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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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.
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.
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?
10:30pm30 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.