Television
TV schedule Friday 15th March 2013
6am
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The Brittas Empire
Despite his ambition and good intentions, everything seems to go wrong at Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre when manager Gordon Brittas is around.
6am
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On The Buses
Series 3, Episode 13 - On The MakeStan's intentions are less than honourable when he offers Edna a place to stay after her landlady throws her out.
6:30am
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Goodnight Sweetheart
Series 1, Episode 3 - Is Your Journey Really Necessary?Time-travelling Gary returns to 1940 to try to protect Phoebe and Eric from an impending air raid.
7am
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Goodnight Sweetheart
Series 1, Episode 4 - The More I See YouRon agrees to print identity papers for Gary's return to 1940 at a price - he wants to go back in time with him. But where can Phoebe go now that she wants to leave the pub and her aunt's house has been bombed?
7:40am
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The Brittas Empire
Despite his ambition and good intentions, everything seems to go wrong at Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre when manager Gordon Brittas is around.
7:45am
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Tommy Cooper
Sketch, stand-up and magic from the inimitable Tommy Cooper.
8:15am
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Tommy Cooper
Sketch, stand-up and magic from the inimitable Tommy Cooper.
8:20am
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Ever Decreasing Circles
Series 4, Episode 5A dispute with a farmer over the right to use a public footpath backfires on Martin as he campaigns to liberate footpaths for the use of all the public. He finds that the same footpath runs through his back garden as well...
8:20am
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9am
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As Time Goes By
Lionel and Jean were young lovers until accidentally losing touch. Years later they meet again by chance and unexpectedly rekindle their romance.
9:10am
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Sooty
Modern incarnation of the children's comedy series. The puppets Sooty, Sweep and Soo help Richard Cadell at a coastal holiday park.
9:10am
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Dani's House
Series 3, Episode 13 - ESPAfter Sam performs a science experiment on Dani, both Jack and Sam become convinced that Dani is psychic.
9:40am
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My Family
Series 6, Episode 7 - The Art Of Being SusanSusan is invited to dinner by a wealthy art collector. Her mother is gathering a collection of her own, and Roger is summoning up the courage to pop the question to Abi.
10:20am
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Keeping Up Appearances
Suburban snob Hyacinth Bucket devotes her time to monitoring standards and attempting to impress influential people.
10:25am
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Me & My Monsters
Series 1, Episode 2 - Monster SmartEddie is panicking about the arrival of his school report, and tries to stop the post with the help of the monsters. But they are too busy being educated by Kate and Nick, who are desperate to prove who is the brainier parent.
10:50am
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Scoop
Series 2, Episode 1 - Trying My PatientsThe chances of a scoop seem unlikely when Digby ends up in hospital with a broken arm.
11am
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 15, Episode 8 - There Are Gypsies At The Bottom Of Our GardenFoggy identifies the sound of a giant woodpecker and exploits this natural wonder.
11am
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Genevieve
Film about two classic car fanatics who, after completing the annual London-to-Brighton run, decide to make the return leg a race.
11:40am
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 15, Episode 9 - Aladdin Gets On Your WickThe sight of a sailboarder slicing through the water gives Foggy an idea. But where can he get a bit of wood big enough for three to stand on?
12:20pm
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The Good Life
Series 3, Episode 1 - The Early BirdsAfter accidentally waking the Leadbetters at an ungodly hour, Tom and Barbara promise future consideration and decide to live their lives by nature's clock while they have so much work to do. However, that soon proves easier said than done.
12:45pm
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Sailor Beware
1950s farce starring Peggy Mount as a formidable mother who scares her daughter's naval fiancé.
12:45pm
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Dani's House
Series 3, Episode 13 - ESPAfter Sam performs a science experiment on Dani, both Jack and Sam become convinced that Dani is psychic.
1pm
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Goodnight Sweetheart
Series 1, Episode 4 - The More I See YouRon agrees to print identity papers for Gary's return to 1940 at a price - he wants to go back in time with him. But where can Phoebe go now that she wants to leave the pub and her aunt's house has been bombed?
1:40pm
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'Allo 'Allo!
Series 4, Episode 3 - Good Staff Are Hard To FindWith Maria lost in the post, René and Edith are auditioning for a new serving girl - surprisingly, it seems that the two are looking for entirely different qualities! Meanwhile, with the Italians now in the war, Captain Alberto Bertorelli arrives at the château.
2:20pm
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Ever Decreasing Circles
Series 4, Episode 5A dispute with a farmer over the right to use a public footpath backfires on Martin as he campaigns to liberate footpaths for the use of all the public. He finds that the same footpath runs through his back garden as well...
