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

Our pick of the week’s comedy on TV and radio.

Sunday October 6

ASHLEY BLAKER’S GOYISH GUIDE TO JUDAISM: Britain's only ultra-Orthodox stand-up comedian, returns with an insider's view of his religion. Radio 4, 7.15pm.

Monday October 7

MOTHERLAND: A welcome return for the BBC Two comedy, and there’s a new mum at the school gates - the super-organised high-flyer Meg (Tanya Moodie) who seems to have it all sorted. But does she really? The comedy also stars Philippa Dunne, Lucy Punch, Anna Maxwell Martin, Diane Morgan and Paul Ready. Read an interview with the creators here. BBC Two, 10pm

Tuesday October 8

ZOMBOAT: Together at last - zombies and narrowboats. In this silly-sounding new show, a zombie apocalypse is unleashed in Birmingham and sisters Kat and Jo, together with unlikely travel companions Sunny and Amar must flee for their lives by canal boat, which move just marginally faster than than the undead hordes. ITV2, 10pm

Wednesday October 9

COMEDIANS GIVING LECTURES: Ivo Graham, asks ‘what do babies think?’, Luke McQueen wonders ‘is time travel, especially into the past, possible?’ and Rachel Parris gives the audience tips on ‘really achieving your childhood dreams’. Dave, 10pm

RUSSELL HOWARD AND MUM: GLOBETROTTERS: Russell and Ninette Howard are back. Shot at the same times as the last series, the duo have further adventures in India, Japan, South Korea and Thailand as the travelogue returns. They start in Pushkar in India in search of spiritual enlightenment. Comedy Central, 10pm

Thursday October 10

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MOVIES: Alan Carr is back to host a second series of the movie panel show, with Jennifer Saunders taking over as team captain opposite Michael Sheen. Guests on this opener are Warwick Davis, Tom Davis and My Dad Wrote a Porno’s Alice Levine. Sky One, 9pm

ALONE: The return of the Radio 4 sitcom about five single, middle-aged neighbours living in flats in a converted house in North London, starring Angus Deayton, Pearce Quigle, Abigail Cruttenden, Kate Isitt and Bennett Arron, and written by Moray Hunter. Radio 4, 6.30pm

Published: 6 Oct 2019