Television
TV schedule Sunday 8th September 2013
6am
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Just Good Friends
Series 1, Episode 5Penny is all ready to tell Vince that it just won't work and she doesn't want to see him any more, but how do you tell someone who hasn't been in touch for weeks? When they do meet she suspects he is seeing somebody else and goes to unusual lengths to try to find out.
6am
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Barbara
Series 3, Episode 4 - CrimeA mini-crimewave has hit the Liversidge household; stolen milk, newspapers, and even complaints from the burglars. Meanwhile, with Linda away Martin is left to attempt to feed himself, Jean is tempted to cheat on Phil - and the opening of a nightclub proves too much temptation for Neil.
6:25am
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Barbara
Series 3, Episode 5 - WeekendAfter a long and difficult week and work, both Ted and Barbara come to the conclusion that it's time to retire. Linda and Martin are visiting friends for the weekend, leaving Baby George in the care of Phil and Jean...
6:30am
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Outnumbered
A selection of episodes from the third and fourth series of the semi-improvised sitcom.
6:30am
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Sykes
Series 1, Episode 11 - DreamEric's been bitten by a dog in a rather unfortunate position upon his person. Visiting the doctor, he is seen by a female GP and quickly finds himself daydreaming over her.
7:10am
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The Vicar Of Dibley
A repeat run of the entire third series of the Dawn French sitcom.
7:25am10 min
Sooty
Series 2, Episode 2 - The New BuildingIt is the ceremonial grand opening of Mr Slater's new toilet block, but chaos looms when it becomes apparent that builders Sooty and Sweep have forgotten to install the vital component - a toilet! Can they get it fitted in time, or will Richard's career end up round the bend?
8am15 min
Bottom Knocker Street
Episode 7 - StupiterSonia has to make an audition tape to enter a competition to be a children's TV presenter. Straightforward? Not in Bottom Knocker Street!
8:15am15 min
Bottom Knocker Street
Episode 8 - HippoResidents are being trampled by a rampaging hippo. Who can save the day? Stan wasn't always a postman!
9am
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Monarch Of The Glen
Series 2, Episode 5Comedy drama set in the Scottish Highlands, based on the comic novels of Compton Mackenzie.
9am
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Horrible Histories
Series 4, Episode 2Henry VIII appears on a TV show hoping to raise money from his antique abbeys, Charles Darwin sings about his theory of Natural Selection and a pirate captain aims to be Lord Sugar's next Historical Apprentice.
9:25am
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Shaun The Sheep
Series 2, Episode 27 - Bitzer From The Black LagoonWhile trying to retrieve his ball, Bitzer falls into a muddy pond. When Shaun sees a big, blobby, shambling 'thing' squelching across the field, he's convinced they are being attacked by a swamp monster.
9:40am
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
Wallace and Gromit discover that their new pest control business is in high demand when a monstrous rabbit strikes.
10:10am
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Monarch Of The Glen
Series 2, Episode 6Comedy drama set in the Scottish Highlands, based on the comic novels of Compton Mackenzie.
10:40am
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Only Fools And Horses
Series 5, Christmas Special - A Royal FlushRodney meets an upper-crust young lady selling paintings down the market and they instantly hit it off. However, when Del finds out that she's Lady Victoria of Malebury, whose father is a cousin of the Queen, he begins to plot the couple's wedding.
10:45am
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Gigglebiz
CBeebies legend Justin Fletcher gets the nation's under-sixes laughing their socks off with his collection of crazy comedy characters.
12pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 1, Episode 1 - Short Back And Palais GlideCompo, Clegg and Blamire take a trip to the barbers, followed by a visit to the café where they witness one of Ivy and Sid's many rows. Compo later discovers that he's left his house key in the library, but the librarian is nowhere to be seen.
12pm
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Spy
A selection of episodes from the first series of the Darren Boyd sitcom.
12:05pm
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My Phone Genie
Episode 1 - Serve and ProtectJasmine Hart downloads a new Genie App to her phone. But when it is opened it gives her access to a real-life genie. Worried about Jaz's first day at a new school, Gene the Genie's attempt to protect her gets her in more trouble than she could ever have imagined!
