British Comedy Guide

Schedule Wednesday 17th April 2024

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

Room 101

Series 2, Episode 3 - Daliso Chaponda

If you had to banish items to Room 101 what would you choose? Daliso Chaponda tells Paul Merton his choices, including handshakes and ready meals.

BBC Two 10pm
25 min
Mammoth. Image shows left to right: Mel Jones (Sian Gibson), Barry (William Thomas), Tony Mammoth (Mike Bubbins), Roger Buck (Joseph Marcell), Theo (Joel Davison)

Mammoth

Episode 1

PE teacher Tony Mammoth is back from the dead with his old job, and he's approaching it the same way as the he did in the 1970s. During a parents evening, he discovers he has a lot more in common with a pupil's mother than he thought.

Comedy Central 11pm
85 min
Jessica Fostekew: The Silence Of The Nans. Jessica Fostekew

Jessica Fostekew: The Silence Of The Nans

Co-host of hit podcast The Guilty Feminist, Jessica Fostekew's epic comedy-horror-story is the perfect antidote to finding yourself all at sea.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Aurie Styla

Aurie Styla: Tech Talk

Episode 3 - Alexa, Make Me A Sandwich

This show charts his personal relationship with machines, looking at the past (computer games that you had to load from cassette tapes), the present (houses that are lit and warmed via apps on your phone, cars that drive themselves without you) and the future (AIs that tell you how to dress and what to eat for dinner, and superior intelligences that command your every move whether you want to object or not).

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