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Jimmy Carr challenges 10 of Britain's funniest comics to spend the day together without so much as cracking a smile. Over the course of the series, they will use every ounce of their comedic talents to try and break their opponents without cracking up themselves. And it's not just their rivals they need to watch out for.

"Mr. Bean" is a comedy show about a man whose whole life is one funny situation after another. He hardly talks, but words are not needed. Everything he does is funny. From playing golf, going to the dentist, and going to church. Mr. Bean is a grown man, but he acts like a child.

Five series of Taskmaster. Five winners. But who is the supreme champion of all? Josh Widdicombe? Katherine Ryan? Rob Beckett? Noel Fielding? Bob Mortimer?

The show follows Gemma, who lives for the weekend when she can get blasted and party hard in Stockport, Manchester. But after joining the mile high club with a random hook-up on her way back from a holiday to Portugal, she's pregnant, and it couldn't come at a worse time. The only person Gemma has left in her life is her dad Malcolm, who is kind hearted but useless - he can't load a washing machine, boil an egg or change the Wi-Fi password. Malcolm is suffering from the collapse of his family and living in a bedsit for divorced men.

Matt Lucas and David Walliams, the creators of this character-comedy sketch show, delight in all that is mad, bad, quirky and generally bonkers about the people and places of Britain.

Vince Noir and Howard Moon have surreal adventures while working at a Zoo run by the deranged Bob Fossil (in series 1) and pursuing a career as musicians and living with the mystic Naboo the Enigma and his ape familiar Bollo (in series 2 and 3).

The show tells the story of ageing partners, Freddie and Stuart, two men who have lived together in a small Covent Garden flat for nearly 50 years. Freddie was a budding actor and Stuart a barman when they first met but their careers are now pretty much over and their lives now consist of reading books, walking their dog and bickering.

An offbeat comedy from the team behind 'Smack the Pony', set in a hospital, and is very much character-based, with storylines involving a staff liasion officer who hates people, a humourless consultant who thinks he's funny, and a handful of sexual predators and inadequates.

A modern re-imagining of the acclaimed satirical puppet show. Spitting Image ran for a total of 18 series between 1984 and 1996, and proved no one was safe from ridicule in puppet form, as public figures including Margaret Thatcher (who wore a man's suit and treated her Cabinet, "the vegetables" with utter contempt), Paul Gascoigne (with water constantly jetting from his eyes), John Major (a painted grey puppet to reflect his perceived dull personality), Michael Heseltine (as Tarzan), Ronald Reagan (shown in bed with two red call buttons, one marked 'Nurse', the other 'Nuke'), Mick Jagger (always high with huge rubber lips), Mikhail Gorbachev (with a hammer and sickle birthmark) and the Royal Family (The Queen Mother was often seen slugging from a gin bottle while The Queen studied the horse-racing pages).

Tate plays multiple characters as a documentary crew follows the inmates and staff of HMP Woldsley capturing the penal system at its brutal humorous best.

This tv show features Adam hosting an alternative review of each day at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. He is joined each night by Josh Widdicombe, as well as guests from the worlds of sport and entertainment.

A Touch of Cloth is a hilarious and satirical detective show written by Charlie Brooker. It pokes fun at the genre while still delivering a compelling mystery. Filled with clever wordplay and absurd situations, this show is a must-watch for fans of British humor. Get ready to laugh out loud!

An interweaving narrative chronicling the antics of such diverse characters as: a transsexual taxi driver, a family obsessed with hygiene and toads, a fiery reverend, a carnival owner who kidnaps women into marriage, and a xenophobic couple who run a local shop for local people.

The government's stated policy of recruiting 20,000 new police officers in double quick time has not come at the cost of lowering standards. Or has it?  Set in a fictional police training college, Piglets is about a newly recruited group of six very different would-be cops and the handful of key staff whose thankless task it is to knock them into some kind of shape.

From the creators of Little Britain comes Matt Lucas and David Walliams' latest comedy: a six-part series set in a busy airport in which the two men play nearly all the characters.

"Never Mind the Buzzcocks" is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humor and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.

Based on the humor of UK comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams. Directed by David Schwimmer.

Sally4Ever follows the life of Sally, a soon-to-be promoted marketer who, for 10 years, has lived a comfortable and dull suburban life with David. But on the night he asks her to marry him, Sally has a crisis and embarks on a wild affair with Emma, a seductive, charismatic, boho actress, singer, musician, poet and author. Before Sally knows it, Emma has moved in, rearranged the furniture and her life. Is this really what Sally wants, or has she made a mistake?

Get ready for a hilarious sports quiz game hosted by James Corden. Join team captains Andrew Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp as they battle it out! Based on the true story of a women's baseball league during World War II, this series is a must-watch for sports and comedy fans alike.

John Redmond and Kayleigh Kitson are thrown together in a company car share scheme. Each trip offers a new insight into John and Kayleigh's lives, with twists and turns every step of the way.

A boisterous female minister comes to serve in an eccentrically conservative small town's church.

Friends and fellow stand-up comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan team up in this series to meet their wish list of all-time greats from the world of sport and entertainment.

The League Of Gentlemen's Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton return to BBC Two with a jaw-dropping comedy series.

Comedians David Mitchell and Robert Webb elicit laughs through a brilliant mix of mockumentaries, TV parodies, character sketches and more.

Mr. Bean, star of film and television, is back -- but this time he's a cartoon hero, appearing in a new series of hilarious animated adventures!