Schedule Sunday 28th August 2016

ITV Encore
6:10am
(repeat)
Mapp & Lucia. Image shows from L to R: Lucia (Geraldine McEwan), Mapp (Prunella Scales). Copyright: London Weekend Television / Rex

Mapp & Lucia

Series 2, Episode 3: Lady Bountiful.
Bolstered by her success on the stock market, Lucia embarks on a series of charitable works in Tilling, which in turn garners her much favourable press coverage and leads to her being offered a seat on the town council. Mapp is not amused, not least as she and Benjy find themselves flooded out at Grebe and are forced to seek refuge at Mallards with Lucia.

Jeeves And Wooster. Image shows from L to R: Bertie Wooster (Hugh Laurie), Jeeves (Stephen Fry). Copyright: Picture Partnership Productions

Jeeves And Wooster

Series 4, Episode 1

Bertie's back in New York, thoroughly enjoying a quiet, relaxed existence, and working on wooing a young artist by the name of Gwladys Pendlebury. His peace does not look set to last, however, when Tuppy arrives in hope of licencing an old family recipe for soup, and Aunt Agatha turns up equally unannounced with Wooster's twin cousins in tow.

CITV
7am
(repeat)
Sooty. Richard (Richard Cadell). Copyright: Tivoli Media

Sooty

Modern incarnation of the children's comedy series. The puppets Sooty, Sweep and Soo help Richard Cadell at a coastal holiday park.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
7:30am
(repeat)
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully. Image shows from L to R: Uljabaan (Julian Rhind-Tutt), Lucy Alexander (Hannah Murray). Copyright: BBC

Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully

Series 1, Episode 4 - Little Green Lights

Uljabaan's superior officer Gryvook is coming for an assessment visit. Uljabaan is hoping to get the go-ahead to invade the rest of Earth - but first he has to prepare a welcome banquet.

CBeebies logo. Credit: BBC
7:35am
(repeat)
Boj. Copyright: Pesky Productions

Boj

Episode 25 - Denzil's Lost Teddy

Denzil has lost his treasured teddy bear, Snugsy. The Twitchlets have Snugsy, and they won't give him back! How can Boj get him back to Denzil and keep the Twitchlets happy?

'Allo 'Allo!. Image shows from L to R: Edith Melba Artois (Carmen Silvera), René François Artois (Gorden Kaye), Yvette Carte-Blanche (Vicki Michelle). Copyright: BBC

'Allo 'Allo!

Series 3, Episode 1 - The Nicked Knockwurst

When the Communist Resistance hold Herr Flick's sausage ransom, a plan is concocted for René to buy it from them. Of course, they'd all be better off going in disguise...

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8am
(repeat)
We're In Business. Image shows from L to R: Dudley Grosvenor (Peter Jones), Harry (Harry Worth). Copyright: BBC

We're In Business

The Newspaper Business.
Can Dudley and Harry make a go of it in the newspaper business? Stars Peter Jones and Harry Worth. From May 1960.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8:30am
(repeat)
The Jason Explanation. David Jason. Copyright: BBC

The Jason Explanation

Series 1, Episode 1 - ...of Money

David Jason looks at the world of money and cash.

CBeebies logo. Credit: BBC
11:25am
(repeat)
Gigglebiz. Justin Fletcher. Copyright: BBC

Gigglebiz

Series 4, Episode 4

The Berrito Brothers show off their basketball skills to a small audience, while Storybook Stan has problems reading a book about flying, and Professor Muddles struggles to get his latest invention - a Bounce Back Fence - to work properly.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
12pm
(repeat)
We're In Business. Image shows from L to R: Dudley Grosvenor (Peter Jones), Harry (Harry Worth). Copyright: BBC

We're In Business

The Newspaper Business.
Can Dudley and Harry make a go of it in the newspaper business? Stars Peter Jones and Harry Worth. From May 1960.

Radio 4
12:04pm
(repeat)
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 76, Episode 3

This is a very special episode coming from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and features the following guests: Paul Merton, Janey Godley, Nish Kumar and Marcus Brigstocke.

