The week's best comedy on TV and radio

Here's our pick of the best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on-demand this week:

Monday February 14

ALI WONG: DON WONG: Released for Valentine's Day, Ali Wong uses her third Netflix comedy special to reveal her wildest fantasies, the challenges of monogamy, and how she really feels about single people. Filmed at The Count Basie Theatre in New Jersey, it's available from 8am.

THE STAND UP SKETCH SHOW: Tonight's routines come from Tom Ward, Suzi Ruffell, Nigel Ng, Carl Hutchison, Nabil Abdulrashid, Olga Koch, Jack Barry and Joel Dommett. ITV2, 10pm.

ELIS AND JOHN'S VALENVIBE'S DAY: Elis James and John Robins are lighting some candles, cracking open their finest bottle of Tribute and inviting a bunch of comedy pals to a romantic dinner, based around stories of dating disaster. This live-streamed gig kicks off at 8pm. Tickets.

Tuesday February 15

MEL GEIDROYC: UNFORGIVABLE: Tonight, Katherine Ryan brings her baby to work and spills the beans on her prom night, Drag Race star Bimini Bon Boulas reveals what happens after too many vodkas and Toussaint Douglass explains why you should never accept chicken from strangers… Dave, 10pm

IN THE MOMENT: A repeat airing for this 2015 documentary in which Stewart Lee explores his love of musical free improvisation, a genre 'beloved by its fans and baffling to its detractors'. Radio 4 Extra, 2.30pm.

Wednesday February 16

BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN: Sacha Baron Cohen's satire lands on Amazon Prime Video.

Thursday February 17

EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPES WITH Sandi Toksvig: The travelogue returns, with Sarah Millican as the guest in the first episode. The pair head to Devon, staying in a Scandi-inspired retreat ingeniously built into a hillside, visiting the wilds of Exmoor, and sharing 'unexpected facts on supersized ocean penises'. Channel 4, 9pm

Friday February 18

THE MARVELOUS MRS MAISEL: Rachel Brosnahan returns as the pioneering stand-up trying to be taken in a male-dominated world, with the storyline of the acclaimed comedy now entering the 1960s for the Covid-delayed fourth series, which starts on Amazon's Prime Video platform today. Two new episodes will be released every Friday and the new season includes guest appearances from Kelly Bishop, Milo Ventimiglia, John Waters, and Jason Alexander.

LOL: LAST ONE LAUGHING CANADA: Also arriving on Prime Video today is this reality show in which a coterie of comedians are locked in a house together. And if they laugh, they get evicted. Those taking part are Mae Martin, Tom Green, Caroline Rhea, Colin Mochrie Debra DiGiovanni, Jonathan Lajoie, Brandon Ash Mohammed, Andrew Phung, K. Trevor Wilson and Dave Foley from The Kids In The Hall sketch troupe.

SPACE FORCE: Steve Carell returns for the second series of this Netflix team, with General Naird and his underdog team having to prove their worth to a new administration. Ten more episodes of Greg Daniels' comedy will drop today with a supporting cast that includes John Malkovich and Parks and Red's Ben Schwartz.

WOULD I LIE TO YOU?: Tonight's guests are Rhod Gilbert, Rosie Jones, Jamali Maddix and Victoria Derbyshire. BBC One, 8pm

THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW: Guests include Dawn French, whose in the new Death On The Nile movie, and Rob Beckett, who just announced two arena dates for the Parenting Hell podcast he makes with Josh Widdicombe. BBC One, 10.35pm

BILL BAILEY: LARKS IN TRANSIT: A repeat showing of his stand-up show recorded at the Royal Opera House in London last year. BBC One, 11.20pm

CHRIS MARTIN: ALL OVER THE PLACE: The British comedian - not the Coldplay frontman, obviously – eleases his first comedy album, based around his experiences relocating to California - 'giving up bad weather and bad customer service, for sunshine and gun crime'. You can order it here

Saturday February 19

PAUL SINHA'S TV SHOWDOWN: The TV-themed comedy quiz show returns with team captains Fay Ripley and Rob Beckett joined by Katherine Ryan, Denise Lewis, Gregg Wallace and Big Zuu. ITV, 9.40pm

Published: 13 Feb 2022