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The week's best comedy on TV and radio

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

Sunday June 11

HARRIET DYER: TRIGGER WARNING: The comedian's 2022 Edinburgh Fringe show - described as heartbreaking but absurd as it confronts tough topics - has been released for free on YouTube today

SOCCER AID FOR UNICEF: Lee Mack, Mo Gilligan, Maisie Adam and Paddy McGuinness are among the celebrities taking part in this year's fundraiser. ITV1, 6.30pm

Monday June 12

THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH: Alan Davies, Holly Walsh, Angela Barnes and Henning Wehn are this week's panellists. Radio 4, 6.30pm

Tuesday June 13

AMY SCHUMER: EMERGENCY CONTACT: In her newest Netflix special, the comic talks about lasering her face, post-partum sex, her baby-naming disaster and chewable Viagra.

Wednesday June 14

STAGED: The third series of David Tennant and Michael Sheen’s hit show comes to BBC One, having previously aired on streaming service BritBox. Originally conceived in lockdown, the comedy also stars the leads’ wives, Georgia Tennant and Anna Lundberg, all as fictional versions of themselves. The new episodes are 22 minutes each, longer than the 15 minutes of the first two seasons – and revolve around director Simon Evans' attempts to get Tennant and Sheen to work on a new project with him. BBC One, 10.40pm

ROOM 101: Mark Steel shares some of his bugbears with Paul Merton… and he hardly ever complains about anything, so he'll have to dig deep…Radio 4, 6.30pm

Thursday June 15

COUNT ABDULLA: This week's new ITVX comedy revolves around a mid-twenties British Muslim doctor (Arian Nik) stuck in an identity crisis, caught between his religious mother and his secular, hedonistic friends. But when Abdulla is bitten by a vampire (Jaime Winstone), he becomes the outsider’s outsider.

BLACKADDER: THE LOST PILOT: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the classic sitcom, Tony Robinson goes back to track down the test episode - of which he was not a part. In the documentary, he speaks writesr Richard Curtis and Ben Elton before a screening of the never-before-broadcast pilot. Gold, 9pm It's followed by Blackadder: A Cunning Story at the same time tomorrow featuring talking-head interviews with fans including Jack Whitehall, Darren Harriott, Ardal O'Hanlon and Nina Wadia as well as archive interviews with Rowan Atkinson, Ben Elton, Richard Curtis, Stephen Fry and producer John Lloyd. Robinson talks about the pilot episode here

Friday June 16

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU: Clive Myrie guest hosts with panellists Munya Chawawa and Helen Lewis.BBC One, 9pm

QUEEN OF OZ: Catherine Tate plays Princess Georgie, a minor royal whose party girl lifestyle and constant public scandals threaten the monarchy's future. In an effort to get her as far away from London as possible, she's dispatched to Australia to become their Queen - and on arrival an offensive faux pas makes things go from bad to worse. Tate talks about the show here.BBC One, 9.30pm

THE LATEISH SHOW WITH Mo Gilligan: His guests include Russell Howard and TV presenter Dermot O'Leary. Channel 4, 11.05pm.

THE CHRIS AND ROSIE RAMSAY SHOW: Celebrity Gogglebox's new signings Katherine Ryan adn hubby Bobby Kootsra are guests in the last in the series.

DEAD RINGERS: It's yet another busy news week for the return of the topical impressionists show with Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod, Jess Robinson and Duncan Wisbey. Radio 4, 6.30pm