British Comedy Guide

Schedule Wednesday 28th June 2023

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Room 101. Paul Merton. Credit: BBC, Hat Trick Productions

Room 101

Series 1, Episode 6 - Julian Clary

Julian Clary's choices include wild swimmers and Love Your Garden With Alan Titchmarsh for Room 101.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
30 min
The Change. Tony (Paul Whitehouse)

The Change

Episode 3

With her tree found and the time capsule missing, Linda starts to question whether it's time to return home.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:30pm
30 min
The Change. Image shows left to right: Pig Man (Jerome Flynn), Linda (Bridget Christie)

The Change

Episode 4

Linda receives an explosive visit from her sister Siobhain, but Linda has bigger things to worry about.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10:40pm
Staged. Image shows left to right: David (David Tennant), Anna (Anna Lundberg), Michael (Michael Sheen)

Staged

Series 3, Episode 5 - Future

The reviews are in, and they're not good. David's got a plan to breathe new life into the tired formula with a live episode, but they need a writer. Can Simon, David and Michael let bygones be bygones to make one last magical show together?

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 11pm
Staged. Image shows left to right: David (David Tennant), Michael (Michael Sheen)

Staged

Series 3, Episode 6 - Knock, Knock

Michael and David are live on air performing A Christmas Carol with no script, no guest stars and no idea how the story goes. Getting out of this spot would need a Christmas miracle, so Georgia had better arrange one.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Maisie Adam: The Beautiful Game. Maisie Adam

Maisie Adam: The Beautiful Game

Episode 2 - 'There's just not enough demand for it sorry'

Maisie reflects on football infrastructure in the UK and why it felt like you had to move to the USA, Bend It Like Beckham style, if you wanted to pursue football professionally as a woman. She's joined by the leading global scholar of women's football, Professor Jean Williams, to help her find out why this was the case for well over a hundred years.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
The Skewer. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

The Skewer

Series 9, Episode 2

This week - Apocalypse Nyet, a Succession of sewage, and oh, those Russians...

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 11:25pm
Staged. Image shows left to right: David (David Tennant), Georgia (Georgia Tennant), Simon (Simon Evans), Michael (Michael Sheen), Anna (Anna Lundberg), Lucy (Lucy Eaton)

Staged

Documentary - Special

The Staged Special features not only mistakes and outtakes but it also shows how the show itself was found. From experiments in how to film the show to playing with the idea of who and what the characters would be, it's a unique look back at a unique show produced at the most unique of times.

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