British Comedy Guide

Television

TV schedule Sunday 17th January 2016

CBeebies logo. Credit: BBC 10:45am
15 min
Spot Bots. Copyright: BBC

Spot Bots

Episode 4 - Skizzles

The Spot Bots play their own robot version of skittles.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 6pm (repeat)
Bull. Rupert Bull (Robert Lindsay). Copyright: John Stanley Productions

Bull

A repeat run of the entire series of the Gold sitcom.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 7:30pm
30 min
Still Open All Hours. Image shows from L to R: Mrs Featherstone (Stephanie Cole), Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron), Leroy (James Baxter), Granville (David Jason). Copyright: BBC

Still Open All Hours

Series 2, Episode 5

Granville buys a large display item to inject sunshine into shop life on the day of Kevin's wedding. However, Kevin is the world's most reluctant bridegroom.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 8pm (repeat)
Bob Monkhouse... The Million Joke Man. Copyright: Rain Media Entertainment

Bob Monkhouse... The Million Joke Man

Episode 2 - The King Of The Gameshows

Paul O'Grady looks at Bob Monkhouse's career during the 1970s and 1980s, with the help of rare and often previously unseen archive.

Sky One logo. Copyright: Sky 8pm (repeat)
Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 9pm (repeat)
Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV

Bob Monkhouse On The Spot

Series 1, Episode 2

Bob Monkhouse faces members of the public in a unique, no-holds-barred question and answer session.

BBC iPlayer 9pm
88 min
The Rack Pack. Image shows from L to R: Steve Davis (Will Merrick), Alex Higgins (Luke Treadaway), Jimmy White (James Bailey). Copyright: Zeppotron

The Rack Pack

Comedy drama of the world of snooker in the 1970s and 80s, and the rivalry between Alex Higgins and Steve Davis.

U&Dave channel logo 9pm
60 min version
(repeat)
Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 9:40pm (repeat)
I'm Alan Partridge. Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan). Copyright: Talkback Productions

I'm Alan Partridge

Series 1, Episode 2 - Alan Attraction

Alan has failed to get a second TV series and is days away from bankruptcy. Might the charms of receptionist Jill provide some relief?

U&Dave channel logo 10pm
60 min version
(repeat)
QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Stephen Fry. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series I, Episode 10 - Inland Revenue

With Al Murray, Dara O'Briain and Sandi Toksvig

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm (repeat)
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Copyright: ITV Studios / Zeppotron

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Series 7 (Channel 4: Series 8), Episode 1

Jimmy Carr returns to host a brand new episode, with Sean Lock and Jason Manford going up against Jon Richardson and Roisin Conaty. Sam Simmons joins Countdown's resident lexicographer Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner, while Rachel Riley looks after the numbers and letters.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 10:20pm (repeat)
The Office. Image shows from L to R: Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook), David Brent (Ricky Gervais). Copyright: BBC

The Office

Series 1, Episode 2 - Work Experience

David hires Donna, his lodger and the daughter of his best friend. While showing her round the office he discovers a doctored pornographic image of himself. Gareth, due to his covert operations skills, is told to catch the culprit.

BBC Two 10:30pm (repeat)
Mock The Week Looks Back At.... Copyright: Angst Productions

Mock The Week Looks Back At...

Episode 6 - Science And Technology

Highlights include anxiety about the Hadron Collider, stand-up from Michael McIntyre and Peter Mandelson's sinister machine.

BBC Three 10:50pm (repeat)
Russell Howard's Good News. Russell Howard. Copyright: Avalon Television

Russell Howard's Good News

Series 5, Highlights Special - Best Bits

All the best bits from Series 5.

Gold channel logo. Copyright: UKTV 11pm (repeat)
The Thick Of It. Image shows from L to R: Oliver Reeder (Chris Addison), Glenn Cullen (James Smith), Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi), Terri Coverley (Joanna Scanlan), Robyn Murdoch (Polly Kemp), Jamie (Paul Higgins). Copyright: BBC

The Thick Of It

2007 Specials - The Rise Of The Nutters

Hugh Abbott, the Minister for Social Affairs and Citizenship, is away in Australia. With the coast clear, shadow minister Peter Mannion and his team over at Opposition HQ are free to float a few new policies.

U&Dave channel logo 11pm (repeat)
Crackanory. Catherine Tate. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Crackanory

Series 3, Episode 2 - The Catchment Area & The Frogbeast Of Pontfidd

A couple desperate to get their "gifted" daughter into the best local primary school move into a makeshift camp. The second story goes back in time to 1901 as a photographer arrives in a sleepy local village determined to capture proof that the deadly beast residing there doesn't really exist. Read by Catherine Tate and Richard Ayoade.

U&Dave channel logo 11:40pm (repeat)
Room 101. Frank Skinner. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Room 101

Series 3, Episode 5 - Sara Cox, Aled Jones, Josh Widdicombe

DJ Sara Cox, singer and TV personality Aled Jones and comedian Josh Widdicombe try to dump slogan T-shirts, fish bones and The Lord of the Rings into Room 101.

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