12:35pm
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My Phone Genie
Episode 2 - Home MovieWhen Jaz wishes that her Saturday afternoon could be more interesting than just watching DVDs, Gene makes her and friends Naoko and Mobbsy stars in a selection of movies.
12:40pm
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Keeping Up Appearances
Suburban snob Hyacinth Bucket devotes her time to monitoring standards and attempting to impress influential people.
1pm
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St Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold
The girls of St Trinian's are back - and this time they're racing a secretive, corrupt organisation to discover pirate treasure.
1:20pm
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Keeping Up Appearances
Suburban snob Hyacinth Bucket devotes her time to monitoring standards and attempting to impress influential people.
1:40pm
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Birds Of A Feather
Series 4, Episode 9 - Time And TidesSharon and Tracey help out Dorien because women "of a certain age" need careful handling.
2pm
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Heroes Of Comedy
Series 1, Episode 1 - A Special Tribute To... Frankie HowerdFans, colleagues and friends pay tribute to the great comic Frankie Howerd. Includes contributions from the likes of Barry Cryer, Eric Sykes and Cilla Black.
2pm
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Red Dwarf
Series I, Episode 1 - The EndDimwitted third-class space ship technician Dave Lister is dumbstruck to find that, after what was supposed to be an 18-month punishment in stasis (suspended animation), he has woken up some 3 million years later, a radiation leak having long killed his Red Dwarf colleagues and left him as the last human being.
2:20pm
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Birds Of A Feather
Series 4, Episode 10 - Sisters Are Doing It...There's trouble for Tracey when her new as a secretary exposes her to sexual harassment from her boss.
2:40pm
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Red Dwarf
Series I, Episode 2 - Future EchoesAs the ship accelerates toward light speed in the readiness for the 3,000,000 year journey back in the other direction, toward Earth, peculiar things start happening. How can Cat be in two places at once? Holly's got some explaining to do - about something he terms 'future echoes'.
3pm
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Heroes Of Comedy
Series 5, Episode 1 - Kenneth WilliamsPortrait of popular comic actor Kenneth Williams, star of TV, radio and film, whose outrageous antics masked loneliness and a life of paradoxes.
3:20pm
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3:30pm
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My Phone Genie
Episode 3 - It's a Jungle in HereGene helps Jaz revive the school plants she's forgotten to water over the holidays... turning the house into a living jungle!
4pm
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Just A Minute
Episode 1Joining Nicholas Parsons and Paul Merton to play Just A Minute today are Graham Norton, Sue Perkins, and Phill Jupitus.
4:40pm
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The Best Of Les Dawson
Series compiling the best of the work of northern comedy legend Les Dawson.
6pm
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Jeeves And Wooster
Series 1, Episode 3Lord Wickhammersley is always one for a wager but, since he came close to losing the East Wing in a game of shove-halfpenny, Lady Wickhammersley has banned betting at Twing. Bertie does not intend to let this stand in his way at the village Sports Day.
6pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
A selection of episodes from the 25th series of Britain's longest running sitcom.
6:30pm
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Sadie J
Series 2, Episode 4 - CocolocolisticSadie auditions to get into a new girl band, but when she upsets Kit once too often, he goes all out to get Whitney the gig in Sadie's place.
7pm
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Waiting For God
A selection of episodes from the fifth series of the retirement home sitcom.
7pm
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QI
A selection of extended episodes from Series H and I of the world's cleverest and most interesting panel game. Repeated again as of 22.00.
7pm
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Moone Boy
Series 1, Episode 3 - Another Prick In The WallUsing the battle for the bathroom as an opportunity to catch extra zeds, Martin falls foul of Sinead's pranks when she covers him in make-up while he's asleep. Unable to get to a mirror, Martin heads off to school unaware of his Boy George-esque look...
7:10pm
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Jeeves And Wooster
Series 1, Episode 4Bertie manages to get on the wrong side of everyone - again - when he attempts to offer the same solution to the differing woes of Gussie Fink Nottle, Aunt Dahlia, and Tuppy Glossop.
