TV schedule for 4th August 2015 (full list)

6am (repeat)

Bottom Knocker Street

Episode 37 - Fennella Fenn The Comedienne

The nation's most famous comedienne is booked to present her annual TV show from Bottom Knocker Street. Councillor Cowdrey thinks that anyone can be funny.

6:15am (repeat)

Bottom Knocker Street

Episode 31 - Big Trouble In Little Cowdrey

Councillor Cowdrey's internal nastiness escapes from his body in the shape of a small boy.

6:20am (repeat)

In Loving Memory

Series 2, Episode 2 - Play To Me, Gipsy

A gipsy puts a curse on the Unsworth household and before the day is out, Billy ends up in the local infirmary. But was she a real gipsy, or was it just bad luck?

7am (repeat)

My Parents Are Aliens

Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.

7:45am (repeat)

The Two Ronnies

Series 7, 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.

8am (repeat)

Monarch Of The Glen

Series 2, Episode 5

Comedy drama set in the Scottish Highlands, based on the comic novels of Compton Mackenzie.

8:20am (repeat)

Justin's House

Series 2, Episode 12 - Zooper Dooper

When the heating at the Justin Town Zoo breaks down, all the animals need somewhere to stay for a day or two. Eager to help, Justin brings home some animals.

8:30am (repeat)

Harry Hill's TV Burp. Harry Hill. Copyright: Avalon Television

This week's episode featured an unborn shark who bites, the Queen Vic being demolished, Brian Cox asking what time it is on BBC Two's Horizon and a high voltage beauty treatment on Channel 4's How To Look Good Naked.

8:50am (repeat)

Minder

Series 3, Episode 8 - The Son Also Rises

Terry is employed to look after the son of a crooked property tycoon whose shady past has caught up with him.

8:55am (repeat)

My Parents Are Aliens

Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.

9am (repeat)

Boj

Episode 8 - Flat As A Pancake

It is a hot day in Giggly Park and Denzil has invited some friends over to play. When Boj sees Dr Woof put a sticking plaster on Denzil's hurt knee, he gets a boj-a-boom idea how to mend the leaky paddling pool (which Dr Woof has been trying to pump up all morning!) with Mrs Woof's extra sticky pancakes.

9am (repeat)

My Family

A selection of episodes from the sixth series of the mainstream BBC One sitcom.

9am
30 min

Hacker Time

Series 5, Episode 7 - Ellie Simmonds

Fun, chat and music from Hacker T Dog, featuring sketches The Next Step but One and The Quarter Past 4 O'Clock Club. Hacker's special guest is gold medal-winning Paralympian Ellie Simmonds.

9:30am (repeat)

My Parents Are Aliens

Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.

9:30am (repeat)

Wussywat The Clumsy Cat

Episode 6 - Egg

While Wussywat is playing catch with Oggy, he encounters a funny-shaped stone.

9:35am
10 min

Twirlywoos

Series 2, Episode 7 - In And Out

The Twirlywoos cause confusion at the stables when they keep letting a horse out. Back in the Boat, the Twirlywoos have fun bouncing in and out of the Box.

10am (repeat)

My Parents Are Aliens

Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.

10:55am (repeat)

So Awkward

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Nox Factor

Lily and Jas compete to see who can suck up to Martha the most in order to get her spare ticket to see a talk given by famous, drop dead gorgeous science presenter, Dr Simon Nox.

11:30am (repeat)

My Parents Are Aliens

Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.

11:50am (repeat)

So Awkward

Series 1, Episode 5 - Mr Sicky Bear

Martha has a big spring-clean and causes upset when she washes Jas and her dad's beloved teddy bear, 'Mr Sicky Bear', who has never been washed before.

12pm (repeat)

Harry Hill's TV Burp

Series 8, Episode 12

Harry has been holed up in the TV lab this week, analysing television samples for signs of quality comedy particles. So get ready for a whizzbang of a Burp, as he throws the usual gags, sketches, and quizzical asides into the mix - fusing the funniest soap clips, reality show gaffes and other assorted telly elements to create another top-notch comedy concoction!

12pm (repeat)

My Parents Are Aliens

Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.

12:30pm (repeat)

Harry Hill's TV Burp

Series 8, Episode 13

Irreverent telly tour guide Harry Hill has been hard at work again, exploring the vast televisual terrain of soaps, reality shows, documentaries and dramas in search of the funniest clips to aid and abet him in some inspired skewering of the week's television.

