TV schedule for 22nd October 2023 - British Comedy Guide

9pm (repeat)

Rob And Romesh Vs

Series 5, Episode 1 - Magic In Vegas

The boys are invited by Penn & Teller to join Vegas's longest-running residency show and have just three days to pull their act together.

9pm (repeat)

Dad's Army

Series 8, Episode 2 - When You've Got To Go

Mrs. Pike is shocked to learn that Pike has been successfully called up into the armed forces despite his health. Meanwhile, Mainwaring has set himself the near-impossible task of finding enough people to donate 100 pints of blood.

9pm
60 min version (repeat)

Have I Got News For You

Series 62, Episode 10

Martin Clunes invites journalist Steph McGovern and comedy writer Armando Iannucci to pair up with regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton to poke fun at the week's events.

9:40pm (repeat)

The Good Life

Series 3, Episode 5 - The Wind-Break War

When Margo is to have a new wind-break erected in her garden that would cast a shadow over the Goods' new fruit patch, Tom and Barbara ask her to move it elsewhere.

10pm (repeat)

Blinded By The Light

Comedy drama film about a British Muslim boy growing up in 1980s Luton and the impact Bruce Springsteen's lyrics had upon him.

10pm
60 min version (repeat)

Live At The Apollo

Series 13, Episode 2 - Nish Kumar, Luisa Omielan, David O'Doherty

The talented Nish Kumar is your host for this episode as he introduces Luisa Omielan and David O'Doherty to the famous Apollo stage.

10:20pm (repeat)

The Lenny Henry Show

Series 2, Episode 1

Lenny Henry presents a series of sketches.

10:30pm (repeat)

Man Like Mobeen

Series 3, Episode 1 - You Reap What You Sow

Owing money to unhinged crime boss Uncle Khan, Mobeen struggles to undertake his criminal orders under the watchful eye of Khan's useless nephew Nav.

10:55pm (repeat)

Man Like Mobeen

Series 3, Episode 2 - Moving Food

Mobeen is trying to do a good deed by helping out at the local food bank. But juggling this with strict orders from Uncle Khan to launder money could leave him with a deadly debt that's impossible to pay.

11pm (repeat)

Upstart Crow

Series 3, Episode 2 - Wild Laughter In The Throat Of Death

Will has been working on his masterpiece. His friends tell him it's his greatest comedy yet, but he insists that Hamlet isn't actually meant to be funny.

11pm (repeat)

Big Zuu's Big Eats

Series 4, Episode 4 - Ellie Taylor

Zuu and the boys welcome comedian Ellie Taylor to Mandem HQ. For her Big Eat, Zuu gives Ellie a B&B style breakfast buffet with a Peking duck twist and it's one she won't forget in a hurry.

11:20pm (repeat)

BBC New Comedy Awards

2023, Episode 3 - Ballymena

The Northern Irish heat in Ballymena is hosted by Shane Todd, with judges Martin Angolo and Diona Doherty.

11:40pm (repeat)

Upstart Crow

Series 3, Episode 3 - If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?

Will is writing The Merchant of Venice. And who better to play Shylock than Wolf Hall, a brilliant actor with some surprising views about who wrote Will's plays.

11:40pm
60 min version (repeat)