TV schedule for 6th January 2015 (full list)

6am (repeat)

Rising Damp

Series 1, Episode 6 - Stand Up And Be Counted

It's election time and the house is out in force: Alan and Philip are making Labour posters in the attic whilst Rigsby is canvassing for the Conservatives. Ruth, meanwhile, is being wooed by all sides.

6:45am (repeat)

Minder

Series 8, Episode 6 - The Last Temptation Of Daley

Long-running comedy drama about the London criminal underworld, focusing on dodgy entrepreneur Arthur Daley and his 'minder', Terry.

6:50am (repeat)

Timmy Time

Spin-off from Shaun The Sheep for the CBeebies channel, featuring Timmy the baby lamb and his friends.

7am (repeat)

The Two Ronnies

Series 9, Episode 5

Hugely popular and long-running sketch show that established Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker as two of the biggest names in British comedy.

7:10am (repeat)

Shaun The Sheep

Series 1, Episode 27 - Bitzer Puts His Foot In It

Wet concrete prompts Shaun and pals to create their very own Walk of Fame. Can Bitzer keep the concrete clean?

9:30am (repeat)

Mr Bean

Series 1, Episode 5 - No Parking

Mr Bean takes his teddy to the cinema but has trouble finding a parking space.

9:45am (repeat)

Mr Bean

Series 1, Episode 6 - Bean's Bounty

A local archaeology dig inspires Mr Bean to go hunting for treasure.

10:20am (repeat)

As Time Goes By

Series 1, Episode 2 - Getting To Know You - Again

Will Lionel contact Jean? Will Jean contact Lionel? Sandy heads to the hotel but finds he has checked out, and when he heads to the office, Judith gives Lionel short shrift. Meanwhile his publisher, Alistair, orders fresh revisions and insists Lionel attend a party he's holding.

10:50am (repeat)

Minder

Series 8, Episode 7 - A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In Shepherd's Bush

Long-running comedy drama about the London criminal underworld, focusing on dodgy entrepreneur Arthur Daley and his 'minder', Terry.

11am (repeat)

Last Of The Summer Wine

Series 1, Episode 2 - Inventor Of The Forty Foot Ferret

Blamire thinks it's about time that Compo went to church.

11:40am (repeat)

Last Of The Summer Wine

Series 1, Episode 3 - Pate And Chips

Compo's nephew takes the trio plus his own family to visit a stately home where they stroll, picnic - and get thrown out.

12:20pm (repeat)

The Two Ronnies

Series 9, Episode 6

Hugely popular and long-running sketch show that established Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker as two of the biggest names in British comedy.

12:45pm (repeat)

The Battle Of The Sexes

Peter Sellers stars as an accountant who revolts when an American tries to modernise his traditional firm.

1pm (repeat)

The Liver Birds

Series 7, Episode 6 - Cry Please

Sandra is concerned that Carol's new boyfriend is trying to change her and warns her about his intentions - but Carol is too much in love to take notice.

1:10pm (repeat)

'Allo 'Allo!

Series 4, Episode 2 - Camp Dance

Whilst Edith, René, Yvette and the Colonel manage to make their escape from the camp (hiding in a rubbish truck, with Gruber's help), Maria has managed to post herself to Switzerland. Hans has also disappeared following his successful breakout; where could he have got to?

1:40pm (repeat)

My Family

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Serpent's Tooth

Ben is annoyed to learn that both Janey and Susan are patients of another dentist... especially since Janey has a crush on this dentist. Nick uses Ben's laptop to have an 'email romance' with Isabelle - a famous model... who's lying to who?

1:40pm (repeat)

Bread

Series 2, Episode 4

Things are looking up for Billy when he starts making money on his sandwich round. Unfortunately, his sudden realisation that money can come out of a hole in the wall is spoilt when it is stolen out of his hand. Meanwhile, Grandad gets a wheelchair. Or two.

2pm (repeat)

Desmond's

Series 3, Episode 3 - A Day In The Life

A TV crew comes to make a documentary about the barber shop. Meanwhile, Porkpie dreams of fame - and vegetables.

2:20pm (repeat)

Keeping Up Appearances

Series 1, Episode 1

Daddy is taken to hospital - quite inconvenient on the evening of Hyacinth's latest candle-lit supper.

2:20pm (repeat)

Birds Of A Feather

Series 1, Episode 6 - Substitute

Sharon is refusing to see Chris and considers divorce. Tracey is smitten with Dorien's hunky celebrity lodger and is furious when she receives a letter written by Darryl to another woman, though it isn't as it seems.

