Best of the week's TV and radio comedy

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

Sunday March 8

SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM: Frankie Howerd is among the guests in this 1965 episode, hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck. Talking Pictures TV, 9pm

THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY IS 42: Radio 4 Extra’s celebrates Douglas Adams’s enduring sci-fi comedy with a five-hour spectacular, hosted by fans Dan Mersh and Helen Keen who introduce all six episodes from the first series from 1978. Alongside this, there will be an edition of Radio 4’s Bookclub with Adams and features and interviews with the likes of Professor Brian Cox, Robin Ince, Lucy Porter and the original Ford Prefect, Geoff McGivern. Radio 4 Extra will also broadcast all subsequent series of Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy every Saturday at 6pm, starting next weekend. Radio 4 Extra 8pm

Monday March 9

INSIDE No 9: In the last episode of this series, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton play two police officers getting to know each other while on a nighttime stakeout. But PC Thompson’s previous partner died in a brutal attack less than a month ago, the forensics have gone missing and PCSO Varney is beginning to ask a lot of awkward questions… BBC Two, 10pm

Tuesday March 10

MRS FLETCHER: This HBO import, based on the novel of the same name written by Tom Perrotta, stars Kathryn Hahn as a divorcée undergoing a mid-life crisis. When her son Brendan goes to college, she experiences sexual reawakening. The Guardian called it the most under-rated show on TV, saying it was in the same vein as Fleabag and praising its ‘wit, intelligence and remarkable central performance’..

MEET THE RICHARDSONS: In this week’s episode Lucy goes out on the town in London with Alan Carr while in Hebden Bridge, Jon has a boy’s night out with best friend Matt Forde. Dave, 10pm

Wednesday March 11

HYPOTHETICAL: This week, Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster will be posing ridiculous Hypothetical scenarios to Stephen Mangan, Tessa Coates, Charlie Brooker and Shappi Khorsandi. Dave, 10pm

Thursday 12 March

BREEDERS: Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard star in this new comedy about parents who love their kids, yet frequently want to kill them. The series kicks off with a double bill. Sky One, 10pm

Published: 8 Mar 2020