Banijay Comedy

Banijay Comedy feels like the TV equivalent of a pub that only plays reruns of panel shows. That's not a complaint, there's a deep bench of British humour to pull from. The daytime schedule runs old episodes of "Mock the Week" and "Would I Lie to You?" on a loop, which works fine until you've seen the same Jimmy Carr one-liner twice in a day. Early evenings shift toward classic sitcoms, think "The Office" or "Peep Show" repeats, but the selection rotates oddly: one week it's heavy on 2000s stuff, the next it dips into 80s catalogues. No original programming here; this is a library channel. But what a library. For anyone wanting reliable comedy TV from the United Kingdom without the algorithm of a streaming service, it's fine. The ad breaks feel longer than they should, and the scheduling sometimes pairs wildly different eras back-to-back. Still, for background laughs or a quick hit of nostalgia, it's a decent option. The real test is whether you can tolerate the same episodes of "QI" three times a week.