Television
TV schedule Saturday 29th December 2018
6am
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Convict 99
Will Hay comedy.
7:05am
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Mr Bean
Series 1, Episode 37 - Bean In LoveMr Bean's heart-throb, Roxy, is singing in a concert at the London Palladium, and he sets his sights on getting her signature in his autograph book. A difficult feat, but will love prevail?
7:10am
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Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed!
Series 1, Episode 9 - The Hamazing HamstermanDennis gets into a fluffy mess when he runs into Von Screwtop's hadron collider with the professor's pet hamster, Galahad. To stop Dennis from completely changing into a hamster, the gang must sneak him into Wilbur's lab to use his reverse hadron collider and change him back!
7:15am
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Only Fools And Horses
A selection of three epsiodes from Britain's most popular sitcom.
7:15am
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Mr Bean
Series 1, Episode 38 - Double TroubleMr Bean is over the moon when he meets Mr Pod - the two men have so much in common: the same shirt, jacket, trousers and even underpants. And to top it all, Pod is Bean's spitting image. But Mr Bean falls to earth with a bump when his girlfriend, Irma Gobb, finds Mr Pod much better looking than him.
7:20am
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Birds Of A Feather
Series 9, Episode 6 - Holy GroundAn unexpected letter prompts Sharon and Tracey to visit Ireland to hear a will being read and Dorien, who has just bought an Irish racehorse, decides to go too.
7:25am
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Danger Mouse
Series 1, Episode 42 - The Confidence TrickDanger Mouse's confidence take a hit when The Baron steals it to invigorate his shy daughter and create a criminal mastermind!
7:40am
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Boj
Episode 1 - Boj The CollectorAll Boj's buddies have collections and Boj wants one too. But he loves everything in Giggly Park so much that he can't decide which things to collect. So instead he decides to make things to help complete all his friends' collections... and what has Boj collected? Four of the best friends in the world ever!
7:45am
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Treasure Hunt
Short of money, the owners of Ballyroden Hall attempt to run it as a guest house - but not everyone is happy about the plan.
7:50am
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Go Jetters
Series 1, Episode 3 - Stonehenge, EnglandCan the Go Jetters stop Glitch playing dominoes with the ancient stones of Stonehenge?
8:25am
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Bitz & Bob
Series 2, Episode 11 - Castle Bake OffRivalries are brought to the boil in the Yum-tastic Pizza Bake Off as Bob vies with Zip and Pop for the prize.
8:40am
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Bitz & Bob
Series 2, Episode 11 - Castle Bake OffRivalries are brought to the boil in the Yum-tastic Pizza Bake Off as Bob vies with Zip and Pop for the prize.
9:25am
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Mr Bean
A selection of episodes from the second series of the animated version of Rowan Atkinson's comic creation.
9:45am
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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.
10:10am
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The Story Of... Only Fools & Horses
Episode 4 - Peckham And BeyondPeckham And Beyond looks at the area that was at the heart of the comedy and what happened when the cast and crew got out of the studio and filmed on location in Monaco, Margate and Miami.
10:30am
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Justin's House
Series 4, Episode 19 - Alien VisitorsJustin and Robert are surprised when three messy aliens called the Odd Bods turn up on their doorstep and start causing chaos around the house.
10:30am
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Bill
Comedy film charting the young life of William Shakespeare and his finding fame in London, starring the cast of Horrible Histories.
11:10am
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Only Fools And Horses
A selection of three epsiodes from Britain's most popular sitcom.
11:10am
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So Awkward
A repeat-run of the entire fourth series of the children's comedy.
11:25am
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Waffle The Wonder Dog
Series 1, Episode 7 - Waffle WalkiesSimon and Evie take Waffle for a walk and bump into Evie's friend Anaya and her mum, AJ. An overenthusiastic Waffle drags Simon through the park, soaking him under a sprinkler.
