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

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

Sunday October 25

MOCK THE WEEK: Topical panel show with Dara Ó Briain and Rhys James and guest panellists Ahir Shah, Zoe Lyons, Sara Pascoe, Milton Jones and Neil Delamere as they tackle the week's headlines. TLC, 9pm.

MORTIMER & WHITEHOUSE: GONE FISHING: Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse return for a new series, starting on the River Ribble in Lancashire for one last fishing trip with their canine pal Ted. Read an interview with the pair here. BBC Two, 9pm.

Monday October 26

ED BYRNE: TRAGEDY PLUS TIME: The Mock The Week regular's much-lauded stand-up show about the death of his brother Paul, a comedy director, and the up-and-down relationship they shared comes to paid-for comedy streaming service Gorilla Comedy+ today. It'll be made available free on YouTube at a later point.

ROOM 101: Paul Merton hosts as Andy Hamilton banishes his pet peeves, including hippos with anger issues, corner kicks in football and the phrase 'I take full responsibility'. BBC Radio 4, 6:30pm.

IAIN STIRLING'S ROAST THE INTERNET: With guests Katherine Ryan, Sikisa, Danny Beard and Ken Cheng. Comedy Central, 9pm.

Wednesday October 28

ROB AND ROMESH VS: Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan head to New Orleans to explore the supernatural, taking on ghost hunts, 'real life' vampires and a trance channeler. Sky One, 9pm.

Thursday October 29

ED GAMBLE LIVE: Filmed at The Lowry in Salford in January 2025, the Taskmaster star and host of The Traitors Uncloaked releases his second stand-up special on Amazon's Prime Video, featuring material he has been performing since his first special, Blood Sugar, released in 2019. Gamble said: 'I'm very excited to finally release this special into the world. Apologies to my friends, some of it is gross.'

THE INFINITE MONKEY CAGE: Jessica Fostekew and Prof Adam Rutherford investigate why ghosts continue to haunt our imaginations with the aid of comedian Isy Suttie and Ghosts co-creator Laurence Rickard. BBC Radio 4, 11am.

THE CALL OF CTHUDO: A comedy reimagining of Cluedo through the horror of H.P. Lovecraft. Colour-themed strangers trapped in a country house with a dead body find that the house is more peculiar than they expected. It stars Mark Heap, Stephen Mangan, Sukh Ojla, Madelyn Smedley and Ukweli Roach and is written by James Henry, whose credits include Green Wing, Smack the Pony and Piglets. BBC Radio 4, 2:15pm.

SEAN MCLOUGHLIN: WHITE ELEPHANT: The acclaimed comic's first special in more than three years launches at 6pm on his YouTube channel. Recorded at the Leicester Square Theatre, it is described as offering a 'mix of thought-provoking social observation and personal calamity'. Here's a teaser:

Friday October 30

LAST ONE LAUGHING UK: Jimmy Carr and Roisin Conaty host the final in the special Halloween mini-series. Jack Dee, Daisy May Cooper, Phil Wang, Lou Sanders, Reece Shearsmith, Harriet Dyer and Tom Allen battle it out… though if you've watched the first three episodes you know some have already fallen by the wayside. Amazon Prime Video, no start time listed.

BREAKING THE NEWS: Des Clarke hosts the topical panel show with Jay Lafferty, Mark Nelson, Eva Peroni and Stuart McPherson. BBC Radio Scotland, 1:30pm. It also airs on the BBC Scotland TV channel at 11pm.

THEY KNOW ME HERE: Dawn French reads a specially commissioned story by David Quantick for the Short Works strand. According to the description, it 'begins with a crack in the sky and hideous oozing lava on an otherwise ordinary Thursday'. BBC Radio 4, 3:45pm.

THE Matt Forde FOCUS GROUP: Matt Forde returns for a one-off special of his satirical show. BBC Radio 4, 6:30pm.

HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU: Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts, with team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton and guests Julian Clary and Ava Santina-Evans. Note the earlier time this week, as everything must make way for The Celebrity Traitors final at 8pm, followed by an Uncloaked post-game analysis hosted by Ed Gamble at 9:20pmBBC One, 7:30pm.

THE LAST LEG: Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker are joined by Katherine Ryan, Dan Tiernan and Queens of the Stone Age. Channel 4, 10pm.

Saturday October 31

RANDY FELTFACE'S HUMAN HANDBOOK: The purple puppet (Heath McIvor) is back with a new series exploring the geological ages of the Earth. This episode features a gambling hominin and an argumentative conspiracy-theorist ostracod. BBC Radio 4, 11pm.

Published: 25 Oct 2026