Mike Bubbins' 1970s timewarp

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 8

MIKE BUBBINS: RETROSEXUAL: This week’s half-hour Radio 4 comedy special comes from the Welsh stand-up who dresses like he lives in the 1970s, lives in a house that looks like a 1970s film set, and drives a 1970s Ford Cortina. Radio 4, 7.15pm

Monday May 9

COMEDIANS GIVING LECTURES: Rhys James on I Stalk Strangers Online, Huge Davies on What Every Pro Musician Needs To Know and Sally Phillips on The Power of Uncertainty. Dave 10pm

BRITAIN’S TOP TAKEAWAYS Comic Darren Harriott gets a big break hosting this new self-explanatory reality series with Sara Cox. BBC Two, 8pm

Wednesday May 11

INSIDE NO 9: Nine Lives Cat. Sophie Okonedo stars as hard-as-nails Detective Inspector Katrina, a divorcee and single mum, who is determined to crack the case of the missing boy. But there’s also her drinking, her love life and her inner demons… BBC Two, 10pm

Thursday May 12

BLINDSIDED: Blind comedian Jamie MacDonald describes the trials of relocating from Glasgow to Sheffield during the Covid 19 pandemic lockdown in this comedy drama. Radio 4 Extra, 10.30pm

ROB & ROMESH VS: The pair try to run a restaurant in this two-parter, after getting some help from chef Tom Kerridge. Sky Max 9pm

Friday May 13

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU: Anna Maxwell Martin hosts with Chris McCausland on the panel. BBC One, 9pm

BELIEVE IT: A sixth series of Jon Canter's fake biography of Richard Wilson, with David Tennant starring in this first episode. Radio 4, 10.30am.

LET'S MAKE A LOVE SCENE: Comedian Ellie Taylor presents this new series in which singletons who are looking for love try to recreate the sexual chemistry of iconic sex scenes from the movies, coached by a top intimacy co-ordinator. Channel 4, 10pm

SENIOR YEAR: Rebel Wilson stars in this new Netflix comedy movie about a woman in her late 30s waking up after a 20-year coma and returning to high school.