Schedule Thursday 28th December 2023
6pm60 min version (repeat)
6:30pm30 min
Ken Cheng: I Can School You
Episode 3 - Not An Exact ScienceKen takes on Science, and grapples with the shortcomings of the subject.
6:55pm
(repeat)
Johnny English Reborn
Film sequel starring Rowan Atkinson as the bumbling MI7 agent Johnny English, now on the trail of a secret organisation dubbed Vortex.
7pm
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Would I Lie To You?
Series 8, Episode 7Another game of trying to fool the opposition into mistaking fact for fiction and fiction for fact. Lee Mack and David Mitchell are joined by Jo Brand, Roisin Conaty, Paul Foot and Ray Mears.
7pm
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Zen Motoring
Episode 2 - PigeonWhile running errands, Ogmios meets an unexpected guest in need of help. Together they face the grimy streets.
7:40pm
(repeat)
Would I Lie To You?
Series 10, Episode 5With Josh Widdicombe, Brian Blessed, Professor Kate Williams and Kevin Bishop.
8pm60 min
Britain's Favourite 70s Sitcoms
A 60-minute special celebrating the funniest sitcoms of the 1970s - from hostile hoteliers to comedy convicts - with inside stories, hilarious moments and secrets from the shows.
8pm30 min
Aufbau
Series 2, Episode 3An automatic vacuum impresses, and a corporate services professional oversteps the mark.
9pm
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Billy Connolly Does...
Series 1, Episode 3 - HomeEver wondered what it would be like to have Billy Connolly as a next-door neighbour? Or where Marlon Brando liked to have an afternoon nap? Billy reveals all including why you should never buy a house with mattresses in the garden.
9pm
(repeat)
QI
A selection of three episodes from the world's cleverest and most interesting panel game.
9pm60 min
Radio 2 Remembers Barry Humphries
A look back at the wonderful world of Barry Humphries, celebrating his career with the multi-talented man behind-the-mask himself revealing the inspiration for his larger-than-life comedy characters, with Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson among those paying tribute.
9pm
(repeat)
Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand
TV broadcast of comedy legend Bob Monkhouse's final, intimate stand-up performance.
10pm
(repeat)
Rock & Chips
Episode 1 - The Frog & The PussycatJoan longs for a new life. Reg has found her a job as a charlady but it's not entirely suitable as her employer has a very different idea about her responsibilities. Meanwhile, Del wants to become a movie producer.
10pm30 min
Breaking The News
New Year Special - Breaking The Year: 2023Des Clarke is joined by special guests Ashley Storrie, Sanjeev Kholi, Kirsty Wark and Mark Nelson to take a wry look back at the biggest stories of 2023 at home and around the world.
10pm
(repeat)
Talking Comedy
Episode 5 - Bob Monkhouse Talking ComedyA laughter-filled look back at gag-master Bob Monkhouse's appearances over the years on a selection of the BBC's best-loved talk shows.
10:15pm
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Smothered
Episode 5It's opening night for Gillian's restaurant and nerves are high, while Raina still doesn't know about Sammy and Tom, and tonight is not the time to find out.
10:30pm75 min
Dawn French Is A Huge Twat
Stand-up show in which the comedy star lays bare the most excruciating gaffes and howlers she has made across her 40-year career as a comedian and actress, from the stage of the London Palladium.
10:45pm
(repeat)
Smothered
Episode 6It is nearly Christmas and Sammy and Tom's relationship hangs in the balance. Is a big romantic gesture enough to bring them back together in time for the holidays?
11pm60 min version (repeat)
Live At The Apollo
Series 17, Episode 4 - Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Catherine Bohart, Babatunde AléshéKiri Pritchard-McLean shares her light-hearted views on modern life in this show recorded before a packed house at London's Hammersmith Apollo. She also introduces comedians Catherine Bohart, and Babatunde Aléshé to the stage.
11pm
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You're Dead To Me
Episode 1 - Medieval Ghost StoriesGreg Jenner is joined by Dr Michael Carter and Ghosts star Mathew Baynton to learn all about ghost stories in the European Middle Ages.
11:15pm
(repeat)
Breeders
Series 4, Episode 10 - No Matter What: Part 2Jackie's health is continuing to worsen. Paul helps out a distressed Luke.
11:20pm
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Only Fools And Horses
Christmas Special - The Frog's LegacyAt Trigger's niece Lisa's wedding, down in Hampshire, Del bumps into his mum's old best mate, Trigger's auntie Irene. Over a few drinks, Reenie lets slip a tale of hidden treasure and 1960s intrigue. Just what's the truth in the rumours of Freddy the Frog?
11:45pm
(repeat)
I Give It A Year
A comedy about the trials and tribulations of a pair of newlyweds during their first year as a married couple. Stars Rafe Spall and Rose Byrne.
Midnight
(repeat)
Mock The Week
Series 21, Episode 4Dara O Briain and Hugh Dennis try and recollect the last seven days with guests Angela Barnes, Ed Byrne, Sean McLoughlin, Glenn Moore and Jen Brister.