Animated special in which the teen tyrant is asking some of the big questions after being set an essay-writing task by his teacher.

Inventive and very amusing animated feature by the Wallace and Gromit team about a group of hens trying to escape a farm run by the evil Mr and Mrs Tweedy. Featuring the voices of Mel Gibson , Julia Sawalha , Miranda Richardson , Timothy Spall and Phil Daniels. Review p50.

Bite-sized advice on ways of dealing with difficult children.

Catch up with earlier incarnations of Matt Lucas and David Walliams 's grotesque creations in a complete re-run of series one. 1/8. Vicky is in trouble at school for not giving in an essay.
9.30 2/8. Dafydd is beaten to it as he tries to buy the Gay Times. Guest star: David Soul.
10.00 3/8. Kenny Craig visits his mum in hospital.
10.30 4/8. Dafydd visits the hair salon. With Sophie Raworth.
11.00 5/8. Andy and Lou purchase a pet snake.
11.30 6/8. Dame Sally tries her hand at writing. With Mark Gatiss of The
League of Gentleman. 12 midnight 7/8. Sebastian and the discuss a speech.
12.30am 8/8. Mollie Sugden pops up as Emily Howard helps to fix an ice-cream van. Series two continues Friday 9.30pm BBC1

with Armando Iannucci