Television
TV schedule Sunday 14th August 2016
6am
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There Was A Young Lady
Super-efficient secretary Elizabeth Foster circumvents the schemes of smash-and grab gangsters.
7am
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Sooty
Series 1, Episode 14 - The Great OutdoorsRichard is taking the Children's Club on a camping trip into the country but Sooty and Sweep sneak along too. With Sweep in charge of map-reading and Sooty playing tricks with his magic wand, it's not long before things go wrong.
7:10am
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Jeeves And Wooster
Series 3, Episode 2Bertie's situation in New York begins to go typically awry. An old friend from England requires his and Jeeves' assistance in placating his father's questions about his means; and it's not long before Rocky's eccentric hypchondriac aunt is making her presence felt. Suddenly Wooster's expansive flat feels rather crowded...
7:15am
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Zig And Zag
Episode 14 - It's Sherlucky DayZig and Zag become detectives to solve the case of the missing invisible cat of Burb Street.
7:25am
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Strange Hill High
Series 1, Episode 6 - The Most Boring Book In The WorldFaced with last-minute completion of a history project he was not aware had been set, Mitchell heads straight for the library - and Becky and Templetone get sucked into the mobst boring book in the world.
7:35am
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Boj
Episode 12 - Non-Stop PopsBoj 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!
7:45am
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Scream Street
Series 1, Episode 1 - Scream CleanLuke's love for cutting corners gets him into serious trouble when a quick-fix solution to tidying his room puts the whole of Scream Street in danger.
8am
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Danger Mouse
Series 1, Episode 15 - Quark GamesThe heroes find themselves fighting for their lives on an alien world in Quark's latest money-spinning sports event.
8:25am
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'Allo 'Allo!
Series 1, Episode 7 - The Dance Of Hitler YouthThe Colonel organises a party in the café, purportedly to celebrate the burning of the Reichstag, but in fact just to get Flick out of his apartment whilst it is broken into.
9:10am
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Only Fools And Horses
A selection of episodes from the second and third series of Britain's most popular sitcom.
9:40am
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The Darling Buds Of May
Comedy drama series about H.E. Bates's eccentric Larkin family.
11am
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Porridge
Feature film based on the TV sitcom of the same name, featuring Ronnie Barker and the regular cast in the classic prison comedy.
11:10am
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Date With A Dream
Musical-variety comedy about a wartime concert party who reform a year after returning to London, in order to find success on the British stage.
11:25am
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Gigglebiz
Series 3, Highlights Special - Best Of GigglebizIn this special Best Of Gigglebiz episode, location reporter Gail Force causes chaos at an archaeological dig, zany scientist Professor Muddles causes chaos with a super-strength magnet and Will Singalot infuriates Robin Hood by singing about his stinky feet.
1pm
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My Phone Genie
Episode 22 - GroundedJaz breaks the family television and is grounded. As she is not able to leave her room, Gene brings the outside world to her.
1:35pm
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Kingdom
Series 3, Episode 2Crop circles in a local field grab the attention of the Market Shipborough sci-fi community, and Peter's pub quiz grabs everyone else's. Lyle falls for his nemesis in a compulsory purchase case, and Beatrice fills in for Gloria on reception.
1:55pm
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Horrible Histories
Series 6, Episode 2 - Wicked William The ConquerorYoung William, Duke of Normandy, quarrels with Harold Godwinson about who should be King of England, before bashing the English and taking the crown at the famous Battle of Hastings in 1066! Meanwhile across the world, discover Chinese technology light years ahead of the dunderheaded Normans and Saxons in England, and meet one of the world's first scientists in Egypt.
1:55pm
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Mr Bean's Holiday
The disaster-prone Englishman wins a holiday to Cannes, but on his travels he unwittingly separates a young boy from his film director father.
2pm
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Desert Mice
Comedy about the activities of an ENSA (Every Night Something Awful) troupe of entertainers. Starring Sid James, Dora Bryan, Alfred Marks & Liz Fraser.
2:30pm
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My Parents Are Aliens
Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.
2:40pm
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Kingdom
Series 3, Episode 3Peter faces a tricky task when he tries to find a middle ground in the minefield of scientific research and animal rights. Nigel and Lyle set out to save an order of nuns from eviction. Beatrice attempts to distract Peter after he questions her about Petra's father.
3pm
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Brush Strokes
A selection of episodes from the first and second series.
3:50pm
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The Likely Lads
Bob discovers that Terry is co-habiting with a Finnish beauty called Christina.
4pm
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Justin's House
Series 2, Episode 3 - Superturbo RoboWhen all the jobs in Justin's house get a bit much for Robert, Justin decides to help him out with a superturbo robot called Roberta.
