British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Television

TV schedule Thursday 14th May 2009

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 4:35pm
30 min
Horrible Histories. Mathew Baynton. Copyright: Lion Television / Citrus Television

Horrible Histories

Series 1, Episode 5

A priest makes a piano from live pigs, Emperor Caligula declares war on the sea, and we discover disgusting beauty tips from Ancient Egypt.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8pm
30 min
My Family. Image shows from L to R: Michael Harper (Gabriel Thomson), Susan Harper (Zoë Wanamaker), Ben Harper (Robert Lindsay), Janey Harper (Daniela Denby-Ashe). Copyright: DLT Entertainment Ltd. / Rude Boy Productions

My Family

Series 9, Special - Kenzo's Project

Clip Show. Kenzo's school project about the family gives everyone a chance to look at some of the crazier moments in the Harper history.

ITV3 logo. Credit: ITV 9pm (repeat)
Beyond A Joke. Copyright: Granada Productions

Beyond A Joke

Episode 2 - The Birds The Blokes And The Bees

This edition examines the 1970s obsession with bawdiness and dissects how sitcoms dealt with love, sex and marriage in a typically British, raucous and outrageous manner.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 9:40pm (repeat)
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened. John Cleese. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Episode 1 - Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

John Cleese hosts a special tribute to what is arguably the finest sitcom ever made.

BBC Two 10pm
30 min
The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton. Credit: So Television, Christopher Baines

The Graham Norton Show

Series 5, Episode 10

Joining Graham for his usual mix of celebrity chat, jokes, stunts and audience mischief are actors Willem Dafoe and Ashley Jensen. Lily Allen performs her latest single Not Fair.

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 10pm
60 min
The Justin Lee Collins Show. Justin Lee Collins. Copyright: Objective Productions

The Justin Lee Collins Show

Episode 9

JLC is joined by McFly, Hank Azaria and comedian Alexander Armstrong.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm (repeat)
The Inbetweeners. Image shows from L to R: Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas), Neil Sutherland (Blake Harrison), Jay Cartwright (James Buckley), Will Mackenzie (Simon Bird). Copyright: Bwark Productions

The Inbetweeners

Series 1, Episode 1

It's a fresh start for Will McKenzie as he joins his new sixth form college. Will previously went to a private school, but since his dad walked out on his mum he's had to downgrade to the local comprehensive.

BBC Three 10:30pm (repeat)
Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps. Image shows from L to R: Louise (Kathryn Drysdale), Donna Henshaw (Natalie Casey), Janet (Sheridan Smith), Gary 'Gaz' Wilkinson (Will Mellor). Copyright: BBC

Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps

Series 8, Episode 8 - Keep On Running

Donna and Janet are furious with Gaz and demand he decides who he wants to be with by three o'clock.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:30pm (repeat)
Beehive. Image shows from L to R: Alice Lowe, Sarah Kendall, Clare Thomson, Barunka O'Shaughnessy. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Beehive

Episode 2

In this episode the Rural Madonnas perform a lewd maypole dance; Queen Elizabeth I claims she's 'done it loads', as the virgin jibes fly; and Sarah manages to pop out both her eye-balls to prove a point about novelty jokes.

BBC Three 11pm (repeat)
BBC Three

Two Pints: The Outtakes

Outtakes from sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, with behind-the-scenes access and interviews with cast members Natalie Casey, Will Mellor, Kathryn Drysdale, Sheridan Smith and Luke Gell.

BBC Three 12:15am (repeat)
Ideal. Moz (Johnny Vegas). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

Ideal

Series 5, Episode 1 - The Healer

Jenny is in a coma and appears to be seeing the world as one big song-and-dance routine in a series of dream sequences. Meanwhile Moz receives a string of visitors - all of whom believe they can 'snap her out of it'.

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