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC
12:15pm
(repeat)
Hacker Time. Copyright: BBC

Hacker Time

Series 3, Episode 5 - Robbie Savage

More top line entertainment from the pooch with pedigree, including the tension-fuelled game of strategy, What's In 'Em?. Hacker tackles Robbie Savage with some footie banter.

BBC Local Radio
12:30pm
30 min
The BBC Norfolk New Comedy Show. Copyright: BBC

The BBC Norfolk New Comedy Show

Episode 9

BBC Radio Norfolk brings you brand new comedy from local performers and writers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
12:30pm
(repeat)
The Jason Explanation. David Jason. Copyright: BBC

The Jason Explanation

Series 1, Episode 1 - ...of Money

David Jason looks at the world of money and cash.

CITV
1pm
(repeat)
My Phone Genie. Image shows from L to R: Gene (Adam Wadsworth), Mobbsy (Fox Jackson-Keen), Jaz (Bessie Cursons), Naoko (Haruka Abe). Copyright: Talent TV

My Phone Genie

Episode 26 - Mobbsy's Girlfriend

Mobbsy's obsession with a new Girlfriend App on his phone leads Gene to take him and the girls inside the app in order to dump her.

CBBC logo. Credit: BBC
1:50pm
(repeat)
Horrible Histories. Queen Victoria (Sarah Hadland). Copyright: Lion Television / Citrus Television

Horrible Histories

Series 6, Episode 4 - Naughty Napoleon

We follow Napoleon as he rises from humble beginnings to be the Emperor of France, bashing most of Europe along the way, and ultimately meeting his Waterloo at, well, Waterloo! Meanwhile across the world we meet the Indian traveller who brought Shampoo to the world.

London Live
2:15pm
(repeat)
Let's Be Famous

Let's Be Famous

Village shopkeeper Jimmy fancies himself as a great singer; when he catches the attention of a passing BBC official, his dream seems to be within reach.

CITV
2:30pm
(repeat)
My Parents Are Aliens

My Parents Are Aliens

Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.

Justin's House. Image shows from L to R: Justin (Justin Fletcher), Little Monster, Robert the Robert (Steven Kynman). Copyright: BBC

Justin's House

Series 2, Episode 7 - Back In Time

Justin builds a time machine and transports everyone in the house back in time, meeting a few familiar-looking ancestors along the way!

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV
4:55pm
(repeat)
Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie. Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions / Working Title Films

Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie

Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) finds himself in Los Angeles, masquerading as the National Gallery's top art expert and destroying everything in his wake.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
5:30pm
(repeat)
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully. Image shows from L to R: Uljabaan (Julian Rhind-Tutt), Lucy Alexander (Hannah Murray). Copyright: BBC

Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully

Series 1, Episode 4 - Little Green Lights

Uljabaan's superior officer Gryvook is coming for an assessment visit. Uljabaan is hoping to get the go-ahead to invade the rest of Earth - but first he has to prepare a welcome banquet.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
6:30pm
(repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Copyright: BBC / Above The Title Productions

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Primary Phase, Episode 5 - Fit The Fifth

Sent to find the Ultimate Question to Life, the Universe and Everything, Arthur Dent and his companions have been cornered by two humane cops who, nevertheless, have left them in a certain-death situation.

Talking Pictures TV
7pm
(repeat)
Tell Me Another. Copyright: Southern Television

Tell Me Another

Series 3, Episode 4

Billy Dainty explains how he stepped over Ernie Wise to get into the limelight and Jack Parnell tells you how to grow an instant beard on TV. This week starring: Colin Crompton, Billy Dainty, Clement Freud, Hughie Green, Yootha Joyce, Jack Parnell, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams.

Radio 4
7:15pm
(repeat)
Sketchorama. Thom Tuck. Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Sketchorama

Series 3, Episode 1

Thom Tuck presents sketch comedy from Casual Violence, Croft & Pearce and Beasts.

Talking Pictures TV
7:30pm
(repeat)
Trial And Error

Trial And Error

Legal satire. A seedy barrister is given the dock brief for a man who freely admits he murdered his wife; he is acquitted owing to incompetent defence, and they both continue their fantasy lives.

CITV
7:30pm
(repeat)
My Parents Are Aliens

My Parents Are Aliens

Long-running children's sitcom following the lives of three orphaned children. Their new foster parents are secretly aliens.

