Jane Simon

iCandy is actually a second bite of the cherry for Irish comedian Liam Hourican - you might have seen him in a similar outing called Ape back in 2007.

His Peter Stringfellow character from that series is back again, as well as some more sketches which offer something to offend just about everybody - including a belligerent Irish PM and a meeting between Louis Theroux and Hitler.

A well-deserved second series for Charlie Brooker's vitriolic panel show, which vents its spleen on the best and worst of the week's crop of telly. It's essentially a more mainstream format of Brooker's show Screenwipe - although not as mainstream as the BBC's similar effort, As Seen On TV - which was more of a projectile vomit than a TV burp.

YHBW is usually a good place to catch up with all those digital TV oddities that might have escaped your attention while you were watching Countryfile.

On this week's show Liza Tarbuck, David Baddiel and Scottish comedian Kevin Bridges will be trying to score points and attempting to work up the same head of amusing, free-flowing rage that Brooker manages so effortlessly.

Like a best man speech for a celebrity, the roast - where a famous guest of honour is mercilessly insulted by other celebs - is a long-standing ­tradition in the US. Channel 4 has imported the concept and tonight it's the turn of Sharon Osbourne - a human equivalent of an open goal.

Hosted by Jimmy Carr, this is the funniest and also the rudest hour of TV all week, with Jack Dee, Patrick Kielty, Gok Wan, Alan Carr, Louis Walsh, Ronni Ancona, Keith Lemon and Elton John paying acid-tongued tribute to Sharon's extensive plastic surgery, mothering skills and propensity for sending dog poo to her enemies.

And this put-down from Patrick Kielty shows that nothing is too near to the knuckle. "It's fair to say that Ozzy has never strayed," he quips. "He did once make a dash for freedom but after Sharon cut the brakes on the quad bike, he's now learned his lesson..."

The funniest kids on TV are back for a third series. But has Outnumbered become a victim of its own success? Back in 2007, when this was buried apologetically in the schedule's nether regions, there was a real novelty about small children being allowed to dictate proceedings. Now, after bagging three gongs at the British Comedy Awards last year, tonight's episode feels like an extended stand-up gig for Karen and Ben (Ramona Marquez and Daniel Roche).

You sit, arms folded, thinking, "Come on, then. Say something outrageous." Naturally, you don't have long to wait but the bits with the adults in between can feel like a distraction from the main event. That's not to take anything away from the show - just a sign of how hard it is to stay ahead of the game in comedy.

The Brockmans are on a sight-seeing trip around London tonight - an opportunity for Mum and Dad and Gran to be mortally embarrassed in front of a variety of internationally-recognisable landmarks. And from the one-liners the kids come out with, it really can't be much longer before they're invited on to the Have I Got News For You panel.

There are jokes about Gordon Brown tonight and the death of Diana that might have provoked howls of outrage if they were uttered by an adult. They still might but the power of these kids is that they can get away with anything - as their beleaguered parents (Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner) know only too well.

Great Ormond Street Hospital is the recipient of this fundraising gala - the biggest live stand-up concert in UK history. And they couldn't have asked for more from the roster of stars who each donated five minutes last week at London's O2 Arena. Some hefty editing will be needed to get this show down to the two-hour running time it's been allotted and if the rude bits from Jonathan Ross and Mark Watson end up on the cutting room floor, then they may survive in the DVD which goes on sale on April 26.

Among those who'll definitely make the cut are, in no particular order, Michael McIntyre, Jack Dee, Bill Bailey, Kevin Eldon, Jason Manford, Jo Brand, Sean Lock and Noel Fielding.

The evening opens with a raucous dance number from Stomp and closes with a legendary performance from Lee Evans, looking the grand old man of stand-up in every sense.

It's series 39 of the topical panel game and tonight's headline is: HIGNFY has transferred from its traditional Friday night to a new Thursday night slot.

HIGNFY might be billed as the comedy quiz that grills celebrity contestants on the week's top news stories, but we all know it's an excuse for team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop to make jokes at the expense of everyone else on the show. Stepping up this week are Nigel Farage MEP, former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, and Scottish comedian Kevin Bridges.

Bridges is likely to give as good has he gets. But Farage may find that political barracking is no preparation for the heckling he could get from the HIGNFY team.

The Rivoli Ballroom in south London is used to seeing stars. It was the setting for Tina Turner's Private Dancer video as well as an Elton John video. It'll be seeing some more as the setting for Justin Lee Collins' new chat show.

The opulent intimate setting give this the same kind of vibe as TFI Friday once had the dividing line between guests and audience is comfortably blurred.

After Jason Manford's new variety show Comedy Rocks started on Friday on ITV1, it'll be interesting to see how the two comedians shape up.

Jason Manford has said that after his forthcoming UK tour he's probably going to knock live stand-up on the head to spend more time with his young family and concentrate on TV work like this project.

So there'll be more than usual riding on the success of this new series, which sees the comedian stepping out of his familiar Team Captain role on shows like 8 Out Of 10 Cats and As Seen On TV, and into a more family-oriented weekend variety slot.

Recorded the night before transmission - to keep the gags topical - it'll feature a mix of comedy and live music. And all the music will be live. "None of this miming palaver!" Manford promises. That's easy for him to say...

Russell Howard, the young blonde T-shirt-wearing one from Mock The Week, is back for a second series of his Good News show, BBC 3's best-performing entertainment show to date.

Once again filmed in front of a live studio audience, Russell takes a look at the major news stories of the week and casts, as they say, his "own unique perspective" on them. If you know that his website comes with the warning "Contains Adult Humour", you'll get the drift...

His legions of fans get the chance via Twitter or the website to contribute their own topical suggestions for the wacky, the weird or the plain-old-fashioned funny items which have also made it into the news.

Suggestions so far include the man who's made cheese out of his wife's breast milk, a surfing alpaca and residents in Wakefield successfully protesting to stop the local council changing the name of their local landmark, Tickle Cock Bridge.

Such is the show's popularity a third series has already been commissioned and will be aired later in the year. Russell's probably stocking up on T-shirts as we speak.

So last week we discovered a possible explanation for Lucy Davis's bizarre performance - her character, Lillie, has an inoperable brain tumour. And not just inoperable but untreatable, sparing this series from actually confronting the realities of living with cancer. It's the same reason Sally Webster's breast cancer in Coronation Street is being eradicated by nothing more unpleasant than lying in her bedroom, flicking through magazines until she's given the all-clear.

Lillie's only symptoms have been smelling burning rubber and frequent spells of deja vu, which make a brain tumour sound like a day at the circus. Which is what she gets this week as her fabulous fiance Eddie organises a magical wedding and a musical reception that wouldn't look entirely out of place in Glee.

Viewers who've invested in this series from week one may be dismayed that the "Other" in the title turned out to be "terminally ill".