British Comedy Guide

Schedule Saturday 31st December 2022

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 9:10am
30 min
Nova Jones. Nova (Molly Rainford)

Nova Jones

Series 2, Episode 6 - Nova's Biggest Dance

Nova is unhappy that a fan wasn't enjoying her show, and her resulting huge tantrum rattles the Jefferson and upsets a sleeping baby planet - can everyone be soothed by the dancing Dollograms?

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 9:35am
30 min
Nova Jones. Nova (Molly Rainford)

Nova Jones

Series 2, Episode 7 - No Nova Club

Nova loves her high-energy workouts with Boulder but feels left out when the crew skip training to party with McLaren. Determined to win everyone back, she enlists Sid to help.

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 10am
30 min
Nova Jones. Nova (Molly Rainford)

Nova Jones

Series 2, Episode 8 - Nova's Imploding Star

Find out who's the biggest diva - Nova Jones or Diva Donna?

Radio 4 10:30am
30 min
You're Dead To Me

You're Dead To Me

Series 6, Episode 1 - Prohibition In The USA

Greg Jenner is joined by historian Prof Sarah Churchwell and comedian Kemah Bob in 1920s USA to follow the implementation and after effects of Prohibition.

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
Rick Edwards. Credit: BBC

Fighting Talk

Series 20, Episode 19

Football manager Phil Brown, football broadcaster Mina Rzouki, broadcaster Dougie Anderson and comedian Bob Mills join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

Radio 4 3pm
60 min
Episodes. Sean Lincoln (Stephen Mangan)

Bedroom Farce

Episode 1

Anything but a typical bedroom farce. Is marriage sustained more by habit than mutual excitement? Or is there a certain blessedness? Alan Ayckbourn's play is moving, observant - and hugely funny.

BBC Local Radio 5pm
60 min
Anything But Coldplay. Image shows from L to R: Toby Friedner, Sally Riceman, Mark Rann, Krysstal, Brian Damage

Anything But Coldplay

Christmas Specials 2022, New Year Special

The comedy music panel show for the three counties on New Year's Eve. Joining host Toby Friedner are Maff Brown, Babs Michel, Terry Alderton, Aideen McQueen, and guest scorer Marcel Lucont.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm
120 min
The Last Leg. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker

The Last Leg

Series 26, New Year Special - The Last Leg Of The Year

Two-hour extravaganza to wave goodbye - and good riddance - to 2022. Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker are joined by celebrity guests Rylan, Ellie Simmonds, Tom Davis, Desiree Burch, Baroness Warsi and Mike Wozniak to take a spectacular satirical look back at the highs and lows of the past year. The fabulous Sophie Ellis-Bextor is on hand to provide some musical entertainment.

BBC Scotland channel. Copyright: BBC 9:30pm
30 min
First Footing. Image shows left to right: Paul Black (Paul Black), Truman (Carl Spencer)

First Footing

Comedy whodunnit from social media star Paul Black, who wakes up on New Year's Day with little memory of the night before.

BBC One Scotland. Copyright: BBC 10pm
60 min
Ooh The Banter. Jack Docherty. Credit: BBC

Ooh The Banter!

Jack Docherty delves through the BBC Scotland archives to examine the country's humour.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10:25pm
65 min
The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Credit: So Television, Christopher Baines

The Graham Norton Show

Series 30, New Year Special - Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Hugh Laurie, Romesh Ranganathan, Leah Williamson, Callum Scott Howells, Madeline Brewer

Olivia Colman talks about sex scenes with a younger man, Micheal Ward pays tribute to Olivia, Hugh Laurie says he's very proud of his latest film, Romesh Ranganathan jokes about working with Katherine Ryan, Leah Williamson says she re-lives England's win over and over, and Cabaret stars Callum Scott Howells and Madeline Brewer perform live in the studio.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 10:35pm
65 min
The Jonathan Ross Show. Image shows left to right: Katherine Ryan, Tom Allen, Bill Bailey, Judi Love, Babatundé Aléshé

The Jonathan Ross Show

Series 19, New Year Special - Jonathan Ross' New Year Comedy Special

Jonathan sends off 2022 with a star-studded evening of stand-up comedy, featuring sets from Tom Allen, Judi Love, Babatunde Aleshe, Bill Bailey and Katherine Ryan, and there is music from house band Ezra Collective.

BBC One Scotland. Copyright: BBC 11pm
30 min
Queen Of The New Year

Queen Of The New Year

New Year Special - 2022

From turkey teeth, delayed ferries, fast turn around prime ministers, everyday VAR decisions to an unusual masked singer... 2022 has been a rollercoaster of a year. Thankfully Queen Of The New Year is here to poke fun at all the news and gossip of the last year.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 11pm
95 min
Adam Hills: Clown Heart. Adam Hills. Credit: Off The Kerb

Adam Hills: Clown Heart

TV broadcast of Adam Hills's 2017-released stand-up DVD, Clown Heart.

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