12:45pm (repeat)

So Awkward

Series 1, Episode 6 - Love Machine

Jas suggests adapting the plant species comparison software they are using in class to assess the compatibility of humans.

1pm (repeat)

Goodnight Sweetheart

Series 3, Episode 2 - It Ain't Necessarily So

In the run-up to New Year's Eve, Gary worries about finding a way to see in the New Year with both Phoebe and Yvonne. Then Mrs Bloss threatens to chuck him out of his bedsit.

1pm (repeat)

Boj

Episode 8 - Flat As A Pancake

It is a hot day in Giggly Park and Denzil has invited some friends over to play. When Boj sees Dr Woof put a sticking plaster on Denzil's hurt knee, he gets a boj-a-boom idea how to mend the leaky paddling pool (which Dr Woof has been trying to pump up all morning!) with Mrs Woof's extra sticky pancakes.

1pm (repeat)

Red Dwarf

Series III, Episode 5 - Timeslides

After discovering that they're able to literally step into the past through photographs, Lister resolves to change his past, become a multi-millionaire and never board Red Dwarf. Rimmer however, is less satisfied with this new reality.

1pm (repeat)

Minder

Series 3, Episode 9 - Why Pay Tax

No job is routine - and when Barry the Bookie loses his money, Terry loses his heart.

1pm (repeat)

My Parents Are Aliens

Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.

1:30pm (repeat)

Wussywat The Clumsy Cat

Episode 6 - Egg

While Wussywat is playing catch with Oggy, he encounters a funny-shaped stone.

1:30pm (repeat)

My Parents Are Aliens

Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.

1:35pm (repeat)

Twirlywoos

Series 2, Episode 7 - In And Out

The Twirlywoos cause confusion at the stables when they keep letting a horse out. Back in the Boat, the Twirlywoos have fun bouncing in and out of the Box.

1:40pm (repeat)

Three Up, Two Down

Series 4, Episode 3

Sam and Daphne discover a new kind of friendship, creating a problem for Sam and Rhonda. Nick is concerned about Rob and Angie but is still determined to go through with his article.

1:40pm (repeat)

Goodnight Sweetheart

Series 3, Episode 11 - Let's Get Away From It All

Gary's life is on the move in both time zones as Yvonne sets her heart on a new flat and Phoebe wants to leave The Royal Oak. Both have surprises in store for the weary traveller...

2:20pm (repeat)

Birds Of A Feather

Series 6, Episode 1 - Not In My Back Yard

Sharon, Tracey and Dorien believe they will be living round the corner from royalty, when someone with children called Harry and William, and who is guarded by heavies moves into Chigwell.

2:20pm (repeat)

Outnumbered

Series 5, Episode 1

The Brockman family find themselves confronted with a new set of challenges, as the sitcom returns for a final series.

2:30pm (repeat)

Desmond's

Series 3, Episode 12 - Too Young

Desmond is having trouble sleeping and is advised to take up exercise. At first scornful, his tracksuited contemporary Bert shames him into fitness after beating him easily in a race for the bus.

2:35pm (repeat)

Yes Minister

Series 3, Episode 3 - The Skeleton In The Cupboard

The Minister is dismayed when he is instructed that he must discipline the most efficient borough council in the country for having failed to return a few statistical surveys to Whitehall. A visit to Scotland's past offers up the perfect opportunity to reach a compromise.

2:55pm (repeat)

Shaun The Sheep

Series 1, Episode 36 - Stick With Me

A stray tube of glue causes problems when the sheep get hold of it.

3pm (repeat)

Monarch Of The Glen

Series 2, Episode 5

Comedy drama set in the Scottish Highlands, based on the comic novels of Compton Mackenzie.

3pm (repeat)

dinnerladies

Series 2, Christmas Special

It's Christmas Eve, also Bren's birthday, and after an awkward interruption the previous night, she's worried that everything with Tony is ruined - but is resignation her only option?

3pm (repeat)

My Parents Are Aliens

Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.

3pm (repeat)

Shaun The Sheep

Series 1, Episode 29 - If You Can't Stand The Heat

On a blisteringly hot day, the Flock want to cool off in the Sheep Dip, but first they have to find some way to keep the Farmer and Bitzer away.

3:05pm (repeat)

'Allo 'Allo!

Series 5, Episode 22 - Train Of Events

The Colonel, Gruber and Helga are after the paintings, as are Flick and Von Smallhausen. Mimi, Yvette and Madame Edith are after René. And they're all aboard the Geneva Express, which the Resistance is about to blow up with Christmas puddings...

