Television
TV schedule Monday 29th December 2014
6am
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Tommy Cooper
Sketch, stand-up and magic from the inimitable Tommy Cooper.
7am
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Moone Boy
Series 1, Episode 6 - The Bell-End Of An EraIt's a big moment in the life of young Martin Moone: his last week of primary school.
7:05am
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The Two Ronnies
Hugely popular and long-running sketch show that established Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker as two of the biggest names in British comedy.
7:05am
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Second Thoughts
Series 2, Episode 2 - Overtaken by EventsHannah is saved from a nervous breakdown when Bill offers to give Faith driving lessons.
7:30am
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Yonderland
Series 1, Episode 6 - The Idiot KingDebbie and Negatus meet face-to-face for the first time while camping in the forest.
8:05am
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The Vicar Of Dibley
Series 1, Episode 2 - Songs Of PraiseGeraldine receives a letter from the BBC: they've heard of her incumbency, and want to film an episode of Songs Of Praise in the village. David is far from keen, but finds himself outvoted by the other councillors. When the crew turn up, the vicar is particularly enamoured by the dashing young producer, Tristan; unfortunately the recording does not go smoothly.
8:20am
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Timmy Time
Spin-off from Shaun The Sheep for the CBeebies channel, featuring Timmy the baby lamb and his friends.
8:45am
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Only Fools And Horses
Series 4, Episode 1 - Happy ReturnsA chance encounter with old flame Juney, back on the estate after some 20-odd years, leaves Del suspicious of her daughter Debbie's parentage. Serious questions need to be asked - not least when Derek realises that Rodney could be getting comfortable with his own niece!
9:15am
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Roy
Series 3, Episode 9 - Be Careful What You Wish ForMr Hammond reaches breaking point when Roy sticks a mohawk wig on his head, so he quits the Sandyford Progressive Learning forever. However, his replacement is too PC for Roy and the gang and they end up doing the unthinkable and plotting to get their old vice principal back.
9:25am
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Porridge
Series 1, Episode 2 - The HustlerGambling fever has hit Slade - subjects include the number of bricks in a cell, and the number of eggs laid by the hens on the prison farm. Fletch has organised a big game in a secret location, but will anyone actually win?
9:30am
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Flushed Away
When an uptown rat gets flushed down the toilet in his penthouse apartment, he ends up in the sewers of London.
10:05am
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Open All Hours
Series 1, Episode 2 - A Matress On WheelsArkwright's always been dead against getting a van, until Granville points out the advantages of taking a lady friend for a drive.
10:45am
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Miranda
Series 1, Episode 2 - TeacherMiranda is rather British when it comes to sex, or shenanigans as she likes to call it. Trying to overcome her hang-ups she decides the way forward with Gary would be to create a romantic moment so he'll see her in a sexual light.
11am
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Carry On Sergeant
The first Carry On film. Sergeant Grimshawe is desperate to win the award for best troop before he retires.
11:25am
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Blackadder
Blackadder II, Episode 6 - ChainsMelchett and Blackadder are taken hostage by the dastardly German master of disguise Prince Ludwig, just hours after the Queen swore to only pay one more ransom ever. When she struggles to choose between the two, their captor decides to overthrow her and make himself King.
12pm
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Birds Of A Feather
Series 2, Christmas Special - Falling In Love AgainChris has got himself into debt with the McCarthy family, Sharon wins a dating show and chooses a trip to Berlin as her prize so that she can collect a valuable car that Chris owns to settle the debt. Dorien gets a nasty surprise and Tracey falls for a mechanic.
12:05pm
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The Two Ronnies
Hugely popular and long-running sketch show that established Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker as two of the biggest names in British comedy.
1pm
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Mr Bean
Series 1, Episode 5 - No ParkingMr Bean takes his teddy to the cinema but has trouble finding a parking space.
1:05pm
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Only Fools And Horses
Series 7, Christmas Special - Rodney Come HomeAfter thumping Cassandra's boss on the nose, Rodney is now estranged from his wife and living back at the Trotter's flat. Del tries all his devious tricks to get them back together.
1:15pm
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Mr Bean
Series 1, Episode 6 - Bean's BountyA local archaeology dig inspires Mr Bean to go hunting for treasure.
2pm
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Desmond's
Series 2, Episode 10 - Here Comes De SunPorkpie makes his opposition to the Channel Tunnel known when the required rail link looks set to mean the demolition of his flat. Gloria, meanwhile, has the results of her exams in hand.
2:40pm
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The Vicar Of Dibley
Series 1, Episode 3 - Community SpiritThe time has come to organise Dibley's annual autumn fayre, and after raising a measly £200 last year, there are murmurs to support cancelling the event. The vicar however, is determined that she can book a real celebrity to open festivities rather than some local nobody, and a solution appears to come when Alice reveals her early-balding cousin is one 'Reg Dwight'...
