TV schedule for 13th January 2024 - British Comedy Guide

10am
60 min

The Football's On

Series 11, Episode 4

A humorous look at the week's football stories with Ian Stone and guests.

6:20pm (repeat)

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Barbel (Middle Wye, Herefordshire)

Paul and Bob fish for the mighty barbel in Hay on Wye. Passing a graveyard they muse about the future and chat to a local vicar about death and their own funerals.

6:50pm
60 min

Michael McIntyre's Big Show. Image shows left to right: Michael McIntyre, Tony Hadley

The comedian returns with a brand-new series filmed at London's prestigious Theatre Royal Drury Lane. National treasure Dermot O'Leary bravely hands over his phone for Send to All. Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley gets the shock of his life as he becomes the first ever Unexpected Star... Star of the Show. Michelin starred chef Tom Kerridge helps Michael dish up an incredible prank on a member of the public. And pop sensation Jess Glynne performs.

8pm (repeat)

Rob And Romesh Vs

Series 2, Episode 1 - Ballet

The boys have been given exclusive behind the scenes access to the Birmingham Royal Ballet Company who put them through their paces as they find out the hard way just how tough ballet is. They meet one of the greatest dancers of his generation and the Birmingham Royal Ballet's creative director, Carlos Acosta, and they will even be given roles in a real performance of Swan Lake?

8:30pm
90 min

Artsnight: A Tribute To Carla Lane. Carla Lane. Copyright: BBC

Comedy Classics: Bread, Butterflies & Liver Birds

A celebration of the writer's three most popular sitcoms, featuring the flat-sharing girls-about-town in The Liver Birds; bored, frustrated housewife Ria in Butterflies; and the Boswell family in Bread.

9pm (repeat)

A League Of Their Own

European Road Trip, Episode 2

Freddie and Jamie race through the streets of Paris as they go wheel to wheel on its Formula E circuit.

9pm (repeat)

The Office

A selection of episodes from the second series of the Ricky Gervais sitcom.

11pm
60 min version (repeat)

Live At The Apollo

Series 12, Episode 2 - Josh Widdicombe, Celia Pacquola, Nathan Caton

This week, star of the BBC sitcom Josh, and The Last Leg, Josh Widdicombe, hosts as he introduces the brilliant Nathan Caton and Australian comic Celia Pacquola to the stage.