Waiting for the apocalypse

The week's best comedy on TV and radio

The best of the week’s comedy on TV, radio and on demand…

Sunday January 22

15 STOREYS HIGH: The original radio version of Sean’s Lock’s acclaimed comedy 15 Storeys High gets a repeat airing, more than 20 years after it was first broadcast. The comedian, who died in 2021 at the age of 58, plays Vince Clark, a depressed, sardonic recluse living in a London tower block in a cast that also includes Felix Dexter, Jenny Eclair, Tim Mitchell, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Peter Serafinowicz. Radio 4 Extra, 10pm.

Monday January 23

EVERYONE ELSE BURNS: In this new sitcom, kicking off with a double-bill, Simon Bird stars as the head of a strictly religious family from Manchester who believe the world will end within the next decade, so regularly drags the kids out of bed at all hours for 'apocalypse practice'. But how do you fill your days while awaiting the paradise of doomsday? Channel 4, 10pm

RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES: This week, comedians Jon Culshaw and Harriet Kemsley pit their trivia knowledge against interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Secret Crush presenter Verona Rose. BBC2, 6pm.

Wednesday January 25

EXTRAORDINARY In this new Disney+ Comedy, Máiréad Tyers - as recently seen in Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast - plays Jen, a young, painfully self-aware woman who lives in a world where everyone has a superpower… except her. The show, from Killing Eve producers Sid Gentle Films, is described as ‘a celebration of the anti-superhero, giving people permission to embrace their general okay-ness’. And comic Luke Rollason, plays Jen’s flatmate.

Thursday January 26

DEEP FAKE NEIGHBOUR WARS: A sort of Stella Street, but with AI making it very much look like the celebrities featured really do all live in the same neighbourhood. Impressionists give voice to the likes of p Nicki Minaj, Tom Holland, Mark Zuckerberg, Billie Eilish, Beyonce, Chris Rock and Stormzy. Dropping on streaming service ITVX today, it is written by a team of top comedians including Spencer Jones, Jordan Gray, Josh Pugh, Travis Jay, Erika Ehler, Laura Smyth, Jason Lewis and Leila Navabi.

ROBSON GREEN’S WEEKEND ESCAPES: The presenter meets up with comedian Lost Voice Guy (Lee Ridley) as they spend time in the Weardale countryside, which evokes childhood memories for the comedian. BBC Two, 6.30pm

Friday January 27

ALAN PARTRIDGE: STRATAGEM: Steve Coogan’s 2022 arena show lands on Amazon’s Prime Video platform today. Recorded at The O2 in London, Partridge 'wears head-mic favoured by TED talkers, market hawkers, TV evangelists, backing singers and carnival barkers' to offer 'a manifesto for the way we can move forward, a roadmap to a better tomorrow, an ABC for the way to be.' Alan Partridge: Stratagem live review

SHRINKING: The new comedy Brett Goldstein created with his Ted Lasso colleague Bill Lawrence and How I Met Your Mother star Jason Segal starts on Apple TV+ today. Segel plays a therapist grieving for his wife who starts telling his clients exactly what he thinks, while in his first major TV role Harrison Ford plays a mentor to Segal's character Jimmy.

TRAVEL MAN: 48 HOURS IN SALZBURG: Joe Lycett heads to the Austro-German border with Roisin Conaty, where they embark on a forest-bathing workshop, sample the city's signature sweet, Mozartkulgen - 'Mozart Balls' - a mix of nougat, marzipan and dark chocolate, and take a singing cycle tour. Channel 4, 8.30pm

JON & LUCY'S ODD COUPLES: This week, the Richardsons’ guests are Jack Whitehall’s parents Michael and Hilary and Vicky Pattison and fiancé Ercan Ramadan.Channel 4, 9pm

THE LAST LEG: Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker return for a 27th series, with Lucy Beaumont as their first guest, straight on the back of her panel show. Channel 4, 9pm

QI XL: Tom Allen, Cariad Lloyd and Jamie MacDonald are the panellists for the latest episode in the T series. BBC Two, 9pm

LIVE AT THE APOLLO: Geoff Norcott introduces Michele De Swarte and Sean McLoughin. BBC Two, 9.45pm