British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Schedule Sunday 23rd December 2018

Radio 4 11:15am
Alan Carr Yap, Yap, Yap!. Alan Carr. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

Desert Island Discs

Alan Carr is interviewed by Lauren Laverne.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 6:20pm
30 min
Hold The Sunset. Image shows from L to R: Edith (Alison Steadman), Joan (Sue Johnston), Sandra (Joanna Scanlan). Copyright: BBC

Hold The Sunset

Christmas Special - If I Were A Wise Man

It's the last Christmas Edith will have with her family before she and Phil set off for their dream retirement in the Mediterranean. Edith's son Roger enlists her scurrilous one-time flame, Bob 'the burglar', to give Christmas its proper flavour; Edith's sister Joan won't watch the Queen's Speech anywhere else; Queenie locks Sandra and Wendy into a wardrobe; and Phil finds himself talking to a ghost.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 6:50pm
30 min
Still Open All Hours. Image shows from L to R: George (Roger Sloman), Annie (Rita Tushingham), Granville (David Jason). Copyright: BBC

Still Open All Hours

Series 5, Christmas Special

It is Christmas, and Granville has a large consignment of mistletoe mince pies to shift, but how can he persuade his regulars to buy them?

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 7pm (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 - Strangers On The Shore

With the family fortune squandered, Del and Rodney set off for France to attend a memorial service in memory of Uncle Albert's old shipmates from the war. On the way back the Trotters pick up some rather unexpected cargo!

Radio 4 7:15pm
30 min
The Shuttleworths. John Shuttleworth (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC

The Shuttleworths

2018 Christmas Special - Visiting Time

John Shuttleworth has to combine his Christmas Broadcast with a visit to the local hospital, as his friend Alan the Opera Singer is in for tests.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 7:15pm (repeat)
Johnny English. Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson). Copyright: Working Title Films / STUDIOCANAL

Johnny English

He knows no fear. He knows no danger. He knows... nothing! A film about bumbling secret agent Johnny English.

Sky Arts logo. Copyright: Sky 8pm
Funny Girl: The Musical

Funny Girl: The Musical

A recording of Sheridan Smith starring in the stage musical.

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

QI

Series K, Episode 8 - Keys

With Bill Bailey, Isy Suttie and Tim Minchin.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 8:40pm (repeat)
Gavin & Stacey. Image shows from L to R: Bryn (Rob Brydon), Gwen (Melanie Walters), Nessa (Ruth Jones), Stacey (Joanna Page), Gavin (Mathew Horne), Mick (Larry Lamb), Pam (Alison Steadman), Smithy (James Corden). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

Gavin & Stacey

Series 2, Christmas Special - Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special

It's Christmas Eve and the Wests join the Shipmans for one of Mick's famous turkey dinners.

Union Jack 9pm
60 min
Pippa Evans

Christmas Musical Comedy Chart

A one-off show counting down some of the best festive comedy songs.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9pm
30 min
Have I Got News For You. Image shows from L to R: Paul Merton, Ian Hislop

Have I Got News For You

Series 56, Highlights Special - Have I Got 2018 News For You

Team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by a variety of guest hosts and panellists from the worlds of comedy, journalism and current affairs for a compilation that looks back at the big news of 2018.

U&Dave channel logo 9pm
3 min
Dave's Advent Calendar. Sofie Hagen

Dave's Advent Calendar

Episode 23 - På loftet sidder nissen med sin julegrød - A Genuine Danish Christmas Song From Sofie Hagen

Sofie Hagen sings the famous Danish classic Christmas song "På loftet sidder nissen med sin julegrød".

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm
60 min
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Rachel Riley

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Series 15 (Channel 4: Series 16), Christmas Special

Sean Lock and Kathy Burke team up against Jon Richardson and David Mitchell. James Acaster joins Countdown's resident lexicographer Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner, while maths whizz Rachel Riley and comedian Joe Wilkinson are in charge of the numbers.

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky 9pm
60 min
Trollied. Image shows from L to R: Cheryl (Sarah Parish), Registrar (Nicola Blackman), Gavin (Jason Watkins). Copyright: Roughcut Television

Trollied

Christmas Special - The Wedding

Finally it's the weekend of Gavin Strong and Cheryl Fairweather's wedding. Arriving at a beautiful country house hotel and surrounded by their friends and beloved Valco family, the couple couldn't be happier. However come the morning of the wedding Gavin is nowhere to be seen. A few drinks in the local pub with the stag party clearly took a very messy turn and as Cheryl panics that Gavin's got cold feet, it's a race against the clock to get Gavin back from Dublin and to the wedding on time.

