The week's new comedy on TV and radio

This week's selection of comedy on radio and TV offers slim pickings as broadcasters start running out of new content made pre-lockdown…

Tuesday June 23

INSECURE: The fourth series of Issa Rae’s follow-up to her hugely successful web series Awkward Black Girl lands in the UK a few days after its American run ended on HBO, winning plaudits from critics. Aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes surmised of the show: ‘Insecure continues to be one of the funniest, warmest, and most beautifully-shot comedies [on TV]’. Sky Comedy, 9pm.

IDA BARR: ARTIFICIAL HIP HOP: Christopher Green stars as East End music hall artiste, OAP and rap star Ida Barr in this rerun from 2010.  Radio 4 Extra, 11pm

Wednesday June 24

RUDY’S RARE RECORDS: Lenny Henry stars in this repeat run of the father-and-son comedy set in the finest old-school record shop in Birmingham, which first aired on Radio 4 in 2009. Radio 4 Extra, 10.30am

Thursday June 25

KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS: Alec Guinness plays nine characters in the classic 1949 Ealing comedy about a disinherited heir to a dukedom who murders the eight people ahead of him in succession to the title.Talking Pictures TV, 2.30pm

Published: 21 Jun 2020