Thank goodness for Bellamy's People and its 8-episode-instead-of-6-episode season! Pure character comedy, nothing on telly makes me giggle quite so much as this at the moment, and I'm not sure it's getting the recognition it deserves. A conversation about the show recently had me fighting with myself over which is my favourite character (white van man? old Humphrey Milner who's right about everything? the "reformed" criminal? every one Felix Dexter plays?) and which is my favourite performer (Lucy Montgomery is rather special, it has to be said). It's nothing ground-breaking, and not everything works, but it's impeccably performed, and it has a lovely tone about it.

Anyone who's seen Miranda and The Persuasionists can be forgiven for thinking the BBC only commissions resolutely mirth-free stinkers in its comedy slots - so thank goodness for this morsel. It's not reinventing the spoof-doc wheel but there are some nice moments on this show each week. Today's theme is religion, with commentators wondering how there can be a God if he allows people to fail food hygiene tests.

Bellamy's Babes: Hot Pot News Flash

I sent Gary a hot pot in the post. I reckon it must be hard work being The World's Sexiest Man (as voted by me! Tee hee!) plus all that filming must take it out of him. He could do with a good meal. I wrote "This Way Up" on the box so I hope Mr Postie doesn't spill any.

Bellamy's Babes: Vally Day

Hey oop! I've gone all bonkers this week what with it being Vally Day (Patricia Webb's fave day of the week). I wonder how Gary spent Valentine's Day?

Just how many characters do Whitehouse, Higson and co have up their sleeves? Last week saw this BBC2 comedy really hit its groove, with a theme of what makes Britain "great" bringing shape to largely improvised comedy. Whitehouse channelled Jon Gaunt for his rent-a-gob DJ and Higson introduced his testy history professor, both playing brilliant off Rhys Thomas' straight man. But the underrated Felix Dexter and Simon Day are this show's unsung heroes - the latter's Alan Bennettpesque poet's verse on "ethnic" cuisine was both laugh-out-loud funny and oddly poignant.

This strange sketch show - featuring ex-Fast Show actors Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson and Simon Day being "interviewed" in a variety of different personas - continues. There is rather a lot of forgettable material with one or two edgily funny gems, such as a vociferous argument between a nationalistic British plasterer called Martin Hole (Whitehouse) and an African traffic warden (Felix Dexter) who wants him to move his van.

Bellamy's people aren't on fabulous form tonight. There are still lovely moments, many of them revolving around forgetful pensioner Humphrey Milner (Charlie Higson), but most of the sketches never quite achieve lift-off. When, for instance, Gary gets out of his depth with lairy good-time girl Tulsa Kensgrove and her gang of mates out clubbing in Watford, you keep waiting for the flash of satire to break through the squealing, but it never does. It's well performed, but shows like BBC3's Pulling have made women's drunken banter funnier. Paul Whitehouse is still on good form: his "sixties bad boy" Ian Craig Oldman tells a story of youthful debauchery that sounds like a racier, younger Rowley Birkin QC from The Fast Show. Then his patriotic plasterer Martin Hole gets into an argument with a parking warden (Felix Dexter) and the show breaks off in a whole new direction.

Not the best of the satirical run but bound to raise a wry smile or two. This week, we find Bellamy (Rhys Thomas) hitting the road to investigate what has happened to the United Kingdom's reputation for good manners.

Interviews with the usual Little Britain-ish characters culminate in a toe-curling ­showdown between Paul Whitehouse's England-shorts wearing painter and decorator Martin Hole - and an aggrieved traffic warden.

Bellamy's Babes: Being British

"Last week on Bellamy's People they were all talking about what it means to be British. Well, I'm really proud to be British. I love the Queen see. I've asked to run her website an all. I've got some great ideas for it."

Bellamy's Babes Cake Bake

Last night Julie and me got our whisks out and each baked cakes with Gary's face on. I did one of Gary in his pants. Swooooooon! Julie asked if she could eat Gary's pants and do you know what? We didn't stop laughing for a good hour.