4:05pm
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Every Day's A Holiday
A repeat of this 1965 film.
5pm
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Porridge
A selection of episodes from the third series of the prison-based sitcom.
5:35pm
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Are You Being Served?
The staff of Grace Bros. take a trip to Costa Plonka while the department is being remodelled.
5:55pm
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Doc Martin
Series 1, Episode 5 - Of All The Harbours In All The TownsAn old flame of Joan's sails back into her life and whisks her off her feet. But John Slater is seriously ill with a life-threatening heart condition.
6:40pm
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Outnumbered
Series 4, Episode 2Mum has enough of the boys' attitude to housework so sets out on a campaign to civilise them. Karen battles with chuggers and buying shoes, while Dad goes to war with a domestic appliance.
7pm
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Doc Martin
Series 1, Episode 6 - HaemophobiaDr Ellingham is infuriated when the locals discover his 'issue' with blood. Then his little problem is put to the most extreme test imaginable when young Peter Cronk must be rushed to hospital in the dead of night.
7:05pm
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The Night We Dropped A Clanger
A Royal Air Force officer plans to fool the Nazis as to his whereabouts by using a double, but the double is accidentally sent on the officer's mission.
7:20pm
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Outnumbered
Series 4, Episode 3Karen is on a sleep-over and Ben is away at adventure camp. Mum and Dad are left with a Labrador to look after and a glimpse of what life will be like once the children have left home.
7:25pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 22, Christmas Special - Potts In Pole PositionIn avoiding his wife, Potts's training for a South Pole expedition in Yorkshire becomes invaluable.
7:30pm
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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.
7:30pm
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My Phone Genie
Episode 22 - GroundedJaz breaks the family television and is grounded. As she is not able to leave her room, Gene brings the outside world to her.
8:05pm
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Last Of The Summer Wine
Series 23, Christmas Special - A Musical Passing For A Miserable MuscroftIn a seasonal special marking the return to the show of Kathy Staff and Norman Wisdom, Billy Ingleton restores a fairground organ.
8:45pm
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Fawlty Towers
Series 2, Episode 1 - Communication ProblemsIt's St. George's Day, and when a Mrs Alice Richards books into Fawlty Towers expecting a room with sea view, Basil's temper begins to boil. Meanwhile, a racing tip from a rare satisfied guest could land him in it with Sybil.
8:55pm
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Two Way Stretch
Prisoner Dodger Lane plans a heist that will involve slipping out of incarceration to steal some diamonds.
9pm
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Father Ted
Series 3, Episode 5 - Escape From VictoryOnce again, Ted's at war with Father Dick Byrne. This time, they've got rival teams in the All Priests Over 75 Indoor 5-A-Side Football Challenge, and Ted's star player has died. It looks like a forefeit is on the cards for Crilly.
9pm60 min version (repeat)
Live At The Apollo
Series 11, Episode 5 - Katherine Ryan, Henning Wehn, James AcasterCanadian comedy star Katherine Ryan is the host, introducing German comic Henning Wehn and the brilliantly funny James Acaster.
9pm60 min version (repeat)
Have I Got News For You
Series 50, Episode 5Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by guest host David Tennant and guest panellists Grayson Perry and Katherine Ryan.
9:35pm
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Come Fly With Me
Episode 5Immigration officer Ian Foot pulls in Taaj for questioning as part of a random security check.
9:35pm
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Father Ted
Series 3, Episode 7 - Night Of The Nearly DeadMrs Doyle wins a competition to meet a singer, the obsession of middle-aged women across Ireland. When she inadvertently reveals the date of his visit, the house is beseiged by dozens upon dozens of menopausal women.
10pm
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Mount Pleasant
Series 4, Episode 7Temperatures continue to rise in Mount Pleasant as Greg and Tanya grow closer.
10pm
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 9 (Channel 4: Series 10), Episode 2Sean Lock and Roisin Conaty go up against Jon Richardson and Nish Kumar. Adam Buxton joins Countdown's resident lexicographer Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner, while Rachel Riley looks after the numbers and letters.
10pm
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Stephen Merchant: Hello Ladies
A TV broadcast of Stephen Merchant's critically-acclaimed 2011 stand-up show.
10:05pm
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Jon Richardson: Nidiot
A TV broadcast of Jon Richardson's 2014 stand-up DVD.
10:15pm
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The Young Ones
Series 1, Episode 6 - FloodIt's raining cats and dogs - literally. Unfortunately, there's no food in the house and whilst trying to busy themselves, none of the housemates notice London flooding around them...
10:30pm
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Cuban Fury
British romantic comedy film set in the world of ballroom dancing. Stars Nick Frost, Chris O'Dowd, Olivia Colman and Rashida Jones.
