Schedule Friday 4th September 2020
9am29 min
No More Jockeys
Set 1, Episode 13 - Set 1, Game 13It's all level! Another victory for Mark last means that Watson and Horne have five games each, meaning that the victor will have to take the set to a seventh game. Tim still stands on two victories.
11:30am30 min
Mr Muzak
Series 2, Episode 2 - O Little Town of LetchingtonPav is supplying the ambience to the opening of an all-year-round Christmas store. And by 'ambience' he basically means Nigel and Rachel singing carols. The ghosts of Christmas past mean this can only be an unpleasant experience for Nigel. This is compounded by Stan's attempts at securing a tree, Marco's suspect catering promises and the manager of the store who fancies herself as Letchington's answer to Mariah Carey.
1:30pm30 min
The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected
Series 6, Episode 1Mark Nelson is joined by guests Hal Cruttenden, Wendy Wason and Tam Cowan.
6pm
(repeat)
Would I Lie To You?
Series 10, Episode 5With Josh Widdicombe, Brian Blessed, Professor Kate Williams and Kevin Bishop.
6:20pm
(repeat)
Dad's Army
Series 8, Episode 4 - Come In, Your Time Is UpThe platoon are going away camping, but their trip is spoiled when the Vicar, the Verger and the Sea Scouts set up beside them. Things take a new turn at dawn when a group of bailed-out German airmen are found floating in the river.
6:30pm30 min
The News Quiz
Series 103, Episode 1Andy Zaltzman hosts the satirical quiz in front of a virtual audience, with guests Helen Lewis, Daliso Chaponda, Lucy Porter and Andrew Maxwell.
6:40pm
(repeat)
Would I Lie To You?
Series 10, Episode 6With Claudia Winkleman, Jamie Laing, Rhod Gilbert and Tracy-Ann Oberman.
7pm
(repeat)
Saluting Dad's Army
Episode 1Alexander Armstrong begins a 50th anniversary celebration of Dad's Army by looking at the inspiration for the show and how it made it to the screen. Alongside fascinating and entertaining archive material, the show features interviews with actors from the very earliest episodes, members of the production team who were there when it all started and a veteran of the real Home Guard.
8pm
(repeat)
Open All Hours
Series 2, Episode 7 - St Albert's DayArkwright invents a Saint's day so that Granville can check the pockets of a foreign visitor who he suspects of shoplifting.
8:35pm
(repeat)
Open All Hours
Series 3, Episode 1 - "An Errand Boy By The Ear"Arkwright's baffled when his customers get upset with his treatment of Granville. Surely, "it's what errand boys are for".
9pm
Shed Of The Dead
30-something man-child Trevor and his best friend, Graham, attempt to survive the zombie apocalypse.
9pm30 min
Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle
Peter Kay's Stand-Up Comedy Shuffle, Episode 1Join one of Bolton's funniest stand-up comedians for his finest moments from the last 25 years.
9pm
(repeat)
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 14 (Channel 4: Series 15), Episode 2Lee Mack and Victoria Coren Mitchell take on Alan Carr and Dane Baptiste. Sam Simmons is in with Susie Dent, and Rachel Riley is in charge of the letters and numbers.
9pm
(repeat)
Russell Howard Live: Wonderbox
A TV edit of Russell Howard's 2014 DVD.
9:20pm
(repeat)
The Fast Show: Just A Load Of Blooming Catchphrases
Episode 1 - Just A Load Of Blooming CatchphrasesPaul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Arabella Weir, John Thomson, Simon Day and Mark Williams reunite to remember more than twenty-five years of a true icon of British comedy.
9:30pm
(repeat)
Mrs. Brown's Boys
Series 1, Episode 4 - Mammy Rides AgainAgnes and Winnie gatecrash Maria's hen party, but realise that they have the wrong venue. Later, having invited Maria's snooty mother Mrs Nicholson to dinner, a nervous Agnes shores up her confidence with alcohol, but chaos ensues as the evening proceeds.
10pm65 min
Jon Richardson: Old Man
A chance to see a live performance recorded at Blackpool's historic Grand Theatre, on what was the final night of the comedian's sell-out, 158-date UK and Ireland tour. Here, Jon takes to the stage to comment - and generally complain - on topics including parenthood, Brexit and haircuts. The question of why nobody but him can correctly load a dishwasher is also raised. Alas, Jon can offer no solutions to all the problems he identifies, but nevertheless provides plenty of mirth as he fails to reach a viable conclusion to his grouses.
10:30pm
(repeat)
State Of The Union
Series 1, Episode 8 - DolphinsImprobable partners, Tom and Louise recall their early love life. But can they picture a future together?
11:20pm
(repeat)
Blackadder
Black Adder The Third, Episode 1 - Dish And DishonestyThe House of Commons, now led by William Pitt the Younger, sets out to bankrupt the Prince Regent. Blackadder has a plan to stop them, but it'll involve a rigged by-election and new MP - there's only one man for the job...
11:30pm
(repeat)
Taskmaster
Series 6, Episode 8 - What Kind Of Pictures?Alex Horne, subservient servant to glorious Taskmaster, Greg Davies, gets a treat as he's allowed to crack open five unusual chocolate eggs. Meanwhile, Russell Howard uses ear wax to charm a nice lady called Carol, Asim Chaudhry goes digging for invertebrates and Liza Tarbuck makes a puzzle for children... that should not be seen by children.
Midnight
(repeat)
Blackadder
Black Adder The Third, Episode 2 - Ink And IncapabilityWhen Baldrick appears to have used the sole copy of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary as fuel in the Prince's fireplace, Blackadder fears for his life at the hands of Samuel and his enraged, opium-fiend friends. He immediately sets about trying to write a new one...