ITV4 logo. Credit: ITV
8pm
(repeat)
Mr. Bean. Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson)

Mr. Bean

Episode 8 - Mr. Bean In Room 426

Mr. Bean books into a hotel room and makes himself well and truly at home. In typical fashion he manages to lock himself out in a state of undress. Fortunately, help comes from an unexpected saviour.

ITV4 logo. Credit: ITV
8:30pm
(repeat)
Mr. Bean. Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson)

Mr. Bean

Episode 10 - Mind The Baby, Mr. Bean

The inept master of disaster finds himself looking after a baby at a funfair.

Father Ted. Image shows from L to R: Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O'Hanlon), Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan), Mrs Doyle (Pauline McLynn), Father Jack Hackett (Frank Kelly). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Father Ted

Series 1, Episode 2 - Entertaining Father Stone

Father Stone, a priest even more boring than Dougal is stupid, is paying his annual visit - and he doesn't have to get back to his Parish for a few weeks...

Are You Being Served?. Image shows from L to R: Mrs Slocombe (Sherrie Hewson), Miss Brahms (Niky Wardley). Copyright: BBC

Are You Being Served?

Picking up where Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft's classic comedy left off, it's 1988 and Young Mr Grace is determined to drag Grace Brothers into, well 1988, but he has a problem on his hands.

Porridge. Image shows from L to R: Fletch (Kevin Bishop), Officer Meekie (Mark Bonnar). Copyright: BBC

Porridge

Episode 1 - Porridge

Nigel Fletcher is imprisoned for a series of cyber-crimes and finds himself beholden to prison bad boy Richie Weeks, forced to use his hacking skills to get Weeks off the hook. The greater problem is that wily prison officer Meekie has got his beady eye on Fletch - he knows a wrong 'un when he sees one.

Father Ted. Image shows from L to R: Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O'Hanlon), Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan), Mrs Doyle (Pauline McLynn), Father Jack Hackett (Frank Kelly). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Father Ted

Series 1, Episode 3 - The Passion Of Saint Tibulus

The fearsome Bishop Brennan drops by the parochial house in order to task Ted and Dougal with picketing a new film, The Passion Of Saint Tibulus.

BBC Two
10pm
(repeat)
Fleabag. Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge). Copyright: Two Brothers Pictures

Fleabag

Series 1, Episode 2

Haunted by memories of her dead best friend, dumped by her emotionally-fragile boyfriend, and now desperately trying to sell her stolen goods, Fleabag attempts to rekindle romantic fires to distract her from the mayhem of her life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10pm
(repeat)
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully. Image shows from L to R: Uljabaan (Julian Rhind-Tutt), Lucy Alexander (Hannah Murray). Copyright: BBC

Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully

Series 1, Episode 4 - Little Green Lights

Uljabaan's superior officer Gryvook is coming for an assessment visit. Uljabaan is hoping to get the go-ahead to invade the rest of Earth - but first he has to prepare a welcome banquet.

Britain's Best Loved Sitcoms. Tony Robinson. Copyright: North One Television

Britain's Best Loved Sitcoms

Episode 1

Channel 4 has commissioned a new poll to find Britain's best loved sitcom. Tamsin Greig narrates as we look at sitcoms old and new to find which one is the most loved.

BBC Two
10:30pm
(repeat)
Murder In Successville. Image shows from L to R: Mark Wright, DI Sleet (Tom Davis). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Murder In Successville

Series 2, Episode 2 - Miranda

D.I. Sleet is joined by TV personality Mark Wright, who takes on the role of his cop sidekick.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:30pm
(repeat)
Warhorses Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Marengo (Stephen Fry), Copenhagen (Daniel Rigby). Copyright: BBC

Warhorses Of Letters

Series 3, Episode 2

Still cruelly sundered by fate despite the war having ended, Marengo is put rather unwillingly out to stud and discovers the overwhelming and exhausting joys of parenthood.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:45pm
(repeat)
Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal Monologues. Tina C (Christopher Green). Copyright: BBC

Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal Monologues

Episode 2 - The Gold Coast

Tina explores Brisbane, where developers have built so many skyscraper hotels that the beach is in shade for most of the day. She sings her version of Waltzing Matilda on a local breakfast TV show and parties at a redneck bar.

