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Here is a guide to the new British comedy on TV this week...
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Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Monday, Sky1, 8pm
Lee Mack is joined by Richard Madeley, Denise Van Outen and Jason Manford to test some more facts. There's a preview clip in our guide of Madeley and Mack mucking about. Guide |
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Plebs
Monday, ITV2, 10pm & 10:30pm
Series 2 of the award-winning period sitcom starts with a double-bill tonight. Since the first series the world has progressed, but Marcus, Stylax and slave Grumio have made no strides whatsoever. Look out for some top guest stars. Guide |
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Mount Pleasant
Tuesday, Sky Living, 9pm
Episode 2 of the new series. Dan has a bee in his bonnet about why Robbie left an apparently perfect life in the Big Apple for suburban Manchester. Guide |
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Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish
Tuesday, Dave, 10pm
It's more Dave on Dave. Modern life gets a ribbing as Mr Gorman considers celebrity endorsements and reveals the Queen's 'thoughts' on insoles. Guide |
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Bad Education
Tuesday, BBC Three, 10pm
This week in the school-based sitcom we say goodbye to a long-standing character. Mitchell announces he is leaving Abbey Grove, creating the perfect opportunity for a farewell party. Guide |
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Celebrity Squares
Wednesday, ITV, 8pm
Warwick Davis, Tim Vine and Joe Wilkinson are joined by Rob Beckett, Keith Lemon, Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha, Andrea McLean, Freddie Flintoff, Denise Lewis, Hal Cruttenden and Antony Cotton. Guide |
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Crackanory
Wednesday, Dave, 10pm
A new series of the story show for grown-ups. This first episode is particularly notable as it stars Rik Mayall in his last ever TV role. Vic Reeves reads the other story. Guide |
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The Job Lot
Wednesday, ITV2, 10pm
A new series of the Job Centre-based sitcom. There's a new character this series - deputy manager Natalie (Laura Aikman). Karl (Russell Tovey) clearly fancies her, but doesn't make a good first impression. Guide |
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Bad Bridesmaid
Thursday, ITV2, 9pm
This week on the show in which an actress ruins a hen do, demanding diva London joins the hen party of Lola. Can the bride-to-be go along with it and convince her friends that London is for real? Guide |
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Celebrity Juice
Thursday, ITV2, 10pm
Keith Lemon, Fearne Cotton and guest team captain Gino D'Acampo are joined by panellists including magician Dynamo and This Morning presenter Eamonn Holmes. Guide |
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Would I Lie To You?
Friday, BBC One, 8:30pm
Rob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell are joined by Bob Mortimer, Mel Giedroyc, Adil Ray and Kian Egan for this episode of the show. Will Mack dig himself into another hole as he gets a bit elaborate with his lying? Guide |
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A League Of Their Own
Friday, Sky1, 9pm
Jamie Carragher, Jimmy Carr and Kirsty Gallacher take part in the sporting fun this week. Can the two Jamies keep their cool while receiving a dance? Probably not, as another Liverpool player is involved. Guide |
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Mock The Week
Friday, BBC Two, 10pm
Dara O Briain hosts the topical panel show as guests Rob Beckett, Milton Jones, Romesh Ranganathan and Holly Walsh take a satirical swipe at the whole of the UK (including Scotland - phew!). Guide |
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Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Friday, Channel 4, 10pm
In this week's episode, Alan is joined by US singing legend Lionel Richie, radio presenter Nick Grimshaw and singer Jessie J, plus there's music from Ella Eyre. Guide |
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The Graham Norton Show
Friday, BBC One, 10:35pm
Graham Norton is back for a new series. He's joined by Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington; the new Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi; actress Gemma Arterton; and new singer-songwriter George Ezra, who performs Blame It On Me. Guide |
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Vodka Diaries
Friday, BBC Three, 11pm
A TV broadcast for this sitcom pilot, first available on iPlayer. It's about four girls who share a flat and get up to no good. Think London Irish meets Two Pints: there are some rather rude bits in it. Guide |
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Through The Keyhole
Saturday, ITV, 9:20pm
Back on the panel this week is presenter Dave Berry, plus Red Dwarf legend Craig Charles and Nostrils herself, Keith's Celebrity Juice mate, Fearne Cotton. Guide |
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Sunday Night At The Palladium
Sunday, ITV, 7pm
Jack Whitehall is the third host of the revived variety show. He's joined by guests including Lionel Richie, The Script, Gemma Arterton and The Made In Dagenham musical cast. Guide |
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Bad Education - Series Two
PRE-ORDER. As Series 3 kicked off last week, new fans who missed out previously will be eager to catch up with the previous antics of the staff and pupils at Abbey Grove. Jack Whitehall, Mathew Horne, Michelle Gomez and Sarah Solemani all star, alongside Harry Enfield and Samantha Spiro, in this smash-hit series of the education comedy. A Series 1 & 2 box set is also available. Details |
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Dad's Army - All the episodes for £22!
OUT NOW. Not a new release, but this box set of every surviving episode from the landmark sitcom classic is currently available for the brilliantly bargainous price of just £22 from Amazon. That gets you an astonishing 14 discs with 77 episodes over 9 series: less than 1p per minute! A must-own for any self-respecting comedy fan. Details |
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Trollied - Series 1 - 3
PRE-ORDER. Starring BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee Jane Horrocks (Absolutely Fabulous, Little Voice) and Mark Addy (Game of Thrones, Atlantis) and from the producers of The IT Crowd and The Office, comes Trollied. It might be nothing like any of those previous titles, but the supermarket-set sitcom has still been a popular staple of Sky1's comedy slate. Series 4 starts soon. Details |
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The Lady Vanishes
PRE-ORDER. One of cinema's greatest auteurs, Alfred Hitchcock's Hollywood career only came after a successful run of brilliantly British films. Made in 1938, this classic comedy-thriller was arguably his most popular and significant pre-war feature. Featuring a whimsically suspenseful script from Launder and Gilliat, the action is set aboard a transcontinental express train... Details |
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I Really Hate My Job
OUT NOW. This quirky comedy drama about the tensions in an female-staffed restaurant and bar is out today. It's a hot summer evening in Soho and the pressure is on: the chef's too drunk to work, a Hollywood star is expected to dine, waitress Abi is nearing breakdown as she faces another birthday, the lesbian Maitre D' has just been dumped, and the dish-washer is a communist...! Details |
For more, see our full list of new releases and items coming soon.
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Here are some quotes from our message board...
"I regularly listen to R4E comedies. There's much gold there, but stuff like The Navy Lark and The Goons haven't aged well, yet Hancock has." Alexei Q on The Navy Lark
"I think the new episode was quite a success. Some smashing lines and a real solid return." Scartledge on Bad Education
"I was really disappointed by the first episode, if I'm honest. The kids have all grown up." G180e also on Bad Education
"A very enjoyable series, gentle humour expertly nailed by the veteran cast." Tursiops on Boomers
"Funny you should mention Rob Beckett, because this week he's been on Mock the Week, on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and on WILTY. Not that I'm complaining, he can be very funny and quick-witted." Agnostik on Would I Lie To You? |
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Follow That Camel
It was repeated on ITV just yesterday afternoon, but did you know that Follow That Camel was originally released without the all-familiar 'Carry On' prefix? Bilko star Phil Silvers takes the lead in this comic caper, set amidst the ranks of the French Foreign Legion in the Algerian desert. Find out all about the movie in our guide. Guide |
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