Television
TV schedule Thursday 24th November 2022
6am21 min
Staged
Series 3, Episode 1 - Is There A Version?David and Michael are keen to move on to new things. They're not sure they want to work with each other, much less Simon. So when Simon proposes getting the gang back together, they're having none of it - until Lucy teaches Simon four magic words that may change their minds.
6am22 min
Staged
Series 3, Episode 2 - Who's Playing Who?Simon faces an impossible decision: will Michael or David play Scrooge, and how will he break the news? Meanwhile David, stuck in Japan, needs someone to check out the London restaurant where he's hoping to hold a surprise party for Georgia on her birthday - Christmas day.
6am22 min
Staged
Series 3, Episode 3 - PastSeries 3 has fallen apart with only two episodes in the can, and the "making of" documentary has become a post-mortem. David and Michael want to pull the plug, but Georgia has other ideas.
6am22 min
Staged
Series 3, Episode 4 - PresentWith four more episodes to deliver and no scripts, Georgia has a bright idea: put Michael and David in the writers' room. Simon has left showbusiness and is determined to prove he can succeed in a new career.
6am21 min
Staged
Series 3, Episode 5 - FutureThe reviews are in, and they're not good. David's got a plan to breathe new life into the tired formula with a live episode, but they need a writer. Can Simon, David and Michael let bygones be bygones to make one last magical show together?
6am23 min
Staged
Series 3, Episode 6 - Knock, KnockMichael and David are live on air performing A Christmas Carol with no script, no guest stars and no idea how the story goes. Getting out of this spot would need a Christmas miracle, so Georgia had better arrange one.
6am22 min
Staged
Documentary - SpecialThe Staged Special features not only mistakes and outtakes but it also shows how the show itself was found. From experiments in how to film the show to playing with the idea of who and what the characters would be, it's a unique look back at a unique show produced at the most unique of times.
6pm60 min version (repeat)
QI
Series L, Episode 2 - Location, Location, LocationWith Aisling Bea, Jason Manford and Johnny Vegas.
6:10pm
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Are You Being Served?
Series 3, Episode 2 - Coffee MorningCaptain Peacock decides to crack down on tea-break abuse, and - with Rumbold's support - begins logging all tea, toilet, lunch and other refreshment breaks. The staff are outraged and begin industrial action.
6:50pm
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Outnumbered
Series 5, Episode 5There are communication problems in the Brockman house as Mum struggles to maintain a work life balance and Dad's phone gets the better of him.
7:25pm
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dinnerladies
Series 2, Episode 9 - GravyPetula makes a surprise announcement, and Bren is excited to have been picked to appear on TV quiz show Totally Trivial. Tony's hoping she'll come away with him to a new life in Scotland.
7:40pm
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8pm
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Dad's Army
Series 5, Episode 12 - Round And Round Went The Great Big WheelThe platoon are called upon to help work on a camp which is testing a new weapon, a huge wheel. While at first their work is not so glamorous, they soon find themselves trying to stop the weapon when it goes haywire - by Pike's home-made portable radio.
8pm
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There's Something About Movies
Series 4, Christmas SpecialAlan Carr hosts a festive special of the film quiz, with Thomas Brodie Sangster, Susan Wokoma and James Acaster joining Michael Sheen, Jennifer Saunders and Tom Allen. One round sees the panellists recreating Christmas classics including Miracle On 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life and Die Hard.
8pm
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Gavin & Stacey
Series 1, Episode 5The bride-to-be has her hen party, while Gavin embarks on two stag nights.
8:20pm
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Would I Lie To You?
Series 12, Episode 8This episode's guests are Stacey Dooley, Alex Jones, Rachel Parris and Henning Wehn.
8:40pm
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Dad's Army
Series 5, Episode 13 - Time On My HandsThe platoon jump to arms when a German pilot ejects from his plane and gets his parachute caught on the front of Walmington Town Hall, grapsing to the clock face for dear life. Their attempts to disentagle and capture him do not go to plan.
9pm60 min version (repeat)
9pm60 min
Taskmaster
Series 14, Episode 9 - A New Business EndAs our quintet of cowering comics head out into the wilderness, Alex takes notes and records numbers with admirable (bordering on irritating) efficiency. It's the penultimate episode of the series, and Alex Horne's notes show that Dara O Briain holds a very slender lead in the race to claim television's most prestigious prize: Greg Davies's golden head on a plinth. John Kearns blunts the business end of a sausage, Fern Brady struggles with a raspberry, and Munya Chawawa unwittingly forces Sarah Millican into finding a novel use for a ping-pong ball.
