An Officer and a Gentleman: Frid 29 Dec 2023

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The Mistress
Category: Sitcom

Season 1 Episode 1 of 6

BBC Four
Freeview:106Virgin:108BT:106Freesat:108

Tue 10 Jan 2023
8:30pm-9:00pm (30 minutes) Spain 9:30m-10:00pm

Carla Lane comedy, starring Felicity Kendal as a woman in a relationship with a married man.
With Jane Asher and Jack Galloway. From 1985

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Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
Category: Education/Science/Factual

BBC Four
Freeview:106Virgin:108BT:106Freesat:108

Wed 11 Jan 2023
9:00pm-10:30pm (1 hour 30 minutes) Spain 10:00pm-11:30pm

Documentary offering a personal portrait of the truly unique comedian, as told in his own words and featuring exclusive home movie footage.
With contributions from those who worked with him, lived with him and were inspired by him

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Keeping Up Appearances: 30 Years of Laughs
Category: Arts/Culture (without music)

Channel 5
Freeview:105Sky:805Virgin:105BT:105Freesat:105

Sat 14 Jan 2023
8:30pm-10:00pm (1 hour 30 minutes) Spain 9:30pm-11:00pm

A look back at the popular sitcom that starred Patricia Routledge as Hyacinth Bucket, who was endlessly let down by
her family in her attempts to climb the social ladder. Cast, crew and celebrity fans pay tribute to the show and share backstage secrets,
with Routledge revealing how she came to be cast, how she developed the character, and what happened when the cameras stop rolling

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The Mistress
Category: Sitcom

Season 1 Episode 2 of 6

BBC Four
Freeview:106Virgin:108BT:106Freesat:108

Tue 17 Jan 2023
8:30pm-9:00pm (30 minutes) Spain 9:30pm-10:00pm

Carla Lane comedy, starring Felicity Kendal as a woman in a relationship with a married man. With Jane Asher and Jack Galloway

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Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World
Category: Music/Ballet/Dance

Season 1 Episode 1 of 4

BBC Two
Freeview:102Sky:102Virgin:102BT:102Freesat:102

Sat 21 Jan 2023
9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm

The Foundation Public Enemy frontman Chuck D explores rap's political awakening over the past 50 years, revealing how hip-hop became a
global force for change after its emergence in the Bronx in the 1970s. In the first edition, Chuck is joined by a host of stars including
Melle Mel, KRS-One, Fat Joe, John Forte and Grandmaster Caz to chart the deep roots of hip-hop, from the tumultuous 1960s,
the despoliation of 1970s New York, the influence of DJ Kool Herc and socially conscious hit
The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in 1982




Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World
Category: Music/Ballet/Dance

Season 1 Episode 2 of 4

BBC Two
Freeview:102Sky:102Virgin:102BT:102Freesat:102

Sat 21 Jan 2023
10:00pm-11:00pm (1 hour) Spain 11:00pm-12:00am

Under Siege Public Enemy frontman Chuck D explores the genre in the 1980s, when police clampdowns due to the crack epidemic prompted the
emergence of socially conscious rap, with his own band Public Enemy leading the way. On the West Coast, hip-hop's reaction to racial
profiling is even fiercer as NWA and Ice-T respond to increasing police brutality with lyrical rage, with the anger finally
erupting onto the streets of Los Angeles in May 1992 after four LAPD officers were acquitted of using excessive
force in the arrest and beating of Rodney King

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Joey Essex: Grief and Me
Category: News/Current Affairs

BBC Three
Freeview:109Sky:117Virgin:107Freesat:107

Sun 22 Jan 2023
9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour) Spain 10:00pm-11:00pm

The reality TV star opens up about the death of his mother, who took her own life when he was 10 years old.
With the help of clinical psychologist Dr Stephen Blumenthal, Joey sets out to finally face the impact his mum's death has had on him.
Until now he's only opened up about his childhood with his family, but sister Frankie and cousin Chloe recognise that he's never truly processed his feelings
or fully faced his bereavement

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The Mistress
Category: Sitcom

