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Schedule Tuesday 20th May 2025

ITV2 logo. Credit: ITV 6:55am
15 min
Mr Bean. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Mr Bean

Series 4, Episode 11

Animated version of Rowan Atkinson's comic creation.

Talking Pictures TV 11:35am (repeat)
Nearest And Dearest. Image shows from L to R: Eli Pledge (Jimmy Jewel), Nellie Pledge (Hylda Baker). Copyright: Hammer Film Productions

Nearest And Dearest

Spin-off from Granada's popular television sitcom about siblings Nellie and Eli Pledge running a pickle factory.

Comedy Central 12pm (repeat)
Guessable?. Sara Pascoe. Copyright: Tuesday's Child

Guessable?

Series 2, Episode 7

Sara Pascoe, alongside team captains Alan Davies and Darren Harriott, welcome Jamie Laing, Emily Atack, Jason Manford, and Rose Matafeo into the loft to play guessing games.

Talking Pictures TV 1:20pm (repeat)
Make Me An Offer!. Image shows from L to R: Sir John (Ernest Thesiger), Charlie (Peter Finch)

Make Me An Offer!

A hard-up antique porcelain dealer attempts to pull off the purchase of a lifetime in search of a near-mythical piece of Wedgwood.

Radio 4 1:45pm
15 min
Mary Bourke

Mary Bourke: Who Cares?

Episode 2

Irish comic Mary Bourke presents a brutally funny look at the world of being a carer.

Talking Pictures TV 3:20pm (repeat)
The History Of Mr Polly

The History Of Mr Polly

A small shopkeeper rebels against his wife, uses the opportunity to escape when the shop is burnt down and takes a job at a pub for the rest of his days.

Comedy Central Extra 4pm (repeat)
Guessable?. Sara Pascoe. Copyright: Tuesday's Child

Guessable?

Series 2, Episode 7

Sara Pascoe, alongside team captains Alan Davies and Darren Harriott, welcome Jamie Laing, Emily Atack, Jason Manford, and Rose Matafeo into the loft to play guessing games.

Film4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 4:35pm (repeat)
The Admirable Crichton. Image shows left to right: Bill Crichton (Kenneth More), Eliza Tweeny (Diane Cilento). Credit: Columbia Pictures

The Admirable Crichton

1957 film based on J M Barrie's play. Kenneth More stars as butler to a family who find themselves shipwrecked on a desert island.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Unspeakable. Image shows left to right: Phil Wang, Susie Dent

Unspeakable

Series 2, Episode 2 - Curiosity Should Have Got A Dog

Phil Wang and Susie Dent challenge guests to invent new words to help create the new ultimate Unspeakable dictionary. With special guests Rhys James, Jessica Knappett and Griff Rhys Jones.

Comedy Central 9pm (repeat)
Michael McIntyre's Showtime. Michael McIntyre. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

Michael McIntyre's Showtime

TV broadcast of Michael McIntyre's number one best-selling 2012 stand-up DVD.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 12:05am (repeat)
Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Rosie Ramsey, Jason Mantzoukas, Greg Davies, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Mathew Baynton, Stevie Martin, Alex Horne

Taskmaster

Series 19, Episode 3 - My Presumably Scrotum

The contestants are released from the Taskmaster grounds to explore an old abbey, but Fatiha El-Ghorri is concerned about the aggressive waterfowl. Despite Rosie Ramsey going flying, Stevie Martin attempting art with a duck and Jason Mantzoukas finding a new moustache, it's Mathew Baynton crawling through a corridor that causes the largest commotion.

4seven logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 2:20am (repeat)
Taskmaster. Image shows left to right: Rosie Ramsey, Jason Mantzoukas, Greg Davies, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Mathew Baynton, Stevie Martin, Alex Horne

Taskmaster

Series 19, Episode 3 - My Presumably Scrotum

The contestants are released from the Taskmaster grounds to explore an old abbey, but Fatiha El-Ghorri is concerned about the aggressive waterfowl. Despite Rosie Ramsey going flying, Stevie Martin attempting art with a duck and Jason Mantzoukas finding a new moustache, it's Mathew Baynton crawling through a corridor that causes the largest commotion.

Comedy Central 2:45am (repeat)
Comedy Central Live. Image shows left to right: Fatiha El-Ghorri, Rosie Jones, Lee Ridley, Ivo Graham, Thanyia Moore, Abi Clarke, Aurie Styla, Suzi Ruffell

Comedy Central Live

CC Live: Stand Up Shorts 2024, Episode 6

Fresh stand-up from four of the UK's hottest comics. Josh Jones, Yuriko Kotani, John Tothill and Chantel Nash discuss scaring people on trains, working in Japan and terrifying schoolkids.

Comedy Central Extra 2:55am (repeat)
The Ricky Gervais Show. Image shows from L to R: Stephen Merchant, Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais. Copyright: Media Rights Capital / Wildbrain

The Ricky Gervais Show

Series 1, Episode 9

Storylines from this episode include: talking to animals; Chinese inventions; Karl's dancing classes; and the weekly Monkey News.

Comedy Central Extra 3:20am (repeat)
The Ricky Gervais Show. Image shows from L to R: Stephen Merchant, Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais. Copyright: Media Rights Capital / Wildbrain

The Ricky Gervais Show

Series 1, Episode 10

Storylines from this episode include: Karl's views on the National Curriculum; dishwashers on Mars; the human appendix; and a chimp doctor in Monkey News.

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