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

Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…:

Monday May 12

SILENCE IS GOLDEN: Joshua Robertson, Jazz Emu and Thanyia Moore are the comics performing to nothing in the second instalment of U&Dave's new formula, appearing alongside regulars Katherine Ryan, Seann Walsh and Fatiha El-Ghorri. U&Dave, 9pm

Tuesday May 13

UNSPEAKABLE: Phil Wang and Susie Dent return for a second series of their panel show inventing new words for things and experiencess that don't yet have one. This episode features Clive Anderson, Sindhu Vee and Ed Gamble.Radio 4, 6.30pm

Wednesday May 14

LIVE FROM THE UK: Angela Barnes hosts this series recorded – so not live at all! – from comedy clubs around the country. This week you can hear Mark Nelson at The Glasgow Stand, Louise Young at The Newcastle Stand, Hayley Ellis at the Frog and Bucket in Manchester and headliner Josh Pugh (pictured) at the Glee Club in Birmingham. Radio 4, 6.30pm

Thursday May 15

ZONERS: The latest BBC comedy pilot stars Ladhood’s Karan Gill and Ikky Kabir as brothers, flatmates and polar opposites who find themselves on an adventure when they accidentally steal a package from their maniac neighbour, Ivan. It is writtenby stand-up Rajiv Karia and Ishan Ganjoor, adapted from their 2020 webseries of the same name. The cast also includes comedian Ed Kear. BBC Three, 9.55pm

Friday May 16

MURDERBOT: Should we be worried that one of the world's biggest tech companies is making jokes about killer robots? Apple's new action sci-fi comedy stars Alexander Skarsgård as the titular character, an android that learns how to think for itself – but has to hide the fact while completing dangerous assignments. The first two episodes, based on The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, drop today.