BBC Two
11pm
(repeat)
Up There. Martin (Burn Gorman). Copyright: Wilder Films

Up There

Comic film about a dead man who must welcome the newly departed into the afterlife. He dreams of going 'Up There' too.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11pm
(repeat)
The Skivers

The Skivers

Series 1, Episode 1

Sketch comedy show from the same stable as And Now In Colour. Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh, with Peter Bradshaw, Melanie Giedroyc and this week's special guest, Leslie Phillips.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11pm
(repeat)
Think The Unthinkable. Image shows from L to R: Owen (David Mitchell), Daisy de Vere (Catherine Shepherd), Ryan Packer (Marcus Brigstocke), Sophie Stott (Emma Kennedy). Copyright: BBC

Think The Unthinkable

Series 4, Episode 4 - Barrington General

Sitcom about a firm of incompetent management consultants who cause havoc every time they are hired.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC
11:25pm
(repeat)
Comedy Connections. Copyright: BBC

Comedy Connections

Series 1, Episode 3 - Are You Being Served?

Through interviews with original cast members and those involved behind-the-scenes, this episode examines the legacy of Are You Being Served? and its huge success.

Features interviews with John Inman, Wendy Richard, David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd, Molly Sugden, and Frank Thornton.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC
11:55pm
(repeat)
Comedy Connections. Copyright: BBC

Comedy Connections

Series 1, Episode 1 - Porridge

Writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, director-producer Sydney Lotterby and members of the cast give the inside story of Porridge.

BBC Two Scotland
12:25am
(repeat)
Comedy Connections. Copyright: BBC

Comedy Connections

Series 1, Episode 3 - Are You Being Served?

Through interviews with original cast members and those involved behind-the-scenes, this episode examines the legacy of Are You Being Served? and its huge success.

Features interviews with John Inman, Wendy Richard, David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd, Molly Sugden, and Frank Thornton.

Comedy Connections. Copyright: BBC

Comedy Connections

Series 1, Episode 3 - Are You Being Served?

Through interviews with original cast members and those involved behind-the-scenes, this episode examines the legacy of Are You Being Served? and its huge success.

Features interviews with John Inman, Wendy Richard, David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd, Molly Sugden, and Frank Thornton.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
12:30am
(repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Copyright: BBC / Above The Title Productions

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Primary Phase, Episode 5 - Fit The Fifth

Sent to find the Ultimate Question to Life, the Universe and Everything, Arthur Dent and his companions have been cornered by two humane cops who, nevertheless, have left them in a certain-death situation.

Horror Channel
12:50am
(repeat)
Doghouse

Doghouse

Horror comedy. A group of blokes travel to a small village for a get away break only to discover all of the female inhabitants have turned into killer zombies.

15 Storeys High. Vince Clark (Sean Lock). Copyright: BBC

15 Storeys High

Series 2, Episode 1 - Vince The Shirker

Vince falls for Stacey, the aqua aerobics instructor at the pool where he works as a lifeguard. Stacey thinks Vince is a bit weird until she sees his medical notes... Meanwhile, Errol has his own problems. He agrees to take part in a swimathon in aid of sick kids even though he can't swim. Vince decides his flatmate needs to conquer his phobia of saying "no".

BBC Two Scotland
12:55am
(repeat)
Comedy Connections. Copyright: BBC

Comedy Connections

Series 1, Episode 1 - Porridge

Writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, director-producer Sydney Lotterby and members of the cast give the inside story of Porridge.

Comedy Connections. Copyright: BBC

Comedy Connections

Series 1, Episode 1 - Porridge

Writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, director-producer Sydney Lotterby and members of the cast give the inside story of Porridge.

15 Storeys High. Vince Clark (Sean Lock). Copyright: BBC

15 Storeys High

Series 2, Episode 2 - Car Boot & Pigeon Shit

Car-boot sales, pigeon droppings, illegal substances and ping-pong enthusiasts may, to the casual observer, seem somewhat unconnected. However, all four seemingly disparate elements converge in one day, resulting in quite an eventful and particularly miserable time for Vince.

