British Comedy Guide

Television

TV schedule Thursday 15th August 2024

Sky Arts logo. Copyright: Sky 8pm
60 min
Whisky Galore!. Image shows from L to R: George Campbell (Gordon Jackson), The Biffer (Morland Graham). Copyright: Ealing Studios

Classic Movies: The Story Of Whisky Galore!

Ian Nathan examines Alexander Mackendrick's 1949 Ealing comedy, in which Scottish islanders try to salvage 50,000 cases of whisky from a shipwreck.

BBC Three 9pm
25 min
Daddy Issues. Gemma (Aimee Lou Wood)

Daddy Issues

Episode 1 - Happy Tears

When hedonistic 24-year-old Gemma discovers she is pregnant after a one-night stand, she has no choice but to turn to her hapless father, Malcolm, for support. A sweet-but-lost man in a domestic crisis, he must learn to rebuild his relationship with his daughter, though they soon find living together proves difficult.

BBC Three 9:25pm
25 min
Daddy Issues. Malcolm (David Morrissey)

Daddy Issues

Episode 2 - Normal Men

Gemma realises she needs more female support. After a chance encounter with an old friend, she agrees to go to a party to try to reconnect with girls from school. She also suggests Malcolm finds a normal friend after Derek tries to convince him that close-up magic is the way to a woman's heart.

BBC Scotland channel. Copyright: BBC 10pm
30 min
Edinburgh Unlocked. Mark Nelson

Edinburgh Unlocked

Series 4, Episode 2

Mark Nelson meets Nina Conti and her mother, actress Kara Wilson.

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