British Comedy Guide

Schedule Friday 7th April 2023

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Ability. Matt (Lee Ridley). Copyright: BBC

Ability

Series 4, Episode 2 - Mi Casa Su Casa

Matt and Anna are excited about their first romantic weekend away. But when Matt asks Bob along to take care of them, and Jess joins in too, it's not quite what Anna had in mind.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 5:30pm
50 min
Dodger

Dodger

Easter Special - Bad Egg

Some of the gang are being rehabilitated through the power of education, after they're caught red handed and sent to a very smart British public school. Filled with even more fun-filled antics, who will race to save the day and rescue the gang?

U&Dave channel logo 6pm (repeat)
Taskmaster. Tim Vine. Copyright: Avalon Television

Taskmaster

Series 6, Episode 2 - Tarpeters

Under the watchful eye of Greg's loyal lapdog Alex Horne, Liza Tarbuck demonstrates her hatred of small toy men, Asim Chaudhry invents a new kind of rain hat and Alice Levine tries to work out the rules of darts.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 62, Episode 4

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. They're joined by David Eagle, Janine Harouni, Jess Robinson, Daniel Barker & Roisin O'Mahony.

Sky Comedy. Copyright: Sky 8pm (repeat)
Intelligence. Image shows from L to R: Charlotte (Diane Morgan), Joseph Harries (Nick Mohammed)

Intelligence

Series 2, Episode 3

A rival GCHQ team have unearthed important information about Eternal Blue, the cyber weapon which the Russians have got their hands on. But to Jerry's frustration, they won't share the intel, which he needs to thwart the attack and more importantly further his own career and secure his path back to the NSA. So when he finds out that Joseph has a date with Charlotte, a colleague from the rival team at GCHQ Bude, he seizes the opportunity.

U&Dave channel logo 8:20pm (repeat)
Red Dwarf. Image shows from L to R: Cat (Danny John-Jules), Kryten (Robert Llewellyn), Holly (Hattie Hayridge), Lister (Craig Charles), Rimmer (Chris Barrie). Copyright: BBC

Red Dwarf

Series IV, Episode 1 - Camille

Rescuing a mechanoid, Camille, from a crashed spaceship, Kryten falls in love instantly. However, so does Rimmer. And Lister's quite taken with her too. Just what is going on?

Sky Comedy. Copyright: Sky 8:30pm (repeat)
Intelligence. Image shows from L to R: Hilary (Morgana Robinson), Jerry Bernstein (David Schwimmer)

Intelligence

Series 2, Episode 4

It's Harassment and Discrimination training day at CySec but all is not what is seems with the course leader, Hilary Bowden. It seems that alpha Jerry, who's used to getting away with behaving how he wants with little consequence, may have met his match?

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 9pm (repeat)
The Vicar Of Dibley. Geraldine Grainger (Dawn French). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

The Vicar Of Dibley

1996 Specials, Easter Special - The Easter Bunny

Easter is approaching, and whilst the village is struggling to make good on its Lenten fasts, old Mrs Cropley is taken ill. The prognosis is bleak, and she asks the Vicar one final favour before passing into the hereafter...

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9pm
30 min
Would I Lie To You?. Image shows from L to R: David Mitchell, Rob Brydon, Lee Mack. Copyright: Zeppotron

Would I Lie To You?

Series 16, Out-takes - The Unseen Bits

An episode of previously unseen material from Series 16, featuring Bob Mortimer, Steve Pemberton, Shazia Mirza, Motsi Mabuse, Henning Wehn, Bez, Ellie Simmonds, Snoochie Shy and Shirley Ballas.

U&Dave channel logo 9pm (repeat)
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years. Copyright: North One Television

Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years

Episode 1 - Boys From The Dwarf

A look at the troubled origins of what was soon to become the most celebrated and successful sci-fi comedy ever, as told by the people who were there.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm (repeat)
The Inbetweeners Movie. Image shows from L to R: Neil Sutherland (Blake Harrison), Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas), Jay Cartwright (James Buckley), Will MacKenzie (Simon Bird). Copyright: Bwark Productions

The Inbetweeners Movie

Will and friends are off on their biggest adventure yet... a lads' holiday abroad.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:30pm
30 min
The Cleaner. Kai (Asim Chaudhry)

The Cleaner

Series 2, Episode 3 - The Night Shift

Wicky is called to a shooting in a technology shop, where he finds himself sharing the night shift with Kai, a shelf-stacking conspiracy theorist.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 9:55pm (repeat)
Mrs. Brown's Boys. Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll). Copyright: BBC / BocPix

Mrs. Brown's Boys

Series 3, Episode 2 - Mammy's Inflation

It's all change in the Brown household as two of Mrs Brown's boys finalise plans for their new homes.

U&Dave channel logo 10pm
40 min version
(repeat)
We Are Not Alone. Image shows left to right: Stewart (Declan Baxter), Trater (Vicki Pepperdine), Gordan (Mike Wozniak), Greggs (Joe Thomas)

We Are Not Alone

Part 1 of 3: Aliens take over the world but struggle to govern a species as baffling as humans, so they hire a 'Human Liaison' in the UK: Stewart, a hapless twentysomething from the local council.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
60 min
Late Night Lycett. Image shows left to right: David Harewood, Rylan Clark-Neal, Joe Lycett, Daisy May Cooper, Greg James

Late Night Lycett

Series 1, Episode 2

Joe Lycett is joined by Daisy May Cooper, Rylan Clark, David Harewood and Greg James, plus Katherine Ryan, who has been invited back after she unfortunately missed her chance to be interviewed last Friday, as the canal boat she was on became unmoored, leading to her floating down Digbeth Branch Canal.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 10:35pm (repeat)
Inside No. 9. Image shows from L to R: Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith

Inside No. 9

A selection of four episodes from the comic anthology.

U&Dave channel logo 10:40pm
60 min version
(repeat)
QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Miles Jupp, Sandi Toksvig, Deirdre O'Kane, Phill Jupitus. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series N, Episode 8 - Non Sequiturs

With Phill Jupitus, Miles Jupp and Deirdre O'Kane.

Sky Max. Copyright: Sky 11pm (repeat)
Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Tom Grennan

Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Series 29, Episode 2

Daisy May Cooper welcomes singers Ellie Goulding and Tom Grennan to her team, whilst Noel Fielding is joined by series regular Jamali Maddix and music sensation Yungblud.

Channel 5 logo 11:05pm (repeat)
Jo Brand

Jo Brand's Classic Comedy Sketches Of The...

Episode 2 - 1980s

The decade of the Rubik's Cube, shoulder pads and alternative comedy: Jo Brand takes us through some classic 80s sketches courtesy of Not The Nine O'Clock News, French & Saunders and the late, great Victoria Wood.

U&Dave channel logo 11:40pm (repeat)
QI. Sindhu Vee

QI

Series S, Episode 13 - Sun, Sea & Sandi

Join Sandi Toksvig on a trip to the seaside with Ed Gamble, Lou Sanders, Sindhu Vee and Alan Davies.

BBC Two 12:25am
45 min version
QI. Image shows left to right: Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies

QI

Series T, Episode 3 - Television

Marking the BBC's one hundredth birthday, Sandi Toksvig and regular panellist Alan Davies are joined by Zoe Lyons, Greg James, Richard Osman and extra special guest Basil Brush.

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