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A real guilty pleasure

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THE BEST OF AN AUDIENCE WITH 1980-2013

The show where the stars were on and off the stage

These days it feels as if almost anybody can be invited to make their own An Audience With… type of show, but there was a time when only the biggest showbiz names took part – it was an honour to be asked. Now relive some classic TV moments as episodes featuring Billy Connolly, Bob Monkhouse, Cliff Richard, Harry Hill, Peter Ustinov, Ronnie Corbett, Victoria Wood, plus Ken Dodd, Kenneth Williams and Dame Edna Everage (right) are made available. The performanc­es are as wonderful as ever – an effervesce­nt Wood and a manic, freeform Connolly are particular­ly brilliant – but spotting who’s in the crowd is almost as entertaini­ng. Expect to see faces that were familiar then but have since disappeare­d from view. BritBox, from Thursday

Record-shop owner Jake (Jamie Sives) and his lawyer brother Max (Mark Bonnar, left) are driving home from a wedding when they run over and kill a pensioner outside his home. They panic, carry the body into the house and do a runner. On the plus side, the deceased was terminally ill so, in a way, they’ve done him a favour. On the minus, Jake’s left his wallet at the dead man’s place. This morphs from black comedy to something much more twisted. A dark delight. BBC iPlayer, available now

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