British Comedy Guide

Schedule Tuesday 31st August 2021

BBC Three 6am
27 min
Back To Life. Miranda (Daisy Haggard). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Back To Life

Series 2, Episode 1

Miri is moving on with her life with a new job and a date with Billy. But her past returns to trouble her with the arrival of a surprise visitor.

BBC Three 6am
27 min
Back To Life. Image shows from L to R: Mandy (Christine Bottomley), Miranda (Daisy Haggard). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Back To Life

Series 2, Episode 2

Between modern day sex and bank accounts, Miri is once again baffled by the world today as she navigates both her new job and her budding relationship with Billy.

BBC Three 6am
26 min
Back To Life. Image shows from L to R: Billy (Adeel Akhtar), Gaia (Meera Syal). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Back To Life

Series 2, Episode 3

While the town prepares for Lara's vigil, Miri is unwittingly taken to meet Billy's family for the first time, and attempts to reinvent herself.

BBC Three 6am
25 min
Back To Life. Miranda (Daisy Haggard). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Back To Life

Series 2, Episode 4

A series of disasters threaten to derail Miri's first date with Billy. Meanwhile, Caroline & Oscar find a visitor on their doorstep and must finally reckon with Caroline's affair.

BBC Three 6am
26 min
Back To Life. Image shows from L to R: Dom (Jamie Michie), Oscar (Richard Durden). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Back To Life

Series 2, Episode 5

With the former police chief still missing, Miri takes her driving test. Oscar enlists Dom to help with his environmental activism.

BBC Three 6am
28 min
Back To Life. Miranda (Daisy Haggard). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Back To Life

Series 2, Episode 6

Knowing she must go to the police, Miri's final day with Billy is interrupted by his domineering mother.

Radio 4 9:45am
15 min
Morecambe & Wise: The Lost Tapes. Image shows from L to R: Ernie Wise, Eric Morecambe. Copyright: ITV

Sunshine And Laughter

Episode 2

Eric and Ernie are back in London after the war, with an agent to find them work, leading to their first radio show and a trip to Australia with their new wives.

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 5pm
30 min
Lagging. Sol (Yoni Bronks). Copyright: BBC

Lagging

Series 1, Episode 7 - Slugs

Becca likes a boy who's massively into gaming - but she knows precisely zero about playing online games... so she makes Sol pretend to be her and game online on her behalf.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Birthday Cake Game

The Birthday Cake Game

Episode 1

Richard Osman hosts a comic quiz about birthdays. Joining him this week, battling to prove they're the best at working out ages and to take home the coveted birthday cake, are Jayne Sharp, Ed Gamble and Beattie Edmondson. Tune in to find out who comes out on top and see if you can beat the players and score higher at home.

U&Dave channel logo 10pm
60 min
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. Image shows from L to R: Toussaint Douglass, Desiree Burch, Alan Davies, Jason Manford, Suzi Ruffell. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

Series 6, Episode 6

Jason Manford opens up about how he became a stand-up and the time he got a dressing down from showbiz royalty, Bruce Forsyth. Toussaint Douglass, who is currently taking the stand-up scene by storm, chats about slipping down the pecking order. While New Yorker, Desiree Burch, discusses what life is really like on the streets of the city that never sleeps; and award-winning comic Suzi Ruffell reveals how she's still reeling over the time she was left holding her neighbour's tool.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
60 min
The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Alex Brooker, Adam Hills. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

The Last Leg

The Last Leg Of Tokyo 2020, Episode 8

Freshly returned from Japan, the GB rowing team are in the studio, whilst the boys try out blind football and Alice Tai and Phil Wang join in the chat.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10:35pm
Back To Life. Miranda (Daisy Haggard). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Back To Life

Series 2, Episode 1

Miri is moving on with her life with a new job and a date with Billy. But her past returns to trouble her with the arrival of a surprise visitor.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Fortunately... With Fi And Jane. Image shows from L to R: Fi Glover, Jane Garvey

Fortunately... With Fi And Jane

Series 1, Episode 34 - Dress Smart, Jock Smart... With London Hughes

Fi and Jane are joined by comedian and presenter London Hughes who shares stories about a nightmare date, her amazing dancing grandma, and overturning racial stereotypes.

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