3pm (repeat)

Keeping Up Appearances

Series 1, Episode 2

Hyacinth has asked the new vicar to tea and, in her usual meticulous way, she has organised the event down to the last sugar lump. But then suddenly, out of the blue...

3pm (repeat)

Shaun The Sheep

Series 1, Episode 2 - Bathtime

Who likes a freezing bath? Noone! Shaun and pals go commando and do everything they can to have a hot relaxing sheep dip!

3:30pm (repeat)

Bad Robots

Series 1, Episode 6

It's the last episode of the series and the robots are going out with a bang.

3:40pm (repeat)

As Time Goes By

Series 1, Episode 2 - Getting To Know You - Again

Will Lionel contact Jean? Will Jean contact Lionel? Sandy heads to the hotel but finds he has checked out, and when he heads to the office, Judith gives Lionel short shrift. Meanwhile his publisher, Alistair, orders fresh revisions and insists Lionel attend a party he's holding.

4:15pm (repeat)

Never The Twain

Series 1, Episode 2 - Of Meissen Men

If it isn't bad enough that they fall out over business, family and everything else, now Simon and Oliver have fallen for the same woman and will stop at nothing to win her over - and gain possession of her porcelain collection.

4:20pm (repeat)

Last Of The Summer Wine

Series 1, Episode 2 - Inventor Of The Forty Foot Ferret

Blamire thinks it's about time that Compo went to church.

4:50pm (repeat)

Rising Damp

Series 2, Episode 1 - The Permissive Society

Ruth is depressed following 'the deception' of a recent male friend. Rigsby takes what he believes to be his chance to woo her, but their evening encounter is not entirely as planned. Meanwhile, Alan's got problems with a girl's father...

5pm (repeat)

Last Of The Summer Wine

Series 1, Episode 3 - Pate And Chips

Compo's nephew takes the trio plus his own family to visit a stately home where they stroll, picnic - and get thrown out.

5pm (repeat)

Minder

Series 8, Episode 7 - A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In Shepherd's Bush

Long-running comedy drama about the London criminal underworld, focusing on dodgy entrepreneur Arthur Daley and his 'minder', Terry.

5:15pm
15 min

Gigglebiz

Series 4, Episode 2

DIY Dan attempts to build a kennel for his dog, while the Lost Pirate searches for provisions in the supermarket with his parrot Captain Crackers.

5:20pm (repeat)

On The Buses

Series 3, Episode 2 - The Cistern

When the toilet breaks, Stan and the family are forced to rush next door to use Jack's facilities until they can arrange for a replacement.

5:30pm (repeat)

Boj

Episode 12 - Non-Stop Pops

Boj is excited - he's spending the whole day playing games with Pops! But Pops is very unfit and can't keep up. Rupa sets about getting Pops fit but he isn't keen on all of this exercising! That's when Boj has a boj-a-boom idea to combine Pops's love of music and a way to keep fit - with a one-man-band bike!

5:40pm (repeat)

Steptoe And Son

Series 6, Episode 2 - Come Dancing

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold run a rag and bone business. Harold wants to move on in the world and leave home but his plans are always thwarted.

6pm (repeat)

Birds Of A Feather

Series 1, Episode 6 - Substitute

Sharon is refusing to see Chris and considers divorce. Tracey is smitten with Dorien's hunky celebrity lodger and is furious when she receives a letter written by Darryl to another woman, though it isn't as it seems.

6:20pm (repeat)

Steptoe And Son

Series 6, Episode 8 - Cuckoo In The Nest

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold run a rag and bone business. Harold wants to move on in the world and leave home but his plans are always thwarted.

6:25pm (repeat)

Shaun The Sheep

Series 1, Episode 2 - Bathtime

Who likes a freezing bath? Noone! Shaun and pals go commando and do everything they can to have a hot relaxing sheep dip!

6:40pm (repeat)

Bread

Series 2, Episode 4

Things are looking up for Billy when he starts making money on his sandwich round. Unfortunately, his sudden realisation that money can come out of a hole in the wall is spoilt when it is stolen out of his hand. Meanwhile, Grandad gets a wheelchair. Or two.

7pm (repeat)

My Family

Series 1, Episode 2 - A Pain In The Class

When Michael is bullied by a boy at school, a meeting between his parents and the bully's parents doesn't help at all! Janey tries to persuade Susan to let her get a tattoo to no avail. Meanwhile, Nick decides to become an internet billionaire.

7pm (repeat)

Desmond's

Series 3, Episode 3 - A Day In The Life

A TV crew comes to make a documentary about the barber shop. Meanwhile, Porkpie dreams of fame - and vegetables.