1:15pm
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Chicken Run
Award-winning animation telling the story of a band of hens doomed to a life of egg-laying on a Yorkshire chicken farm.
1:40pm
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The Story Of... Only Fools & Horses
Episode 3 - Friends And EnemiesThis episode explores the characters who revolve around Del and Rodney's world including Trigger, Boycie, Denzil and Del's arch enemy DCI Slater.
2:40pm
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Only Fools And Horses
Series 5, Episode 4 - Tea For ThreeWhen a pretty niece of Trigger's arrives in the Nag's Head, Del and Rodney indulge in a little sibling rivalry in an effort to win her fair hand. One of them, however, ends up doing a spot of unscheduled hang-gliding.
2:45pm
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Bitz & Bob
Series 2, Episode 17 - Up, Up And AwayIt's the day of the kite festival and first up are Zip and Pop, who dazzle the crowd with their performance.
2:50pm
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Mr Bean
A selection of episodes from the first and second series of the animated version of Rowan Atkinson's comic creation.
2:55pm
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Bitz & Bob
Series 2, Episode 17 - Up, Up And AwayIt's the day of the kite festival and first up are Zip and Pop, who dazzle the crowd with their performance.
3:15pm
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Go Jetters
Series 1, Episode 25 - Komodo National Park, IndonesiaWhen Grandmaster Glitch supersizes a fierce komodo dragon, the Go Jetters must find the size ray to fix the glitch.
3:20pm
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Dad's Army
Series 3, Episode 1 - The Armoured Might Of Lance Corporal JonesWalker suggests to Jones that he should loan the platoon his butchers' van, so that he can get free petrol for it. However, Mainwaring is ordered to have the vehicle converted to run on gas, causing more than a few problems and thwarting Walker's plan!
3:25pm
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Go Jetters
Series 1, Episode 26 - Big Ben, EnglandThe Go Jetters visit London on New Year's Eve, but Big Ben is missing. To the Vroomster!
4pm
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Saluting Dad's Army
Episode 2Alexander Armstrong continues this 50th anniversary celebration of Dad's Army by looking at the heyday of the show. He meets Dad's Army vicar Frank Williams, explores the impact of the show on the lives of its stars and we hear from Hugh Dennis, Jon Culshaw and other comedy stars of today who grew up loving Dad's Army.
4:50pm
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Passport To Pimlico
Ealing comedy about a legal discovery that leads the residents of Pimlico to declare themselves an independent nation, Burgundy.
5pm
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Dad's Army
A selection of three episodes of the Home Guard sitcom.
5pm
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Gigglebiz
Series 5, Episode 7 - Wizard Tripwick's Disappearing SpellWizard Tripwick tries to teach his pupils a disappearing spell, Enrico Paso Doble plays football whilst dancing, and Humphrey enters a cycle race.
5:15pm
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Waffle The Wonder Dog
Series 1, Episode 13 - Waffle's Doggy BuddiesAn old friend of Gramps, Mr Willow, brings along his two dogs to play with Waffle. Evie feels a bit left out until Waffle reassures her. The two new dogs escape into Mrs Hobbs's garden, so Waffle has to save the day.
5:25pm
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Waffle The Wonder Dog
Series 1, Episode 14 - Waffle And GeorgeMrs Hobbs's cat, George, gets locked inside her house, giving Waffle a chance to prove himself to Mrs Hobbs. Can he rescue George?
6pm
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Ratburger
A TV adaptation of David Walliams's 2012 childrens' book about a girl who makes friends with a rat.
6:30pm
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Horrible Histories
Series 3, Episode 12More historically accurate blood, guts, grime and gore from the Horrible Histories team.
6:45pm
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Gavin & Stacey
Series 2, Episode 5It's Gwen's birthday and Bryn has arranged a special surprise treat.
6:50pm
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Mr Bean
A selection of episodes from the first and second series of the animated version of Rowan Atkinson's comic creation.