3:30pm (repeat)

My Parents Are Aliens

Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.

3:30pm (repeat)

Are You Being Served?

Series 9, Episode 4 - Calling All Customers

The staff decide to use a play staged over CB airwaves to attract business to Grace Bros.

3:40pm (repeat)

Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

Series 1, Episode 13 - The End Of An Era

It's the day of the wedding and Bob decides to show his appreciation and present Terry with a prized possession - his photo album. As the day progresses, the nervous bridegroom swaps wedding vows and awaits, with trepidation, the best man's speech.

3:45pm

The TV That Made Me

Brian Conley takes radio and TV presenter Sandi Toksvig on a trip down memory lane to enjoy a nostalgic look at the classic television moments that made her into a one-woman comedy powerhouse.

Sandi joins Brian on the sofa in his vintage sitting room to talk about the lengths she went to in order to watch Top of the Pops, why the television coverage of the moon landings has such a special place in her heart and why on earth she was so disturbed by the nation's favourite stuffed fox, Basil Brush.

They talk about the classic British programmes which helped her understand the UK when she moved here in her teens, from the eccentric British public in That's Life to the vagaries of the class system in The Good Life. Brian discovers how all these TV influences came together to bring her to screens for the first time in the kids' show Number 73 and finds out whether she can still play the sandwich game.

4:15pm (repeat)

In Loving Memory

Series 2, Episode 3 - The Honeymooners

Auntie Ivy is thrilled with Billy's 'young lady', Doreen, and begins thinking of their marriage - but Doreen feels she needs more proof that she and Billy are suited.

4:20pm (repeat)

Only Fools And Horses

Series 3, Episode 4 - Yesterday Never Comes

When Del acquires a piece of furniture he believes it to be valuable, and when upper-class Miranda answers his newspaper advert for it, he thinks he's gone 'up-market'. But can she really have been wooed by his charm, or is it something more commercial?

4:25pm (repeat)

Gigglebiz

Series 2, Episode 12

Food expert Dina Lady makes the perfect club sandwich, hapless fisherman Rod enjoys another unproductive day at the riverbank and unlikely health guru Keith Fit reveals the secret of great goalkeeping.

4:30pm
30 min

Dani's Castle

Series 3, Episode 5 - Truth Or Scare

Clare tries to help her best friend Kait get over her split with Rich by suggesting a good old-fashioned girl's sleepover.

4:50pm (repeat)

Doctor At Large

Episode 26 - Mr. Moon

After suffering a bout of mumps, Upton decides to invite himself to stay with Stuart-Clark now that he is working at a health farm. He hasn't bargained for Mr. Moon who is in charge of the place - he has an aversion to meat, indiscipline and doctors!

5pm (repeat)

My Family

Series 6, Episode 5 - An Embarrassment Of Susans

Ben buys the house next door, thinking it will be a great investment, but when he discovers squatters at the property, he quickly offloads it onto Roger. However, all is not as it seems and he soon regrets the decision. Meanwhile, Susan attempts to find a girlfriend for luckless Michael.

5pm (repeat)

4 O'Clock Files

Episode 2 - Extra-Curricular Activities

Mr Bell highlights what the school can offer away from the classroom. From sport to school trips, can life at Elmsmere be 'almost fun'?

5:25pm (repeat)

Rising Damp

Series 3, Episode 7 - Suddenly At Home

The house is plunged into confusion and mourning when Rigsby discovers basement tenant Mr Osborne, stiff as a board.

5:40pm (repeat)

My Family

Series 6, Episode 6 - And Other Animals

Michael embarks on a military cadet weekend, leaving Susan to brood over an empty house, so it's no surprise when she takes pity on a stray dog - much to her husband's disgust. After Janey clears the loft of her belongings, Ben accidentally discards a teddy bear worth hundreds of pounds.

6pm (repeat)

Three Up, Two Down

Series 4, Episode 3

Sam and Daphne discover a new kind of friendship, creating a problem for Sam and Rhonda. Nick is concerned about Rob and Angie but is still determined to go through with his article.

6:20pm (repeat)

Steptoe And Son

Series 7, Christmas Special

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.

6:40pm (repeat)

As Time Goes By

Series 4, Episode 4 - The Affair

Penny arrives in London unannounced, convinced that Stephen is having an affair and seeking a place to stay. Lionel's love scene deadline is pressing, which makes for a long and busy day.

