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Live parody of the popular science entertainment TV show Brainiac: Science Abuse.

Elena, Paloma and Julia are three sisters who, nevertheless, have lived in separate homes and barely know each other. For some circumstances the three, already adult, meet to live together in house of Elena, and the series reflects their disagreements, their fights, reconciliations, frustrations and dreams.

The Family Tree is an American 1983 television series. Its pilot episode was a made-for-television movie called The Six of Us, broadcast a year before.

After two years grounded to the British Isles, Jamie, Micah and Romesh are back for an epic sporting odyssey across Southeast Asia. Along the way they'll be joined by an array of star guests: Mo Gilligan heads into the Vietnamese jungle; Alan Carr and Big Zuu take on a synchronised swimming challenge; Patrice Evra and Maisie Adam race in Ha Long Bay; while Joel Dommett and Emily Atack attempt May Thai.

Scotch and Wry was a Scottish comedy sketch show which was broadcast on BBC One Scotland and starred Rikki Fulton. After two series, in 1978 and 1979, the programme continued as a regular part of the channel's Hogmanay celebrations between 1980 and 1992, pulling in millions of viewers. The show gave early exposure to actors like Gregor Fisher, Tony Roper, Gerard Kelly and Miriam Margolyes.

In his first new show since 2009, Russell performs at the legendary Electric Ballroom alongside some of the best comics in the country. It's Russell's first ever TV stand up show and every week he's joined on the bill by two hand-picked comedians. He'll be performing brand new material while also answering questions from twitter and delving into the live audience.

We Are Klang is a three-piece sit-com group consisting of comedians Greg Davies, Steve Hall and Marek Larwood. Klang are noted for their anarchic and frequently rude comedy. The TV version of their act began airing on BBC Three on 30 July 2009 and was partly filmed on location in Stalybridge, eight miles east of Manchester. A pilot of their new variety show, "The Klang Show," aired on 16 August 2010 on BBC Three.

The adventures and misadventures of a motley bunch of police officers working at Middleford Police Station.

Jimmy Perry and David Croft wrote some of Britain's favourite sitcoms, but these classic comedies are also a unique chronicle of 20th century Britain.

Isabella Rossellini is convinced that, in the maternal animal world, anything goes. 'Mammas,' a series of short videos, has Rossellini playing the role of nine different animals to show the viewer that some mothers lie, are polygamous, and walk out on their animal children all the time.

The new format aims to be a linguistic adventure during which Bob Pop will learn Catalan at the same time as he will reflect with his language partners on issues that affect people from the LGBTIQ+ group.

This three-part comedy series was set in the Blue Moon of Kentucky Club, a country and western venue in South London catering for the sort of clients obsessed by the Wild West. The club is owned by Big Hal (James Grout), who lives out his whole life as a modern-day cowboy – much to the consternation of his wife, Betty (Sheila Steafel).

TV Heaven, Telly Hell is a comedy television show on Channel 4, presented and produced by Sean Lock. The format is similar to Room 101, with guests discussing their likes and dislikes of items on television. The show also allows the guest to reconstruct any moment in television history in the way they wanted it to happen, in a short sketch shown at the end of the show usually parodying a clip discussed earlier.

Louise, Adam and Lestor are good friends. They meet up in each other's flats or in a coffee bar to drink and discuss life, love and sex.

Alcock and Gander is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1972. Starring Beryl Reid and Richard O'Sullivan, it lasted for one series. It was written by Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke, who later wrote Man About the House, where O'Sullivan was the lead male character. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television.

The Magicians was a British family entertainment television show, first broadcast throughout January 2011 on BBC One. The show features magicians performing a number of magic tricks with guest celebrities, to decide which pair will face a forfeit trick at the end of the episode. In the first series, this was decided through audience participation, however, for the second series, a phone vote was introduced. The first series was hosted by Lenny Henry, and featured magicians Luis de Matos, Barry and Stuart and Chris Korn. At the end of series 1, Luis de Matos was deemed series champion.

