British Comedy Guide

Schedule Tuesday 28th November 2023

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Natalie Haynes

Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics

Series 9, Episode 1 - Martial

Epigrams, jokes, highly-polished poems in praise of the Emperor. Oh, and absolute filth. These are what made the name of the first-century Roman poet Martial. Joining Natalie to discuss him are Robin Ince and Llewelyn Morgan.

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 6pm
25 min
Lagging. Sol (Yoni Bronks). Copyright: BBC

Lagging

Series 3, Episode 6 - Pay To Play

Sol and Team SMoRcLEWA take on the greedy boss of Zaagstar Games. Can they stop him?

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Best Medicine. Image shows left to right: Jamie Ward, Shaparak Khorsandi, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Roger Kneebone, Paul Craddock

Best Medicine

Episode 8 - Doing Less, Gardening, The Smartphone, Expertise

Featuring Shaparak Khorsandi, Dr Paul Craddock, Professor Jamie Ward and Professor Roger Kneebone.

BBC Two 9:45pm
45 min
Live At The Apollo. Image shows left to right: Susie McCabe, Maisie Adam, Michael Odewale

Live At The Apollo

Series 18, Episode 4 - Maisie Adam, Michael Odewale, Susie McCabe

Maisie Adam hosts the comedy show filmed at London's Hammersmith Apollo, warming up the audience before introducing stand-up routines by fellow comedians Michael Odewale and Susie McCabe.

BBC One Scotland. Copyright: BBC 10:40pm
30 min
The Scotts. Image shows left to right: Vonny Scott (Shauna MacDonald), Laura Scott (Sharon Young), Darren Lee (Lee Greig)

The Scotts

Series 3, Episode 3

Vincent rescues all sorts of junk from his mum's loft. Cue a family unboxing. The biggest surprise of the lot is the discovery of a long-lost crematorium urn.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn. Image shows from L to R: Tara Flynn, Marian Keyes

Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn

Series 3, Episode 3 - The Package Holiday Problem

Your new boyfriend wants to go on a package holiday by the sea, but you'd rather be hiking in the mountains - is it time to dump him? Your friends are telling you to make more of an effort but you're happy in your old clothes - is it time to smarten up? And you're a working mum of a toddler but you find yourself 'zoning out' when he's in your care - is it time to worry? All this and robbing a bank the middle-aged way are tackled by Marian and Tara.

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