
Rob Beckett’s Smart TV is back
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…:
Monday March 3
RICHARD OSMAN’S HOUSE OF GAMES: Harriet Kemsley and Sara Pascoe join fellow former winners Jimi Famurewa, the food critic, and Colin Murray, the Countdown host, for another Champions Week – the last in the current eighth series of the trivia show. BBC Two, 6pm
Wednesday March 5
ROB BECKETT’S SMART TV The quiz show about TV returns with Rob Beckett and captains Josh Widdicombe and Alison Hammond. Guests in episode one are Danny Dyer, Richard Osman, Richard Ayoade and Motsi Mabuse with David Mitchell, Richard Madeley, Chris McCausland and Helen George popping up in later episodes. Beckett said: 'The guests this year are absolute legends at the top of the game.' Sky Max, 9pm
Thursday March 6
PICTURE THIS: In this British romcom, new to Amazon's Prime Video, struggling photographer Pia (Simone Ashley) receives a prediction: true love and career success await her in the next five dates she goes on. Hero Fiennes Tiffin plays her ex, Charlie, putting the prediction into chaos, while the cast also includes Sindhu Vee, Adil Ray and Asim Chaudhry.
EXTRAORDINARY: The superhero comedy series arrives on ITVX, having originally been made for Disney+. In a world where almost everyone develops a superpower at the age of 18, Máiréad Tyers plays Jen, still waiting for hers at the age of 25. The cast includes comic Luke Rollason as Jizzlord, a shapeshifter who was stuck as a cat for several years before returning to human form.
Friday March 7
THE LAST LEG: Joining the boys this time are musician Pete Doherty and comedian Angela Barnes. Channel 4, 10pm
Saturday March 8
THE JONATHAN ROSS SHOW: Guests are Daisy May Cooper, Warwick Davis, Jodie Whittaker, Ashley Walters and band Nova Twins. ITV1, 9.15pm
Published: 2 Mar 2025