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

The week’s comedy on TV and radio.

Sunday June 9

ROB DELANEY: The comedian and Catastrophe joins 6 Music for a run of two-hour Sunday afternoon shows from now until July 14, when Martin Freeman will take over. Delaney says: 'Whether you listen to music while you make dinner, widgets or perhaps even love, I hope you'll do so to my powerful rhythms.' 6 Music, 2pm

Monday June 10

YEAR OF THE RABBIT: Matt Berry is back on Channel 4 - though he can also be seen on What We Do In The Shadows on BBC Two of a Sunday night - with this six-part comedy cop procedural, set in the dark heart of Victorian London. There's an interview with Berry here and his co-star Susan Wokoma here. Channel 4, 10pm. Here are the first ten minutes:

BLACK-ISH: The acclaimed US comedy about an upper middle class African-American family, which doesn't fight shy of addressing controversial issues within the constraints of a conventional sitcom, returns for a fifth series, with episodes stripped in this same timeslot across the week. E4, 7.30pm

Tuesday June 11

HERESEY: Victoria Coren Mitchell retuns for a new six-part series of the panel show. Radio 4, 6.30pm

THE Ricky Gervais SHOW: Originally made for E4 from 2010 to 2012, this series added animation to the early hit podcast from Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. It now gets a repeat run on Comedy Central, starting with a debate about the merits of 20th Century inventions. Comedy Central, 10pm

Wednesday June 12

THE CLEMMIE HART YEARS A one-off show telling the true story of how Anneka Rice was fired by her agent after she refused to appear on a cookery show alongside the former Blue Peter presenter Mark Curry, to be called Curry and Rice. Needing someone to turn down work on her behalf without causing offence, Anneka invented a fictional agent called Clemmie Hart. In this show, Anneka finally confesses to the lie which had the showbiz world fooled. Radio 4, 11.30am

COMEDY CENTRAL LIVE Luisa Omielan gets this week's half-hour stand-up slot, in which she tackles Brexit and dating. Comedy Central, 10.30pm

Friday June 14

NATHAN FOR YOU: This inventive US show returns for its fourth and final season as Nathan Fielder offers his unconventional business ideas to struggling businesses. In this opening episode he stages an elaborate stunt to make it seem like Seinfeld star Michael Richards left a $10,000 tip at a deli. Comedy Central, 11pm

THE LAST LEG: Sean Lock and presenter Maya Jam are the guests. Channel 4, 10pm

Published: 9 Jun 2019