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:

Monday June 5

THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH: Phil Wang, Lou Sanders, Kerry Godliman and Neil Delamere play along tonight. BBC Radio 4, 6.30pm

Tuesday June 6

SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE: A second series of the comedy-drama starring comedian Bridgett Everett as Sam. dealing with a midlife crisis after the death of her sister. Sky Comedy, 9pm

Thursday June 8

MAN LIKE MOBEEN: Guz Khan’s comedy returns to BBC Three and iPlayer more than three years after it last aired. The new series is set in Belmarsh, where the title character is now incarcerated - but is just weeks away from finishing his sentence... if he can keep out of trouble Tolu Ogunmefun, Dúaa Karim, Perry Fitzpatrick and Mark Silcox all return to the cast while Youssef Kerkour joins the cast as a prison kinpin. Read what Khan has to say about the series here. BBC Three, 10pm.

SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Youssef Kerkour stars in his second new comedy of the day. He and Katherine Parkinson are the leads of this new rom-com being streamed on ITVX from today. They play two lonely neighbours who embark on a hesitant, obstacle-filled relationship at a time when life has not been kind to them. The cast also includes Kelle Bryan, Mark Heap, Ben Bailey Smith, Sue Vincent and Shaun Williamson. The two stars talk about the show here.

THE MINDY PROJECT: Also new to ITVX today are all six series of Mindy Kaling's sitcom, in which she plays a medic trying to balance her hectic and demanding job with her tumultuous personal life.

Friday June 9

CALL JONATHAN PIE: Acerbic journalist Jonathan Pie gets his own phone-in show and this sitcom, released as a BBC Sounds box set today, listens in to the on-air calls and takes us behind the scenes. It’s 'satirical, funny and sweary,' the BBC says. Tom Walker, who performs the title character, stars alongside Lucy Pearman, Nick Revell, Aqib Khan and Daniel Abelson.

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU? Harry Hill guest hosts for the first time with panellists Jack Dee and Zing Tsjeng, editor in chief of Vice UK. BBC One, 9pm

THE LATEISH SHOW WITH Mo Gilligan:This week, Mo's joined by Romesh Ranganathan and Strictly judge Motsi Mabuse. Channel 4, 10pm

Saturday June 10

POINTLESS CELEBRITIES: Comics Catherine Bohart, Sukh Ojla and Vikki Stone are among tonight's quizzers. BBC One, 7.35pm

SOME MOTHERS DO AVE EM: 50 YEARS OF LAUGHS: Channel 5's latest clips and talking heads retrospective looks at Raymond Allen’s classic sitcom, which starred Michael Crawford as Frank Spencer. Channel 5, 8.25pm

Published: 4 Jun 2023