2:20pm
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My Parents Are Aliens
Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.
3pm
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As Time Goes By
Lionel and Jean were young lovers until accidentally losing touch. Years later they meet again by chance and unexpectedly rekindle their romance.
3:15pm5 min
Shaun The Sheep
Series 3, Episode 15 - The SnapshotThe Farmer wants a family photo and instructs Bitzer to gather all the animals together. Getting them all to stand still at the same time is more than they can manage and Shaun discovers he's cut out of the shot. Bitzer can't bear to have his friend left out so the pair set out to find a solution.
3:30pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 9, Episode 4 - The Really Masculine PurseCompo can't believe his luck when Seymour personally selects him to road-test a revolutionary new concept of a gentleman's purse and, what is more, there will actually be real money provided. For once Compo willingly agrees to help...
3:40pm
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My Family
Series 6, Episode 7 - The Art Of Being SusanSusan is invited to dinner by a wealthy art collector. Her mother is gathering a collection of her own, and Roger is summoning up the courage to pop the question to Abi.
4:15pm
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Only When I Laugh
Series 3, Episode 2 - Adam's RibThe new young female doctor on the ward gets a mixed reception...
4:20pm
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Keeping Up Appearances
Suburban snob Hyacinth Bucket devotes her time to monitoring standards and attempting to impress influential people.
4:50pm
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On The Buses
Series 3, Episode 6 - The SnakeThe Indian busmen hold a social evening in the depot canteen with an attractive snake dancer. Jack steals the opportunity to ask her out, and asks Stan to take his washing home for him - complete with slithery companion!
5pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 15, Episode 8 - There Are Gypsies At The Bottom Of Our GardenFoggy identifies the sound of a giant woodpecker and exploits this natural wonder.
5:20pm
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The Upper Hand
Series 4, Episode 12 - Big Bad BurrowsCharlie goes rather pale when he is asked to put his toughness to the test in a charity boxing match. He may go even paler when Caroline offers to be his coach.
5:25pm
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My Parents Are Aliens
Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.
5:40pm
(repeat)
Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 15, Episode 9 - Aladdin Gets On Your WickThe sight of a sailboarder slicing through the water gives Foggy an idea. But where can he get a bit of wood big enough for three to stand on?
6:15pm30 min
4 O'Clock Club
Series 2, Episode 11 - Music ThiefJosh has written his best track ever and decides he's going to sell CDs of it in school. But when he realises he's sampled a famous track without permission he has to get all the CDs back before he's caught.
6:20pm
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The Good Life
Series 3, Episode 1 - The Early BirdsAfter accidentally waking the Leadbetters at an ungodly hour, Tom and Barbara promise future consideration and decide to live their lives by nature's clock while they have so much work to do. However, that soon proves easier said than done.
6:45pm
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Shaun The Sheep
Stop-motion animated children's sitcom by Aardman Animations for CBBC. Wildly popular with not just kids, but adults too.
7pm
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Goodnight Sweetheart
Series 1, Episode 5 - I Get Along Without You Very WellYvonne decides to spend more time with Gary, now that he's given up his 1940s obsession.
7pm480 min
Comic Relief
Episode 14 - Comic Relief 2013Lenny Henry kicks off the biggest night in television, this year celebrating 25 years on our screens, with contributions from the best comedy and entertainment talent in the UK.
7pm
Comic Relief - Red Nose Day
8 Hour Live Broadcast - 7pm to 3am.
Lenny Henry kicks off one of the biggest nights for television comedy as a host of A-list stars do funny things to raise money for people in the UK and Africa. This year Comic Relief is celebrating 25 years on our screens, with contributions from the best comedy and entertainment talent in the UK.
Highlights include Rowan Atkinson appearing as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Miranda Hart starring in a unique edition of Call the Midwife, Jack Whitehall and Micky Flanagan joining Dame Edna Everage for MasterChef, and Peter Kay presenting the results of his very own physical challenge. Plus, Ricky Gervais returns as David Brent in a new sketch!
Later in the night there will be comedy from Mrs Brown's Boys, and the cast of Fresh Meat go back to their roots with a unique university-based challenge.
Citizen Khan travels down from Birmingham, and David Walliams meets all the celebrities that he's been 'intimate' with over the last 12 months. Plus, Russell Howard serves up some good news.
There's also highlights from other Comic Relief programmes, including Graham Norton's big chat show, and the river challenge involving Jack Dee and Dara O'Briain. Music stars lending a hand include the biggest boyband on the globe - One Direction.
