TV schedule for 18th August 2019 - British Comedy Guide

7:30pm (repeat)

The Comedy Years

Episode 4 - 2003

Trigger Happy TV features in 2003 as TV viewers enjoyed the hidden prank antics of Dom Joly alongside Bruce Forsyth's hilarious hosting duties on Have I Got News For You and fond farewells to Cold Feet and The Office.

9pm

Bridget Jones's Baby

Third outing for modern literary heroine Bridget Jones on the big screen, based on Helen Fielding's books.

9pm
60 min

Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz

Episode 18

Al, aided by barman Shaun Williamson and captains Kerry Godliman and Ed Byrne, oversees a clash between The Mayflower from Rotherhithe and The Wheatsheaf and Pigeon from Staines.

9pm (repeat)

Have I Got News For You

Series 56, Episode 9

Ian and Paul return for another look at the headlines, with guest host Danny Dyer and panellists Sara Pascoe and Judy Murray.

10pm
13 min

Lazy Susan

Episode 1 - Pilot

Meet Megan and Michaela just 'don't want any drama tonight' and Thomas and Sandrine the 'whimsical French woman, written by a man who's never met a woman'.

10pm (repeat)

Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier

Series 2, Episode 7 - The Future

Morgana Robinson, Lolly Adefope and Matt Forde categorise and rank worries to do with The Future. What will we look like in the future? Will robots steal our jobs? And is Elon Musk really going to nuke Mars?

10:15pm
15 min

Brain In Gear

A flat-share comedy where the nightmare tenants are the voices in your head.

10:30pm (repeat)

A Girl's Guide To TV

Rachel Parris presents a comic guide to how women can get ahead in television.

11pm (repeat)

Taskmaster

Series 1, Episode 5 - Little Denim Shorts

Greg Davies and Alex Horne host as Frank Skinner takes a boulder onto a train for a pleasant excursion. Then he and the other comedians try to make a Swedish man blush.

Midnight
60 min version (repeat)

QI. Image shows from L to R: Alan Davies, Cariad Lloyd, Sandi Toksvig, Sarah Millican, Alice Levine. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series O, Episode 11 - Objects And Ornaments

Sandi Toksvig looks at some Objects And Ornaments. Along the way, you'll discover where you can find an actual UFO, and meet the world's best-dressed crab. With Sarah Millican, Alice Levine and Cariad Lloyd.