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

The week's best comedy on TV and radio…

Sunday October 28

INSIDE No 9 LIVE: Easily the programme of the week, as Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and guest star Stephanie Cole perform a special live episode of their brilliant anthology for Halloween. Pemberton plays Arthur Flitwick, who finds an old mobile phone in his local graveyard and tries to contact the owner, plunging him into a nightmare of his own making. BBC Two, 10pm

Tuesday October 30

THE RELUCTANT LANDLORD:Romesh Ranganathan's semi-autobiographical comedy arrives on Sky, with the comic playing a man forced to run the pub he inherited from his father, even though he'd rather be following his dreams of being a hip-hop DJ. Sian Gibson plays his wife Natasha and Nick Helm is the barfly Lemon. A second series has already been commissioned. There's an interview with Ranganathan about the series here. Sky1, 10pm

BRITAIN IN BITS WITH Ross Noble: A surreal magazine show featuring celebrity guests and stories from around Britain, which may or may not be entirely true, such as Boulangerie du Honte (Boulangerie Of Shame), a prequel to Les Miserables apparently set to make a splash in the West End. Fern Britton is his guest in episode one while comics Emma Sidi and George Fouracres are among those offering support. Radio 4, 11pm

Wednesday October 31

NURSE: Paul Whitehouse's comedy returns for a third Radio 4 series two years after the last (and three years after its BBC Two outing). As always, The Fast Show comic plays a number of patients being visited by community mental health nurse Elizabeth (Esther Coles) with Rosie Cavaliero, Cecilia Noble and Simon Day in supporting roles. Radio 4, 11pm

ROB DELANEY'S STAND UP CENTRAL Luisa Omielan and Ahir Shah are the guests on this week's showcase. Comedy Central, 10pm.

THE TUCKERS: This pilot of a new sitcom is presented as part of BBC Wales's Festival of Funny. Written by and starring Steve Speirs - who plays Richard Burbage in Upstart Crow - it, follows the trials and tribulations of a close-knit extended family who they strive to earn a living, not always in the most honourable of ways. BBC One Wales, 10.40pm.