The week's best comedy on TV and radio

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

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CARL DONNELLY: ANOTHER ROUND: The comic has just released his first stand-up special in more than 20 years in the business. He performed the show in Melbourne, Edinburgh and on tour last year and is being released in two parts, with the first dropping on YouTube last week.

Sunday April 5

SARAH MILLICAN: LATE BLOOMER: The comic's stand-up tour , as filmed at The Hexagon in Reading in 2024, streams on Channel 4 from today, having dropped on Netflix in the rest of the world last week.

Monday April 6

UNSPEAKABLE: The panel show in which comic guests try to invent words for the new ultimate Unspeakable dictionary, hosted by Phil Wang and Susie Dent. This week's guests are Hugh Dennis, Jessica Fostekew and Katy Wix. BBC Radio 4, 6:30pm.

Tuesday April 7

NATURE TABLE: Sue Perkins returns with her comedy panel show celebrating the natural world. In this opening episode, she's joined by comedian Amy Gledhill, zoologist Lucy Cooke and entomologist Professor Karim Vahed of Buglife, as puffins' super beaks and the badass tongue-eating water louse wow and stupefy the team. BBC Radio 4, 6:30pm.

Wednesday April 8

AMY ANNETTE: I SURVIVED THE NOUGHTIES: A stand-up special in which Amy Annette delves into her experiences of being a Y2K teenager – from girls' magazines to Trinny and Susannah. BBC Radio 4, 6:30pm.

TWENTY TWENTY SIX: The follow-up to Twenty Twelve and W1A, in which Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville) heads to Miami to take on a new role as director of integrity for a certain international footballing competition. In this opening episode, he leads the Oversight Team in deciding which cities will host the semi-finals — and it's also Miami Day, which may or may not be a thing. Also stars Hugh Skinner, Nick Blood, Chelsey Crisp and Paulo Costanzo. BBC Two, 10pm.

Thursday April 9

WHAT JUST HAPPENED?: Return of the topical panel show for BBC Radio Wales hosted by Robin Morgan with regular panellist Kiri Pritchard-McLean. BBC Radio Wales, 6:30pm.

TASKMASTER: Greg Davies and his loyal assistant Alex Horne return with a fresh set of comics: Amy Gledhill, Armando Iannucci, Joanna Page, Joel Dommett and Kumail Nanjiani. In this opening episode, the five go hunting for a small creature, serve Greg his fruit and veggies and attempt to catch a golden T-shirt. But who will find all the oranges? Channel 4, 9pm

BIG MISTAKES: From Schitt's Creek creator Dan Levy comes a new comedic family saga within a high-stakes crime thriller. Big Mistakes follows Nicky (Levy) and Morgan (Taylor Ortega), two deeply incapable siblings who are in over their heads when a misguided theft for their dying grandmother accidentally pulls them into the world of organised crime. It drops on Netflix today.

Friday April 10

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU: Gardeners' World presenter Monty Don hosts for the first time, with Chris McCausland and journalist Helen Lewis as the panellists. BBC One, 9pm

Saturday April 11

AMERICAN CLASSIC: Kevin Kline and Laura Linney star in this comedy series about a Broadway star who suffers a spectacular public meltdown and returns home to the family theatre where he first started. The first two episodes drop on MGM+ today.

Published: 5 Apr 2026