This week's best comedy shows on demand

This week's best comedy shows on demand.

Great Lives: Andy Kaufman

Iain Lee champions the comic and ultimate prankster in the latest episode of Radio 4's long-running biographical series. He believes Kaufman was a genius, while Matthew Parris draws his own conclusions about the comedian's extraordinary life, from Elvis impersonator to  unlikely primetime sitcom star to intergender wrestler. The only problem is the lack of copyright-cleared clips of Kaufman's extraordinary body of work. Listen here

F is For Family

Bill Burr's 1970s-set animated comedy is back for a second series, with the comic playing a browbeaten suburban dad struggling to provide for his family in a life of constant disappointment. Series two starts with his character, Frank, out of work and wife  Sue, played by Laura Dern becoming the breadwinner. That's the dramatic core of the show, while much of the comedy comes from the family's abrasive exchanges with each other. Watch here

Sarah Silverman: A Speck Of Dust

The controversial comic is winning plaudits for her first stand-up special in four years, for displaying a new maturity. Transgressive lines that made her name now that go beyond simple, if brutal, shock value to form part of a wider conversation, often about gender politics, in this relatively intimate performance. Watch here.

The Blame Game

John Bishop made his first ever TV appearance on BBC Northern Ireland panel show The Blame Game. And last night he made a return to the show, joining host Tim McGarry and panellists  Colin Murphy,  Jake O'Kane and Neil Delamere. Watch on iPlayer here.

Jim Jefferies: Bare

The Australian's late-night show kicks off on Comedy Central in the US this week. Ready yourself by listening to his unabashedly crude 2014 special, streaming now on Spotify. Our origial review is here

Published: 3 Jun 2017