Schedule for 22nd June 2022 - British Comedy Guide

6pm (repeat)

Taskmaster

Series 7, Episode 6 - A Coquettish Fascinator

At the halfway stage, all contestants, with the possible exception of Phil Wang, still have high hopes of winning. Kerry Godliman and Jessica Knappett resort to soapy violence.

6:05pm (repeat)

dinnerladies

Series 1, Episode 5 - Party

The canteen are tasked with catering the factory's Christmas do, and must stick to a Japanese theme as a multi-national merger is being negotiated.

6:30pm
30 min

How to Be Bohemian. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Heresy

Series 12, Episode 5

Joining Victoria Coren Mitchell to commit heresy this week are Katy Brand, Phil Wang and David Mitchell.

6:40pm (repeat)

Dad's Army

Series 9, Episode 1 - Wake-Up Walmington

Morale is at rock bottom as no-one is taking the Home Guard seriously. Hodges is being similarly ridiculed, so he and Mainwaring decide to join forces and shake Walmington-on-Sea out of its complacency.

7:20pm (repeat)

Dad's Army

Series 9, Episode 2 - The Making Of Private Pike

Hodges's niece, Sylvia is visiting Walmington and takes a shine to Pike. Arranging to go to the cinema in Eastbourne, she co-erces him into liberating Mainwaring's brand new staff car.

7:40pm (repeat)

Room 101

Series 5, Episode 3 - Greg Davies, Katie Price, Adil Ray

Stand-up Greg Davies, Citizen Khan star Adil Ray, and reality TV star Katie Price try to abolish among other things beards, ketchup and people who give their dog very specific instructions.

8pm (repeat)

The Good Life

Series 3, Episode 4 - I Talk To The Trees

A fellow gardener inspires Tom and Barbara to conduct some unusual experiments in order to increase the yield of their produce.

8:20pm (repeat)

QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Gyles Brandreth, Sandi Toksvig, Jimmy Carr, Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series N, Episode 5 - Not Nearly

With Gyles Brandreth, Jimmy Carr and Victoria Coren Mitchell.

8:40pm (repeat)

The Good Life

Series 3, Episode 6 - Whose Fleas Are These?

When the Goods realise their house has been taken over by fleas, they a horrified to think that they have contaminated the Leadbetter household during a recent trip.

9pm (repeat)

Code 404

Series 1, Episode 3

Dennett has given Major and Carver a new assignment, but Major would rather stake out Kelly's work.

9pm
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.

9:20pm (repeat)

Gimme Gimme Gimme

Series 3, Episode 1 - Down And Out In Kentish Town

Tom's outraged when Linda reveals that she has turned their garden into a campsite. The residents are hardly normal holidaymakers, however - specifically the hardest screw from Linda's old Borstal, Miss Twitch, and her peculiar young male companion, the bearded, bedraggled Si.

9:30pm (repeat)

Code 404

Series 1, Episode 4

The pressure is on with Major and Carver's latest assignment; protecting Chalmers, the head of the A.I. Ethics Committee. Success could secure Major's future, whereas failing to do so could seal his fate. Meanwhile, feeling stung by Kelly's rejection, Carver contemplates a transfer to Scotland. But when Kelly asks him to stay, he's filled with renewed hope.

10pm (repeat)

Live At The Apollo

Series 6, Episode 5 - Stephen K Amos, Jon Richardson, Micky Flanagan

With Stephen K Amos, Jon Richardson and Micky Flanagan.

10pm (repeat)

Breeders

A selection of episodes from the first series of the parenting sitcom.

10pm (repeat)

Mock The Week

Series 20, Episode 6

Dara O Briain and Hugh Dennis pan through the last week and extract nuggets of comedy gold, with guests Maisie Adam, Angela Barnes, Ed Byrne, Glenn Moore and Evelyn Mok.

10pm
60 min

Hypothetical

Series 4, Episode 6

This week's guests are Judi Love, Amy Gledhill, Josh Pugh and Liza Tarbuck.

10:05pm (repeat)

The Emily Atack Show

Series 2, Episode 2 - Life Lessons

This week's theme is life lessons. In sketches Emily goes back to school, takes a disastrous road trip and, when she suspects her boyfriend is cheating, her Devil and Angel get the better of her. Meanwhile, Emily tells all with stand up about sex education, bunking off school, and failing her driving lessons five whole times.

11pm
60 min version (repeat)

Have I Got News For You

Series 58, Episode 3

Watchdog presenter Steph McGovern hosts the satirical quiz, as guests comedian Miles Jupp and journalist Camilla Long joining regular team leaders Ian Hislop and Paul Merton to poke fun at the week's events.

11pm
15 min

An abandoned train. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

No-Platformed

Episode 2

Russ, Stuart, and Clara battle a parcel conglomerate and The Railway Children meet an untimely end.

11:05pm (repeat)

Peep Show

Series 4, Episode 1 - Sophie's Parents

Mark is now engaged to Sophie but is having crippling doubts. After being invited to spend Sophie's birthday weekend with her parents in the countryside he is desperate to impress them, but foolishly invites Jeremy to come along.

11:15pm (repeat)

Rosie Jones: Box Ticker

Series 2, Episode 4 - Northern

This week, Rosie looks at being Northern. She grew up in a coastal town in Yorkshire, but seems to be ashamed that she moved to London for work. Louise Young joins Rosie on stage to examine what it means to be from the North, and if their identities and attitudes are really tied to where they are from.