Pls Like comes to BBC One

But it's a thin week for comedy on TV and radio

It’s another pitiful week for new comedy content on TV and radio. For all we hear about ‘needing a laugh now more than ever’, it’s an embarrassingly thin offering from Britain’s broadcasters...

Monday March 29

DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITE INTRODUCES…: The Guilty Feminist comedian hosts this new storytelling series, and tells the first tale based on the premise ‘the devil you know’. Future episodes feature performance artist Travis Alabanza, writer and activist Scarlett Curtis, broadcaster Steve Ali and comedian Jessica Fostekew. Radio 4, 10.45pm

Wednesday March 31

 PLS LIKE: It’s been on iPlayer for a while, but now the third series of this amusing mockumentary about Liam Williams’s attempts to crack the world of the social media  influencers gets a BBC One outing. Tim Key, Arnab Chanda, Graham Dickson, Emma Sidi, Eleanor Nawal and Jonathan Pointing - with Simon Bird taking a turn behind the camera as director. BBC One, 10.45pm

HYPOTHETICAL: Sue Perkins, Sara Pascoe, Dane Baptiste and Sindhu Vee are given preposterous predicaments to ponder by Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster in the last in the current series. Dave, 10pm 

Thursday April 1

TASKMASTER: In tonight’s episode,  Lee Mack attempts an audacious hammer throw, Sarah Kendall makes sitting down memorable, and Jamali Maddix forgets his passport. Channel 4, 9pm

Saturday April 3

CELEBRITY MASTERMIND: Stand-up Rhys James is among the contenders. BBC One, 5.45pm

Published: 28 Mar 2021

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