GOLD TV Guide — Monday, 20 July 2026

Hyacinth makes expensive vacation plans and discovers that voluntary church cleaning is certainly no holiday. Meanwhile, Rose ends up in a compromising position. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge and Mary Millar

The first episode of John Sullivan's classic comedy, originally broadcast in 1981, which introduced the viewing public to the Trotter family. Rodney grows tired of being dogsbody to wheeler-dealing older brother Del-Boy and decides to set out on his own. David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst star, with Lennard Pearce

Mainwaring and the platoon are put in charge of guarding a stretch of telephone line that is vital to the war effort. During the night, there is an air raid and the men wake the next morning to find an unexploded bomb has caught in the wires. Comedy first shown in 1977, starring Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier and Clive Dunn

Mr Grace decides to cater for working people by opening the shop at 8.30 in the morning, much to the staff's displeasure. They wonder if this is the shape of things to come, or whether they can put paid to the plans to boost profits. Comedy, with John Inman, Mollie Sugden and Trevor Bannister

Harris accidentally drops stolen pills into Fletcher's midday cuppa - much to the annoyance of prison racketeer Harry Grout, who resents a newcomer muscling in on his patch. Classic comedy, starring Ronnie Barker. First broadcast in 1977

Admin manager David Brent learns that his branch of paper merchant Wernham Hogg might be closed down, so he tries to boost staff morale by promising he won't allow any redundancies. The first episode of the comedy, starring Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman. Lucy Davis and Mackenzie Crook

Lucy commits a minor indiscretion while drunk, but claims to have no memory of the event. Determined to get to the bottom of the affair, she and Lee embark on an ambitious quest to discover the truth about whether it is possible to retain their memories of a heavy night of drinking - making use of liberal amounts of home-made potato hooch. Comedy, starring Lee Mack and Sally Bretton

Classic British sitcom starring Mel Smith as Colin Watkins, an aspiring horror writer stuck in a soul-destroying day job at the complaints department of British Rail

Harris accidentally drops stolen pills into Fletcher's midday cuppa - much to the annoyance of prison racketeer Harry Grout, who resents a newcomer muscling in on his patch. Classic comedy, starring Ronnie Barker. First broadcast in 1977