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

Here’s our pick of the best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on demand this week:

Sunday August 7

DESERT ISLAND DISCS REVISITED: To mark the  Edinburgh Fringe, a rerun of the 2013 episode featuring Miranda Hart. She first attended the festival in 1994, an experience she has herself described as ‘terrible’. But, she wasn’t put off and returned five more times, with her 2005 performance shaping her hugely successful TV series. Her eight disc selections range from pop to classical, with her favourite being Morecambe & Wise’s Bring Me Sunshine. Miranda’s book choice is the complete works of Margaret Luce and her luxury item is the rather modest Wimbledon Centre Court, complete with racquet, balls and tennis ball launcher. Radio 4 Extra, 10am and BBC Sounds

Monday August 8

THE FRINGE, FAME AND ME: A new documentary on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as it marks its 75th anniversary. The history is told by the stars who first found fame at the Edinburgh Fringe, from those who enjoyed overnight success to those who slogged for years to make it. The BBC says: ‘Through their triumphs, favourite jokes, and sometimes painful failures, we’ll discover a hidden history of British comedy - revealing how the gags we find funny and the comedians we love reflect our changing culture.’ Contributors include Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey (pictured below with Gilded Balloon matriarch Karen Koren), Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Michael Palin, Frankie Boyle, Stephen K Amos, Nish Kumar, Sophie Duker, and Miriam Margoyles. BBC Scotland,10pm then repeated on BBC Two at 9pm on Wednesday

BIG ZUU’S BIG EATS: This week the boys are heading to Hull, to cook a fishy treat for  Lucy Beaumont. Dave, 10pm

Tuesday August 9

THE VERY BEST OF PETER SELLERS: A 1990 celebration of some of his finest work. Talking Pictures TV, 4.40pm

Friday August 12

8 OUT OF 10 CATS DOES COUNTDOWN:  Tonight Jon Richardson and Jo Brand take on Joe Wilkinson and Jamali Maddix. Rachel Parris is in Dictionary Corner. Channel 4, 9pm

RAMY: The Emmy-nominated US comedy drama returns for a second series about the life of a New Jersey man caught between a Muslim community who see life as a moral test and a millennial generation that thinks life has no consequence. Channel 4, 11.05pm

GET OUT: A screening of director Jordan Peele's excellent 2017 horror satire starring Daniel Kaluuya, to mark the release of Peele's third feature Nope, also starring Kaluuya. Film 4, 10.50pm  

LEE MACK AND FRIENDS AT THE FRINGE: The 2005 Fringe that is, as Mack introduces Rhod Gilbert, Tim Minchin,  Alan Carr  and, Dara O’Briain in this re-run. Radio 4 Extra, 10.30pm

Published: 7 Aug 2022