Television
TV schedule Sunday 28th August 2016

Mapp & Lucia
Series 2, Episode 3: Lady Bountiful.
Bolstered by her success on the stock market, Lucia embarks on a series of charitable works in Tilling, which in turn garners her much favourable press coverage and leads to her being offered a seat on the town council. Mapp is not amused, not least as she and Benjy find themselves flooded out at Grebe and are forced to seek refuge at Mallards with Lucia.

Jeeves And Wooster
Series 4, Episode 1Bertie's back in New York, thoroughly enjoying a quiet, relaxed existence, and working on wooing a young artist by the name of Gwladys Pendlebury. His peace does not look set to last, however, when Tuppy arrives in hope of licencing an old family recipe for soup, and Aunt Agatha turns up equally unannounced with Wooster's twin cousins in tow.

Sooty
Modern incarnation of the children's comedy series. The puppets Sooty, Sweep and Soo help Richard Cadell at a coastal holiday park.

Boj
Episode 25 - Denzil's Lost TeddyDenzil has lost his treasured teddy bear, Snugsy. The Twitchlets have Snugsy, and they won't give him back! How can Boj get him back to Denzil and keep the Twitchlets happy?

'Allo 'Allo!
Series 3, Episode 1 - The Nicked KnockwurstWhen the Communist Resistance hold Herr Flick's sausage ransom, a plan is concocted for René to buy it from them. Of course, they'd all be better off going in disguise...

Only Fools And Horses
A selection of eight episodes from Britain's most popular sitcom.

Ladies Who Do
Comedy about a group of cleaning ladies to City bigwigs.

Gigglebiz
Series 4, Episode 4The Berrito Brothers show off their basketball skills to a small audience, while Storybook Stan has problems reading a book about flying, and Professor Muddles struggles to get his latest invention - a Bounce Back Fence - to work properly.

Hacker Time
Series 3, Episode 5 - Robbie SavageMore top line entertainment from the pooch with pedigree, including the tension-fuelled game of strategy, What's In 'Em?. Hacker tackles Robbie Savage with some footie banter.

My Phone Genie
Episode 26 - Mobbsy's GirlfriendMobbsy's obsession with a new Girlfriend App on his phone leads Gene to take him and the girls inside the app in order to dump her.

Horrible Histories
Series 6, Episode 4 - Naughty NapoleonWe follow Napoleon as he rises from humble beginnings to be the Emperor of France, bashing most of Europe along the way, and ultimately meeting his Waterloo at, well, Waterloo! Meanwhile across the world we meet the Indian traveller who brought Shampoo to the world.

Let's Be Famous
Village shopkeeper Jimmy fancies himself as a great singer; when he catches the attention of a passing BBC official, his dream seems to be within reach.

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

Justin's House
Series 2, Episode 7 - Back In TimeJustin builds a time machine and transports everyone in the house back in time, meeting a few familiar-looking ancestors along the way!

Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie
Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) finds himself in Los Angeles, masquerading as the National Gallery's top art expert and destroying everything in his wake.

Outnumbered
A selection of episodes from the first series of the semi-improvised sitcom.

Spice World
Comic adventure film starring the Spice Girls as they rush to perform at the Royal Albert Hall.

Tell Me Another
Series 3, Episode 4Billy Dainty explains how he stepped over Ernie Wise to get into the limelight and Jack Parnell tells you how to grow an instant beard on TV. This week starring: Colin Crompton, Billy Dainty, Clement Freud, Hughie Green, Yootha Joyce, Jack Parnell, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams.

Gavin & Stacey
A selection of episodes from the first and second series of the sitcom by and starring Ruth Jones and James Corden.

Trial And Error
Legal satire. A seedy barrister is given the dock brief for a man who freely admits he murdered his wife; he is acquitted owing to incompetent defence, and they both continue their fantasy lives.

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

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.

Mr. Bean
Episode 10 - Mind The Baby, Mr. BeanThe inept master of disaster finds himself looking after a baby at a funfair.

Father Ted
Series 1, Episode 2 - Entertaining Father StoneFather Stone, a priest even more boring than Dougal is stupid, is paying his annual visit - and he doesn't have to get back to his Parish for a few weeks...

Are You Being Served?
Picking up where Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft's classic comedy left off, it's 1988 and Young Mr Grace is determined to drag Grace Brothers into, well 1988, but he has a problem on his hands.

