British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Schedule Thursday 17th October 2019

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
The Country Girls

The Country Girls

The Lonely Girl, Episode 4

Dada gets wind of Kate's affair with Eugene and takes drastic measures.

Radio 4 2:15pm
45 min
Bayeux Tapestry

Embroidering The Truth

Rapacious Bishop Odo (Charlie Anson) meets his match in the Anglo-Saxon former Queen, Edith (Katy Brand). He wants her wealth, she wants to survive. Armed only with a needle she leads a group of women in a bid to outwit their violent Norman oppressors. Her plan? To save her skin and, in the process, to create a masterpiece and a message that will last a thousand years. It is the Bayeux Tapestry.

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 5pm
30 min
So Awkward. Copyright: Channel X North

So Awkward

Series 5, Episode 6 - V Day

Lily goes into overdrive and organises the best Valentine's Day ever!

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Alone. Image shows from L to R: Morris (Bennett Arron), Louisa (Kate Isitt), Mitch (Angus Deayton), Ellie (Abigail Cruttenden), Will (Pearce Quigley). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Alone

Series 2, Episode 2 - Anti-Valentine's Day

As Valentine's Day approaches, the neighbours are all dreading that left-out feeling they always get on February 14th - so Will encourages them to go out and enjoy themselves anyway, booking a table for a singles-only meal.

Comedy Central 8pm
30 min
Blockbusters. Copyright: Thames

Blockbusters

Series 2, Episode 4

Identical twins Evie and Mia take on 17 year old Jason who did his maths and further maths A-levels a year early. Find out if two identical heads in sync, are better than one!

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky 8pm
60 min
A League Of Their Own. Image shows from L to R: Jamie Redknapp, Andrew Flintoff, Romesh Ranganathan. Copyright: CPL Productions

A League Of Their Own

Series 14, Highlights Special - Best Of

Think it's all over? Don't worry, it's not yet. To send the BAFTA-winning series off with a bang, we'll be reliving the funniest moments, wackiest challenged and biggest jokes of the season in a special Best Of episode.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 9pm
60 min
Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy. Image shows from L to R: Jocelyn Jee Esien, Lenny Henry. Copyright: Douglas Road

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy

Episode 3 - Sketch

Beginning with Lenny's prominence as a versatile performer and creator of characters, the film features great archive from Tiswas, Three Of A Kind and Lenny's own shows.

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky 9pm
60 min
There's Something About Movies. Image shows from L to R: Tom Allen, Jennifer Saunders, Jonathan Ross, Alan Carr, Phil Wang, Florence Pugh, Michael Sheen

There's Something About Movies

Series 2, Episode 2

Coming along for the ride on this week's show are star of Fighting With My Family, Florence Pugh, comedian Phil Wang; and presenter / professional manchild Jonathan Ross.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm
60 min
Pants On Fire. Image shows from L to R: Joel Dommett, Emma Willis, Natasia Demetriou. Copyright: Fulwell 73 Productions

Pants On Fire

Episode 2

Joel Dommett and Natasia Demetriou are on the panel this week as Emma Willis hosts the comedy bluffing show in which daredevil teams attempt some of the bravest - or simply downright stupid - challenges.

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 10pm
50 min
Celebrity Juice. Image shows from L to R: Holly Willoughby, Leigh Francis, Melanie Brown. Copyright: Talkback

Celebrity Juice

Series 22, Episode 2

Joining the panel this week, it's the lead singer of Queen, Adam Lambert, actor and comedian John Thomson, popstar Louise Redknapp and acting legend Will Mellor.

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky 10pm
60 min
Frayed. Sammy Burbeck (Sarah Kendall). Copyright: Merman

Frayed

Series 1, Episode 4

Sammy pitches her partnership deal to Chris during a business trip. But then an incident in a casino puts her in an awkward situation.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm
30 min
Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Newsjack

Series 21, Episode 6

Newsjack returns to satirise another week's news and events. This week, a look at what would happen with Nobel Prize got extended to ordinary people, the church using social media, and how the government would use ID to check on voters.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Agendum. Alexandra Palisades (Carrie Quinlan). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Agendum

Series 2, Episode 4 - Good Luck Everybody

Alexandra Palisades (Carrie Quinlan) brings more topical stories under the spotlight. Or not. This time there is a look at how the housing crisis has got so bad that people are moving into burrows, the USA plans to put forward a law to make mass shootings legal, and the plan to launch a new financial crisis.

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