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

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

Sunday May 1

STEPHEN BAILEY: ONE OF MANY: A stand-up show in which the comic considers changing his name to save confusion with the lightweight boxer who lost a fight to Conor McGregor, the investor with £84 million in the bank and Axel Rose's stepfather - all of whom are also called Stephen Bailey. Radio 4, 7.15pm

Monday May 2

COMEDIANS GIVING LECTURES: Michael Spicer on How To Lead When You Don’t Know What You’re Doing, Ken Cheng on Networking for Success and Alex Brooker on Why Most Parenting Advice Is Wrong. Dave 10pm

Thursday May 5

ROB & ROMESH VS THE WEST END: Mssrs Beckett and Ranganathan audition for roles in the Lion King musical as they see if they have what it takes to storm the London stage. Sky Max, 9pm

Friday May 6

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU: Richard Ayoade hosts BBC One, 9pm

THE OTHER ONE: After two years, a welcome return for Holly Walsh’s sitcom about two half-sisters Cathy (Ellie White) and Cat (Lauren Socha), who only discovered one another existed after their dad dropped dead - and he was exposed as a bigamist. Series two kicks off with them reeling from the news they also have a brother, Callum, and that Cathy just snogged him… Siobhan Finneran and Rebecca Front also star. BBC One, 9.30pm

LOVE LIFE: The American romcom anthology returns with two episodes, each one charting a different relationship that the lead character Marucs (William Jackson Harper) has over his life. BBC One, 10.40pm

SOHO THEATRE LIVE: A third series of the stand-up specials drops on Amazon’s Prime Video. The ten comedians featured are Mark Watson, Felicity Ward, Spencer Jones, Luisa Omielan, Suzi Ruffell, Michael Odewale, Olga Koch and Natalie Palamides, Alfie Brown and Anuvab Pal.

Saturday May 7

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD: Armando Iannucci’s sprightly version of the Charles Dickens novel stars Dev Patel, topping an all-star ensemble cast. Channel 4, 9.15pm

Published: 1 May 2022