Schedule Friday 5th February 1988

Comic Relief
Episode 1 - A Night Of Comic Relief (1988)Lenny Henry and Griff Rhys Jones present eight hours of comedy - to raise money for famine victims in Ethiopia and the Sudan, and for young people in crisis in the UK. This TV spectacular is the climax of a day of Red Nose madness across the country.

Spitting Image
1988 Specials, Comic Relief Special - A Question Of Sport Meets Spitting ImageA Comic Relief special.

Me & My Girl
Series 5, Episode 5 - Play Your Cards RightSimon is a widower, struggling to deal with his mother-in-law whilst raising a teenage daughter alone and running a successful advertising company.

Blackadder
1988 Specials, Comic Relief Special - The Cavalier YearsIt is November 1648 and King Charles I is hiding from Cromwell and his Roundheads, having lost the English Civil War. His only two remaining supporters are one Sir Edmund Blackadder and his servant, Baldrick...

Week Ending
Series 59, Episode 6A satirical sketch show that started many comedy careers and ran for more than 1,100 episodes, for nearly 30 years.

The New Statesman
Series 1, Comic Relief Special - Alan B'Stard Closes Down The BBCComic Relief special, starring Celia Imrie as Maggie's secretary, Hilary. Alan talks Mrs Thatcher into closing down the BBC.