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Schedule Saturday 31st May 2025

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 8pm
35 min
Blankety Blank. Image shows left to right: Richard Ayoade, Janet Street-Porter

Blankety Blank

Series 21, Episode 6

Bradley Walsh hosts the comedy quiz show, with panellists Sue Perkins, Ashley Roberts, John Barnes, Richard Ayoade, Janet Street-Porter and Guz Khan filling in the missing blanks to help win some brilliant prizes for the contestants.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 9:20pm
See How They Run. Image shows from L to R: Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell), Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan)

See How They Run

When a film director is murdered, a world-weary inspector and rookie constable find themselves in the midst of a puzzling whodunit.

Channel 5 logo 9:30pm
85 min
Fawlty Towers. Image shows from L to R: Manuel (Andrew Sachs), Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), Sybil Fawlty (Prunella Scales), Polly (Connie Booth). Copyright: BBC

Fawlty Towers: A Very British Comedy

Created by John Cleese and Connie Booth, Fawlty Towers reached heights of popularity few shows at the time could rival. So, why does it only exist in a recut, sanitised and edited form, with some of the original scenes deleted? This programme looks at controversies surrounding the classic comedy, examining its sometimes uncomfortable place in the modern world, using deleted scenes and archival interviews to piece together the story of how a sitcom that seemed untouchable in the 1970s came to be viewed through a more critical lens.

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