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

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

Sunday June 15

CHARLIE DRAKE: BBC Four dedicates an evening of programmes to the slapstick comedian famous his 'Hello, my darlings!'  catchphrase - and for being something of a shit to work with. He was also known for a sketch that went horrifically wrong on live TV when he was knocked unconscious when a prop bookcase failed to fall apart as expected. Unaware of what had happened, his castmates picked him up and threw him through an open window. Drake fractured his skull and was unconscious for three days, and remained out of action for two years. Tonight's programming comprises his This Is Your Life at 8pm, an epsode of his eponymous sketch show at 8.30pm and a 2001 Arena documentary about his career at 9pm

THE COMEDY CLUB: The tributes to late radio comedy maestro Bill Dare continue with episodes of The Mary Whitehouse Experience with Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt, David Baddiel and Rob Newman; impressionist show, Dead Ringers, I’ve Never Seen Star Wars, the interview series hosted by Marcus Brigstocke, and The Secret World, lampooning the lives of famous people. Radio 4 Extra, 10pm

Wednesday June 18

LIVE FROM MERTHYR TYDFIL: The first of two stand-up showcases recorded at Theatr Soar and hosted by Kiri Pritchard-McLean features Mel Owen, Paul Hilleard, Esyllt Sears and Morgan Rees. Bothe episodes are already on iPlayer.

HENRY NORMAL: The 11th installment in the coccasional radio series form the comic poet – and former comedy uber-producer – offers verses and other musings under the heading of 'Humanity'. This one was recorded at the recent Hay festival. Radio 4, 6.30pm.

Thursday June 19

PUSHERS: In this new comedy, Rosie Jones plays a woman at her wits' end when her disability benefits are slashed – and falls into a life as a drug dealer to make ends meet. After all no one would ever suspect that this nice young woman with cerebral palsy - and a charity volunteer to boot - was secretly carrying cocaine. Though she gets involved reluctantly, she soon takes to her new career, and pulls other misfits into her criminal gang. Read a little more about the show, which Jones co-wrote, here. Channel 4, 10pm

Published: 15 Jun 2025