9:20pm
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The Royle Family
Series 3, Episode 6Baby David's freshly Christened, and the family are having a proper knees-up in celebration. As the Royle clan and their closest friends gather in the sitting room, Denise and Dave sneak upstairs for a quiet moment with the little one. But Antony's got an announcement...
9:55pm35 min version (repeat)
Live At The Apollo
Series 12, Episode 3 - Gina Yashere, Ellie Taylor, Sam SimmonsIn this week's third episode, multi-award winning Gina Yashere hosts as she introduces surreal Australian comedian Sam Simmons and rising comedy star Ellie Taylor to the stage.
10pm
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The Green Green Grass
Series 3, Episode 3 - If You Go Down To The WoodsMarlene is distraught when Earl the dog and Tyler both go missing. Boycie, Bryan and Jed form a search party, but entering the haunted woods with night drawing in soon confounds the rescuers.
10pm
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Code 404
Series 1, Episode 1Detective John Major is killed after a failed sting operation, but the Met brings him back from the dead as part of an experimental artificial intelligence project. Major immediately goes on the hunt for his killer, dragging his still shocked partner and best friend Roy Carver along for the ride.
10pm45 min
The Russell Howard Hour
Series 6, Episode 10Russell looks back at the big news of the week, including the World Cup kick off in Qatar and Trump's bid for president. Plus, stand-up from Jordan Gray.
10pm60 min version (repeat)
QI
Series O, Episode 3 - OceansTune in to hear one publisher's suggestion for a radical improvement to Moby Dick. With Aisling Bea, Joe Lycett and David Mitchell.
10pm
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Plebs
Series 5, Episode 5 - The HooligansThe boys attempt to infiltrate a local firm of chariot hooligans in order to get some big drinkers into their bar. Grumio is soon welcomed into the fold by Paulus, head honcho of the Green Army, but Marcus falls out with Gloria, whose shop front keeps getting smashed up by their new clientele.
10pm30 min
The Horne Section TV Show
Episode 3Despite overwhelming backlash on Twitter from the pilot, Alex Horne and The Horne Section are still trying to make their TV show in Alex's house. Dr Ranj Singh stars as the special guest and he's eager to talk about his new car. Will the show win over the youth and please the bosses at Channel 4? And has the trumpeter got magical powers?
10:10pm
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Fleabag
Series 2, Episode 5Claire has a crisis and turns to Fleabag for help, whilst a familiar face makes a reappearance at the cafe. Hilary makes a friend, Martin demands answers, and Godmother and Dad's wedding hangs in the balance.
10:30pm
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Plebs
Series 5, Episode 6 - The DigThe boys begin an archaeological dig in their bar after Grumio unearths an old brooch while sitting on the toilet. They try to keep their activity a secret but others cotton on and when a professor of archaeology goes missing, the boys are brought in for questioning as they paid him a recent visit. Guest starring Tony Robinson.
10:30pm30 min
The Horne Section TV Show
Episode 4The Horne Section TV Show is well and truly underway, although the big bosses at Channel 4 have instructed Alex and the band to be more edgy in an attempt to appeal to a younger audience.
10:35pm
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Fleabag
Series 2, Episode 6The day of the wedding arrives, Jake wants to know where Claire is, and the Priest upstages the bride. As secrets are revealed and decisions are made, will Fleabag find the ending she's looking for?
10:40pm60 min version (repeat)
Live At The Apollo
Series 7, Episode 2 - Sean Lock, Ed Byrne, Lee NelsonSean Lock hosts, with special guests Ed Byrne and Lee Nelson.
10:40pm
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Quartet
Comedy about the residents of a retirement home for retired operatic artistes, directed by Dustin Hoffman.
11pm
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Would I Lie To You?
Series 12, Episode 11 - The Best BitsRob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell return for an episode packed with some of the best bits from the series.
11:05pm
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series 21 (Channel 4: Series 22), Episode 4Jimmy Carr hosts, as Lee Mack and Joe Wilkinson take on Jon Richardson and Jessica Knappett. Comedian Nigel Ng is in Dictionary Corner. Regular Countdown mathematician Rachel Riley and lexicographer Susie Dent are on hand to adjudicate.
11:15pm
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Frayed
Series 2, Episode 6Fairbank hears Mrs Atkins gossiping about case information, while the Coopers try to shift the evidence as night descends.
11:40pm
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The Young Ones
Series 2, Episode 1 - BambiRealising that they've not washed their clothes since 1981, the housemates head to the laundrette. However, Neil's forgotten to tell them that they're expected on University Challenge.
11:40pm
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Mock The Week
Series 13, Episode 10Dara O Briain and the team scale another week's news mountain and plant their satirical flag at the top. With guests James Acaster, Ed Byrne, Sara Pascoe and Josh Widdicombe.