7pm
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One Foot In The Grave
Series 4, Christmas Special - One Foot In The AlgarveVictor and Margaret accompany Mrs Warboys, who is hoping for romance with her pen pal Alfonso, on holiday to meet him in his native Portugal. Fleet Street paparazzo Martin Trout is hot on their tail after an encounter at Victoria station leads him to believe they have accidentally taken possession of an extremely valuable and politically explosive roll of film...
7pm
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Saluting Dad's Army
Episode 1Alexander Armstrong begins a 50th anniversary celebration of Dad's Army by looking at the inspiration for the show and how it made it to the screen. Alongside fascinating and entertaining archive material, the show features interviews with actors from the very earliest episodes, members of the production team who were there when it all started and a veteran of the real Home Guard.
7pm
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Ross Noble Off Road
Episode 1Ross Noble finds a typically off-the-wall solution to the problem of how to train in the south of England for an off-road adventure in Scotland. But when the real trials begin they soon wonder if it was enough... it wasn't.
7pm
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Mr Stink
TV adaptation of the kids' book written by David Walliams. It's a story about a tramp... who stinks.
7pm
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All About The Good Life
Documentary exploring behind-the-scenes of classic suburban sitcom The Good Life.
7:20pm
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Gavin & Stacey
Series 2, Episode 6Gavin is in Essex without his wife. Stacey is in Barry without her husband. So while Smithy plans a boys' night out, Stacey goes to the bingo. But has living separate lives finally taken its toll on love's young dream?
7:30pm
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The Queen And I
Comedy about the abolition of the Monarchy and the Royal Family moving to the Midlands.
8pm
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Dad's Army
Series 3, Episode 1 - The Armoured Might Of Lance Corporal JonesWalker suggests to Jones that he should loan the platoon his butchers' van, so that he can get free petrol for it. However, Mainwaring is ordered to have the vehicle converted to run on gas, causing more than a few problems and thwarting Walker's plan!
8pm60 min version (repeat)
8:25pm
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Horrible Science
Episode 2 - Abominable BloodRed blood - what is it and why do we need it? How does it transport important things around the body? Bob the robot needs his first aid badge so he can go to the robot jamboree - the only trouble is he is hates blood. Mark is stopped just in time by expert Charles Drew as he is about to give someone a blood transfusion from a dog!
8:40pm
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Only Fools And Horses
Series 5, Episode 4 - Tea For ThreeWhen a pretty niece of Trigger's arrives in the Nag's Head, Del and Rodney indulge in a little sibling rivalry in an effort to win her fair hand. One of them, however, ends up doing a spot of unscheduled hang-gliding.
9pm
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The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
Episode 22 - The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year 2018Jimmy Carr is joined by quizzers Richard Ayoade, Noel Fielding, Mo Gilligan, David Mitchell, Claudia Winkleman and Michelle Wolf as they battle it out to see who can remember most about the last 12 months.
9pm
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Sarah Millican: Thoroughly Modern Millican Live
TV broadcast of Sarah Millican's hit 2012 live stand-up DVD, recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo.
9pm
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Lee Evans: Monsters
A TV broadcast of Lee Evans' final stand-up tour, recorded in 2014.
9pm
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Would I Lie To You?
Series 3, Episode 3Joining David Mitchell this week are songstress Jamelia and comic Marcus Brigstocke; while Mancunian motor-mouth Terry Christian and comedian and TV presenter Jimmy Carr unite with Lee Mack in a bid to outwit the opposing team.
9pm60 min
Bradley Walsh: When Dummies Took Over The World
Bradley Walsh tells the story of Britain's most famous puppet stars.
9:20pm
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The Story Of... Only Fools & Horses
Episode 4 - Peckham And BeyondPeckham And Beyond looks at the area that was at the heart of the comedy and what happened when the cast and crew got out of the studio and filmed on location in Monaco, Margate and Miami.