3:30pm
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Mr Bean
Series 1, Episode 3 - Artful BeanMr Bean gets a real bug for painting. Then several bugs ... and flies and slugs and mice.
3:35pm
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A Close Shave
Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin; but not all is well for Gromit.
3:45pm
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Mr Bean
Series 1, Episode 4 - The FlyMr Bean declares war when he finds a fly in his room, and searches for ever more outlandish weapons.
4pm
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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.
4pm
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Carry On Cruising
Comedy with the Carry On crew, in which a sea captain discovers that his regular shipmates have defected and so must he hire an inexperienced crew.
4pm
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All At Sea
Series 2, Episode 8 - GumballWhen Ben gets his hand stuck in a gumball machine, a chain of events is unleashed that finishes with Charlie appearing in a talent show and Kevin fighting the long arm of the law.
4:30pm
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4 O'Clock Club
Series 3, Episode 10 - GoldDexter gets the 4 O'Clock Club gang digging the school allotment. But boredom with broccoli turns to delight when Josh strikes gold. Meanwhile, Nero joins Owen at Scouts and discovers that under the uniforms those guys may not be as silly as they look.
4:40pm
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Open All Hours
Series 1, Episode 3 - A Nice Cosy Little DiseasePerhaps a nice cosy little disease on Arkwright's part would be the thing to attract the ministrations of a certain district nurse?
5pm
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Jonathan Creek
Series 3, Episode 5 - Miracle In Crooked LaneHow could a 1970s sex kitten in a coma in hospital be seen heading for a local church to make her peace with God? There's a man in a duffel coat and shaggy hair who thinks he has the answer.
5pm
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Birds Of A Feather
Series 3, Christmas Special - We'll Always Have MajorcaThe girls are given the chance to spend Christmas in the sun when Darryl's rock star friend offers the use of his villa.
5pm
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Mr. Bean
Episode 8 - Mr. Bean In Room 426Mr. Bean books into a hotel room and makes himself well and truly at home. In typical fashion he manages to lock himself out in a state of undress. Fortunately, help comes from an unexpected saviour.
5:15pm
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Gigglebiz
Series 3, Episode 5Will Singalot infuriates Robin Hood with his nonstop singing as Robin tries some log-walking to impress Maid Marion, enthusiastic wildlife park guide Sue Keeper gets her guinea pig facts all wrong, and gardener Will Barrow has problems with a very cheeky fox.
5:20pm
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Fawlty Towers
Series 2, Episode 2 - The PsychiatristBasil's delighted when a married couple - both doctors - check in. However, Sybil's busy flirting with a young male guest, and when he discovers that one of the doctors is a psychiatrist, he grows increasingly paranoid...
5:30pm
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Mr. Bean
Episode 10 - Mind The Baby, Mr. BeanThe inept master of disaster finds himself looking after a baby at a funfair.
6pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
A selection from episodes from the 15th series of Britain's longest running sitcom.
6pm
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Birds Of A Feather
Series 4, Christmas Special - The Chigwell ConnectionTracey and Sharon start a "Free the Chigwell Two" campaign when they discover that the detective who arrested Darryl and Chris may be bent.
6pm
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Professor Branestawm
Adaptation of the Norman Hunter's children's stories with Harry Hill as the original mad professor.
6:05pm
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Jonathan Creek
Series 2, Episode 2 - Time Waits For NormanThe husband of Maddy's literary agent has been photographed eating in a local hamburger bar. Slightly odd for a vegetarian; very odd for a man who is adamant he was in America at the time...
6:10pm
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Miranda
Series 1, Episode 3 - JobMiranda heads to the gym and, after a fuchsia-face-inducing workout, decides it's perhaps not quite for her. She must therefore find a way of getting out of her water-tight contract with the gym.
6:50pm
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Blackadder
Blackadder II, Episode 4 - MoneyBlackadder is facing money troubles - or, as he puts it, 'cashflow problems' - that are far from helped when the notorious baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells arrives to call in a thousand-pound debt.
7pm
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Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow
Series 2, Episode 2 - SunderlandMichael McIntyre takes his Comedy Roadshow to the Empire Theatre in Sunderland. Headlining tonight is comedy gem of the North East, local lass Sarah Millican, with special guests Simon Evans, Jimeoin and Imran Yusuf.
7pm
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Desmond's
Series 2, Episode 10 - Here Comes De SunPorkpie makes his opposition to the Channel Tunnel known when the required rail link looks set to mean the demolition of his flat. Gloria, meanwhile, has the results of her exams in hand.
7:30pm
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Only Fools And Horses
Christmas Special - Mother Nature's SonRodney's talk of environmental pollution brings him a strange ally when Del becomes a friend of the Earth. Of course, he's got a scam going and it involves a joint venture with the Water Board - but they are a silent partner!