8:20pm
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Porridge
Series 1, Episode 3 - A Night InGodber moves into the bottom bunk in Fletcher's cell. Unable to sleep, the two spend the night discussing their hopes, fears, and the lives they left outside.
9pm
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The Comic Strip Presents...
Episode 1 - Five Go To RehabNew special in which the original characters parodied from Enid Blyton are revealed to have failed to live up to their ideals and been forced to confront the modern world.
9pm
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A Touch Of Cloth
A Touch Of Cloth, Episode 1 - Part OneSleuthing collides with spoofing in the first part of this Charlie Brooker original comedy that tickles and twists crime drama clichés. Starring John Hannah and Suranne Jones.
9:55pm
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Absolutely Fabulous
A selection of episodes from the third series of the sitcom starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley. Repeated again as of 00.30.
10pm
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Jongleurs Live!
New series of stand-up comedy broadcasts from Jongleurs comedy clubs, for digital channel Loaded TV.
10pm45 min version
10pm
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Chickens
Episode 3The boys are immediately suspicious when, out of the blue, a pretty girl named Penny asks Cecil to be her boyfriend. Maybe, just maybe, she thinks Cecil is a catch. Or, she's got an ulterior motive.
10:25pm40 min version (repeat)
Room 101
Series 2, Episode 8 - Craig Revel Horwood, Sheila Hancock, Jon RichardsonStrictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood, actress Sheila Hancock and comedian Jon Richardson wish to banish people who tell jokes all the time, ladies' toilets and friends who get into relationships.
10:30pm
(repeat)
Jongleurs Live!
New series of stand-up comedy broadcasts from Jongleurs comedy clubs, for digital channel Loaded TV.
10:30pm
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Trollied
Series 3, Episode 3Richard France's latest brainwave is given the greenlight - a 'suggestion fort' to find out what customers want from the Valco Better store.
10:45pm
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Blackadder
Black Adder The Third, Episode 6 - Duel And DualityThe Prince has seduced and 'soiled' the Duke of Wellington's two nieces. When the triumphant war hero hears of George's indiscretion, he swears to have his revenge - can Blackadder get him out of this one, or will the Royal meet his maker?
10:45pm
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Bad Education
Series 2, Episode 1 - Swimming GalaIt's the school's annual swimming gala and Alfie - riding high on love for Miss Gulliver - finds himself engaging in a bet over his class's performance against Pickwell.
11pm45 min version (repeat)
11pm
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The Café
Series 2, Episode 7 - Reap What You SowExtended length hour-long episode to conclude the second series. Everybody gathers for Richard and Ava's wedding.
11pm
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The Inbetweeners
Series 1, Episode 5The boys call Jay's bluff and go to the Camber Sands meeting of the Caravan Club to see if it really is 'like a massive orgy'.
11:05pm
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That Puppet Game Show
Episode 5 - FlatshareEddie is finding his new flatmate Ian hard to live with, as celebrity guests Vernon Kay and Mel Giedroyc survive a dart attack and a memory game.
11:30pm
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Big Bad World
Episode 3The gang celebrate Oakley's birthday with a day of excursions - sadly all organised by Oakley himself. The day culminates with a paintballing skirmish - uh-oh!
11:30pm
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Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Series 11, Episode 2 - Jamie Foxx, Channing Tatum, David Walliams, Kirstie Allsop, SugababesAlan is joined by Hollywood movie stars Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum; David Walliams drops in to talk about his new sitcom Big School; Kirstie Allsop says hello; plus there's an exclusive first TV performance from the newly reformed original Sugababes line up.
11:45pm
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Blackadder
Black Adder The Third, Episode 6 - Duel And DualityThe Prince has seduced and 'soiled' the Duke of Wellington's two nieces. When the triumphant war hero hears of George's indiscretion, he swears to have his revenge - can Blackadder get him out of this one, or will the Royal meet his maker?
