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- You can rent the house that was featured in the sitcom Spaced: Zoopla listing
- Talking of Simon Pegg, he will appear in the new Star Wars movie: The Mirror
- Michael Barrymore is suing the Police for damaging his career (by arresting him in 2001): BBC News
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Do The Right Thing - Series 5
The hit comedy panel show podcast is back for a fifth series. The opening episode features guests Katherine Ryan and Mike Wozniak. Listen |
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Dead Air: Greg James interview
Radio 1 DJ Greg James talks to BCG about how proud he is to have made a BBC sitcom pilot. Fresh Air will be on iPlayer from 11pm tonight. Read |
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People Just Do Nothing interview
Grindah and Beats, the main characters in BBC mockumentary People Just Do Nothing, talk to BCG about running their pirate radio station. Read |
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Yonderland - Series 2 interview
The cast of Yonderland talk about the return of the fantasy comedy series and the pain of not being involved in Horrible Histories any more. Read |
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Blog: Creating Fishbowl
Writer Andrew Mettam lists out seven reasons why his sitcom pilot Fishbowl is great, but he can't take credit for it. Read |
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More podcasts
Head to our podcast area for more to listen to. There's Robert Webb talking frankly to Richard Herring about how bad a time he had filming Confetti, John Dredge serving up more surreal sketches, and much more: Listen |
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| TV Listings |
Here is a guide to the new British comedy on TV this week...
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Yonderland
Monday, Sky1, 8pm & 8:30pm
The second series of the fantasy comedy series launches with a double-bill. Evil Imperatrix's presence brings rioting to the streets on Yonderland and sends the Elders into lockdown. Guide |
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Undercover
Tuesday, Dave, 9pm
Episode 5 of Dave's sitcom about a police officer infiltrating a crime gang. Ara is the victim of an assassination attempt and his shooter's identity is a real shock. Guide |
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Brotherhood
Tuesday, Comedy Central, 10pm
Dan is sick and tired of Toby not having a job but learns to 'be careful what you wish for' when he starts working at his office! Jamie is ill and at the mercy of Auntie Debbie. Guide |
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Not Safe For Work
Tuesday, Channel 4, 10pm
Channel 4's new comedy drama continues. The minister's aide, Martine, arrives from London to pile the pressure on the Northampton team. Guide |
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People Just Do Nothing
Wednesday, BBC Three, 10pm
The mockumentary series set around a pirate radio station returns for a second series. Grindah has to decide who he wants to make godfather to little Angel. Guide |
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Hoff The Record
Thursday, Dave, 9pm
Hoff sings at a warlord's birthday do, but is sure the leader wants him dead and flees in a makeshift KITT car. Guide |
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Mock The Week
Thursday, BBC Two, 10pm
Dara O Briain and Hugh Dennis are joined by Ed Byrne, Rob Beckett, Ed Gamble, Sara Pascoe and Romesh Ranganathan to look back at the week. Guide |
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A League Of Their Own
Friday, Sky1, 9pm
More highlights from the 9th series of the sports-based panel show. Fans will be pleased to hear the gang have filmed a USA trip, to be shown later in the year. Guide |
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Friday, Channel 4, 9pm
Sean Lock and Johnny Vegas take on special guest captain Sarah Millican and Rob Beckett. Susie Dent is joined by with Vic Reeves, while Rachel Riley looks after the numbers and letters. Guide |
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The Last Leg
Friday, Channel 4, 10pm
Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker continue to laugh at the week. Hollywood star Amy Poehler is the guest this time. Guide |
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Josh Widdicombe: And Another Thing
Friday, Channel 4, 11:05pm
In a neat bit of scheduling, following on from The Last Leg is this TV premiere for Josh Widdicombe's tightly written 2013 stand-up DVD. Guide |
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The John Bishop Show
Saturday, BBC One, 9:45pm
In the last of the series, Jo Caulfield, Andy Askins and Daniel Sloss provide the stand-up, while Jason Byrne performs a unique magic trick. Guide |
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The Javone Prince Show
Sunday, BBC Two, 9:45pm
A brand new sketch comedy series from the star of PhoneShop. The upbeat show features some moments filmed in front of an audience, and some pre-recorded sketches. More info on our website. Guide |
For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy, see our full schedule. |
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No, That's Me Over Here
OUT NOW. In his first leading sitcom role, comedy legend Ronnie Corbett dons bowler hat, brolly and briefcase to play a quintessential suburban commuter on whom disaster fits more snugly than his pin-striped trousers!
Created by Barry Cryer, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman, almost every surviving episode of No - That's Me Over Here (the complete third and final series) is included. Details |
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My Mad Fat Diary - Series 3
PRE-ORDER. The third and final series of E4's hit comedy drama concluded last week, and will be available to own on DVD from next Monday. This year, Rae and her friends are tackling their A Levels and applying for university and college places. But will Rae get in? Is she ready? And what about the love of her life, Finn? A Series 1-3 box set is also available. Details |
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The Happiest Days Of Your Life
PRE-ORDER. From acclaimed director Frank Launder, The Happiest Days Of Your Life is a precursor to the hugely successful St. Trinian's series, set in Nutbourn College, the most established and respectable of boy's schools.
A military mistake billets a girls' school to share the college's premises. Inevitable chaos ensues, but the two schools eventually have to pull together. Details |
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Man Up
PRE-ORDER. Ben Palmer directs this romantic comedy starring Simon Pegg and Lake Bell.
When 40-year-old divorcee Jack (Pegg) mistakenly believes 34-year-old Nancy (Bell) to be his much younger blind date she decides to go along with it, taking a chance in the hope of finding the right man for her. Details |
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You Made Me Love You
PRE-ORDER. Monkey-business abounds in this spirited musical comedy updating Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew to 1930s London, with Stanley Lupino as the young man attempting to tame his formidably feisty bride - leading Hollywood comedienne Thelma Todd. Details |
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Agatha Raisin And The Quiche Of Death
OUT NOW. Ashley Jensen stars as Agatha Raisin in the Christmas special adaptation of the popular M.C. Beaton novel.
The programme was such a success that Sky has commissioned a full 8-episode series, so catch up with the 2014 special, out now on DVD. Details |
For more, see our full list of new releases and items coming soon. |
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| Guide Spotlight |
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Parsley Sidings
He is of course by far and away best known and most-loved for his timeless role as Dad's Army's Captain George Mainwaring, but actor Arthur Lowe - and Ian Lavendar (Private Pike) - also starred in the early 1970s in Radio 2 sitcom Parsley Sidings. In many ways not wholly dissimilar to David Croft's 1990s TV comedy Oh Doctor Beeching!, it's set at a quiet rural railway station facing closure. Guide |
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| Thanks for Reading |
We hope you enjoy laughing at this week's shows. One person who won't though is Tracy Herring, as The Mirror explains she has a rare condition that means every time she laughs she becomes temporarily paralysed and collapses. Unlucky her!
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