The week's comedy on demand

This week's comedy on demand.

The League Of Gentlemen Live Again

The comeback tour from Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss and co-writer Jeremy Dyson is available on iPlayer now. It of course features all the familiar faces from Royston Vasey, including Papa Lazarous, Edward and Tubbs, Pamela Doove, The Dentons, Mr Chinnery, Geoff, Mike and Brian, The Reverend Bernice Woodall, Les McQueen and Pauline and Mickey from the job centre.

Sara Pascoe: LadsLadsLads

Also on iPlayer is Pascoe's stand-up special, which debuted at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe - although this version was recorded at the London Palladium. It marked a return to more personal material for the stand-up as it charted her efforts to be happily single after the breakup of a long relationship. Watch here.

Fred At The Stand

Fred MacAulay has been introducing some of the best comedians on the circuit in this Radio 4 show, taped at The Stand in Glasgow. Four episodes are now available on BBC Sounds, featuring the likes of Justin Moorhouse, Jess Robinson and Ninia Benjamin, among many others. Listen here.

Michael Palin & Terry Gilliam in conversation

To mark the 40th anniversary of the 'welease' of Life of Brian, two of the Pythons joined David Baddiel for a Q&A after a screening in London – the video of which has now been released on YouTube.

Cringe Binge: My '90s Teenage Diary

It's by no means a new idea, but there's good reason that asking celebs to return to embarrassing old diaries proves so popular. In this new podcast, Jules Coll invites her guests to revisit their formative years and share terrible poetry, cringeworthy crushes and angsty confessions. Irish TV presenter Mairead Ronan is the latest guest. Listen here

Published: 27 Apr 2019