11:50pm
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French And Saunders
Long-running popular sketch show starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
Midnight
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Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow
Series 1, Episode 2 - ManchesterThis week, Michael is at the Manchester Apollo, where he is joined by North West favourite Jason Manford as well as John Bishop, Sarah Millican and Mick Ferry.
12:30am45 min version (repeat)
8 Out Of 10 Cats
Series 15, Highlights Special - Best BitsJimmy Carr is joined by team captains Sean and Jon for an episode of best bits from the 15th series. Among the guests featured are Jack Dee, Claudia Winkleman, Danny Dyer, Joe Wilkinson and Alex Jones.
1am
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The Funny Side Of...
Episode 5 - The Funny Side Of TV ExpertsClive Anderson guides us through the history of television's favourite experts and all the pitfalls that attend the role. As well as pointing out all the potential problems of being cast as a telly know-it-all, there's sage advice to the would-be experts of the future.
1am
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Dave's One Night Stand
Series 3, Episode 5 - Tommy TiernanTommy Tiernan goes back to his roots in Wexford, Ireland with Stewart Francis and Lloyd Langford.
1am
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Some Girls
Series 1, Episode 5Amber struggles to cope with her feelings for her ex-boyfriend Brandon, especially now that he's going to be a daddy. Viva is asked to manage an anti-bullying presentation at school - and to look after bullying victim, Ruby. Saz and Ruby do not get on.
1:30am
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Seann Walsh World
Episode 8Tonight Seann Walsh deals with taser-ball, the man scared of puppies, the 'golden rainbow', and taming a bouncer.
1:30am
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Some Girls
Series 1, Episode 6Saz is determined to lose her virginity and sets about finding the ideal boy and the ideal location with the help of her friends. It becomes apparent that not everyone has been telling the truth about their sex life.
2am
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The Funny Side Of...
Episode 2 - The Funny Side Of PoliticsClive Anderson charts the history of television's relationship with politics via the things that can and will go wrong.
2am
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Danny Bhoy Live
A TV broadcast of Scottish stand-up comedian Danny Bhoy's first DVD, filmed in 2010.
2am
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Boom Town
Episode 4Dorota The Actress and her husband/manager Atonu perform some adaptations of famous film scenes; Stella the Fashion Designer has made a wedding dress; and Talina The Temptress is trying to blag herself a free sports car.
2:05am
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French And Saunders
Long-running popular sketch show starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
2:05am
(repeat)
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Series 11, Episode 2 - Jamie Foxx, Channing Tatum, David Walliams, Kirstie Allsop, SugababesAlan is joined by Hollywood movie stars Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum; David Walliams drops in to talk about his new sitcom Big School; Kirstie Allsop says hello; plus there's an exclusive first TV performance from the newly reformed original Sugababes line up.
2:30am
(repeat)
Jongleurs Live!
New series of stand-up comedy broadcasts from Jongleurs comedy clubs, for digital channel Loaded TV.
2:35am
(repeat)
Crapston Villas
Stop motion clay animation sitcom observing the antics of the inhabitants of the much sought-after residential property Crapston Villas.
2:35am
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Barbara
Series 3, Episode 5 - WeekendAfter a long and difficult week and work, both Ted and Barbara come to the conclusion that it's time to retire. Linda and Martin are visiting friends for the weekend, leaving Baby George in the care of Phil and Jean...
2:50am
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Rex The Runt
Series 1, Episode 1 - Holiday In VinceThe gang are unable to go on holiday because of Vince's Random Pavarotti disease, so they travel inside Vince in a shrunken submarine to cure him. Guest starring Judith Chalmers.
3am
(repeat)
Jongleurs Live!
New series of stand-up comedy broadcasts from Jongleurs comedy clubs, for digital channel Loaded TV.
3am
(repeat)
Sirens
Episode 2 - Firing BlanksStuart admits he is 'firing blanks'. But it's not holding him back; he has a date with Angie, a student and eco-campaigner.
3:30am
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Bad Education
Series 2, Episode 1 - Swimming GalaIt's the school's annual swimming gala and Alfie - riding high on love for Miss Gulliver - finds himself engaging in a bet over his class's performance against Pickwell.