Schedule for 22nd September 2023 - British Comedy Guide

6am
27 min

Still Up

Episode 1 - The Pharmacy

While Danny invents new ways to avoid a neighbour, Lisa gets creative on a midnight medical mission.

6am
26 min

Still Up

Episode 2 - The Dress

Lisa's bus ride takes an unexpected turn. Danny aims to impress a dating app match - and makes a not-so-charming mistake.

6am
30 min

Still Up

Episode 3 - The Date

Danny hosts a special guest for the evening. Lisa attempts to help from afar as she battles a bad case of boredom.

11:30am
30 min

Noising Up

Series 2, Episode 4

Sending-up all that's happening. Sketches, characters, spoofs and songs.

11:30am
30 min

What's Funny About...

Series 3, Episode 4 - Green Wing

Tamsin Greig and Victoria Pile join hosts Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman as they examine the hospital-based genre-defying comedy Green Wing.

1:30pm
30 min

The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Series 15, Episode 4

This week superstar dancer and magician Magical Bones joins Mark to share his good story about sneaking into an exclusive party, and a bad story about dancing for Madonna - for a short while at least. Comedians and stars of Scot Squad Amy Matthews and Darren Connell join them to tell stories of crashing a wedding in Portugal, stealing a bike in Shawlands, going on a date in an unusual place and not being recognised in an even stranger place - all with a bit of rhyming slang thrown in for good measure.

5:30pm
30 min

Nova Jones

Series 3, Episode 3 - Nova's Earworm

Nova's unfinished tune is so catchy that it creates a new life form! Everyone aboard has caught the earworm and is humming along. She must finish the song to stop the infection.

6:20pm (repeat)

Blackadder

Black Adder The Third, Episode 1 - Dish And Dishonesty

The House of Commons, now led by William Pitt the Younger, sets out to bankrupt the Prince Regent. Blackadder has a plan to stop them, but it'll involve a rigged by-election and new MP - there's only one man for the job...

6:30pm
30 min

The News Quiz

Series 112, Episode 3

Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. Providing all the answers are Ria Lina, Ayesha Hazarika, Chris McCausland, and Alasdair Beckett-King. In this episode Andy and the panel discuss Rishi rowing back on net zero, Wales slowing down, HS2 grinding to a halt and Starmer's European sojourn.

7pm (repeat)

Blackadder

Black Adder The Third, Episode 2 - Ink And Incapability

When Baldrick appears to have used the sole copy of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary as fuel in the Prince's fireplace, Blackadder fears for his life at the hands of Samuel and his enraged, opium-fiend friends. He immediately sets about trying to write a new one...

7:40pm (repeat)

Dad's Army

Series 5, Episode 8 - All Is Safety Gathered In

After a near-death experience, Hodges resolves to be kinder to everyone. This includes Captain Mainwaring, who has decided to have the platoon assist a farmer friend of Godfrey's to gather in the annual wheat harvest.

8pm (repeat)

Gavin & Stacey

Series 1, Episode 5

The bride-to-be has her hen party, while Gavin embarks on two stag nights.

8:20pm (repeat)

Dad's Army

Series 5, Episode 9 - When Did You Last See Your Money?

Intending to deposit £500 collected for the servicemen's canteen, Jones is horrified to find he has misplaced the money. The platoon attempt to help him remember where it might be.

8:20pm (repeat)

Would I Lie To You?

Series 6, Episode 8

Rob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell are joined by Emily Maitlis, Jack Whitehall, Jim Carter and Armando Iannucci.

8:30pm (repeat)

Gavin & Stacey

Series 1, Episode 6

The wedding day has finally arrived, but will they go through with it? Will Uncle Bryn finally admit to what happened on the fishing trip and will Nessa do what she knows she must?

9pm (repeat)

The Royle Family

Series 3, Episode 1

It's just a normal evening in at the Royles': Jim's piles are playing up, there's not an awful lot on telly, Antony and Darren are off to the Pear Tree after eating, and Baby David needs his nappy changed.

9pm (repeat)

Would I Lie To You?

Series 15, Episode 5

Poet Pam Ayres, comedian Sarah Kendall, TV presenter and author Richard Osman and actor Kiell Smith-Bynoe join host Rob Brydon and regular captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack on the comedy panel show.

9pm
60 min version (repeat)

QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Stephen Fry. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series L, Episode 16 - Landmarks

With Jo Brand, David Mitchell and Colin Lane.

9:30pm
30 min

Mrs. Brown's Boys

Series 4, Episode 3 - Million Dollar Mammy

Rumours swirl around Finglas that Agnes has won the lotto jackpot, but a DNA test and the surprise return visit of Cathy's old friend leaves Agnes questioning her past.

9:40pm (repeat)

Ricky & Ralf's Very Northern Road Trip

Episode 5

The duo hit South Yorkshire to join a top brass band, visit a cave surely named for Ricky (The Devil's Arse), eat high-end Yorkshire pudding, and busk with unique local hero John Shuttleworth.

10pm (repeat)

Red Dwarf

Series I, Episode 4 - Waiting For God

Whilst Rimmer preoccupies himself with an unidentified object that Holly has tracked and brought aboard the ship, Lister is in equal measure distraught and amazed to discover that owing to a few horrible misunderstandings all those millennia ago, he is the cat god Cloister.

10pm
60 min version (repeat)

QI

Series K, Episode 5 - Kings

With Bill Bailey, Jeremy Clarkson and Jimmy Carr.

10:15pm (repeat)

Breeders

Series 3, Episode 1 - No Direction Home

With Luke refusing to live with his dad, Paul is staying at honeymooning Leah's house. Single parent Ally begins to feel the strain, while a distressing event from the family's past has a surprising present-day echo.

10:40pm (repeat)

The Fast Show

Series 2, Episode 7

The world's crudest salesman visits a fashion show and competitive Dad plays Monoploy.

10:45pm (repeat)

Breeders

Series 3, Episode 2 - No Worries

Ally fears she might lose her job and her mind, as the company collapses, and her HRT meds become unavailable. Luke's panic attack ends Paul's leisurely life at Leah's, while an increasingly isolated Ava faces a huge change.

11pm (repeat)

Taskmaster

Series 2, Episode 2 - Pork Is A Sausage

Nursery rhymes are the flavour of this episode and viewer discretion is advised for Jon Richardson's disturbing take on Three Blind Mice as he strives to create the perfect music video. Another stupefying task reveals just why Doc Brown isn't an egg man.

11:20pm (repeat)