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

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

Sunday November 10

SEAN’S LAST SHOW: On what would have been Sean Hughes’ 54th birthday, had he not died in October 2017, Radio 4 Extra broadcasts the comedian’s final recording - a stand-up performance recorded in February 2016 at The Project Arts Centre in Dublin. Radio 4 Extra, 10pm

THE LAST DAYS OF Michael Legge: This week’s Radio 4 comedy special comes from a stand-up who only wants people to be thoughtful and respectful towards others. But after encountering litterbugs and people who play music too loudly, he ends up losing his temper, then his mind… Radio 4, 7.15pm.

Monday November 11

DAVE GORMAN: TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY: Jimmy Carr, Cariad Lloyd and Phill Jupitus are this week’s guests Dave, 10pm

Tuesday November 12

THE COCKFIELDS: Joe Wilkinson, Diane Morgan, Sue Johnston, Bobby Ball, Nigel Havers and Sarah Parish star in this new three-part sitcom. Stripped over three nights, it tells of Simon's (Wilkinson) 40th birthday party, for which he's taken his new girlfriend Donna ( Morgan) back home to the Isle of Wight for the first time to spend a long weekend with his doting mother Sue (Johnston), her small-minded husband Ray ( Ball) and celebrity-obsessed stepbrother David (Ben Rufus Green). But Simon's father Larry (Havers) and his new girlfriend Melissa ( Parish) are creating tension. Wilkinson also wrote the show with David Earl, the character comic known as Brian Gittins on the circuit. Gold, 10pm

LIVE AT THE APOLLO: Tonight’s comedians are Lou Sanders, Alex Edelman and host Sindhu Vee. BBC Two, 10pm

TOM WRIGGLEWORTH’S HANG-UPS: The sitcom, told via phone calls home, returns after a three-year absence, with Tom now coping with newborn twins Meanwhile, in a story ripped from the headlines, Mum fights on behalf of Sheffield's trees Radio 4, 6.30pm

Friday November 15

TAKESHI’S CASTLE: Guz Khan joins the Japanese physical game show to commentate on its seventh season. He’ll be joined by a different guest each week - Basil Brush and Joey Essex on this opening double bill. Comedy Central, 9pm.

Published: 10 Nov 2019