A new all-female sketch series featuring the writing and performing talents of four hotly tipped new comics - Alice Lowe, Sarah Kendall, Barunka O'Shaughnessy and Clare Thomson. The four comedy actresses write and perform all the material, introducing audiences to a broad range of characters and the peculiarities of their own imaginary world, like being robots, owning a magic bin and dating a duck. Recurring characters include rude South African airline hostesses Jadine and Marla; and the Sex In The City girls, who annoy everyone by misbehaving and acting childishly in a highstreet bar.

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the special edition of your favourtie comedy show to fill the gap between the staggeringly huge Christmas dinner and the Queen's speech, and the ITV network have rolled hours of Christmas's into one with their latest DVD set of ITV comedy. With almost ten hours of classic, festive merriment featuring some of the channel's most memorable Christmas specials the whole family can relive the joys of Christmas past.

Revival of the hit family entertainment show that originally ran from 1955 - 1984.

Three TV plays written by and starring comedienne Victoria Wood. The plays, first broadcast between 1979 and 1981, include her debut offering, 'Talent', in which Julie (Julie Walters) and Maureen (Wood) attempt to escape their dreary domestic lives by signing up for a talent show at a local club. 'Nearly a Happy Ending' finds Maureen having attended the local slimmers' club, but is she any happier? Finally, in 'Happy Since I Met You', Frances (Walters) is happy and single until she meets Jim (Duncan Preston) and soon realises her life is about to change.

Some of the funniest people in British comedy deliver a hilarious stand up presentation in the guise of a lecture in this stand-up competition. Not only have they got to impress the audience with their usual comedy chops, they will also be marked on their oratory skills by experts in the field of their lecture topic.

Lava-Lava! is a french slapstick animation series by Federico Vitali from 1995. It contains a pilot and 13 episodes of about 3min each. The main characters of the short stories are animals, humans or aliens. They go through bizarre situations ending frequently out-of-control and violently. Lava-Lava! uses many slapstick elements and get along without spoken words.

In an old caravan parked in front of his crumbling estate lives Pompidou - a tubby, pompous, penniless, eccentric, yet lovable aristocrat. He is an elderly oddball who has fallen on hard times.

After the sudden death of their lifelong friend Adriana, Evelina and Milla reunite in their seaside hometown. Once inseparable, the two women had drifted apart, but grief brings them back together. As they confront old wounds and rediscover the strength of their bond, they begin to suspect that Adriana’s death may not have been accidental. Between family tensions, hidden secrets, and the challenges of middle age, their renewed friendship becomes both a refuge and a driving force in uncovering the truth.

Harry Hill's Clubnite will see Harry Hill acting as both host and curator of his very own authored late night comedy show. Featuring a host of Harry's favourite comedians and acts, each episode will be recorded during the week of transmission, in front of an audience.

The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by Paul Minett and Brian Leveson. The first episode in the series was first shown on ITV in 2003. The three episodes have received mixed reviews, with the Radio Times describing it as "like comedy in 1973" and also "you can see each joke a mile off", but generally liking the show.

Stand-up comedian Michael McIntyre sits in the interviewer's chair for the very first time, as he welcomes celebrity guests to chat, bringing his own unique brand of humour to the conversation.

Nancy was the new secretary at the Happy Apple advertising agency. Despite being ill-educated, she had a remarkable gift; she could come up with the most brilliantly simple and most effective advertising slogans without trying. Of course her bosses exploited her ability to the full.

In Extr@, four attractive 19–22 year olds are thrown together to play out their romances, life crises and contrasting interests in a familiar sitcom setting. A fundamental complication in their relationship is that one of the four is an outsider, Sam, with only a very basic grasp of Spanish. Sam’s efforts to get to grips with the language provide the central dynamic for the series’ language learning content. What makes Extr@ different is that the scripts have been carefully written so that the language is simple and accessible at all levels. Covering all the main programmes of study, the scripts combine wit, strong character identification and a good dose of physical humor.

Award-winning comedian Nick Helm presents a helter-skelter ride of songs, sketches, jokes, poetry, fireworks, stunts, dance, and whatever else he can muster.

Allein unter Bauern was a German comedy television series, commissioned by Sat.1 and produced by Phoenix. It aired for ten episodes between 2006 and 2007 and was cancelled on 4 May 2007.

Each week, respected team captains Ron Manager and Tommy Stein are joined by host Simon Day and four very special footballing and celebrity guests in a show packed with humour, football and Ron's inimitable wisdom.