Another Prime mess...

Stan & Ollie come to Amazon, and the rest of the week's comedy on demand...

The week's new comedy on demand…

Stan & Ollie

A treat for Amazon Prime subscribers as the acclaimed biopic starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as Hollywood's greatest comedy double act arrives on the platform for free, just a few months after it hit cinemas. Read our review here and watch it here

The Good Place

If you've watched any of this sitcom you won't need telling twice about its return for a fourth and final series, with episodes being released on Netflix weekly, as they air in the US. We start with Eleanor in charge as the architect, welcoming newly deceased humans to the neighbourhood including a dull Norwegian named Linda and an idiot named Brent – showing how far she's come since being a newcomer herself all those episodes ago...

Watch here – and here is a preview scene:

FT Culture Call

Sara Pascoe joins the newspaper's weekly arts podcast to talk about sex, power and money – as discussed in her new book on the topics. In the interview, she's asked how evolutionary biology shapes our attitudes towards desire and whether it is always possible to confront your own prejudice. Listen here

That's Life

Comedian Simon Evans is the first guest on this new podcast from right-leaning news magazine The Spectator hosted by journalist Benedict Spence and Andy Shaw, co-founder of London's 'free speech' comedy club Comedy Unleashed. Though being a topical show in these frenzied times, it already feels dated, a couple of days after it's recorded – as the team have to acknowledge.Listen here.

The XYZ Show: Kenya's Satirical Puppets

This is a happy coincidence given the renewed talks of a Spitting Image revival. Earlier this week the BBC World Service took a look at how the African nation's version of the show is put together, made under an environment where press freedom is limited. Listen on BBC Sounds.

Fugget About It

This Canadian adult animated series, which ran from 2012 to 2016, is now on Amazon Prime. It follows a New York City Mafia capo (Jimmy Falcone) who moves to Regina, Saskatchewan, as part of the Witness Protection Programme because he killed his mob boss… and doesn't exactly fitting in with the locals. Watch all three seasons here, or check out the trailer below: