British Comedy Guide

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TV schedule Friday 13th November 2009

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC 5:15pm
30 min
Sorry, I've Got No Head. Copyright: So Television

Sorry, I've Got No Head

Series 2, Episode 6

Rex Dynamo celebrates his latest computer game trophy and viewers meet the "Hot or Not" girls for the first time.

Channel 5 logo 7:30pm
30 min
The What In The World? Quiz. Image shows from L to R: Lee Hurst, Marcus Brigstocke, Dominic Holland

The What In The World? Quiz

Episode 6

Marcus Brigstocke presents the comedy panel show with team captains Lee Hurst and Dominic Holland.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9pm
30 min
HIGNFY Titles. Copyright: BBC / Hat Trick Productions

Have I Got News For You

Series 38, Episode 5

Ian Hislop and Paul Merton again look at the week's news. With guest host Jack Dee and guest panellists Marcus Brigstocke and Rebecca Front.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9pm (repeat)
Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation

Peter Kay: Raider of The Pop Charts (Part 2)

Peter Kay has notched up five Top 40 hits, including three top ten singles, and two number ones; and has sold over a million since his first release in 2005. This documentary tells the story of Peter's second video for Comic Relief: 500 Miles, which also reached number one in the charts.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 9:30pm
30 min
The Armstrong & Miller Show. Image shows from L to R: Ben Miller, Alexander Armstrong. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions / Toff Media

The Armstrong & Miller Show

Series 2, Episode 5

The Second World War pilots question whether being forced to eat powdered egg is actually abuse. And, when a middle-aged raver is recognised by the DJ as Mr Wilkinson from work, he begins to regret popping those extra pills.

BBC Two 10pm
30 min
Beautiful People. Image shows from L to R: Aunty Hayley (Meera Syal), Kyle (Layton Williams), Ashlene Doonan (Sophie Ash), Debbie Doonan (Olivia Colman), Adult Simon (Samuel Barnett), Simon Doonan (Luke Ward-Wilkinson), Andy Doonan (Aidan McArdle). Copyright: BBC

Beautiful People

Series 2, Episode 1 - How I Got My Groom

It is 2009 and, somewhat older and newly broken-hearted, Simon returns to Reading and recalls a school project that led to him unearthing a terrible secret about his parent's marriage and his sister revealing some devastating news.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:05pm
30 min
PhoneShop. Image shows from L to R: Ashley (Andrew Brooke), Lance (Martin Trenaman), Janine (Emma Fryer). Copyright: Talkback

PhoneShop

Pilot, Episode 1 - New Man

New recruit Christopher is on the notorious one-day trial, but will he make his first sale by 6pm and secure the job, or will he be yet another victim of the vicious "retail battlefield"?

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10:35pm
60 min
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. Jonathan Ross

Friday Night With Jonathan Ross

Series 17, Episode 11 - Sarah Harding, Gerard Butler, David Haye, Michael McIntyre, Arctic Monkeys

Jonathan is joined by comedian Michael McIntyre, Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding, boxing champion David Haye, and Hollywood actor Gerard Butler. Also featuring an exclusive performance from Arctic Monkeys.

U&Dave channel logo 10:40pm (repeat)
Argumental. Image shows from L to R: Rufus Hound, John Sergeant, Marcus Brigstocke. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Argumental

Series 2, Episode 11

With guests Sean Hughes and Rory McGrath.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10:40pm (repeat)
The IT Crowd. Image shows from L to R: Roy (Chris O'Dowd), Jen (Katherine Parkinson), Moss (Richard Ayoade), Douglas Reynholm (Matt Berry). Copyright: TalkbackThames

The IT Crowd

Series 3, Episode 2 - Are We Not Men?

A new football website allows Roy and Moss to pass as 'proper' men for a momentous couple of days. Meanwhile, Jen goes out with a man who looks like a magician.

E4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 11:10pm (repeat)
Sliding Doors. Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow)

Sliding Doors

Romantic comedy in which a woman's love life and career both hinge on whether or not she catches a train. We see the result both ways, in parallel.

ITV3 logo. Credit: ITV 11:20pm (repeat)
Shakespeare In Love

Shakespeare In Love

Romantic comedy about a fictional relationship between William Shakespeare and a young woman who poses as a man in order to star in his plays.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 11:45pm (repeat)
We Need Answers. Image shows from L to R: Mark Watson, Tim Key, Alex Horne. Copyright: BBC

We Need Answers

Series 1, Episode 1 - Reading

Celebrity guests Germaine Greer and Michael Rosen take part to find out which one of them is the smartest, the funniest and the best at surreal physical challenges. All the questions come from the audience members and text-messaging services.

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