Television
TV schedule Thursday 7th May 2020
6pm
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Taskmaster
Series 5, Episode 4 - Residue Around The HoofThe halfway point of the series approaches and the five task-hungry comics are being driven to ever more absurd lengths as they battle to lay their sticky fingers on Taskmaster Greg Davies's golden head. Mark Watson and Nish Kumar pop toast together and Sally Phillips spreads absinthe on it. And can anyone recognise Greg's loyal underling Alex Horne if he's wearing a hat?
6:20pm
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Hi-De-Hi!
Series 5, Episode 4 - Off With The MotleyAt long last Peggy is promoted - not, unfortunately, to the rank of Yellowcoat but to the post of deputy supervisor in the Chalet Maintenance Department.
7pm
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Only Fools And Horses
Series 5, Episode 6 - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?Del is offered a business opportunity that he finds difficult to turn down. To accept would mean emigrating to Australia and leaving the family behind. What should he do?
7pm
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Would I Lie To You?
Series 9, Episode 4This week the guests joining Lee Mack and David Mitchell are Alan Davies, Richard Osman, Professor Germaine Greer and Jermaine Jenas.
7:40pm
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Dad's Army
Series 6, Episode 1 - The Deadly AttachmentIt is the day the men have been waiting for. When they are asked to watch the crew of a U Boat, they get the chance to meet some Germans face-to-face. But the German Captain has plans to escape, and some names on his list.
7:40pm
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Would I Lie To You?
Series 9, Episode 5This week the guests are Clare Balding OBE, Rhod Gilbert, Nick Grimshaw and Rob Delaney.
8:20pm
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Dad's Army
Series 6, Episode 2 - My British BuddyThe Americans have joined the war - finally - and some of them are coming to Walmington. It is decided to celebrate their arrival with a darts match in one of the local pubs. The plan does not go well.
8:20pm
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8:30pm30 min
Socially Distant With Susan Calman
Episode 6Susan Calman presents the last episode of the lockdown show from her back garden. Guests include Brian Cox, Jackie Kay, and aquarium worker Chris Rickard, whilst Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson provides a final update.
9pm
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The Royle Family
Series 2, Episode 3Antony's got a new girlfriend from a comparitively posh part of town, and she's even got her own car. Meanwhile, Jim's in a mood at the thought of a week with Nana as she convalesces from a cataract operation.
9pm30 min
Have I Got News For You
Series 59, Episode 6David Tennant hosts the satirical current affairs quiz, with panellists Chris McCausland and Ayesha Hazarika joining regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton to poke fun at the week's events.
9pm60 min version (repeat)
9:30pm
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Mrs. Brown's Boys
Series 2, Episode 2 - Mammy's Coming!Agnes is upset that her son Trevor has been called back to the missions in Africa, but is determined to give him a massive send-off to remind him what a loving family he has back home in Ireland.
9:40pm
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Not Going Out
Series 2, Episode 4 - BabyLucy is worried about the age gap between her and Guy, a concern that increases when Guy turns up to meet her with his grandson in tow.
10pm45 min version
Live At The Apollo
Series 15, Episode 5 - Ardal O'Hanlon, Mawaan Rizwan, Sara BarronArdal O'Hanlon plays host in this edition of the comedy showcase, recorded before a packed house at London's Hammersmith Apollo. The show features sets by Mawaan Rizwan and Sara Barron.
10pm
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Red Dwarf
Series XI, Episode 1 - TwenticaThe Dwarfers find themselves in an alternative version of America where modern technology is prohibited, making Rimmer and Kryten illegal. The Dwarfers infiltrate the tech savvy underground and try to bring down the authoritarian regime.
10pm
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Celebrity Juice
Series 23, Episode 4The first episode filmed during lockdown. Holly has Chris Kamara and Roman Kemp on her team, whilst Mel B partners with Mark Wright and Ruth Langsford & Eamonn Holmes.
10pm50 min
Celebrity Juice
Series 23, Episode 5Keith Lemon, Holly Willoughby, Mel B and their guests - Laura Whitmore, Emily Atack, Ben Shephard and Matt Goss - link up from their own homes for near-the-knuckle fun, cheeky banter and new lockdown games.
10pm
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Joe Lycett: I'm About To Lose Control And I Think Joe Lycett
TV version of the hit stand-up show I'm About To Lose Control And I Think Joe Lycett.
10pm60 min
Brassic
Series 2, Episode 1 - The CircusVinnie has been hiding out in his weed shed since faking his own death to escape from local gangster Terrance McCann. Tommo and Erin need his help and try to lure him out of hiding with a new business proposition and together with the lads they plot to rob a travelling circus. With the help of a disgruntled clown, Mr Popov, the gang aim to make this theft a 'roaring' success...
10:20pm
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The Royle Family
Series 2, Episode 4Nana's asleep on the sofa, and - surprise, surprise - Jim's in a foul mood again. Antony's love life could already be on the rocks, and next door, Cheryl's joined Weight Watchers.
10:40pm
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Taskmaster
Series 5, Episode 5 - A Wind-Dried PuffinThe series passes the halfway stage and the tantalising prospect of owning the Taskmaster trophy is getting closer for all five comic competitors who are not named Nish Kumar. Alex Horne risks the wrath of his fierce employer Greg Davies with an unsanctioned task; Sally Phillips locks herself in the caravan with an amorous watercooler and Aisling Bea crams an Italian entrée dish into a balloon.
11pm
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Peep Show
Series 9, Episode 5 - Kid FarmJeremy and Super Hans come to blows over the rights to a music track.
11pm30 min
Up For It
Series 2, Episode 6 - DanceAshley Storrie, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and Rosco McClelland perform a routine at dance school, dress as human statues and are 'up for school'.
11pm30 min
Russell Howard's Home Time
Episode 9American comedian and star podcaster Marc Maron chats to Russell Howard in the last programme of the series. There's music from Tom Walker and a quiz from The Corona Arms team.
11:30pm
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Peep Show
Series 9, Episode 6 - Are We Going To Be Alright?The El Dude Brothers are bowing out on a high - a strange, complicated and definitely slightly illegal - high.
11:40pm
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Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier
Series 2, Episode 3 - Leisure TimeJon Richardson and guests Russell Howard, Roisin Conaty and Lucy Beaumont discuss, categorise and rank worries to do with leisure time - are pubs dying? What are e-sports? And does Jon have a secret fetish?
Midnight
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Not Going Out
Series 2, Episode 4 - BabyLucy is worried about the age gap between her and Guy, a concern that increases when Guy turns up to meet her with his grandson in tow.