Rob Beckett

Comedians get drunk and teach us about history. Tonight Rob Beckett on Henry VIII, Kerry Howard talks Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, and James Acaster on The Black Death.

Due to overwhelming availability, Richard Ayoade returns as Travel Man, bringing sense and order to the potential chaos of the mini break. This time he visits Russia's cultural capital St Petersburg with comedian Rob Beckett. Together they embark on a fast and funny, post-Soviet itinerary, that includes an armoured tank, fish eggs, vodka, ice, culture, more ice, and a herring in a fur coat. They also visit a retro communist-era apartment popular with the hipster crowd.

Greg Davies returns as the Taskmaster to judge five fresh rivals who are confronted with tasks involving vegetable propulsion, out-of-season snowmen and taking the fewest steps to reach some soup. The show climaxes in some swede-on-Swede action.

Comedians get drunk and teach us about history. Tonight Tom Rosenthal talks The Great Fire of London, Andrew Maxwell on Burke & Hare, and Rob Beckett on Queen Victoria's unwanted cheese.

Greg Davies abuses his position of power to make five comics take on more tenuous tasks and this week they have to try and surprise Alex Horne when he emerges from his shed after an hour cooped up inside.