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Prized Apart: BBC One, 7pm

Only 6 couples are left in the running for £100,000 after last week's double elimination.

This week's survival challenge has the adventurers build a boat to get across a reservoir so that they can avoid a terrifying abseil down a 360ft waterfall.

Love Island: ITV2, 9pm

Caroline Flack hosts ITV2's tropical romance reality series, but which contestant will leave with the £50,000 prize?

Tonight you can catch up with all of this week's romances and shenanigans on the Island.

Cordon: BBC Four, 9pm

The subtitled Belgian thriller series continues with a double bill tonight.

After a new batch of patients are admitted to the Institute, food starts to become scarce in the quarantine and the army are called in to keep the cordon secure.

The John Bishop Show: BBC One, 9:45pm

John Bishop hosts another night of comedy and music from the Hackney Empire in London.

Even if you've not seen Craig Campbell on a solo jaunt, you may well have caught him on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow or Russell Howard's Good News.

Last month, Campbell released recent set Craig Campbell Live, and he's also out on tour with friends Stuart Francis and Glenn Wool as The Lumberjacks.

Ahead of his upcoming new Edinburgh set Thrilling Mic Hunt (say it out loud... but not in the office), Digital Spy spoke to Craig about comedy, loneliness and his comedy peers.

How is the scene different in Canada from here?

"Less people, less shows, less population and more distance between them. So a lot of effort to get the same number of people in a room at any one point."

Do you change the set-up a bit when you're doing stuff in Canada?

"100% - Some stories translate internationally quite across the board, other stories need a little more...

There are too few hirsute funny men in the world. The smooth, or pretentiously stubble’d, of chin still dominate at making us chortle. Fortunately charismatic comedian Craig Campbell will continue to right that wrong when he debuts his eccentric live show on iTunes this week. Already well established on the circuit and still touring his Edinburgh 2012 show with the Lumberjacks – alongside Stewart Francis and Glenn Wool – the distinctively bearded stand-up is now ready to stand alone. Recognisable from slots on Michael Mcintyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Russell Howard’s Good News and Dave’s One Night Stand, Craig once upon a time appeared in the nation’s living rooms as the presenter of Sky One’s forgettable reality show From Wimps to Warriors.

The self-confessed action man is a natural – if whimsical – storyteller. He spins involved, inventive and often hilarious yarns from anecdotes gathered on his extensive travels. He has...

The Daily Show’s John Oliver will highlight the comedy lineup at this year’s South by Southwest Film and Interactive festivals, beginning March 12 in Austin, Texas. Comedy Central will present a special edition of “John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show,” while Michael Ian Black, Thomas Lennon, Anthony Jeselnik, Peter Holmes, Kumail Nanjiani, Al Madrigal, and Dave Foley are also set to perform during the festival. In addition, Scott Aukerman’s “Comedy Death-Ray Radio” will be one of four comedy podcasts that will be recorded live during the week-long event.

“Standup comedy at SXSW touches on all the best things about our event,...

Wagtale Productions are currently in production with a new six part stand up comedy series, 'Stand and Deliver'. The 6 x 26 minute series, being made for RTE2 is presented by 'Après Match' comedian Barry Murphy and will feature 17 other comics performing stand up in Galway's Roisin Dubh venue. The series is directed by Maurice Linnane (A Kiss for Jed Wood) and is produced by Deborah Pearce and Gráinne O'Carroll (Yu Ming is Ainm Dom). The director of photography, Joe Edwards (Luke Kelly: The Performer) has already captured ten of the comedians including Reginald D Hunter, Glenn Wool and Jason Byrne, doing their sets. The remaining acts will be filmed live in the Roisin Dubh on October 6th and 7th.