7:20pm (repeat)

Goodnight Sweetheart

Series 3, Episode 2 - It Ain't Necessarily So

In the run-up to New Year's Eve, Gary worries about finding a way to see in the New Year with both Phoebe and Yvonne. Then Mrs Bloss threatens to chuck him out of his bedsit.

7:20pm (repeat)

Only Fools And Horses

Series 3, Episode 5 - May The Force Be With You

When Rodney meets an old friend of Del's in the pub, he is duped into taking him back to the Trotter's flat: as Del is showing Grandad a new 'hookie' microwave he has acquired, he is re-acquainted with Detective Slater. The family are arrested and a stand-off situation develops after they all give false statements - until Del surprises everyone...

8pm (repeat)

The Interviews

Series 1, Episode 6 - Spike Milligan

The Interviews turns to comic genius Spike Milligan, telling the story of his life and career in his own words.

8pm (repeat)

Desmond's

Series 3, Episode 12 - Too Young

Desmond is having trouble sleeping and is advised to take up exercise. At first scornful, his tracksuited contemporary Bert shames him into fitness after beating him easily in a race for the bus.

9pm (repeat)

PhoneShop

Series 1, Episode 2 - Never On A Tuesday

While Christopher prepares for a lunchtime date, Lance obsesses over an email, and Jerwayne fumes over the girl with the owl tattoo.

9pm (repeat)

Gimme Gimme Gimme

Series 2, Episode 4 - Dirty Thirty

It's Tom's thirtieth birthday, and he's beyond horrified when his parents appear at the front door. They've brought their caravan but even so he's not keen to have the pair hanging around.

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9pm (repeat)

8 Out Of 10 Cats

Series 17, Episode 1

Jimmy Carr and team captains Jon Richardson and Sean Lock are back for a new series of the topical comedy panel show. The teams are joined by celebrity guests Paul Hollywood, Dawn O'Porter, Joe Wilkinson and Rob Beckett.

9pm
60 min version (repeat)

Live At The Apollo

Series 5, Episode 1 - Jason Manford and Michael McIntyre

Northern funny man Jason Manford acts as host, and the comedy sensation of 2009, Michael McIntyre, is his very special guest.

9pm
60 min version (repeat)

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

QI

Series K, Episode 3 - K-Folk

With Phill Jupitus, Katherine Ryan and Josh Widdicombe.

9:30pm (repeat)

Smack The Pony

Stylish, original and uninhibited Emmy award-winning sketch show starring Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips.

9:40pm (repeat)

Gimme Gimme Gimme

Series 2, Episode 3 - Prison Visitor

After reading a newspaper feature about a lonely prisoner, Linda pens a love letter to the "gorgeous hunk". Tom's not convinced, and downright shocked when she gets a visiting order back - from notorious serial killer Freddie 'The Stick' Windrush!

9:50pm (repeat)

8 Out Of 10 Cats

Series 17, Episode 2

Jimmy Carr, Jon Richardson and Sean Lock look at the what people have been talking about this week. The teams are joined by Steve Jones, David O'Doherty, Deborah Meaden and Seann Walsh.

10pm (repeat)

Spaced

Series 2, Episode 2 - Change

After a dramatic outburst about Jar Jar Binks, Tim and Daisy find themselves visiting the Job Centre together. Brian is also struggling with work, which Marsha hints that it could be Twist's fault. Mike finds somewhere to live.

10pm (repeat)

Stand Up Central

Series 1, Episode 6

Russell talks weird people, twerking, Geordie Shore, and answers questions on the Yorkshire accent and penis puppy. His guests are Andrew Maxwell and Phil Wang.

10pm
60 min

Taskmaster

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Pie Whisperer

Roisin Conaty, Tim Key, Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner and Josh Widdicombe have to identify the contents of a table full of mystery pies, make a film backwards and high five a fifty five year old.

10pm
50 min

Not Safe For Work

Episode 6

A week on from the presentation and the department is still awaiting news on its fate.

10:20pm (repeat)

Red Dwarf

Series III, Episode 6 - The Last Day

The ship receives a message informing them that Kryten's expiry date has come, and he will shortly shut down and be replaced. Lister decides to hold a party in his honour, but things don't quite go as expected.

10:30pm (repeat)

Drunk History

Series 1, Episode 4

Ben Ashenden regales us with the story of Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot and Joe Lycett tells us all about the Krays.