Have I Got News For You
Series 50, Episode 7Regular team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by guest host Victoria Coren Mitchell and guest panellists Hal Cruttenden and Jacob Rees-Mogg.

The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything
Episode 3The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything is back for the last in this brand new series, with Jimmy Carr in the driving seat, as Noel Fielding, Eddie Izzard, Alan Carr, Chelsea Peretti, Romesh Ranganathan and Dara O Briain pit their wits against each other for the coveted Big Fat Quiz trophy.

Porridge
Episode 1 - PorridgeNigel Fletcher is imprisoned for a series of cyber-crimes and finds himself beholden to prison bad boy Richie Weeks, forced to use his hacking skills to get Weeks off the hook. The greater problem is that wily prison officer Meekie has got his beady eye on Fletch - he knows a wrong 'un when he sees one.

Father Ted
Series 1, Episode 3 - The Passion Of Saint TibulusThe fearsome Bishop Brennan drops by the parochial house in order to task Ted and Dougal with picketing a new film, The Passion Of Saint Tibulus.

Fleabag
Series 1, Episode 2Haunted by memories of her dead best friend, dumped by her emotionally-fragile boyfriend, and now desperately trying to sell her stolen goods, Fleabag attempts to rekindle romantic fires to distract her from the mayhem of her life.

Britain's Best Loved Sitcoms
Episode 1Channel 4 has commissioned a new poll to find Britain's best loved sitcom. Tamsin Greig narrates as we look at sitcoms old and new to find which one is the most loved.

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 4 (Channel 4: Series 5), Episode 2Jimmy Carr, Sean Lock and Jon Richardson are joined by celebrity guests David Baddiel and Trevor Noah. Joey Essex is in Dictionary Corner while Alex Horne and The Horne Section help Rachel Riley.

Jimmy Carr: Making People Laugh
Television broadcast of Jimmy Carr's sixth stand-up DVD.

Murder In Successville
Series 2, Episode 2 - MirandaD.I. Sleet is joined by TV personality Mark Wright, who takes on the role of his cop sidekick.

Up There
Comic film about a dead man who must welcome the newly departed into the afterlife. He dreams of going 'Up There' too.

Comedy Connections
Series 1, Episode 3 - Are You Being Served?Through interviews with original cast members and those involved behind-the-scenes, this episode examines the legacy of Are You Being Served? and its huge success.
Features interviews with John Inman, Wendy Richard, David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd, Molly Sugden, and Frank Thornton.

Comedy Connections
Series 1, Episode 1 - PorridgeWriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, director-producer Sydney Lotterby and members of the cast give the inside story of Porridge.

Have I Got News For You
Series 50, Episode 7Regular team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by guest host Victoria Coren Mitchell and guest panellists Hal Cruttenden and Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Comedy Connections
Series 1, Episode 3 - Are You Being Served?Through interviews with original cast members and those involved behind-the-scenes, this episode examines the legacy of Are You Being Served? and its huge success.
Features interviews with John Inman, Wendy Richard, David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd, Molly Sugden, and Frank Thornton.

Comedy Connections
Series 1, Episode 3 - Are You Being Served?Through interviews with original cast members and those involved behind-the-scenes, this episode examines the legacy of Are You Being Served? and its huge success.
Features interviews with John Inman, Wendy Richard, David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd, Molly Sugden, and Frank Thornton.

Doghouse
Horror comedy. A group of blokes travel to a small village for a get away break only to discover all of the female inhabitants have turned into killer zombies.

15 Storeys High
Series 2, Episode 1 - Vince The ShirkerVince falls for Stacey, the aqua aerobics instructor at the pool where he works as a lifeguard. Stacey thinks Vince is a bit weird until she sees his medical notes... Meanwhile, Errol has his own problems. He agrees to take part in a swimathon in aid of sick kids even though he can't swim. Vince decides his flatmate needs to conquer his phobia of saying "no".

Comedy Connections
Series 1, Episode 1 - PorridgeWriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, director-producer Sydney Lotterby and members of the cast give the inside story of Porridge.

Comedy Connections
Series 1, Episode 1 - PorridgeWriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, director-producer Sydney Lotterby and members of the cast give the inside story of Porridge.

