British Comedy Guide

Television

TV schedule Friday 5th February 1988

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 7:35pm
480 min
Comic Relief. Copyright: BBC

Comic Relief

Episode 1 - A Night Of Comic Relief (1988)

Lenny Henry and Griff Rhys Jones present eight hours of comedy - to raise money for famine victims in Ethiopia and the Sudan, and for young people in crisis in the UK. This TV spectacular is the climax of a day of Red Nose madness across the country.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8pm
Spitting Image

Spitting Image

1988 Specials, Comic Relief Special - A Question Of Sport Meets Spitting Image

A Comic Relief special.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8pm
30 min
Me & My Girl. Image shows from L to R: Simon Harrap (Richard O'Sullivan), Samantha Harrap (Joanne Ridley). Copyright: London Weekend Television

Me & My Girl

Series 5, Episode 5 - Play Your Cards Right

Simon is a widower, struggling to deal with his mother-in-law whilst raising a teenage daughter alone and running a successful advertising company.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:45pm
15 min
Blackadder. King Charles I (Stephen Fry). Credit: BBC, Comic Relief

Blackadder

1988 Specials, Comic Relief Special - The Cavalier Years

It is November 1648 and King Charles I is hiding from Cromwell and his Roundheads, having lost the English Civil War. His only two remaining supporters are one Sir Edmund Blackadder and his servant, Baldrick...

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 11:50pm
13 min
The New Statesman. Alan B'Stard MP (Rik Mayall). Copyright: Alomo Productions / Yorkshire Television

The New Statesman

Series 1, Comic Relief Special - Alan B'Stard Closes Down The BBC

Comic Relief special, starring Celia Imrie as Maggie's secretary, Hilary. Alan talks Mrs Thatcher into closing down the BBC.

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