7:20pm (repeat)

Last Of The Summer Wine

Series 26, Episode 8 - The Afterthoughts Of A Co-op Manager

Why did Marina's ex-boyfriend emigrate to Australia?

7:40pm (repeat)

The Thin Blue Line

Series 1, Episode 2 - Fire And Terror

Constable Habib falls in love with a fireman, much to Goody's distress. Back at the station, Fowler is having trouble with a hoaxer and Grim is chasing terrorists.

8pm
60 min version (repeat)

QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Stephen Fry. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series G, Episode 16 - Geometry

With Rob Brydon, Johnny Vegas and David Mitchell.

8:20pm (repeat)

The Thin Blue Line

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Queen's Birthday Present

It's the tenth anniversary of Inspector Fowler and Sergeant Dawkins's relationship. She thinks he has got her a present but actually he is preparing to celebrate the Queen's Official Birthday. CID, meanwhile, are investing in computers.

9pm (repeat)

Blackadder

A selection of four episodes of the comic historical saga.

4Music. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation

9pm
60 min version (repeat)

8 Out Of 10 Cats

Series 15, Episode 1

8 Out Of 10 Cats returns for a new series with a special extended edition. Host Jimmy Carr and team captains Sean Lock and Jon Richardson are joined by Jack Dee, Claudia Winkleman, David O'Doherty and Josh Widdicombe.

9pm (repeat)

Benidorm

Series 7, Episode 1

As the series begins, the Solana staff are suffering pay cuts and the Garveys think Madge has a stalker.

9pm
60 min version (repeat)

QI

Series I, Episode 1 - I-Spy

With Jimmy Carr, Lee Mack and Sandi Toksvig.

9pm
60 min

Blue Go Mad In Ibiza

Episode 1

Boy band Blue take over a chilled beach bar. However, unbeknown to the band, their staff and acquaintances are all actors and comedians whose deliberately outlandish comic creations are contrived to cause mischief.

10pm (repeat)

Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps

Sitcom following the lives and loves of a group of twenty-somethings in Runcorn, an industrial town in the North of England.

10pm
60 min version (repeat)

Live At The Apollo

Series 6, Episode 4 - Kevin Bridges, Shappi Khorsandi, Jack Whitehall

Kevin Bridges introduces Shappi Khorsandi and Jack Whitehall.

10pm (repeat)

W1A. Image shows from L to R: Simon Harwood (Jason Watkins), Siobhan Sharpe (Jessica Hynes), Tracey Pritchard (Monica Dolan), Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville), Will Humphries (Hugh Skinner), Lucy Freeman (Nina Sosanya), Anna Rampton (Sarah Parish). Copyright: BBC

W1A

Series 1, Episode 1

Ian Fletcher's first challenge on arriving at New Broadcasting House, on his brand new and much-improved folding bike, is to find somewhere to sit in a building aggressively over designed around the principle of not having a desk.

10pm
60 min

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

Series 2, Episode 1

No agenda or script, just side-splitting improvised chat and amusing anecdotes with Alan Davies and his comedic chums Tommy Tiernan, Jimmy Carr, Seann Walsh and Holly Walsh.

10pm (repeat)

Russell Howard's Good News

Series 9, Episode 7

Russell looks at Black Friday, the new Star Wars trailer and if Jesus was a stand-up comedian.

10:35pm
30 min

Count Arthur Strong

Series 2, Episode 1 - The Heist

Michael, suffering from writer's block, returns to the cafe to find that Count Arthur has written a novel. When the book turns out to be full of salacious gossip, drastic measures are required to retrieve it from Michael's agent.

10:40pm (repeat)

Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps

Sitcom following the lives and loves of a group of twenty-somethings in Runcorn, an industrial town in the North of England.

11pm (repeat)

Fresh Meat

Series 2, Episode 1

It's the start of the Spring Term. Paul Lamb, the invisible housemate, has now moved out, so the group are charged with the task of finding a replacement.

11pm (repeat)

QI. Stephen Fry. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series A, Episode 2 - Astronomy

With Bill Bailey, Rich Hall and Jeremy Hardy.

11:05pm (repeat)

Count Arthur Strong

Series 2, Episode 1 - The Heist

Michael, suffering from writer's block, returns to the cafe to find that Count Arthur has written a novel. When the book turns out to be full of salacious gossip, drastic measures are required to retrieve it from Michael's agent.

11:05pm
45 min version (repeat)

Have I Got News For You

Series 47, Episode 1

Chaired by Jennifer Saunders, Ian and Paul return to pick over the week's news. The guests are Sadiq Khan and Richard Osman.

