The National Theatre Of Brent return
This week's comedy on TV and radio.
Monday July 8
DIVORCE: Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church return in the third and finale season of Sharon Horgan’s HBO series as a separated couple looking to move forward. Sky Atlantic, 10.10pm
Wednesday July 10
TASKMASTER: It’s the last in the current series, so we’ll find out just who has won Greg Davies’s golden head: Lou Sanders, Sian Gibson, Paul Sinha, Joe Thomas or Iain Stirling? Dave, 9pm
JON RICHARDSON: ULTIMATE WORRIER: Tonight’s guests are Richard Osman, Jessie Cave and Darren Harriott. Dave,10pm
Friday July 12
COMEDY CENTRAL LIVE: Desiree Burch rounds off this series of 20-minute specials with a set about how the internet affects modern life, from online dating fails to the unsolicited involvement in dreaded group chats. Comedy Central 10pm
Saturday July 13
THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON AND HOW THEY DONE IT: National Theatre of Brent - aka Patrick Barlow, John Ramm and Martin Duncan - return to Radio 4 to recall the extraordinary events of 1969 when Neil Armstrong became the First Man on the Moon. Desmond Olivier Dingle, artistic director, of the outfit, describes this as an ‘historic and - we believe first ever - reconstruction of a historic astronomic event ever done on radio as it almost certainly probably happened’. And that includes pondering what Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Aldrin thought about it all. Radio 4, 2.30pm
Published: 7 Jul 2019