Presenters across the night will include Lenny Henry, Jonathan Ross, Jack Whitehall, Michael McIntyre, Rob Brydon and John Bishop.
From 1:30am Nick Grimshaw presents the very best sketches from the last 25 years of the telethon, mixed with his favourite comedy clips from the last 12 months.
7:20pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 9, Episode 4 - The Really Masculine PurseCompo can't believe his luck when Seymour personally selects him to road-test a revolutionary new concept of a gentleman's purse and, what is more, there will actually be real money provided. For once Compo willingly agrees to help...
7:40pm
(repeat)
'Allo 'Allo!
Series 4, Episode 3 - Good Staff Are Hard To FindWith Maria lost in the post, René and Edith are auditioning for a new serving girl - surprisingly, it seems that the two are looking for entirely different qualities! Meanwhile, with the Italians now in the war, Captain Alberto Bertorelli arrives at the château.
8:20pm
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Porridge
Series 2, Episode 3 - Disturbing The PeaceThe prisoners look forward to a more relaxed life when Mr Mackay leaves - but he's soon replaced by Wainwright, the toughest screw in the system. When he moves Mr. Barrowclough from the cells to the prison farm, the inmates decide enough is enough.
8:30pm30 min
John Bishop's Only Joking
Episode 10John Bishop calls on a few more friends for this final jolly, including Roger Monkhouse, Andi Osho, Warwick Davis and Joe Pasquale.
9pm
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The Royle Family
Special - The Queen Of ShebaNearly seven years on, and now living with the Royles, Nana is bedridden and the centre of attention. Jim is, unsurprisingly, not best pleased. Meanwhile, Antony is a businessman; Denise is pregnant again; and poor Cheryl is still trying to lose weight and find love.
9pm60 min version (repeat)
Have I Got News For You
Series 40, Episode 3John Bishop hosts the satirical panel game featuring Ian Hislop and Paul Merton, with guest panellists Andy Hamilton and Miles Jupp.
9pm
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Love Actually
Romantic comedy by Richard Curtis, charting a multitude of relationships across a Christmas period.
9pm30 min
Stella
Series 2, Documentary - Behind The ScenesRuth Jones's much-loved comedy may have finished its second run, but head back to the valleys for this making-of special.
9:30pm
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Russell Howard's Good News
Topical stand-up comedy and chat show hosted by Russell Howard.
10pm
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Extras
Andy Milman is a TV and film extra who dreams of stardom and that elusive big break.
10pm
(repeat)
Russell Howard's Good News
Topical stand-up comedy and chat show hosted by Russell Howard.
10:07pm10 min
The Vicar Of Dibley
Comic Relief 2013, Comic Relief SpecialGeraldine and the parishioners head to London. And this time they're on a mission: to ensure the Church approves the ordination of female bishops.
10:20pm
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Men Behaving Badly
Series 3, Episode 3 - CasualtiesDeborah decides to sell her flat and go travelling in Asia, while Gary and Tony try to put her off the idea.
10:30pm
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Lee Nelson's Well Funny People
Episode 1Irrepressible south London tearaway Lee Nelson discovers the benefits of living in the dark, Premier League footballer Jason Bent meets his team's new Spanish manager and Dr Bob's GP surgery opens its doors.
10:40pm60 min version (repeat)
11pm
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The League Of Gentlemen
Series 1, Episode 2 - The Road To Royston VaseyWe meet Pop, the godfather of sweets and crisps, and Hilary Briss, a butcher with something sinister in his sausages.
11:30pm
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The Alternative Comedy Experience
Series 1, Episode 6 - Danger ComediansTonight's show includes surreal stand-up Tony Law, idiosyncratic comedian Eleanor Tiernan, satirist Andy Zaltzman, German Henning Wehn and backstage chats with Stewart Lee.
11:40pm
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The Young Ones
Series 1, Episode 4 - BombAn atom bomb lands in the middle of the boys' kitchen, but they're divided over what to do with it. Vyvyan, for example, can't work out why he can't set it off.
11:40pm
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Father Ted
Series 3, Episode 7 - Night Of The Nearly DeadMrs Doyle wins a competition to meet a singer, the obsession of middle-aged women across Ireland. When she inadvertently reveals the date of his visit, the house is beseiged by dozens upon dozens of menopausal women.
11:55pm6 min
Russell Howard's Good News
Comic Relief SpecialRussell Howard introduces a highlights compilation of the best bits of good news from the past year.