10:30pm (repeat)

Russell Howard's Good News

Series 3, Episode 2

Russell Howard gives his take on some of the key stories of the week. The Good News Extra stand-up is Pete Johansson.

11pm (repeat)

The Thick Of It

Series 3, Episode 5

Nicola and Peter Mannion are invited onto BBC Radio 5 Live for a debate on Richard Bacon's late-night phone-in programme.

11pm (repeat)

Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish

Series 2, Episode 4 - Poogle

The award-winning comic opines on life's little oddities, including micro-chipped cats, over-familiarity in coffee shops, self-driving cars, QR codes and cybersquatting.

11pm (repeat)

Celebrity Juice

Series 13, Episode 7 - Keith's Birthday Special

Fearne Cotton, Holly Willoughby and Gino D'Acampo welcome fashion guru Gok Wan, Charlotte Crosby, and rapper Professor Green to their teams as Keith celebrates his birthday.

11:10pm (repeat)

Birds Of A Feather

Series 6, Episode 1 - Not In My Back Yard

Sharon, Tracey and Dorien believe they will be living round the corner from royalty, when someone with children called Harry and William, and who is guarded by heavies moves into Chigwell.

11:40pm (repeat)

The Thick Of It

Series 3, Episode 6

With the Prime Minister away at a summit in Spain, Malcolm Tucker is left at home to mind the shop.

Midnight
60 min version (repeat)

QI

Series J, Episode 1 - Jargon

With guests Victoria Coren, Bill Bailey and Jimmy Carr.

12:20am (repeat)

Shooting Stars

Series 5, Special

With Liz Smith, Lisa Snowdon, guest captain Sara Cox, and Neil Hamilton.

12:30am (repeat)

Smack The Pony

Stylish, original and uninhibited Emmy award-winning sketch show starring Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips.

12:45am (repeat)

Fake Reaction

Series 2, Episode 2

Guests facing electric shock pole dancing and various animal-related distractions are Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby, Radio 1 DJ Gemma Cairney, comedian Ivo Graham and larger-than-life dancer Louie Spence.

1am (repeat)

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle

Series 1, Episode 3 - Political Correctness

Stewart Lee asks whether political correctness really has gone mad.

1am (repeat)

Room 101

Series 3, Episode 1 - Richard Osman, Joan Bakewell, Roisin Conaty

Pointless star Richard Osman, TV presenter and peer Joan Bakewell and comedian Roisin Conaty try to get the things they hate the most into Room 101, including gardening, cobblers and people who keep mentioning Richard's height.

1:05am (repeat)

Spaced

A selection of episodes from the second series of the sitcom starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes.

1:25am (repeat)

Russell Howard's Good News

Series 3, Episode 2

Russell Howard gives his take on some of the key stories of the week. The Good News Extra stand-up is Pete Johansson.

1:30am (repeat)

The Alternative Comedy Experience

Series 2, Episode 2 - Mistaken Identity

Tonight the madcap Paul Foot is joined by the musical David O'Doherty, Nish Kumar, Michael Legge and Josie Long. Backstage chat with Stewart Lee.

1:40am (repeat)

Minder

Series 3, Episode 9 - Why Pay Tax

No job is routine - and when Barry the Bookie loses his money, Terry loses his heart.

1:40am (repeat)

Stella Street

In Surbiton, Surrey, film stars Michael Caine, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino and others share a street with the likes of musicians Mick Jagger, David Bowie and football pundit Jimmy Hill.

1:40am (repeat)

Room 101

Series 3, Episode 2 - Michael Ball, Caroline Quentin, Henning Wehn

Singer Michael Ball, actress Caroline Quentin, and German comedy ambassador to the United Kingdom Henning Wehn try to dump fundraising, clairvoyants and junk mail into the Orwellian chamber.

1:55am (repeat)

The Thick Of It

Series 3, Episode 5

Nicola and Peter Mannion are invited onto BBC Radio 5 Live for a debate on Richard Bacon's late-night phone-in programme.

2:10am (repeat)

Kingdom

Series 2, Episode 1

There's still no word from Peter's missing brother Simon so Peter happily takes on the role of surrogate father to Daniel. The Women's Institute calls for Peter's help in a bid to save the local lighthouse. Sidney Snell and pub landlord Ted are practising for their annual horn dance, but there is an accident during the rehearsal. Lyle and Peter get caught up in a burger war. Honor develops a soft spot for Lyle of which he is totally unaware. Beatrice is becoming increasingly volatile.

2:20am (repeat)