The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

The week's comedy on radio and TV:

Monday October  16

HOW TO BE CHAMPION: Sarah Millican reads from her memoir – the current Sunday Times No1 bestseller – on Radio 4 at 10.45am every day, as it’s the stations Book Of The Week. Read our review of the book itself here.

Tuesday October  17

FRED AT THE STAND: Fred MacAulay introduces a line-up of stand-up comedy, pure and simple, recorded at The Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh. The first of six episodes features John Hastings, Sindhu Vee, Susie McCabe and Gary Delaney. Radio 4, 11pm

BROAD CITY The acclaimed US comedy returns to Comedy Central for its fourth season, which starts with a Epson that runs along two different timelines which reveal alternate scenarios of how Abbi and Ilana first met  in 2011. 11pm

THE MIDDLE: Another returning US series, The Middle begins its ninth and final season as the semi-dysfunctional Hecks a struggle with home life, raising children and work. 9pm

Thursday October 19

JOHN BISHOP IN CONVERSATION WITH…: John Cleese is his guest this week. W, 9pm

Friday October 20

TRAVEL MAN: 48 HOURS IN ROME: Richard Ayoade’s travel series returns, with  Matt Lucas his first guest. When in Rome… they visit the city’s oldest hat shop, take a guided tour in vintage Fiat 500 cars, peep through the Aventine Keyhole, and visit a gladiator school where they practice ancient Roman sword skills. Channel 4, 8:30pm

Published: 15 Oct 2017