8 Out Of 10 Cats
Series 8, Episode 2This week's guests are Jeremy Clarkson, David Walliams, Holly Walsh and James McQuillan from The Apprentice.

The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything
Episode 3The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything is back for the last in this brand new series, with Jimmy Carr in the driving seat, as Noel Fielding, Eddie Izzard, Alan Carr, Chelsea Peretti, Romesh Ranganathan and Dara O Briain pit their wits against each other for the coveted Big Fat Quiz trophy.

15 Storeys High
Series 2, Episode 2 - Car Boot & Pigeon ShitCar-boot sales, pigeon droppings, illegal substances and ping-pong enthusiasts may, to the casual observer, seem somewhat unconnected. However, all four seemingly disparate elements converge in one day, resulting in quite an eventful and particularly miserable time for Vince.

8 Out Of 10 Cats
Series 8, Episode 7 - Best Of British SpecialJimmy Carr, Sean Lock, Jason Manford, Patrick Kielty, Rhod Gilbert, Shappi Khorsandi and Kevin Bridges talk about all things British.

Red Dwarf
Series I, Episode 1 - The EndDimwitted third-class space ship technician Dave Lister is dumbstruck to find that, after what was supposed to be an 18-month punishment in stasis (suspended animation), he has woken up some 3 million years later, a radiation leak having long killed his Red Dwarf colleagues and left him as the last human being.

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy
Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, Episode 6 - Tiger With ChlamydiaNoel discovers that Andy Warhol is a forgery, Tony Reason is visited by his old mucker Tod Michaels, the music-producing hammerhead shark, and the jungle is terrorised by a giant tiger with an STD.

Jam
Comedy show from Chris Morris which delivers various unsettling sketches.

Jason Byrne In Ireland
Sitcom short in which a couple steal a rug from a store.

Diet Of Worms In Ireland
Comedy playlet about Ireland's most famous quintuplets, created by the comedy group Diet Of Worms.

Al Porter In Ireland
Sitcom playlet about a 'Karaoke King' who lives at home with his grandmother.

8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 4 (Channel 4: Series 5), Episode 2Jimmy Carr, Sean Lock and Jon Richardson are joined by celebrity guests David Baddiel and Trevor Noah. Joey Essex is in Dictionary Corner while Alex Horne and The Horne Section help Rachel Riley.

Keith Lemon: The Film
Film starring Leigh Francis as his infamous alter-ego, Keith Lemon.

Friday Night Dinner
Series 4, Episode 6 - For SaleThe boys arrive home to find a 'For Sale' sign in front of the house. How will they stop Mum and Dad from selling the family home? And what happens when Jim comes round as a potential buyer?

15 Storeys High
Series 2, Episode 1 - Vince The ShirkerVince falls for Stacey, the aqua aerobics instructor at the pool where he works as a lifeguard. Stacey thinks Vince is a bit weird until she sees his medical notes... Meanwhile, Errol has his own problems. He agrees to take part in a swimathon in aid of sick kids even though he can't swim. Vince decides his flatmate needs to conquer his phobia of saying "no".

Desmond's
A selection of episodes from the sixth series of Channel 4's longest-running sitcom.

Alison Spittle In Ireland
Comedy short set in a ladies' nightclub toilet.

Katherine Ryan In Ireland
Katherine Ryan visits Ireland for the Christening of her nephew.

Seann Walsh In Ireland
Sitcom playlet in which actor Robin (Seann Walsh) visits Ireland to detox.

Mapp & Lucia
TV series based on the 1930s books by EF Benson. Prunella Scales and Geraldine McEwan star.

15 Storeys High
Series 2, Episode 2 - Car Boot & Pigeon ShitCar-boot sales, pigeon droppings, illegal substances and ping-pong enthusiasts may, to the casual observer, seem somewhat unconnected. However, all four seemingly disparate elements converge in one day, resulting in quite an eventful and particularly miserable time for Vince.

Birds Of A Feather
Series 2, Episode 1 - Getting A GripOverdue bills lead to the electricity being cut off. Garth has been fighting in school and the central heating is leaking. Roll on two useless plumbers, a pair of female plumbers who botch it up and one who couldn't give a firm time arriving just as the house begins to flood.

Rising Damp
Series 3, Episode 7 - Suddenly At HomeThe house is plunged into confusion and mourning when Rigsby discovers basement tenant Mr Osborne, stiff as a board.