9:35pm
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Mrs. Brown's Boys
Christmas 2018, Episode 1 - Exotic MammyIt's the festive season once again in the Brown household, and Father Damian has organised a Christmas decoration contest to support the local football team.
9:40pm
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Would I Lie To You?
Series 3, Episode 4TV presenter Claudia Winkleman, stand-up comedian Jason Manford, presenter Clive Anderson and comic actress Miranda Hart are the celebrity guests on a quest for the truth this week.
10pm
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Trollied
Christmas Special - The WeddingFinally it's the weekend of Gavin Strong and Cheryl Fairweather's wedding. Arriving at a beautiful country house hotel and surrounded by their friends and beloved Valco family, the couple couldn't be happier. However come the morning of the wedding Gavin is nowhere to be seen. A few drinks in the local pub with the stag party clearly took a very messy turn and as Cheryl panics that Gavin's got cold feet, it's a race against the clock to get Gavin back from Dublin and to the wedding on time.
10pm
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Sarah Millican: Chatterbox Live
TV edit of Sarah Millican's top-selling stand-up show, Chatterbox.
10pm
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Mock The Week
Series 8, Highlights SpecialDara O'Briain presents a special show featuring unseen material and favourite bits from this series.
10pm
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The Keith & Paddy Picture Show
Series 1, Episode 3 - Return Of The JediThis week showcases Keith & Paddy's version of the third Star Wars film, Return Of The Jedi, featuring Michelle Keegan, Phillip Schofield and Ant & Dec.
10:20pm
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Death On The Tyne
A sequel to Murder On The Blackpool Express, starring Johnny Vegas, Sian Gibson and guest stars.
10:30pm45 min version
QI
Series P, Christmas Special - PubsIt's Happy (half) Hour down at the QI local, so pile in with Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies, Cariad Lloyd, Josh Widdicombe and (appropriately enough) Noel Fielding for the ultimate festive P-themed pub quiz. Find out how to pull a pint that never runs out, how to play pool with a chicken, and how many wings an angel really has (spoiler alert: it's not two).
10:45pm
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An Audience With...
Episode 34 - Another Audience With Ken DoddLegendary showbiz comedian Ken Dodd fields questions from a celebrity audience.
10:55pm
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The Old Dark House
American-British remake of a 1930s comedy horror film.
11pm
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11pm60 min version (repeat)
Have I Got News For You
Series 48, Episode 3With guest host Frank Skinner and panellists Sara Pascoe and Nick Robinson.
11:05pm
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 15 (Channel 4: Series 16), Christmas SpecialSean Lock and Kathy Burke team up against Jon Richardson and David Mitchell. James Acaster joins Countdown's resident lexicographer Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner, while maths whizz Rachel Riley and comedian Joe Wilkinson are in charge of the numbers.
11:05pm
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Micky Flanagan: Back In The Game
East End comic Micky Flanagan returns with his second, highly anticipated stand-up show, Back In The Game.
11:05pm
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Greatest Celebrity Wind-Ups Ever!
Joe Pasquale narrates a selection of clips from TV shows in which celebrities are pranked.
11:15pm
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Frankie Boyle's New World Order
New Year Special - Frankie Boyle's 2018 New World OrderFrankie Boyle's 2018 New World Order sees Frankie tackle the year's biggest news stories in his own unique satirical style. The show features Frankie and guests chewing the fat over their stand out moments of the baffling year that has been 2018.
11:20pm
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The Inbetweeners 2
Comedy sequel to smash-hit 2011 film The Inbetweeners Movie. Will, Simon, Jay and Neil head off on an Australian road trip.
11:30pm
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11:45pm
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A League Of Their Own
Series 8, Episode 1Jamie Redknapp, Freddie Flintoff and Jack Whitehall join forces with Chelsea's all-time leading goal scorer and New York City FC's latest signing, Frank Lampard; funnyman Kevin Bridges and Judy Murray, the mother of tennis ace Andy.