8pm
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Doc Martin
Series 2, Christmas Special - On The EdgeBirdwatchers disturb the peace of Portwenn in the search of a rare chough meanwhile Louisa's father arrives and Pauline plans to leave.
8pm
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Live At The Apollo
Series 5, Episode 4 - Rhod Gilbert and John BishopWelsh funnyman Rhod Gilbert hosts, with a rapturous guest appearance from Liverpudlian John Bishop.
8pm
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Mr. Bean
Episode 8 - Mr. Bean In Room 426Mr. Bean books into a hotel room and makes himself well and truly at home. In typical fashion he manages to lock himself out in a state of undress. Fortunately, help comes from an unexpected saviour.
8pm60 min version (repeat)
8:30pm
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Mr. Bean
Episode 10 - Mind The Baby, Mr. BeanThe inept master of disaster finds himself looking after a baby at a funfair.
8:30pm
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Miranda
Final Specials - I Do, But To Who?We find Miranda where we left her, with two proposals: one from Gary and one from Mike. Who will she choose? And if she does choose, could she cope with the pressures of being a wife?
9pm
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Jonathan Creek
Series 3, Episode 4 - Ghost's ForgeWhen Maddy's glamorous former colleague Mimi Trantor turns up with a mystery in an old house in Norfolk, it's all change. Jonathan turns investigator, as Maddy finds herself turning into an illusionist...
9pm
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Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Episode 4A celebration of all things Python. Bill Bailey, Harry Shearer and Kate Beckinsale are among those paying tribute, while classic clips include The Lumberjack Song.
9pm60 min version (repeat)
Have I Got News For You
Series 45, Episode 2Brian Blessed returns to host another edition of Have I Got News For You. Bridget Christie and Ken Livingstone are the guests.
9pm60 min
Christmas Epic Fails
Angus Deayton takes a wry look at the funny side of Christmas.
9pm60 min
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 4 (Channel 4: Series 5), Christmas SpecialJimmy Carr, Sean Lock and Jon Richardson are back with a Christmas Special. Guests are David Baddiel and Kathy Burke, plus Alex Horne and the Horne Section join Countdown's resident lexicographer Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner, and Joe Wilkinson 'assists' the queen of numbers, Rachel Riley.
9:05pm60 min
Mapp & Lucia
Episode 1It is mid-summer in Tilling and Miss Elizabeth Mapp, the town's resident schemer and woman of great self-importance, is anticipating a special guest.
9:40pm
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Fawlty Towers
Series 1, Episode 3 - The Wedding PartyA group of guests arriving at the hotel in preparation for a nearby wedding raise Basil's anger levels when he mistakes them for swingers and sex addicts.
10pm
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Green Wing
A selection of episodes from the second series of the genre-defying hospital comedy.
10pm50 min version (repeat)
8 Out Of 10 Cats
Series 12, Episode 7Guests Russell Kane, Mark Watson and Louise Redknapp join Jimmy, Jon and Sean.
10pm
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Dave Allen: God's Own Comedian
Celebration of the life and work of controversial sit-down stand-up comic, Dave Allen.
10pm60 min version (repeat)
Have I Got News For You
Series 45, Episode 3This week's guest host are Warwick Davis. Joining Ian and Paul as panellists will be writer, broadcaster and former Conservative Member of Parliament Gyles Brandreth, and comedian Joe Wilkinson.
10pm
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Bad Education
Series 2, Episode 5 - DrugsHeadmaster Mr Fraser has organised a special guest speaker for Drugs Awareness Day.
10pm
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The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
Episode 17 - The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2014Jimmy challenges Richard Ayoade, David Mitchell, Mel B, Micky Flanagan, Sarah Millican and Kevin Bridges to battle it out to win the coveted Big Fat Quiz crown.
10:25pm
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Not The Nine O'Clock News
Popular satirical sketch show of the late 70s and early 80s starring Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Pamela Stephenson.
10:50pm50 min version (repeat)
8 Out Of 10 Cats
Series 12, Episode 8The guests joining Jimmy, Jon and Sean this week are Johnny Vegas, Joe Lycett, Joey Essex from The Only Way Is Essex and Jennifer Metcalfe from Hollyoaks.
11pm
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I'm Alan Partridge
Series 2, Episode 2 - The Colour Of AlanAlan is slightly disturbed when Michael sleeps over. However, his biggest worry is securing a contract to host an award ceremony - before severly injuring himself on a fence spike.
11pm
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Kevin Bridges - The Story Continues
Young Scottish stand-up comic Kevin Bridges performs his second live tour in front of a packed-out Glasgow arena crowd.
