British Comedy Guide

Television

TV schedule Saturday 9th May 2009

BBC Two 9am (repeat)
Sorry, I've Got No Head. Image shows from L to R: Justin Edwards, James Bachman, Anna Crilly. Copyright: So Television

Sorry, I've Got No Head

Series 1, Episode 4

Billy the imaginary friend visits the park, Ross competes in the North Barrasay school sports day, and Headless Bill joins the football team.

BBC Two 12pm
30 min
Winging It. Joe Thomas. Copyright: Zeppotron

Winging It

Episode 4

Performer Jonny Sweet becomes Barry Balmoral, a minor member of the royal family claiming to be 37th in line to the throne. Meanwhile, comedian Andrew Spiers takes on the role of top astronaut Snap Wiffersley, with a mission to convince a room of sci-fi fans that he is Britain's number one spaceman.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 1:20pm (repeat)
Carry On Cowboy. Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions

Carry On Cowboy

Saddle up for a fistful of double entendres in this western spoof from the Carry On team. Stodge City is terrorised by the villainous Johnny Finger.

BBC Two 7:30pm (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

Episode 6.2: My British As the first contingent of American soldiers arrives in Walmington-on-Sea, Captain Mainwaring and his troops prepare to welcome them.

BBC Two 9pm
45 min version
(repeat)
HIGNFY Titles. Copyright: BBC / Hat Trick Productions

Have I Got News For You

Series 37, Episode 3

Jack Dee acts as host with guest panellists Clare Balding and Fred MacAulay.

U&Dave channel logo 9pm (repeat)
Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Image shows from L to R: Noel Fielding, Greg Davies, Daisy May Cooper, Jamali Maddix

Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Four episodes of pop-based panel game broadcast between 9.00-11.40pm.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm (repeat)
The World's Greatest Comedy Characters

The World's Greatest Comedy Characters

Channel 4 reveals the 50 Greatest Comedy Characters, as determined by website voting, industry experts, and critical opinion.

BBC Three 9:30pm (repeat)
Little Britain. Image shows from L to R: David Walliams, Matt Lucas, The Prime Minister (Anthony Head)

Little Britain

Matt Lucas and David Walliams take a comic look at life in Britain. Featuring Anthony Head and Rob Brydon.

BBC Two 9:40pm
60 min
BBC Two

Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide To The Orchestra

Bill Bailey gives his take on the world of the orchestra, performing both classic works and his own pieces with the BBC Concert Orchestra.

BBC Four 9:40pm
BBC Four

Mark Lawson Talks To... Ian Hislop

Private Eye editor Ian Hislop discusses his role as a satirist with Mark Lawson. He talks about how boarding school became a second home after the premature death of his father, and his own expectation of an early demise. Christianity has been a consistent factor in his life, and he describes how he regularly flirts with doubt but always returns to faith. He also reveals the goings on behind the scenes of Have I Got News For You where he has been a team captain for almost 20 years.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10pm (repeat)
Reggie Perrin. Reggie Perrin (Martin Clunes). Copyright: Objective Productions

Reggie Perrin

Series 1, Episode 3

Reggie ponders his life and considers teaching as a possible new career.

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 10:15pm (repeat)
The Justin Lee Collins Show. Justin Lee Collins. Copyright: Objective Productions

The Justin Lee Collins Show

Episode 8

Chat show, featuring fun, games, challenges and interviews with pop band Boyzone, singer Alesha Dixon and actors Martin Freeman and Paul Danan.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:35pm
Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation

Bring Back... Star Trek

Justin Lee Collins returns for the latest of his nostalgia specials as he attempts to boldly go where no super fan has gone before: to attempt a reunion of the cast of one of the most influential programmes in TV history: Star Trek. Travelling to Los Angeles to set up his mission control, JLC uses every trick in the stalker's handbook to track the likes of Kirk, Spock, Sulu, Uhuru and Chekov.

BBC Three 11:35pm (repeat)
Live At The Apollo. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

Live At The Apollo

Series 3, Episode 2 - Jimmy Carr and Alan Carr

Jimmy Carr hosts, with his special guest Alan Carr. In this show recorded in front of a packed house at the famous Hammersmith Apollo Jimmy and Alan point the finger at bullies, estate agents, phone sex lines and bread making machines.

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