British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Schedule Thursday 18th July 2024

Radio 4 11am
45 min
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 30, Episode 2 - Game On

Prof. Brian Cox and Robin Ince throw the dice as they explore the maths and psychology behind our favourite board games with guests Marcus du Sautoy, Dave Neal and Jessica Fostekew.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 6pm (repeat)
Keeping Up Appearances. Image shows from L to R: Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge), Richard Bucket (Clive Swift). Copyright: BBC

Keeping Up Appearances

Series 1, Episode 1

Daddy is taken to hospital - quite inconvenient on the evening of Hyacinth's latest candle-lit supper.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm
30 min
Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Kiri's Comedy Club

Series 2, Episode 1 - Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Kiri Pritchard-McLean chats to three Welsh-grown comedians who are all preparing to head up to the Fringe this summer. Mel Owen tells Kiri about her first solo show Chunky Monkey - June Tuesday gears up for a late-night split-bill show - and Jordan Brookes, who cut his teeth on the Cardiff circuit and went on to win the Edinburgh Comedy Award, prepares for a full run of his new show Fontanelle.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Rhys James

Rhys James Is...

Rhysearch: Series 2, Episode 4 - Does Education Work?

The world has changed dramatically in a very short amount of time and yet our education system has barely changed at all. Rhys is going to revolutionise education as we know it.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 6:40pm (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 7pm (repeat)
Would I Lie To You?. Image shows from L to R: Lou Sanders, Gyles Brandreth, David Mitchell, Rob Brydon, Lee Mack, Sarah Millican, Yung Filly

Would I Lie To You?

Series 15, Episode 4

Sorting fact from fiction this week are guests Lou Sanders, Gyles Brandreth, Sarah Millican and Yung Filly.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 7:20pm (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 3 - Is There Honey Still For Tea?

There is some sad news when it is revealed that Godfrey's cottage is to be knocked down in order to make way for a new aerodrome, and Mainwaring struggles to break the news. However, Frazer has a plan that may save the day.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 8pm (repeat)
dinnerladies. Image shows from L to R: Jean (Anne Reid), Stan (Duncan Preston), Brenda (Victoria Wood), Twinkle (Maxine Peake), Dolly (Thelma Barlow), Tony (Andrew Dunn), Anita (Shobna Gulati). Copyright: Good Fun / Pozzitive Productions

dinnerladies

Series 2, Episode 9 - Gravy

Petula makes a surprise announcement, and Bren is excited to have been picked to appear on TV quiz show Totally Trivial. Tony's hoping she'll come away with him to a new life in Scotland.

BBC Three 8pm (repeat)
Gavin & Stacey. Image shows from L to R: Bryn (Rob Brydon), Gwen (Melanie Walters), Nessa (Ruth Jones), Stacey (Joanna Page), Gavin (Mathew Horne), Smithy (James Corden), Pam (Alison Steadman), Mick (Larry Lamb). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

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?

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 8:40pm (repeat)
Gavin & Stacey. Image shows from L to R: Bryn (Rob Brydon), Gwen (Melanie Walters), Nessa (Ruth Jones), Stacey (Joanna Page), Gavin (Mathew Horne), Mick (Larry Lamb), Pam (Alison Steadman), Smithy (James Corden). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

Gavin & Stacey

Series 2, Episode 1

Newlyweds Gavin and Stacey return from honeymoon to a big welcome from both families. But Smithy seems none too happy with his best mate, and Nessa makes a confession that throws the whole evening into disarray.

U&Dave channel logo 9pm
60 min version (repeat)
QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Stephen Fry. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series G, Episode 10 - Greats

With Jo Brand, Sean Lock and David Mitchell.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 9pm
60 min
Douglas Is Cancelled. Douglas (Hugh Bonneville)

Douglas Is Cancelled

Episode 4

The practice interview is underway as Douglas faces a battle with a woman who understands him better than he ever suspected.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 9:20pm (repeat)
Not Going Out. Image shows from L to R: Lucy (Sally Bretton), Barbara (Miranda Hart), Guy (Simon Dutton), Lee (Lee Mack), Tim (Tim Vine). Copyright: Avalon Television / Arlo Productions

Not Going Out

Series 2, Episode 1 - Mortgage

Lee's former flatmate Kate has moved back to America, so Tim decides to sell the flat.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 10pm
40 min
Paul Whitehouse's Sketch Show Years. Paul Whitehouse

Paul Whitehouse's Sketch Show Years

Episode 4 - The 2000s

Paul Whitehouse's epic TV journey concludes with the new millennium - where the arrival of the internet and smartphones did nothing to halt TV comedy's quest to forge new horizons - or push the barriers of taste.

