The best TV and radio comedy of the week

The week's best comedy on TV and radio.

Monday March 6

HOW'D YOU GET SO RICH? Katherine Ryan meets the super-wealthy, finding herself in fascinated awe about their moolah. This first episode focuses on self-made millionaires, so at least there's some graft behind the privilege and the excess. Channel 4, 10pm

Tuesday March 7

INSIDE NO 9: This week's story is set in the booth of a karaoke club as Roger (Steve Pemberton) celebrates his promotion. Empty Orchestra - the literal translation of 'karaoke' - co-stars Javone Prince, Tamzin Outhwaite and Sarah Hadland, and in a recent interview Pemberton proclaimed this all-singing episode to be his favourite of the run.

Wednesday March 8

SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT WITH Nish Kumar: Going to a full six-part series following a successful pilot last year, this topical comedy show promises an 'in-depth look at the biggest stories from the past seven days'. So there should be plenty to talk about; and it's recorded on the day of transmission for extra relevance. It also stars Sarah Campbell. Radio 4, 11pm

Thursday March 9

SUSAN CALMAN: THE COUNTRY OF COMEDY: The comic offers a guide to the laughs within country music as part of a four-day Radio 2 celebration of the genre. An avowed fan of country, she shares some of the witty titles and one-liners of the songwriters,as well as considering the comic way they approach their subjects. Radio 2, 10pm

Saturday March 11

PARODY PLEASE: A radio show about radio shows about radio shows. 4 Extra gets introspective as well as retrospective as Charlotte Green, Sandi Toksvig, Lyse Doucet, Jan Ravens and Ruth from The Archers co-present this three-hour exploration of radio parodies. It features the likes of Band Waggon, The Private Life Of Hilda Tablet, Delve Special, Radio Active, Down The Line, People Like Us, Dead Ringers, and the unexpected late-night phone-in contributions of Sven the Norwegian, aka Peter Cook.Radio 4 Extra, 9am

Published: 5 Mar 2017