Red Dwarf. Image shows from L to R: Rimmer (Chris Barrie), Kochanski (Clare Grogan), Lister (Craig Charles). Copyright: BBC

Red Dwarf

Series I, Episode 1 - The End

Dimwitted third-class space ship technician Dave Lister is dumbstruck to find that, after what was supposed to be an 18-month punishment in stasis (suspended animation), he has woken up some 3 million years later, a radiation leak having long killed his Red Dwarf colleagues and left him as the last human being.

London Live
2:10am
(repeat)
Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy. Noel Fielding. Copyright: Secret Peter

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, Episode 6 - Tiger With Chlamydia

Noel discovers that Andy Warhol is a forgery, Tony Reason is visited by his old mucker Tod Michaels, the music-producing hammerhead shark, and the jungle is terrorised by a giant tiger with an STD.

Jam. Sketches (Chris Morris). Copyright: Talkback Productions

Jam

Comedy show from Chris Morris which delivers various unsettling sketches.

Jason Byrne In Ireland. Andrew (Jason Byrne). Copyright: Merman

Jason Byrne In Ireland

Sitcom short in which a couple steal a rug from a store.

Diet Of Worms In Ireland. Copyright: Big Talk Productions

Diet Of Worms In Ireland

Comedy playlet about Ireland's most famous quintuplets, created by the comedy group Diet Of Worms.

Al Porter In Ireland. Al (Al Porter)

Al Porter In Ireland

Sitcom playlet about a 'Karaoke King' who lives at home with his grandmother.

Friday Night Dinner. Jim (Mark Heap)

Friday Night Dinner

Series 4, Episode 6 - For Sale

The boys arrive home to find a 'For Sale' sign in front of the house. How will they stop Mum and Dad from selling the family home? And what happens when Jim comes round as a potential buyer?

15 Storeys High. Vince Clark (Sean Lock). Copyright: BBC

15 Storeys High

Series 2, Episode 1 - Vince The Shirker

Vince falls for Stacey, the aqua aerobics instructor at the pool where he works as a lifeguard. Stacey thinks Vince is a bit weird until she sees his medical notes... Meanwhile, Errol has his own problems. He agrees to take part in a swimathon in aid of sick kids even though he can't swim. Vince decides his flatmate needs to conquer his phobia of saying "no".

London Live
2:45am
(repeat)
Desmond's. Copyright: Humphrey Barclay Productions

Desmond's

A selection of episodes from the sixth series of Channel 4's longest-running sitcom.

15 Storeys High. Vince Clark (Sean Lock). Copyright: BBC

15 Storeys High

Series 2, Episode 2 - Car Boot & Pigeon Shit

Car-boot sales, pigeon droppings, illegal substances and ping-pong enthusiasts may, to the casual observer, seem somewhat unconnected. However, all four seemingly disparate elements converge in one day, resulting in quite an eventful and particularly miserable time for Vince.

UKTV Drama
3:15am
(repeat)
Birds Of A Feather. Image shows from L to R: Sharon Theodopolopodous (Pauline Quirke), Dorien Green (Lesley Joseph), Tracey Stubbs (Linda Robson). Copyright: Alomo Productions / Retort

Birds Of A Feather

Series 2, Episode 1 - Getting A Grip

Overdue bills lead to the electricity being cut off. Garth has been fighting in school and the central heating is leaking. Roll on two useless plumbers, a pair of female plumbers who botch it up and one who couldn't give a firm time arriving just as the house begins to flood.

ITV3 logo. Credit: ITV
5:30am
(repeat)
Rising Damp. Rupert Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter). Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Rising Damp

Series 3, Episode 7 - Suddenly At Home

The house is plunged into confusion and mourning when Rigsby discovers basement tenant Mr Osborne, stiff as a board.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
5:30am
(repeat)
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully. Image shows from L to R: Uljabaan (Julian Rhind-Tutt), Lucy Alexander (Hannah Murray). Copyright: BBC

Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully

Series 1, Episode 4 - Little Green Lights

Uljabaan's superior officer Gryvook is coming for an assessment visit. Uljabaan is hoping to get the go-ahead to invade the rest of Earth - but first he has to prepare a welcome banquet.

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