Schedule Tuesday 23rd August 2016

Radio 4
6:30pm
30 min
Mark Watson

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Series 2, Episode 1 - Work And Play

Watson and his team consider work and play. How can we find the right balance between them? Do we get more out of life from flogging ourselves at the coalface, or messing about at the coalface, or do we not even have to go to the coalface at all?

QI Titles. Copyright: TalkbackThames

QI

Series D, Special - Death

A Halloween-themed episode, with Andy Parsons, Clive Anderson and Sean Lock.

Channel 5 logo
10pm
30 min
Borderline. Grant Brodie (Jamie Michie). Copyright: Little Rock

Borderline

Series 1, Episode 4 - Goodbye Charles

Today is Clive's birthday and he is expecting a big surprise party. He is doomed to disappointment.

BBC Two
10pm
(repeat)
Mock The Week. Image shows from L to R: Andy Parsons, Dara O Briain, Hugh Dennis. Copyright: Angst Productions

Mock The Week

Series 13, Episode 10

Dara O Briain and the team scale another week's news mountain and plant their satirical flag at the top. With guests James Acaster, Ed Byrne, Sara Pascoe and Josh Widdicombe.

Taskmaster. Romesh Ranganathan. Copyright: Avalon Television / UKTV

Taskmaster

Series 1, Episode 5 - Little Denim Shorts

Greg Davies and Alex Horne host as Frank Skinner takes a boulder onto a train for a pleasant excursion. Then he and the other comedians try to make a Swedish man blush.

Wasted. Sarah Durkin (Rose Reynolds). Copyright: Angel Eye Media

Wasted

Episode 6

Alison has tickets to an exclusive sex party, so with nothing else to do, all the gang agree to go despite feeling slightly out of their comfort zone. Will Sarah and Kent finally get it on? Will Morpheus lose his virginity? Will any of them ever feel clean again? Certainly in Morpheus's case... probably not.

The Inbetweeners. Image shows from L to R: Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas), Neil Sutherland (Blake Harrison), Jay Cartwright (James Buckley), Will Mackenzie (Simon Bird). Copyright: Bwark Productions

The Inbetweeners

Series 1, Episode 4

Will pulls the most popular girl in the year above. However he becomes so obsessed with her that he ends up alienating his hard won new friends.

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television / UKTV

Taskmaster

Series 1, Episode 6 - The Last Supper

In the last episode of the series the five comics are not only playing for homemade chowder but also for the inaugural Taskmaster series winner's trophy. Tasks include: playing golf with eggs and cooking a meal using ingredients starting with every letter of the alphabet.

Radio 4
11pm
(repeat)
Image shows from L to R: Marc Wootton, Julia Davis

Couples

Episode 0 - Pilot

Julia Davis and Marc Wootton portray a series of couples in therapy with the renowned therapist Dr Tanya Ray-Harding. In this episode Dr Tanya meets theatre director Brian and his unhappy actress wife Kirsten.

A League Of Their Own. Image shows from L to R: Andrew Flintoff, James DeGale, Jack Whitehall, James Corden, Denise Lewis, Rob Beckett, Jamie Redknapp. Copyright: CPL Productions

A League Of Their Own

Series 10, Episode 5

Stand-up comedian Rob Beckett, former Olympic athlete Denise Lewis and boxer James DeGale are next in line to join James Corden and the ALOTO boys for more laughs, trivia and wacky challenges. This week, the guests don giant foam trainers to compete in a tricky heptathlon, while Freddie Flintoff faces off against Jack Whitehall in a heated fencing challenge.

Channel 5 logo
11:35pm
30 min
Impractical Jokers UK. Image shows from L to R: Matt Ralph, David Moon, Paul Richard Biggin, Lee Griffiths. Copyright: Yalli Productions

Impractical Jokers UK

Episode 4

This week's first challenge sees the Jokers at a summer festival. They then pair up to give presentations on teamwork, and attempt to run an ice cream stand.

Peep Show. Image shows from L to R: Jeremy Usbourne (Robert Webb), Mark Corrigan (David Mitchell). Copyright: Objective Productions

Peep Show

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Interview

Mark decides that Jeremy needs a job, because he is behind with his rent, so he gets him a job application for JLB Finance. Mark then goes to work to carry on his flirtation with Sophie via post-it notes cartoons.

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