U&Dave channel logo 9:05pm
55 min version (repeat)
QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Bill Bailey, Sandi Toksvig, Phill Jupitus, Claudia Winkleman. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series O, Episode 1 - Ologies

In the first episode of the 'O' series, Sandi Toksvig sets out in search of 'Ologies' and 'Odoxies' - and finds out how an amusement arcade helped to win the Cold War, meets a lizard with three eyes, and much else besides. The guests are Bill Bailey, Phill Jupitus and Claudia Winkleman.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:30pm
30 min
King Gary. Gary King (Tom Davis)

King Gary

Episode 1 - Pilot

Gary King's world is thrown into utter turmoil when he discovers that a neighbour is having a rival barbecue on the same day as his first barbecue of the year.

BBC Four 9:30pm
30 min
The Secret Story Of The BBC Christmas Tapes. Dave Rixon. Copyright: BBC Studios

The Secret Story Of The BBC Christmas Tapes

For years, the BBC's production teams would compile video tapes of bloopers, out-takes and curious from the past year's shows, for their own internal enjoyment at Christmas. This is their remarkable story.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 10pm (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

Christmas Special - Joe's Crackers

It's Christmas Day at the Royles' and Barbara is up to her eyes in it as Jim is out of action due to an unfortunate incident in the precinct.

U&Dave channel logo 10pm (repeat)
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier. Image shows from L to R: David O'Doherty, Jon Richardson, James Acaster. Copyright: Talkback

Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier

Series 1, Episode 6 - Technology

Jon is troubled by technology. James Acaster and David O'Doherty address his worries about smartphones, becoming a viral sensation and boozing in virtual pubs.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm (repeat)
Father Ted. Image shows from L to R: Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O'Hanlon), Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan), Mrs Doyle (Pauline McLynn), Father Jack Hackett (Frank Kelly). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Father Ted

Series 2, Christmas Special - A Christmassy Ted

When Ted's quick thinking saves a group of Priests - and the Catholic church - from a major embarrassment (involving lingerie) at Christmas, he is given the prestigious Golden Cleric award. But on Craggy Island, nothing is as simple as it seems... Apart from Dougal.

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

QI

Series K, Episode 9 - Kinetic

With Danny Baker, Jo Brand and Marcus Brigstocke.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 11:15pm
30 min
The Young Offenders. Image shows from L to R: Jock O'Keeffe (Chris Walley), Mairead MacSweeney (Hilary Rose), Conor MacSweeney (Alex Murphy)

The Young Offenders

Christmas Special

It's Christmas week, and the residents of the estate where Conor, Jock and Mairead live have been fighting off an eviction from the council for over a month.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 11:20pm (repeat)
Victoria Wood's Mid Life Christmas. Victoria Wood. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment

Victoria Wood's Mid Life Christmas

Victoria Wood returns with a 60-minute special for BBC One featuring sketches, personal injury commercials, unlikely sporting events and a dance number bringing together the killer combo of midriff bulge and Busby Berkeley.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 11:45pm (repeat)
This Country. Image shows from L to R: Kerry Mucklowe (Daisy May Cooper), Lee 'Kurtan' Mucklowe (Charlie Cooper). Copyright: BBC

This Country

Episode 1 - The Aftermath

This one-off special investigates the fallout from Kerry's criminality.

BBC Two 11:55pm (repeat)
Insert Name Here. Sue Perkins

Insert Name Here

Series 4, Christmas Special - Xmas

In this festive series opener Josh Widdicombe is joined by Chris Packham and historian Suzannah Lipscomb and Richard Osman is joined by Carol Vorderman and James Acaster. Cue lots of comic banter, funny facts and unusual stats, as the as the two teams vie to outdo the other.

U&Dave channel logo Midnight
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 48, Episode 1

With guest host Jennifer Saunders and guest panellists Armando Iannucci and Peter Bone MP.

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky 2am
90 min
The Queen And I. Image shows from L to R: Jack Barker (David Walliams), The Queen (Samantha Bond). Copyright: King Bert Productions

The Queen And I

Comedy about the abolition of the Monarchy and the Royal Family moving to the Midlands.

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