By 1992, Victoria Wood was a household name. Coming to fame as a multi-talented stand-up and sketch writer, her series Victoria Wood As Seen On TV was a classic that introduced us to characters like Mrs Overall.

Victoria Wood All Day Breakfast marked the first time Victoria had ventured into sketch show comedy since 1987, and this channel premiere one-off special (originally shown on Christmas Day 1992) features her expert, cosy brand of satire.

Linked by fictional daytime TV presenters Duncan Cumbernauld and Sally Crossthwaite (Victoria’s very own Richard and Judy), there’s plenty to enjoy with new and old characters alike… and special guests too.

Sally Crossthwaite [introducing Alan Rickman]: “Let me get this right… star of Troilus And Cressida, Le Liaison Don Dieuuuu and Truly Madly Deeply…phew, I got through that alright! Alan Dickman…”

Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, fresh from their success in The Young Ones, ramped up the slapstick and seedy characters in Bottom – a look into the bizarre worlds of Richard Richard and Eddie Hitler, two of the most repulsive, slobbish and downright odd comedy characters you will ever see.

In equal parts revolting, vicious and arrogant, Mayall and Edmondson’s creations go for the comedy jugular with cartoon ultra violence, stream-of-consciousness surrealism and extreme physical comedy – Rich and Eddie batter seven shades of you-know-what out of each other on an episodic basis, using anything from household implements to heavy industrial machinery.

GOLD broadcasts the whole of series one this month, which starts when Rich and Eddie get trapped on a fairground ride, unaware that it’s due for demolition the next morning.

You have been warned. Funny and wrong.

Eddie: “That’s it! I’m going to write to my MP.” Rich: “Why?” Eddie: “Because I love her!” Rich: “Eddie! Tony Blair is a MAN!”

David Renwick is a bona fide British sitcom legend. After an early career working on The Two Ronnies and Not The Nine O’Clock News, he moved into the world of the sitcom, creating and penning One Foot In The Grave and, more recently, Jonathan Creek.

For his other Noughties creation, Love Soup, Renwick called upon the woman-of-the-moment talents of Green Wing’s Tamsin Grieg to take the lead role in a comedy drama that follows the bittersweet life of Alice Chenery – an account manager for a perfume company in a London department store who struggles to maintain a flat in Brighton she cannot afford, and who is becoming exasperated in her fruitless search for her soul mate.

Series one saw the seemingly unconnected worlds of Alice and American writer Gil – two characters who led parallel lives but were a perfect match for each other – edge ever closer, but series two, new to GOLD, sees Alice strike out on her own.

It starts with Alice and a new set of admirers. Both her manager and her driving instructor are keen, but neither match Alice’s idea of what’s right and what isn’t. Later in the series the world of Alice and Gil collide again, but in ways that she cannot possibly imagine.

Also starring Sheridan Smith, Mark Heap and Montserrat Lombard.

Alice: “You should never try and achieve ecstasy on top of Horlicks.”

Last Of The Summer Wine is one of the most popular and longest running sitcoms the country has ever seen.

Making people laugh since 1973, its gentle mixture of slapstick and gentle humour has ensured a place in the annals of British comedy.

GOLD broadcasts a bevy of channel premiere episodes this month, which once again features the Noughties’ core team of Alvin (Brian Murphy), Billy (Keith Clifford), Clegg (Peter Sallis) and Truly (Frank Thornton). This month’s episodes also see guest appearances from comedy greats Sir Norman Wisdom, Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball.

The tale of men who are old enough to know better but continue to wreak havoc throughout the quiet town of Holmfirth in Yorkshire.

Billy: “I couldn’t sleep last night for the wife snoring.” Truly: “Did you give her a nudge?” Billy: “She’s in the next bedroom!”