11:55pm
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The Catherine Tate Show
Series 1, Episode 2Margaret is scared several times, Bernie receives a written warning for breaking the photocopier and Nan mistakes Charles Bronson for Charles Manson.
11:55pm
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Stewart Lee: Content Provider
Stand-up comedy special from Stewart Lee.
Midnight60 min version (repeat)
Have I Got News For You
Series 48, Episode 9With guest host Jack Dee, and panellists Joan Bakewell and Mark Watson.
12:05am
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 15 (Channel 4: Series 16), Episode 7Jimmy Carr hosts a brand new show, as Sean Lock and Kevin Bridges take on guest captain Joe Wilkinson and Victoria Coren Mitchell. Plus special guest Adam Kay joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner, while maths whizz Rachel Riley looks after the numbers.
12:25am
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My Favourite Sketch
Episode 4 - Johnny VegasTalking joyous nonsense and comedy sketches with Sally Phillips in this episode is freewheeling comedy legend Johnny Vegas. Johnny offers up an intriguing mix of the sketches that have played alongside his life and career, with comedy gold from Armando Iannucci, Steve Coogan, Simon Pegg and Matt Berry among his choices. And not forgetting Johnny's tribute re-enactment of his favourite sketch to close the show.
12:30am
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Gavin & Stacey
Series 2, Episode 5It's Gwen's birthday and Bryn has arranged a special surprise treat.
1am
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Can You Keep It Up For A Week?
Infamous 1974 sex comedy, starring Jeremy Bulloch as walking disaster-area Gil.
1am60 min version (repeat)
1:05am
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Gavin & Stacey
Series 2, Episode 6Gavin is in Essex without his wife. Stacey is in Barry without her husband. So while Smithy plans a boys' night out, Stacey goes to the bingo. But has living separate lives finally taken its toll on love's young dream?
1:10am
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Ricky Gervais Live: Animals
Feature-length film by Ricky Gervais, shot during his first ever stand-up tour. The programme features his performance and backstage footage.
1:15am
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Friday Night Dinner
A selection of episodes from the second and third series.
1:30am
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1:55am
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Minder
Series 10, Episode 5 - The Immaculate ContraptionLong-running comedy drama about the London criminal underworld, focusing on dodgy entrepreneur Arthur Daley and his 'minder', Terry.
2am60 min version (repeat)
Have I Got News For You
Series 51, Episode 1Stephen Mangan hosts the show, with guest panellists Suzanne Evans and comedian Henning Wehn.
2:05am
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The Fast Show
Series 3, Episode 7Ron Manager is confused by the concept of a female sports anchor person.
2:40am
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My Favourite Sketch
Episode 3 - Jason ManfordStand-up comic Jason Manford reveals his playlist of the sketches that followed him from childhood to the present day. His selection is a mixture of high and low brow, with Les Dawson and Hale & Pace rubbing shoulders with Key & Peele, Steve Coogan and Caroline Aherne. Ending the show in style, Sally and Jason take on his favourite sketch, an American cult-classic.
2:40am
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8 Out Of 10 Cats
Series 19, New Year SpecialJimmy Carr hosts the New Year Special, with team captains Rob Beckett and Aisling Bea and guests Joe Lycett, Kate Humble, Jamali Maddix and Rick Edwards.
3:30am
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Bread
Series 1, Episode 3Freddie Boswell calls by the family home and throws everyone off: Nellie's distraught at the idea of his permanent return, whilst the kids are all keen to see him again.
3:30am
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Da Ali G Show
Episode 2This week's The Message debate concerns politics. John Humphrys joins Ali for his studio interview, Travis front man Fran Healy performs, and Borat looks for the best English performers at the Edinburgh Fringe.
4am
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Da Ali G Show
Episode 3Ali investigates American television and interviews Labour politician Roy Hattersley. The Message looks at issues surrounding family, and Chrissie Hynde performs.