Season 1 Episode 3 of 6

BBC Four
Freeview:106Virgin:108BT:106Freesat:108

Tues 24 Jan 2023
8:30pm-9:00pm (30 minutes) Spain 9:30pm10:00pm

Carla Lane comedy, starring Felicity Kendal as a woman in a relationship with a married man.
With Jane Asher and Jack Galloway

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Failure to Launch (2006)
Category: Film

Film4
Sky:313Virgin:429

Sun 29 Jan 2023
4:40pm-6:35pm (1 hour 55 minutes) Spain 5:40pm7:35pm

A thirtysomething man has no intention of leaving the family home, so his exasperated parents respond by hiring a woman who earns her living enticing
stay-at-home men to fall in love with her and then encouraging them to fly the nest. Romantic comedy, starring
Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew McConaughey, Kathy Bates and Zooey Deschanel

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Frank Bough: National Treasure, National Disgrace
Category: News/Current Affairs

Channel 5
Freeview:105Sky:805Virgin:105BT:105Freesat:105

Sat 11 Feb 2023
9:00pm-10:25pm (1 hour 25 minutes) Spain 10:00pm-11:25pm

The story of Frank Bough's remarkable career and its dramatic ups and downs, woven together with a mixture of archive, dramatic reconstructions and talking heads.
Key contributors include broadcasters Anne Diamond, Jeremy Vine, Vanessa Feltz and Janet Street-Porter. Bough was one of Britain's favourite personalities before he was
brought down by one of the 1980s' biggest celebrity scandals. TV's 'Mr Clean' had a secret life, and his broadcasting career wouldn't recover

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World's Most Secret Hotels
Category: News/Current Affairs

Season 1 Episode 3 of 6

Channel 4
Freeview:104Sky:138Virgin:141BT:104Freesat:126

Sun 12 Feb 2023
6:45pm-7:45pm (1 hour) Spain 7:45pm-8:45pm

In New York, the TWA Hotel is close by the John F Kennedy International Airport. Its interiors hark back to the spirit of the 1960s jet age, but with a 21st-century twist.
Here, visitors can check in at the old baggage check and enjoy dining in what used to be an airport lounge. In Finnish Lapland, visitors to the snow-capped forest of the
Urho Kekkonen National Park can spend a night sleeping under the stars at the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort. This getaway boasts 65 state-of-the-art, arctic-resistant glass igloos.
There are also visits to unique and unusual hotels in Canada and Scotland

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The Mistress
Category: Sitcom

Season 1 Episode 6 of 6

BBC Four
Freeview:106Virgin:108BT:106Freesat:108

Tues 14 Feb 2023
8:30pm-9:00pm (30 minutes) Spain 9:30pm-10:00pm

Luke realises he must fulfil his promise to Maxine and spend a whole weekend with her. Carla Lane comedy, starring Felicity Kendal and Jack Galloway. From 1985

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The National Comedy Awards for Stand Up to Cancer 2023
Category: General

Channel 4
Freeview:104Sky:138Virgin:141BT:104Freesat:126

Frid 17 Feb 2023
9:00pm-11:05pm (2 hours 5 minutes) Spain 10:00pm-12:05am

Tom Allen hosts the annual ceremony from London's Roundhouse, as the nation's best-loved comedy stars come together for a fun and raucous night that honours
the work of the comedy world over the past year, celebrating both emerging and established British comedy talent. Categories include Best Scripted Comedy, Best Comedy Podcast
and Outstanding Comedy Actress and Actor. On the night, viewers have the chance to vote live for Best Stand-Up Show, and this year's recipients of the Comedy Breakthrough Star awards
- Susan Wokoma, Jordan Gray and Lenny Rush - will collect their prizes

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Starstruck
Category: Music/Ballet/Dance

Season 2 Episode 1

ITV1
Freeview:3Sky:103Virgin:103BT:3Freesat:103

Sat 18 Feb 2023
8:30pm-9:40pm (1 hour 10 minutes) Spain 9:30pm-10:40pm

Olly Murs returns with the contest in which teams of superfans are transformed into their music idols before stepping onto the stage to sing one of their biggest hits.
A panel featuring Adam Lambert, Shania Twain, Beverley Knight and Jason Manford decide their favourite of the night before the voting audience pick just one person to go
through to the series final. Plus, there is a very special performance from Olly and the judges

