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

Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week

Sunday April 16

LAST WOMAN ON EARTH WITH Sara Pascoe: The comic returns for the third series of her travelogue, in which she learns how to do the world’s endangered jobs.  In Denmark, she learns how to build from a Lego master and make a roof out of seaweed with a group of thatchers. BBC Two, 9pm 

THE GREAT CELEBRITY BAKE OFF FOR STAND UP TO CANCER:  Comics Judi Love and Mike Wozniak join TV Dragon Deborah Meaden and The Repair Shop's Jay Blades to make Signature cheesecakes and a vegan barbecue classicn for the Technical, before recreating their first celebrity crush for their Showstopper. Read interviews with Wozniak and Love here. Channel 4, 7.40pm

SCARED OF THE DARK: Blind comic Chris McCausland joins  Chris Eubank, Paul Gascoigne, Max George, Nicola Adams, Scarlett Moffatt, Donna Preston and Chloe Burrows in a pitch-black bunker in this new reality show, stripped in this same timeslot across five consecutive days. Read an interview with McCausland about the series here. Channel 4, 9pm

Monday April 17

BARRY: The critically acclaimed dark comedy returns for a fourth and final season, with Bill Hader’s titular character – a hitman trying to leave his past behind and get into acting, now behind bars. Sky Comedy, 9.40pm

JUST A MINUTE: Sue Perkins challenges Jennifer Saunders, Julian Clary, Lucy Porter and Paul Merton to talk without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Radio 4, 6.30pm

Tuesday April 18

ALEX BORSTEIN: CORSETS & CLOWN SUITS: The star of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel releases her first Amazon Original comedy and music special, Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits on Prime Video, promising a ‘deeply personal and wildly fictitious account of one woman's attempt to fuck with perception’.

ALAN DAVIES AS YET UNTITLED: Jo Brand, Darren Harriott, Ola Labib and Jack Rooke join Alan to dish the dirt on working for the NHS, Grindr dates and ghosts, painful sexual encounters, and the joys of hitchhiking. Dave, 10pm

Wednesday April 19

PAINTING BIRDS WITH JIM AND NANCY MOIR: A new ‘comedic ornithological series’ in which the Vic Reeves creator and his wife explore some of Britain’s best beauty spots, joined by a famous friends. and create an original piece of bird art celebrating the native species. Sky Arts, 8pm. followed by…

A BRUSH WITH COMEDY:  This feature-length documentary is about the connection between comedy and art and the inner conflicts that lie within, featuring Spencer Jones, Simon Munnery, Bec Hill, Miriam Elia and Jim Moir. The film – based on a previous short – is written, directed, narrated and partly shot by Jim's son, Louis. Sky Arts, 9pm.

ELLIE TAYLOR’S SAFE SPACE: This week’s episode tackles the rather controversial opinion that ‘billionaires are actually a good thing’. Radio 4, 6.30pm

Thursday April 20

BROOKLYN NINE-NINE: The eighth and final series of the Andy Samberg-led ensemble police comedy joins the previous seven seasons on Netflix.

Friday April 21 ​

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU: Lucy Beaumont makes her debut, opposite Richard Osman, with David Tennant hosting. BBC One, 9pm

THE CLEANER: Greg Davies’ Wicky is called to a quiet town where a row has broken out over a statue in tonight’s episode, guest starring Zoe Wanamaker and Susannah Fielding, from This Time With Alan Partridge. BBC One, 9.30pm

ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE: 30 YEARS OF LAUGHS: The latest in Channel 5’s clip-and-talking-heads compilation looks at the classic Victor Meldrew sitcom, if you can believe it. Channel 5, 9pm

THE NOW SHOW: Laura Smyth, Jazz Emu and GB News’s Andrew Doyle join Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis for the last in the series. Radio 4, 6.30pm

Published: 16 Apr 2023