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Don Rodolfo and the rest of the week s top comedy on TV and radio
The week’s best comedy on TV and radio, in another quiet week for the genre…
Sunday April 18
THE CONFESSIONAL: Stephen Mangan hosts a new chat show in which guests share their darkest secrets. Those joining him over the series include Cariad Lloyd, Phil Wang and Dr Phil Hammond.
Radio 4, 7.15pm
Thursday April 22
DON RODOLFO: The short TV adaptation of the show that won Ciarán Dowd the Edinburgh Comedy Award for best newcomer in 2018 comes to BBC Two. Don Rodolfo is a total butthead, a shameless libertine and the greatest swordsman the world has ever seen. Now barricaded inside a remote tavern, surrounded by the Catalan army and facing almost certain death, Rodolfo has 10 minutes to drink a bottle of Valdepañas and tell his epic tale…This swashbuckling tale also features Jayde Adams, Ariyon Bakare and Abbie Hern.