BBC Two 10pm (repeat)
Still Game. Image shows from L to R: Victor McDade (Greg Hemphill), Jack Jarvis (Ford Kiernan). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Still Game

Series 3, Episode 3 - Cairds

The gambling bug hits Craiglang but things turn sour when Tam wins a buggy off a disabled friend. Jack and Victor plan a sting to get the buggy back. Navid can't even get in on the action.

U&Dave channel logo 10pm
60 min version (repeat)
Have I Got News For You. Naga Munchetty

Have I Got News For You

Series 66, Episode 9

BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty takes up the reins as host. Guest panellists Richard Osman and Maisie Adam join team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop to poke fun at the week's headlines.

BBC Three 10:35pm (repeat)
Man Like Mobeen. Image shows from L to R: Aks (Duaa Karim), Nate (Tolulope Ogunmefun), Mobeen (Guz Khan), Eight (Tez Ilyas). Copyright: Cave Bear Productions

Man Like Mobeen

Series 1, Episode 3 - Upper Room

Eight has gone missing, so Mobeen and Nate go on a mission to find him.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 10:40pm (repeat)
Ghosts. Image shows from L to R: Captain (Ben Willbond), Alison (Charlotte Ritchie), Pat (Jim Howick). Copyright: Monumental Pictures

Ghosts

Series 3, Episode 3 - The Woodworm Men

As Button House is fumigated for woodworm, Alison and Mike decide to save some money and camp in the grounds overnight while the treatment takes effect.

BBC Three 10:55pm (repeat)
Man Like Mobeen. Image shows from L to R: Aks (Duaa Karim), Nate (Tolulope Ogunmefun), Mobeen (Guz Khan), Eight (Tez Ilyas). Copyright: Cave Bear Productions

Man Like Mobeen

Series 1, Episode 4 - H-ALTRight

Staring hate, violence and societal fractures in the face, Mobeen and his crew see the far right in their truest form, at an anti-Islam demonstration.

U&Dave channel logo 11pm (repeat)
Battle In The Box. Image shows left to right: Lara Ricote, Harriet Kemsley

Battle In The Box

Episode 1 - Joe Swash & Seann Walsh v Harriet Kemsley & Lara Ricote - Part 1

Former EastEnders actor Joe Swash teams up (and bunks up) with award-winning comedian Seann Walsh as they take on comedians Harriet Kemsley and Lara Ricote.

BBC Two 11:05pm (repeat)
The Phantom Of The Open. Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance)

The Phantom Of The Open

Comedy film from Simon Farnaby about a dreadful golfer who blagged his way into the 1976 British Open.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 11:20pm (repeat)
This Time With Alan Partridge. Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

This Time With Alan Partridge

Series 2, Episode 5

Alan takes to the skies with a flight in a Spitfire, while Jennie comes face to face with her online troll. New band Cayman perform live.

BBC Three 11:20pm (repeat)
Gavin & Stacey. Image shows from L to R: Bryn (Rob Brydon), Gwen (Melanie Walters), Nessa (Ruth Jones), Stacey (Joanna Page), Gavin (Mathew Horne), Smithy (James Corden), Pam (Alison Steadman), Mick (Larry Lamb). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

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?

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV Midnight (repeat)
dinnerladies. Image shows from L to R: Jean (Anne Reid), Stan (Duncan Preston), Brenda (Victoria Wood), Twinkle (Maxine Peake), Dolly (Thelma Barlow), Tony (Andrew Dunn), Anita (Shobna Gulati). Copyright: Good Fun / Pozzitive Productions

dinnerladies

Series 2, Episode 9 - Gravy

Petula makes a surprise announcement, and Bren is excited to have been picked to appear on TV quiz show Totally Trivial. Tony's hoping she'll come away with him to a new life in Scotland.

U&Dave channel logo Midnight (repeat)
Mock The Week. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Dara O Briain

Mock The Week

Series 21, Highlights Special - The History Of... Part 1

In the first of two special episodes commemorating the end of the long-running topical comedy series, a chance to see again some of the finest moments from the first half of its 17-year history.

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