Four stand-up specials drop on YouTube | The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and streaming

Four stand-up specials drop on YouTube

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

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

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YOUTUBE SPECIALS: Released for free on YouTube in the last week were Miles Jupp's On I Bang – about suffering a brain seizure, Ed Night's Hour Long Clip, and Kiri Pritchard-McLean's Home Truths.

Sunday April 26

JACK TUCKER: COMEDY STANDUP HOUR: The alter-ego of US comic Zach Zucker – best known for hosting the anarchic Stamptown variety nights – releases his special on YouTube. It was recorded at Bell House in Brooklyn, New York, and comes two weeks before Stamptown tapes its debut comedy special at the Netflix Is A Joke Festival in Los Angeles on May 8 and 9. Comedy Standup Hour drops at 8pm tonight.

ZERO STARS: This week Roisin Conaty and Sara Pascoe travel to Albania – including a trip in an Elvis taxi. TLC, 9:00pm.

Monday April 27

THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH: David Mitchell's Radio 4 panel game returns with guests Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh, Miles Jupp and Lucy Porter. BBC Radio 4, 6:30pm.

Wednesday April 29

WISOW'S BAY: In this new Apple TV horror-comedy, Matthew Rhys plays the sceptical mayor of a New England town who refuses to bow to the superstitions of the residents who claim that the place is cursed

EMER MAGUIRE: PATRON SAINT OF BAD LUCK: A musical comedy special in which Emer Maguire explains how her worst year led her to live her best life,. BBC Radio 4, 6:30pm.

Thursday April 30

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU: Richard Ayoade is to guest host with Stephen Mangan and journalist Ava Santina-Evans on the panel. BBC One, 9pm

Friday May 1

ST DENIS MEDICAL: The second series of this US mockumetary from the makers of Superstore drops on iPlayer. having recently finished its run on NBC. A third series of the comedy, set in a hospital in Oregon, has been ordered. Catch up with the first season here.

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UNEXPECTED: BBC Radio Scotland's panel show returns with Julia Sutherland, Mark Nelson and Jo Caulfield. BBC Radio Scotland, 1:30pm.

Saturday May 2

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE UK: This week's host is White Lotus and Daddy Issues star Aimee Lou Wood, with musical guest Meek. Sky One, 10:00pm.

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Published: 26 Apr 2026

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