10:45pm
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Double Bunk
Comic adventure following a group of four taking a relaxing cruise down the Thames - or so they hope.
11pm
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Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Episode 5Just before the Monty Python tribute series ceases to be, there's just time for The Parrot Sketch, The Ministry of Silly Walks and praise from Chevy Chase and Steve Coogan.
11:10pm
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 5 (Channel 4: Series 6), Episode 1Sean Lock and David Mitchell go up against Jon Richardson and Katherine Ryan. David O'Doherty joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner, while Joe Wilkinson 'assists' Rachel Riley.
Midnight60 min version (repeat)
Live At The Apollo
Series 11, Episode 5 - Katherine Ryan, Henning Wehn, James AcasterCanadian comedy star Katherine Ryan is the host, introducing German comic Henning Wehn and the brilliantly funny James Acaster.
Midnight
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Drunk History
Series 2, Episode 3Isy Suttie tells the story of Prince Edward and Mrs Simpson (featuring Greg James and Sophie McShera), while Ed Gamble narrates his version of The Great Escape (featuring Jamie Laing).
Midnight
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Have I Got News For You
Series 50, Episode 5Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by guest host David Tennant and guest panellists Grayson Perry and Katherine Ryan.
12:15am50 min version (repeat)
8 Out Of 10 Cats
Series 14, Episode 1More facts, polls, figures and laughs. Host Jimmy Carr is once again joined by team captains Sean Lock and Jon Richardson as they discuss the topical events that set the great British public's chins wagging.
12:30am
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Drunk History
Series 2, Episode 4Tom Rosenthal talks about Richard III, while a sloshed Jessica Knappett tells the story of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
12:40am
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I'm All Right Jack
An upper-class dimwit is thrown onto the shop floor by his uncle in an attempt to provoke a strike. With Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas & Peter Sellers.
1am
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Al Murray: The Only Way Is Epic
The Pub Landlord returns to the theatres of Britain with his own plan to rescue the economy and the future of the country.
1am
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Would I Lie To You?
Series 9, Episode 7This week the guests joining Lee Mack and David Mitchell are Jack Dee, Romesh Ranganathan, Gaby Roslin and Tinchy Stryder.
1:40am
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Mock The Week
Series 13, Episode 6Dara O Briain and the team put the week's events under their comedy microscope and examine the results with guests Ed Byrne, Milton Jones, Russell Kane and Zoe Lyons.
2am
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A Granny's Guide To The Modern World
Episode 2Bobby immerses himself in Soho's gay community and learns the difference between a bear and an otter. Trish, Daphne and Margot learn to play shoot 'em up video games. Helen attempts to bag a toy boy.
2:10am
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Drop The Dead Donkey
A selection of episodes from the fifth series of the newsroom sitcom.
2:20am
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2:25am
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The Young Ones
Series 1, Episode 6 - FloodIt's raining cats and dogs - literally. Unfortunately, there's no food in the house and whilst trying to busy themselves, none of the housemates notice London flooding around them...
2:25am
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Fresh Meat
Series 4, Episode 1Half way through the second term, and an unannounced visit from JP's older brother makes the Hartnell Avenue residents realise how close the end of the year and their university lives really are.
2:45am
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What's Good For The Goose
Norman Wisdom stars as an assistant bank manager who has a wild induction into 1960s subculture when he's sent away by bosses to a bankers' conference.
3:05am
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That Mitchell And Webb Look
Series 2, Episode 5Sketches include a car boot sale where you can buy a wardrobe that leads to Narnia, and what happened to all the avocado bathroom suites?
3:35am
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Rex The Runt
Claymation sitcom from Aardman Animations. The ten minute episodes revolve around the lives of four dogs - Rex, Bad Bob, Wendy and Vince.
3:45am
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Desmond's
Series 1, Episode 5 - A Surprise For PorkpieMichael's marketing plans for the shop backfire a little and send Porkpie into hiding on his birthday. Gloria, Louise and Matthew are intent on raising his spirits.
4:15am
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Desmond's
Series 1, Episode 6 - Sad NewsDesmond and Porkpie learn that Sweetsticks, a friend who came to England with them, has died.
4:50am
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Rising Damp
Series 2, Episode 2 - Food Glorious FoodWith Miss Jones collecting for a famine charity, Philip challenges Rigsby to go 48 hours without eating. He gladly accepts the offer, but soon finds his will weakening...
5:15am
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Rising Damp
Series 2, Episode 3 - A Body Like MineHealth and fitness are the new buzzwords in the house, and Rigsby's keenness to portray himself as in prime condition lead him to challenging Philip to a boxing match. The winner may just prove to be a surprise to all.