The comedy week ahead

The comedy week ahead...

Monday August 25:

LIVE IN LONDON: Gladiators, ready! It’s the monthly combative challenge to beat the gong, and the braying crowd, at the Comedy Store. King Gong is tonight MCed by Paul Thorne.

TV: Al Murray is joined by historian Dan Snow, writer Natalie Haynes and film expert Matthew Sweet to examine a subject close to his heart - war movies, and how they reflect cultural attitudes and our changing views on conflict over the decades. Al Murray's Great British War Movies: BBC Four, 8pm

Tuesday August 26:

LIVE IN LONDON: Fresh from his run at Edinburgh, the divisively splenetic Neil Hamburger phlegms up some more of the aggressively ill-judged celebrity put-downs that have made him such a cult star. 9.30pm, until Saturday.

Wednesday August 27:

LIVE IN LONDON: Soho hosts another international act visiting because of the Fringe, Australian Steen Raskopoulus, whose one-man sketch show, featuring lashings of audience interaction, has rightly garnered acclaim both here and down under. See why he he was nominated for the Foster’s best newcomer award. 9pm, until Saturday.

Friday August 29:

TV: The second series of David Walliams's sitcom Big School starts tonight, with Catherine Tate, Philip Glenister and Frances de la Tour all returning – and a guest appearance from Morgana Robinson in this forest episode. BBC One, 9.30pm

LIVE IN LONDON: Acerbic and brash American comic Tom Rhodes - the well-travelled 30-year stand-up veteran- comes to Soho Theatre for two nights.

LIVE IN MANCHESTER: A strong line-up at the Comedy Store this weekend, with smarty-pants Adam Bloom, Canadian anecdotalist Jason John Whitehead, the dry wit of John Moloney, and musical comedy from Rob Deering.

RADIO: Panel game The 99p Challenge, a sort of younger sibling to I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, gets a repeat run on Radio 4 Extra. Hosted by Sue Perkins, the show – which began as King Stupid and ran from 1998 to 2004 – has featured Armando Iannucci, Simon Pegg, Sean Lock and Miranda Hart among its guests. Today's episode was first broadcast on Radio 4 in 2000.

Published: 24 Aug 2014