11:20pm (repeat)

Birds Of A Feather

Series 1, Episode 6 - Substitute

Sharon is refusing to see Chris and considers divorce. Tracey is smitten with Dorien's hunky celebrity lodger and is furious when she receives a letter written by Darryl to another woman, though it isn't as it seems.

11:35pm
45 min version (repeat)

Have I Got News For You

Series 46, Episode 1

Ian Hislop and Paul Merton return with guest host David Mitchell. The guests are Danny Baker and Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman.

11:40pm (repeat)

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.

11:40pm (repeat)

QI

Series A, Episode 9 - Antelopes

With Dave Gorman, Jeremy Hardy and Jo Brand.

11:50pm (repeat)

8 Out Of 10 Cats

Series 16, Episode 8

Sean and Jon are joined in their quest to uncover the public's most popular talking points by celebrity guests Freddie Flintoff, Lorraine Kelly, Josh Widdicombe and Rob Beckett.

12:05am (repeat)

Channel 4's 30 Greatest Comedy Shows

A countdown of the 30 greatest comedy shows in Channel 4's archives.

12:15am (repeat)

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.

12:20am (repeat)

Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps

Sitcom following the lives and loves of a group of twenty-somethings in Runcorn, an industrial town in the North of England.

12:20am (repeat)

Mock The Week

Series 5, Episode 2

Mark Watson joins Hugh Dennis and Frankie Boyle. Jo Caulfield joins Russell Howard and Andy Parsons.

12:30am (repeat)

Russell Howard's Good News

Series 9, Episode 7

Russell looks at Black Friday, the new Star Wars trailer and if Jesus was a stand-up comedian.

12:40am
50 min version (repeat)

8 Out Of 10 Cats

Series 12, Episode 5

Jimmy, Sean and Jon thrash out the hot stories of the week with guests Vernon Kay, Tim Minchin, Joe Wilkinson and Rachel Riley.

12:50am (repeat)

Shooting Stars

Series 1, Episode 1

With Caryn Franklin, Martine McCutcheon, Rowland Rivron and Peter Stringfellow.

1am (repeat)

Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps

Sitcom following the lives and loves of a group of twenty-somethings in Runcorn, an industrial town in the North of England.

1:30am (repeat)

The Smell Of Reeves And Mortimer

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer offer up their unique brand of off-the-wall humour.

1:35am (repeat)

Fake Reaction

Series 1, Episode 1

The guests on the first episode are Fazer, TOWIE's Gemma Collins, comedian Chris Martin and actress Jennifer Metcalfe.

1:45am (repeat)

Mid Morning Matters With Alan Partridge

Series 1, Episode 3 - Idiom + Inception

Alan and Simon ask their listeners some thought-provoking questions, such as 'How often should you wash your towels?' and 'What is the best thing?'.

1:55am (repeat)

Minder

Series 8, Episode 7 - A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In Shepherd's Bush

Long-running comedy drama about the London criminal underworld, focusing on dodgy entrepreneur Arthur Daley and his 'minder', Terry.

1:55am (repeat)

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

Series 2, Episode 1

No agenda or script, just side-splitting improvised chat and amusing anecdotes with Alan Davies and his comedic chums Tommy Tiernan, Jimmy Carr, Seann Walsh and Holly Walsh.

2am (repeat)

Blackadder

Blackadder Goes Forth, Episode 5 - General Hospital

With the Germans aware of every one of the British army's moves before they've even made them, General Melchett tracks the source to a spy in the nearby hospital. Blackadder is called upon to root out the Kraut snoop and bring him to justice.

2:15am (repeat)

Mid Morning Matters With Alan Partridge

Series 1, Episode 4 - Chucky + Traitor

Alan and Sidekick Simon continue to entertain north Norfolk's avid radio listeners with their inimitable mix of edgy banter and compelling anecdotes.

2:30am (repeat)

Blackadder

The Black Adder, Episode 6 - The Black Seal

It is St. Juniper's Day and the King strips Edmund of his title and duties in Edinburgh; fleeing the castle in rage, The Black Adder sets about creating the most fearsome band of Knights ever known in order to take the throne and rule the Kingdom.

2:30am (repeat)

Dead Ringers

TV impressions show that ran throughout the 2000s. Featuring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Phil Cornwell, Kevin Connelly and Mark Perry.

2:50am (repeat)

The Liver Birds

Series 7, Episode 6 - Cry Please

Sandra is concerned that Carol's new boyfriend is trying to change her and warns her about his intentions - but Carol is too much in love to take notice.

3am (repeat)

TV schedule Tuesday 6th January 2015

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