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Starstruck
Category: Music/Ballet/Dance

Season 2 Episode 2

ITV1
Freeview:3Sky:103Virgin:103BT:3Freesat:103

Sat 25 Feb 2023
8:30pm-9:40pm (1 hour 10 minutes) Spain 9:30pm-10:40pm
Olly Murs hosts as four more teams of superfans are transformed into their music idols before stepping onto the stage to sing one of their biggest hits.
Panellists Adam Lambert, Shania Twain, Beverley Knight and Jason Manford decide their favourite of the night before the voting audience pick just one person to go through to the series final

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Wogan: The Great Entertainer
Category: Arts/Culture (without music)

Channel 5
Freeview:105Sky:805Virgin:105BT:105Freesat:105

Frid 3 March 2023
10:00pm-11:30pm (1 hour 30 mins) Spain 11:00pm-12:30am

A celebration of the life and work of much-missed broadcasting legend. With the help of old friends, colleagues and fellow broadcasters, cameras chart
Terry Wogan's rise from Dublin bank clerk to national treasure. There's also a look at his most memorable moments, taking in the likes of Eurovision,
Blankety Blank, Wogan and Children in Need - and not forgetting his first love, radio

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Starstruck
Category: Music/Ballet/Dance

Season 2 Episode 3

ITV1
Freeview:3Sky:103Virgin:103BT:3Freesat:103

Sat 4 March 2023
8:30pm-9:40pm (1 hour 10 mins) Spain 9:30pm-10:40pm

Olly Murs hosts as four more teams of superfans are transformed into their music idols before stepping onto the stage to sing one of their biggest hits.
Panellists Adam Lambert, Shania Twain, Beverley Knight and Jason Manford decide their favourite of the night before the voting audience pick just one person to go through to the series final

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Comic Relief
Category: Comedy

Season 2023
BBC One
Freeview:1Sky:101Virgin:101BT:1Freesat:101

Frid 17 March 2023
7:00pm-10:00pm (3 hours) Spain 8:00pm-11:00pm

Comic Relief 2023 Live from MediaCityUK in Salford, David Tennant, Zoe Ball, Paddy McGuinness, Joel Dommett and AJ Odudu host a night jam-packed full with celebrity guests,
hilarious sketches and live musical performances. There's a special edition of The Traitors, with Claudia Winkleman, while Kylie Minogue joins forces with the cast of hit BBC sitcom
Ghosts in a spook-tacular one-off sketch. Beloved comedy character Baldrick (Tony Robinson) reads his very own Blackadder bedtime story, while the cast of Mrs Doubtfire take to the
stage to perform one of the songs from the show, and there is live music from chart-toppers Tom Grennan and Zara Larsson

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The Cockfields
Category: Comedy

Season 1 Episode 1 of 3

BBC Two
Freeview:102Sky:102Virgin:102BT:102Freesat:102

Wed 22 March 2023
10:00pm-10:30pm (30 mins) Spain 11:00pm-11:30pm

Friday Simon is persuaded to mark the occasion of his 40th birthday back at the Cockfield family home, so takes his girlfriend Donna along to the Isle of Wight.
The duo soon find themselves spending a long weekend as guests of his ever-doting mother Sue and controlling stepfather Ray, together with their menagerie of relatives and friends.
Comedy, starring Joe Wilkinson, Diane Morgan, Sue Johnston and Bobby Ball

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The Cleaner
Category: Comedy

Season 2 Episode 1 of 6

BBC One
Freeview:1Sky:101Virgin:101BT:1Freesat:101

Frid 24 March 2023
9:30pm-10:00pm (30 mins) Spain 10:30pm-11:00pm

The Transaction Crime scene cleanser Wicky faces the ultimate test of self-control - a job in a pub just after he's promised his new girlfriend to stay off the booze.
However, this proves to be the least of his problems when he is called upon to handle the devastation left by a lethal barroom brawl. As a web of romantic and criminal intrigue slowly
unravels around him, he realises there's more to this job than just cleaning up blood and gore. Dark comedy, starring Greg Davies, with Harriet Walter and Charlie Rawes

