vicar Of Dibley. Geraldine Grainger (Dawn French). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

The Vicar Of Dibley

Series 3, Episode 1 - Autumn

Simon's back in the village, and the Vicar's particularly looking to give him a warm welcome. Her parishioners, however, are somewhat slow on the uptake. When things go awry for the couple, Dibley is plunged into disarray.

Radio 4 7:45pm (repeat)
Dead Pan. Image shows from L to R: DS Jason Trotter (John Hollingworth), DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh), CSM Jo Black (Jane Hazlegrove). Copyright: Savvy Productions

Dead Weight

Episode 3

The team feel no closer to discovering who would want to kill Jean Cranberry and why, when Jason delivers a shocking announcement. Meanwhile, Alma is about to discover that Jo has not been truthful about where she has been and it looks like there is a parasite at large.

U&Dave channel logo 8pm
60 min version
(repeat)
QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Josh Widdicombe, Stephen Fry, Sara Pascoe, Phill Jupitus. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series M, Episode 13 - Monster Mash

With Phill Jupitus, Sara Pascoe and Josh Widdicombe.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 8:10pm (repeat)
The Vicar Of Dibley. Geraldine Grainger (Dawn French). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

The Vicar Of Dibley

Series 3, Episode 2 - Winter

It's Christmas - not to mention the turn of the Millennium - in Dibley, and the Vicar is determined to put on a festive show that will be talked about for years. With Hugo, Frank and Owen in charge, they don't get off to a good start, but plans for a special live nativity, with the actually pregnant Alice as Mary, are soon being made.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 9pm (repeat)
Only Fools And Horses. Image shows from L to R: Del (David Jason), Auctioneer (Seymour Matthews), Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst)

Only Fools And Horses

1996 Christmas Trilogy, Christmas Special - Time On Our Hands

This third 1996 special was at the time thought to be last that would be made. Rodney's doing a stock take in the garage and has found an artificial leg, some Showaddywaddy LPs and an old watch. They get the watch valued and get just a little shock when it sells at Sotherby's for £6.2 million pounds. After all these years their finally millionaires!

U&Dave channel logo 9pm
60 min
Taskmaster. Alice Levine. Copyright: Avalon Television

Taskmaster

Series 6, Episode 9 - The Bubble Brothers

Alex Horne provides the crucial stats as Alice Levine gaffers nails to her nose, Russell Howard wraps a tie round his head and Tim Vine is left bereft by a small piece of bent metal.

BBC Two 10pm
30 min
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. Image shows from L to R: Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse. Copyright: Owl Power

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Barbel (Middle Wye, Herefordshire)

Paul and Bob fish for the mighty barbel in Hay on Wye. Passing a graveyard they muse about the future and chat to a local vicar about death and their own funerals.

U&Dave channel logo 10pm
60 min
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier. Image shows from L to R: Kerry Godliman, Jon Richardson, Romesh Ranganathan. Copyright: Talkback

Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier

Series 1, Episode 7 - Travel

Getting twitchy about travel, Jon wonders if forgetting to engage flight mode could cause a plane crash. Romesh Ranganthan and Kerry Godliman help assuage his fears.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
30 min
Stath Lets Flats. Image shows from L to R: Stath (Jamie Demetriou), Al (Alastair Roberts). Copyright: Roughcut Television

Stath Lets Flats

Series 1, Episode 1 - A Pushy Boy

Stath is desperate to secure a letting, and attempts to steal a viewing from colleague and arch-rival Carole.

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky 10pm (repeat)
A League Of Their Own. James Corden. Copyright: CPL Productions

A League Of Their Own

Series 11, Highlights Special - Best Bits

James Corden reflects on the funniest moments, the wackiest challenges and the best gags of Series 11 in a special highlights episode of the hit comedy and entertainment show.

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 10:05pm
50 min
CelebAbility. Ellie Taylor. Copyright: Potato

CelebAbility

Series 2, Episode 2

Georgia Kousoulou, Ellie Taylor, Jamie Laing, Ben Hanlin and Desiree Burch play in a series of raucous and riotous games to win 5,000 pounds. Keeping the mayhem in check is games adjudicator extraordinaire, Marek Larwood.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 10:25pm (repeat)
The Royle Family. Image shows from L to R: Denise Royle / Best (Caroline Aherne), Dave Best (Craig Cash), Jim Royle (Ricky Tomlinson), Antony Royle (Ralf Little)

The Royle Family

Series 1, Episode 5

Dave and Denise arrive home late, arguing loudly and threatening to call off the wedding - now just a week away. Soon the whole family are up and smoothing over the cracks of the evening.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:30pm
30 min
Lookalikes. Image shows from L to R: Hermione (Megan Flockhart), Russell Brand (Vlad Puscasu), David Beckham (Andy Harmer), Victoria Beckham (Camilla Shadbolt), Kate Moss (Denise Ohnona), Ed Sheeran (Ty Jones). Copyright: Knickerbockerglory

Lookalikes

Series 2, Episode 1

Tim has realised that to keep his new agency ahead of the competition, he desperately needs a lucrative revenue stream.

U&Dave channel logo 11pm
60 min version
(repeat)
QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Stephen Fry. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series L, Episode 15 - Long Lost

With Jimmy Carr, Claudia O'Doherty and Suggs.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Matt Berry Interviews.... Matt Berry. Copyright: BBC

Matt Berry Interviews...

Episode 3 - Simon Callow

Matt interviews Callow in his tiny dressing at the top of the Ambassadors Theatre in 1987, where he was starring in an adaptation of Jilly Cooper's book Riders.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 11:05pm (repeat)
Absolutely Fabulous. Image shows from L to R: Patsy (Joanna Lumley), Edina (Jennifer Saunders). Copyright: Saunders And French Productions / BBC

Absolutely Fabulous

Series 2, Episode 1 - Hospital

Patsy lands in the tabloids for her fling with an MP. She follows Edina, who has an ingrown toenail, into hospital so she can have a facelift before she appears in all the magazines, but things do not go to plan...

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Elvis McGonagall Takes A Look On The Bright Side. Elvis McGonagall (Elvis McGonagall). Copyright: Unique Productions

Elvis McGonagall Takes A Look On The Bright Side

Series 2, Episode 4

The second series of Elvis McGonagall's daft comic world of poems, satire and facetious remarks, broadcast from his caravan outside Dundee.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 11:40pm (repeat)
Absolutely Fabulous. Image shows from L to R: Patsy (Joanna Lumley), Edina (Jennifer Saunders). Copyright: Saunders And French Productions / BBC

Absolutely Fabulous

Series 2, Episode 2 - Death

Edina's father is dead, but is it art? Struggling to grasp the concept of mourning, Edina begins to worry about her own mortality, prompting a lavish spending spree. Meanwhile, Gran and Saffron make funeral arrangements while Edina and Patsy, drunk, finally decide to attend.

U&Dave channel logo Midnight
60 min version
(repeat)
Live At The Apollo. Image shows from L to R: Stewart Francis, Simon Brodkin, Paul Chowdhry. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

Live At The Apollo

Series 8, Episode 4 - Lee Nelson, Stewart Francis, Paul Chowdhry

The 'well good' Lee Nelson introduces stand-up from the Hammersmith Apollo. He introduces sets from Stewart Francis and Paul Chowdhry.

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