The comedy week ahead

The comedy week ahead…

Sunday June 19

LIVE IN LONDON: David Cross continues his Making America Great Again! Tour at the Forum in Kentish Town. He's also at the Union Chapel in Islington on Tuesday, the Birmingham O2 Institute on Wednesday and the O2 Academy in Leeds on Thursday.

RADIO: The Now Show present a referendum special, EU & Yours, recorded just hours before broadcast with the usual team of Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis, Jon Holmes and Mitch Benn. Radio 4, 7.15pm

Tuesday June 21

TV: Taskmaster is back. The challenge show in which Greg Davies and Alex Horne put the ingenuity of ultra-competitive comedians to the test returns with Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan, Joe Wilkinson, Doc Brown and Richard Osman tackling such esoteric challenges as throwing potatoes into holes to concealing pineapples. And some that don't involve items from the fruit and veg aisle. Dave, 10pm

Wednesday June 22

TV: As the EU referendum campaigns come to a climax, the Power Monkeys team should have plenty to sink their satirical teeth into - if not much time to do so. Two super-topical episodes air this week: One tonight at 10.35pm and one post-result at 10pm on Friday.

Thursday June 23

RADIO: Welcome To Wherever You Are is billed as a 'truly global stand-up show', in which comedians perform from wherever on the planet they happen to be, via high quality phone lines and internet video, to a live audience in the BBC Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House, London, who are presumably feeling short-changed that they're just watch a comic via Skype. The show is hosted by Andrew Maxwell and features Sakdiyah Ma'ruf in Jakarta, Igor Meerson in St Petersburg and Guy Branum Los Angeles. Radio 4, 6.30pm.

LIVE IN LONDON: Always brilliant James Acaster presents his new show, Reset, at the Udderbelly. Read our review from the Melbourne comedy festival here.

LIVE IN HITCHIN Fans of high-energy comedy look elsewhere, as two of stand-up's slowest burners, Stewart Lee and Norman Lovett, share a bill at The Sun Hotel.

LIVE IN CANTERBURY: An appealing mix at the Marlowe Theatre blends smartypants stand-up from Rhys James, superior, camp commentary from Tom Allen, and absurdist brilliance from Spencer Jones.

Friday June 24

TV: Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe take a look at the referendum result in an earlier-than-usual broadcast of The Last Leg. Channel 4. 9pm, followed by the week's second visit to the Power Monkeys.

ON DEMAND: Aptly enough for the Euro 16 tournament - on a brief pause tonight - Frank Skinner is reunited with David Baddiel for this week's edition of On Demand With…, the weekly round-up of favourite programmes from the BBC's vast iPlayer offering. The programme should be available from about 10am.

LIVE IN MANCHESTER: Get away from all the post-referendum yakking with Chortle's first Fast Fringe in Manchester, unbeatable for variety for a packed bill that has Justin Moorhouse introduce Carey Marx, Phil Elis, Laurence Clark, Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Harriet Dyer, Scarlet SoHandsome, Adam Rowe,James Meehan, Daniel Nicholas, Gary From Leeds, Angus Dunican, Jo Coffey, The Sketch Men, Will Duggan, Climbing Uphill, Christian Talbot, John Pendal, Nick Elleray, Liz Miele, Brennan Reece, Gemma Layton, James & Seaburn, Andy Field and Wayne Carter. Tickets.

LIVE IN LEICESTER: Milton Jones is the big draw at the Just The Tonic night at Hansom Hall, but there's also a strong supporting bill with the shy Matt Reed, the far-from-shy Craig Hill and musical comic Kate Lucas. Hill and Jones are also at the club's Nottingham venue, with ironically brash multimedia comic David Trent.

LIVE IN DUBLIN: Fresh off the back of their latest batch of sketches and studio discussions for Euro 16, the Apres Match team of Barry Murphy, Risteárd Cooper and Gary Cooke return to the live stage for a gig at Vicar Street. Here is their take on yesterday's Ireland vs Belgium clash.

Saturday June 25

LIVE IN LONDON: An unusual night of comics rarely seen in the UK as the Copper Box Arena in Stratford's Olympic Park hosts an African Comedy Festival featuring Tumi Morake, Gordons, Eric Omondi, DKB, Meskerem Bekele, Alex Muhangi, GH Wiilwaal, Learnmore "Long John" Mwanyenyeka, Brother Franklyn, Prince Hezekiah, MOG (Man Of God)

LIVE IN LONDON: The Comedy Loft in Camden - the former Jongleurs - hosts a strong bill including sharp-minded Adam Bloom and James Acaster tonight.

• For full listings, use the pull-down menus at the top of the page to see what's on near you on any given day.

Published: 19 Jun 2016