The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio

The comedy week ahead on TV and radio

Sunday May 5

RUBY WAX: FRAZZLED: In this week’s half-hour Radio 4 comedy, Ruby Wax returns to talk about mental health and mindfulness, using her degree in cognitive behavioural therapy and personal experience Radio 4, 7.15pm.

COMEDY CLUB AT MACHYNLLETH Radio 4 Extra continues its coverage from the Welsh festival with contributions from Angela Barnes, Rob Deering, Laura Lexx and Jessica Fostekew.Radio 4 Extra, 10pm

8 OUT OF 10 CATS: Team captain Rob Beckett and guest team captain Tom Allen are joined by Scarlett Moffatt, comics Harriet Kemsley and and Rosie Jones, and Love Island’s Wes Nelson. Jimmy Carr hostsE4, 9pm.

Tuesday May 7

BEST OF BRITISH LAUGHS; MORECAMBE AND WISE: The duo reminisce about their career with Barry Took  in this Radio 4 show from 1971 - when some of their biggest triumphs were still ahead of them. The interview is cut with excerpts from BBC and private recordings. Radio 4 Extra, 6.30pm

Wednesday May 8

TASKMASTER: Greg Davies and ‘little’ Alex Horne are back, setting challenges for a new batch of comedians: Iain Stirling (pictured), Joe Thomas, Lou Sanders, Paul Sinha and Sian Gibson.  In one of their first tasks, they must find out who is listening in to them on the other end of a baby monitor… Dave, 9pm.

URBAN MYTHS: This week’s true-ish story revolves around an armed burglar who broke into a New York apartment inhabited by actress Grace Jones and artist Jean-Paul Goude  - and getting more than he bargained for. Sky Arts, 9pm

Friday May 10

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU: Tonight’s guest presenter is Jo Brand, with Heidi Allen MP and comedian Phil Wang joining  Ian Hislop and Paul Merton as panellists. BBC One, 9pm

Published: 5 May 2019