British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Schedule Sunday 22nd October 2023

Radio 4 7:15pm (repeat)
Agendum. Alexandra Palisades (Carrie Quinlan). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Agendum

Series 2, Episode 3 - Meltdown

Alexandra Palisades is bringing more topical stories under the spotlight. This week there are plans to build a second English Channel, a new work of art in Liverpool depicting a huge chip on a shoulder, and a look at the move away from single-use plastic.

Sky Max. Copyright: Sky 9pm (repeat)
Rob And Romesh Vs. Image shows left to right: Romesh Ranganathan, Rob Beckett

Rob And Romesh Vs

Series 5, Episode 1 - Magic In Vegas

The boys are invited by Penn & Teller to join Vegas's longest-running residency show and have just three days to pull their act together.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 9pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Image shows from L to R: Private Godfrey (Arnold Ridley), Lance Corporal Jones (Clive Dunn), Private Walker (James Beck), Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), Private Frazer (John Laurie), Sergeant Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Private Pike (Ian Lavender)

Dad's Army

Series 8, Episode 2 - When You've Got To Go

Mrs. Pike is shocked to learn that Pike has been successfully called up into the armed forces despite his health. Meanwhile, Mainwaring has set himself the near-impossible task of finding enough people to donate 100 pints of blood.

U&Dave channel logo 9pm
60 min version (repeat)
Have I Got News For You. Martin Clunes

Have I Got News For You

Series 62, Episode 10

Martin Clunes invites journalist Steph McGovern and comedy writer Armando Iannucci to pair up with regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton to poke fun at the week's events.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 9:40pm (repeat)
The Good Life. Image shows from L to R: Margo Leadbetter (Penelope Keith), Tom Good (Richard Briers), Jerry Leadbetter (Paul Eddington), Barbara Good (Felicity Kendal). Copyright: BBC

The Good Life

Series 3, Episode 5 - The Wind-Break War

When Margo is to have a new wind-break erected in her garden that would cast a shadow over the Goods' new fruit patch, Tom and Barbara ask her to move it elsewhere.

BBC Two 10pm (repeat)
Blinded By The Light

Blinded By The Light

Comedy drama film about a British Muslim boy growing up in 1980s Luton and the impact Bruce Springsteen's lyrics had upon him.

U&Dave channel logo 10pm
60 min version (repeat)
Live At The Apollo. Image shows from L to R: Luisa Omielan, Nish Kumar, David O'Doherty. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

Live At The Apollo

Series 13, Episode 2 - Nish Kumar, Luisa Omielan, David O'Doherty

The talented Nish Kumar is your host for this episode as he introduces Luisa Omielan and David O'Doherty to the famous Apollo stage.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 10:20pm (repeat)
The Lenny Henry Show. Lenny Henry

The Lenny Henry Show

Series 2, Episode 1

Lenny Henry presents a series of sketches.

BBC Three 10:30pm (repeat)
Man Like Mobeen. Image shows from L to R: Uncle Khan (Art Malik), Mobeen (Guz Khan)

Man Like Mobeen

Series 3, Episode 1 - You Reap What You Sow

Owing money to unhinged crime boss Uncle Khan, Mobeen struggles to undertake his criminal orders under the watchful eye of Khan's useless nephew Nav.

BBC Three 10:55pm (repeat)
Man Like Mobeen. Image shows from L to R: Nate (Tolulope Ogunmefun), Aks (Duaa Karim), Mobeen (Guz Khan), Nav (Nikesh Patel)

Man Like Mobeen

Series 3, Episode 2 - Moving Food

Mobeen is trying to do a good deed by helping out at the local food bank. But juggling this with strict orders from Uncle Khan to launder money could leave him with a deadly debt that's impossible to pay.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 11pm (repeat)
Upstart Crow. Image shows from L to R: Mary Arden (Paula Wilcox), Anne Hathaway (Liza Tarbuck), Will Shakespeare (David Mitchell), John Shakespeare (Harry Enfield), Bottom (Rob Rouse), Susanna (Helen Monks), Kate (Gemma Whelan), Hamnet (Joe Willis). Copyright: BBC

Upstart Crow

Series 3, Episode 2 - Wild Laughter In The Throat Of Death

Will has been working on his masterpiece. His friends tell him it's his greatest comedy yet, but he insists that Hamlet isn't actually meant to be funny.

U&Dave channel logo 11pm (repeat)
Big Zuu's Big Eats. Image shows left to right: Ellie Taylor, Big Zuu

Big Zuu's Big Eats

Series 4, Episode 4 - Ellie Taylor

Zuu and the boys welcome comedian Ellie Taylor to Mandem HQ. For her Big Eat, Zuu gives Ellie a B&B style breakfast buffet with a Peking duck twist and it's one she won't forget in a hurry.

BBC Three 11:20pm (repeat)
BBC New Comedy Awards. Image shows left to right: Shane Clifford, Shane Todd, Hester Ectomy, Diona Doherty, Ruth Hunter, Richie Bree, Josh Pugh, Mustafa Saed, Martin Angolo

BBC New Comedy Awards

2023, Episode 3 - Ballymena

The Northern Irish heat in Ballymena is hosted by Shane Todd, with judges Martin Angolo and Diona Doherty.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 11:40pm (repeat)
Upstart Crow. Wolf Hall (Ben Miller). Copyright: BBC

Upstart Crow

Series 3, Episode 3 - If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?

Will is writing The Merchant of Venice. And who better to play Shylock than Wolf Hall, a brilliant actor with some surprising views about who wrote Will's plays.

U&Dave channel logo 11:40pm
60 min version (repeat)
QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Stephen Fry. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series I, Episode 12 - Illumination

With Chris Addison, Jack Dee and Rich Hall.

Sky Max. Copyright: Sky Midnight (repeat)
Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Kiell Smith-Bynoe

Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Series 31, Episode 9

Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Danny Goffey and Freya Ridings join regulars Noel Fielding, Daisy May Cooper and Jamali Maddix for the pop culture panel show, hosted by Greg Davies.

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