11pm
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The Wrong Mans
Series 2, Episode 2 - Action Mans/Wise MansWith a prison escape on the cards, Sam and Phil are still hoping to be back in Bracknell for Christmas.
11pm
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Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Series 1, Episode 1Alan Davies is joined by guests Noel Fielding, Jon Ronson, Andrew Maxwell and Kerry Godliman. Discussion topics include being detained by the US military, giant rabbits and psychopaths.
11pm
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Trollied
Series 4, Episode 5The staff are unhappy because canteen prices have been hiked up. Charlie puts a smile back on their faces though.
11:20pm
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Celebrity Juice
Series 6, Highlights Special - 2041 - A Juice OdysseyIt's New Year's Eve 2041 and an ancient Keith Lemon, Fearne Cotton, Holly Willoughby and Rufus Hound look back at some of the best bits from Series 6.
11:30pm
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Trollied
Series 4, Episode 6Gavin is determined to make Charlie look good when dad Brendan swings by the store. Plus, Colin forces Rose and Lisa to resolve their differences.
11:40pm
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Midnight60 min version (repeat)
Midnight
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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'.
12:05am
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Da Ali G Show
Sacha Baron Cohen provides an inimitable mix of global reportage and celebrity chat via his characters Ali G, Borat and Bruno.
12:20am
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Saxondale
Steve Coogan stars as Tommy Saxondale, an ex-roadie now running a pest control business in suburbia.
12:30am
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The IT Crowd
Series 1, Episode 3 - 50/50Jen has a new admirer, but his romantic gesture goes horribly wrong when Jen's inability to tell the truth results in a very public humiliation. Meanwhile, Moss and Roy conduct an experiment with a 'lonely hearts' website.
1am
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Dr Terrible's House Of Horrible
Series of chilling comedy tales paying homage to classic British horror films, starring Steve Coogan.
1am60 min version (repeat)
Have I Got News For You
Series 45, Episode 2Brian Blessed returns to host another edition of Have I Got News For You. Bridget Christie and Ken Livingstone are the guests.
1:05am
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Dead Ringers
TV impressions show that ran throughout the 2000s. Featuring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Phil Cornwell, Kevin Connelly and Mark Perry.
1:25am50 min version (repeat)
8 Out Of 10 Cats
Series 12, Episode 9The regulars are joined by singer Olly Murs, former member of the Pussycat Dolls Kimberly Wyatt, and comedians Matthew Crosby and Russell Peters.
1:30am
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I'm Alan Partridge
Series 2, Episode 2 - The Colour Of AlanAlan is slightly disturbed when Michael sleeps over. However, his biggest worry is securing a contract to host an award ceremony - before severly injuring himself on a fence spike.
2am
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2am
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The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
Episode 17 - The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2014Jimmy challenges Richard Ayoade, David Mitchell, Mel B, Micky Flanagan, Sarah Millican and Kevin Bridges to battle it out to win the coveted Big Fat Quiz crown.
2am45 min version (repeat)
Have I Got News For You
Series 45, Episode 3This week's guest host are Warwick Davis. Joining Ian and Paul as panellists will be writer, broadcaster and former Conservative Member of Parliament Gyles Brandreth, and comedian Joe Wilkinson.
2:30am
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Saxondale
Steve Coogan stars as Tommy Saxondale, an ex-roadie now running a pest control business in suburbia.
3am
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Dr Terrible's House Of Horrible
Series of chilling comedy tales paying homage to classic British horror films, starring Steve Coogan.
3am
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Viral Tap
ITV2 panel show revolving around clips sent in by viewers. Hosted by Caroline Flack with regulars Matt Richardson and Carly Smallman.
3am
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Virtually Famous
Series 1, Episode 5Seann Walsh and Chris Stark are joined by Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Rosenthal, loveable Essex girl Stacey Solomon and boy band superstars Bradley and Tristan from The Vamps.
3am
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A League Of Their Own
Series 8, Episode 4Russell Howard, Una Foden and Kevin Keegan join the regulars.
3:05am
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Comedy Central At The Comedy Store
Series 2, Episode 11Greg Burns on the London riots, Marlon Davis has a round face, Roisin Conaty doesn't like internet dating and Elis James isn't very manly.
3:30am
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'Allo 'Allo!
Series 6, Episode 5 - The Airmen De-nickedWith the General away, and fearful of the logical series of revelations that could take place if the airmen are interrogated in Berlin, Gruber suggests that the resistance may be able to rescue the airmen successfully.
3:30am
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Comedy Central At The Comedy Store
Series 2, Episode 12Neil Delamere on drunken shenanigans, Andi Osho talks farting, Josh Howie on his wife driving him mad and Mike Gunn updates the bingo calling.
5:35am
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Tommy Cooper
Sketch, stand-up and magic from the inimitable Tommy Cooper.