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FilmLuzzu (2021)
Category: General

BBC Four
Freeview:106Virgin:108BT:106Freesat:108

Sat 25 March 2023
9:00pm-10:30pm (1 hour 30 mins) Spain 10:00pm-11:30pm

A man risks everything to provide for his wife and newborn son by entering Malta's black-market fishing industry.
Drama, starring Jesmark Scicluna, Marlene Schranz and David Scicluna. In Maltese and English

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The Cockfields
Category: Comedy

Season 1 Episode 2 of 3

BBC Two
Freeview:102Sky:102Virgin:102BT:102Freesat:102

Wed 29 March 2023
10:00pm-10:30pm (30 mins) Spain 11:00pm-11:30pm

Saturday Saturday finds everyone visiting Aunty Rose in the nursing home so she can give Simon a somewhat unorthodox birthday present, while Simon and Donna reluctantly
join the family to see Alan Titchmarsh's new house. Later, on a cliff top walk, David updates the family on his disastrous love life, and Sue confides in Simon that they're thinking of
moving as the house is feeling too big. Comedy, starring Joe Wilkinson, Diane Morgan, Sue Johnston and Bobby Ball

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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Category: Sitcom

Season 1 Episode 1 of 13

BBC Four
Freeview:106Virgin:108BT:106Freesat:108

Tues 4 April 2023
8:30pm-9:00pm (30 mins) Spain 9:30pm-10:00pm

Stranger on a Train First episode of the classic comedy sequel. Bob travels down to London in his efforts to find a suitable wedding present,
where fate sees him reunited with Terry, returning home after a gruelling spell in the Army. Starring Rodney Bewes and James Bolam. From 1973

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The Cockfields
Category: Comedy

Season 1 Episode 3 of 3

BBC Two
Freeview:102Sky:102Virgin:102BT:102Freesat:102

Wed 5 April 2023
10:00pm-10:30pm (30 mins) Spain 11:00pm-11:30pm

Sunday Sunday finds preparations for Simon's 40th birthday in full swing - amid much stress levels. Larry arrives with a very hungover Melissa,
who immediately disrupts proceedings. After an awkward lunch it's present time and Larry gives Simon a red leather jacket which, to Ray's delight, looks ridiculous on him.
Eventually Melissa joins the party, but rejects Sue's food. Simon tries to defend his father's behaviour to Ray and an argument ensues until David drops a bombshell that makes Simon's
birthday one he'll never forget. Comedy, starring Joe Wilkinson, Diane Morgan, Sue Johnston and Bobby Ball

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The Cleaner
Category: Comedy

Season 2 Episode 3 of 6

BBC One
Freeview:1Sky:101Virgin:101BT:1Freesat:101

Frid 7 April 2023
(9:30pm-10:00pm) (30 minutes) Spain 10:30pm-11:00pm

The Night Shift Wicky is called to a shooting in a technology shop, where he finds himself sharing the night shift with
a shelf-stacking conspiracy theorist who is preparing for the end of the world - which he insists is just around the corner.
Wicky isn't sure whether the man is paranoid or just being sensible, but either way he has to decide where his own
priorities lie. Dark comedy, starring Greg Davies, with Asim Chaudhry

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Starstruck
Category: Music/Ballet/Dance

Season 2 Episode 8 of 8

ITV1
Freeview:3Sky:103Virgin:103BT:3Freesat:103

Sat 8 April 2023
8:30pm-9:50pm (1 hour 20 mins) Spain 9:30pm-10:50pm

Olly Murs hosts as the seven heat winners battle it out for the £50,000 prize, each taking to the stage on their own in the guise of their idol to sing one of their hits.
Panellists Adam Lambert, Shania Twain, Beverley Knight and Jason Manford are on hand to offer words of support and congratulate each finalist, before the voting audience pick the winner.
Plus, there is a very special performance from Olly and the judges