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:

Monday August 1

I DIDN’T KNOW YOU CARED: This largely forgotten sitcom hasn’t been on TV for 26 years, but is now being revived by the Gold channel. Set in a working-class household in South Yorkshire, and written by Peter Tinniswood, it originally ran for four series in the late 1970s. Stars include Stephen Rea, Liz Smith and Robin Bailey. Gold 1.20pm

Tuesday August 2

NORMAN WISDOM: A LIFE: The comedy star talks to Paul Ross about his childhood, the challenges he faced both on and off screen and his professional life in his documentary, made in 2004. Talking Pictures TV, 1.40pm

Thursday August 4

CODE 404: Daniel Mays and Stephen Graham are back as the AI-enhanced ‘supercop’ DI John Major and his long-suffering partner DI Roy Carver, along with Anna Maxwell Martin, Rosie Cavaliero, Michelle Greenidge, Richard Gadd, Amanda Payton, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Michael Armstrong. This series also introduces to the cast Vinette Robinson as Professor McAllister and Daniel Lawrence Taylor as journalist Searle. When one of SIU’s own is murdered, Major and Carver become hell-bent on solving the case and proving their worth. But it’s bigger than they thought. Forensic psychologist Professor McAllister is brought in to work the case; but still the killer manages to evade capture and wreak havoc. Sky Comedy, 9pm

GOOD GRIEF: Set in a small New Zealand town, this six-part comedy follows two millennial sisters with very different personalities who inherit a funeral home from their grandfather. Radio Times called it an ‘odd-couple story, workplace sitcom and cringeworthy deadpan dark comedy all in one’. Season one and two drop today on Sundance Now, an Amazon Prime Video channel add-on in the UK.

Friday August 5

8 OUT OF 10 CATS DOES COUNTDOWN: Tonight Alan Carr and Harriet Kemsley play against Jonathan Ross and Maisie Adam. Huge Davies is in Dictionary Corner. Channel 4, 9pm

ROMESH RANGANATHAN: FOR THE LOVE OF HIP-HOP: The comic is back sharing his musical passion on Radio 2. BBC Radio 2, midnight

Published: 31 Jul 2022