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Here’s our pick of the best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on-demand this week:
Monday February 28
THE STAND UP SKETCH SHOW: Tonight’s line-up is Amy Gledhill, Lily Phillips, Michael Akadiri, Seann Walsh, Glenn Moore, Dane Baptiste, Ania Magliano and Jack Barry. ITV2, 10pm
RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES: This week’s contestants are comedians Sara Barron, Sanjeev Kohli, Josie Long - plus Masterchef’s Gregg Wallace. BBC Two, 6pm
Tuesday March 1
MEL GIEDROYC: UNFORGIVABLE: Rob Beckett dishes the dirt about a date that went wrong, Scarlett Moffatt reveals what happens when you take her on a girls’ holiday and Paul Chowdhry tells us why gigging isn’t always a laugh.Dave, 10pm
Wednesday March 2
CONVERSATIONS FROM A LONG MARRIAGE: Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam return with the third series of Jan Etherington’s award-winning comedy about a long-married couple in love with life and each other. Most of the time.Radio 4, 6.30pm
Thursday March 3
MEET THE RICHARDSONS: Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont return, playing exaggerated versions of themselves. And in this series they’ve moved to Leeds where they find they are no longer the golden couple. Bernie Clifton, Johnny Vegas, Matt Forde and Jessica Knappett return among other celebrity guests including David and Georgia Tennant, Russell Kane, Joel Dommett, Jed and Mercurio. Read an interview with the pair here. Dave, 10pm
Friday March 4
LUCY AND DESI: Directed by Amy Poehler, this new Amazon Original documentary explores the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment history, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, who founded the production company Desilu to sell their sitcom I Love Lucy to the networks.
Published: 27 Feb 2022