The first in a new six-part series of the award-winning comedy sketch show from anarchic comedian Alexei Sayle.
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The All-New Alexei Sayle Show 2 9.30pm BBC2
Now officially "award-winning" (the first series won the Bronze Rose at last year's Montreux television festival), Alexei Sayle's sketch show returns with a full cast of characters (including clapped-out comedian Bobby Chariot) and with support from Jenny Agutter, Peter Capaldi and Jim Carter.
Sayle's co-writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews have recently scored a hit with C4's Father Ted. And while this series is on the air, Sayle himself will be travelling through Syria and Jordan reporting for a new series of Great Railway Journeys.