British Comedy Guide

Television

TV schedule Thursday 4th October 1990

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 4:35pm
25 min
BBC One. Copyright: BBC

Uncle Jack...

Uncle Jack And Operation Green, Episode 1 - How It All Began

A deadly gas which melts human bones is stolen; ruthless powers will stop at nothing to get it back.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8:30pm
30 min
Birds Of A Feather. Image shows from L to R: Sharon Theodopolopodous (Pauline Quirke), Dorien Green (Lesley Joseph), Tracey Stubbs (Linda Robson). Copyright: Alomo Productions / Retort

Birds Of A Feather

Series 2, Episode 5 - Keep Off The Grass

The sisters face a moral dilemma. They have seen someone they know involved in a crime, but can they grass him up? Tracey says yes, Sharon says no, but they both change their minds after speaking to Darryl and Chris. Dorien thinks there is only one option.

BBC Two 9pm
30 min
Rab C. Nesbitt. Rab C. Nesbitt (Gregor Fisher). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Rab C. Nesbitt

Series 1, Episode 2 - Rat

Mary finds a rat in the kitchen. There is a by-election going on in Govan and Rab votes Conservative.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:30pm
30 min
One Foot In The Grave. Image shows from L to R: Margaret Meldrew (Annette Crosbie), Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson). Copyright: BBC

One Foot In The Grave

Series 2, Episode 1 - In Luton Airport No-One Can Hear You Scream

The Meldrews return from a disastrous Greek holiday to discover that their home has burnt down. Six months and a pile of insurance headaches later, they are ensconced in their new abode and decide to throw a house-warming party. What could possibly go wrong?

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:30pm
30 min
Drop The Dead Donkey. Image shows from L to R: Henry Davenport (David Swift), George Dent (Jeff Rawle), Helen Cooper (Ingrid Lacey), Sally Smedley (Victoria Wicks), Damien Day (Stephen Tompkinson), Gus Hedges (Robert Duncan), Joy Merryweather (Susannah Doyle). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Drop The Dead Donkey

Series 1, Episode 9 - Death, Disaster 'N' Damien

Sitcom set at GlobeLink News, a TV news station which is ordered to start taking a sensationalist stance to the news by its new owner.

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