12:10am
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The IT Crowd
Series 1, Episode 1 - Yesterday's JamThe unloved, ignored, socially-awkward Roy and Moss make up the I.T. department of Reynholm Industries. Their world is shattered by the arrival of Jen, a new 'relationship manager'.
12:15am
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Father Ted
Series 3, Episode 8 - Going To AmericaA successful American priest sees Ted talking down a fellow priest from a window ledge, and invites him to move over to LA and become a television celebrity cleric.
12:30am
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Jonathan Creek
Special - Satan's ChimneyWhen an actress is murdered on the set of her latest movie, Jonathan is called upon to explain how the killer managed to fire a gun through a plate glass window without breaking it. The funeral, held at the ancient Doomdorf Castle in Scotland presents more mysteries and Jonathan, without Maddy, has only a pushy showbiz agent, Carla Borrego, to trust.
12:30am
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Porridge
Series 2, Episode 3 - Disturbing The PeaceThe prisoners look forward to a more relaxed life when Mr Mackay leaves - but he's soon replaced by Wainwright, the toughest screw in the system. When he moves Mr. Barrowclough from the cells to the prison farm, the inmates decide enough is enough.
12:35am
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Peep Show
Series 5, Episode 5 - Jeremy's ManagerJeremy and Super Hans get a band manager and play a Christian rock festival. Mark comes along as their roadie, and learns how to have sex properly for the first time in his life.
12:40am
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PhoneShop
Series 1, Episode 2 - Never On A TuesdayWhile Christopher prepares for a lunchtime date, Lance obsesses over an email, and Jerwayne fumes over the girl with the owl tattoo.
1:05am
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The Royle Family
Special - The Queen Of ShebaNearly seven years on, and now living with the Royles, Nana is bedridden and the centre of attention. Jim is, unsurprisingly, not best pleased. Meanwhile, Antony is a businessman; Denise is pregnant again; and poor Cheryl is still trying to lose weight and find love.
1:10am
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Peep Show
Series 5, Episode 6 - Mark's WomenMark gets into online gaming and live role play with Dobby and wonders whether she may be 'the one'. Meanwhile Mark and Sophie finally sort out their annulment. Jeremy joins a cult.
1:15am
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Bluestone 42
Series 1, Episode 2Nick has grown tired of eating the same food every day and is desperate to find something tastier. Mary encourages Nick to let Millsy run a re-training exercise. Millsy is ecstatic and ensures he does a very thorough job, much to the disdain of the team.
1:15am
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The Midnight Beast
Series 1, Episode 2 - Father's DayStef stays up all night editing a rubbish animated video for their new track Booty Call. Meanwhile, Dru miraculously gets a maintenance cheque from his long-estranged dad.
1:45am
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Extras
Andy Milman is a TV and film extra who dreams of stardom and that elusive big break.
1:50am
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Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy
Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, Episode 2 - The Jelly FoxLysergic Casserole are trapped in a guitar case, Little Chrissie and Spoon Snake visit the Jelly Fox, while God ruins the party.
2:05am
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Men Behaving Badly
Series 3, Episode 3 - CasualtiesDeborah decides to sell her flat and go travelling in Asia, while Gary and Tony try to put her off the idea.
2:20am
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The Armstrong & Miller Show
Hit sketch show starring Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller. Characters include a pair of immature RAF pilots and a rude music hall duo.
2:25am
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Sports Mash - Taking The Mic
ITV4 show in which archive sport footage is given a comic twist with new commentary supplied by comedians.
2:35am
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Crapston Villas
Stop motion clay animation sitcom observing the antics of the inhabitants of the much sought-after residential property Crapston Villas.
2:45am
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Lee Nelson's Well Funny People
Episode 1Irrepressible south London tearaway Lee Nelson discovers the benefits of living in the dark, Premier League footballer Jason Bent meets his team's new Spanish manager and Dr Bob's GP surgery opens its doors.
2:50am
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Rex The Runt
Series 1, Episode 6 - Easter IslandThe gang go on holiday to New Zealand, but crash land on Easter Island, where they discover that the statues are alive. It turns out that they are aliens who plan to abduct Rex and take him to their home planet. Guest starring Eddie Izzard.
2:50am
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Shameless
Series 11, Episode 3When Lillian asks Kelly to rescue her savings from police surveillance, Kelly agrees for a cut of the stash.
2:50am
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On The Buses
Series 3, Episode 13 - On The MakeStan's intentions are less than honourable when he offers Edna a place to stay after her landlady throws her out.
3:15am
(repeat)
Russell Howard's Good News
Topical stand-up comedy and chat show hosted by Russell Howard.