British Comedy Guide

Schedule Sunday 20th November 2022

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30am
30 min
Monty Python's Flying Circus. John Cleese. Credit: BBC, Python (Monty) Pictures Ltd

Two Lumps Of Cleese

Two recovered moments lost from the BBC archive. Starring John Cleese from Radio 1 in 1970 and Radio 4 in 1975. With James Peak.

Radio 4 3pm
60 min
The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin

The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin

Episode 2 - The Rise

Reggie hits rock bottom with a drunken speech at the fruit growers association conference, so resolves to turn his back on the rat race by faking his own death and becoming a new man. However, he finds he cannot stop thinking about home.

Radio 4 7:15pm
30 min
Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn. Image shows from L to R: Tara Flynn, Marian Keyes

Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn

Series 2, Episode 8 - The Ugly Present Problem

What on earth can I do with this hideous present? Is my sister subject to controlling behaviour? Should this 46-year-old man get botox? Marian and Tara have views.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8pm
60 min
The Larkins. Image shows left to right: Reverend Ian Candy (Maxim Ays), Primrose Larkin (Lydia Page)

The Larkins

Series 2, Episode 5 - Pop In Prison

The Larkins do all they can to get Pop out of prison. To keep Pop's spirits up, Mariette tells him he is going to be grandfather, but swears him to secrecy. Ma is surprised by an about-turn from a conflicted Norma Norman.

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