A surprisingly cheerful documentary series on preparing for death. Plus: toe-curling drama Douglas Is Cancelled. Here’s what to watch this evening

Ted and Ralph, the ‘Suit you!’ tailors and the rest of the gang’s most fondly remembered characters reconvene for a 30th-anniversary greatest hits sketch show, interspersed with the cast’s reminiscences about their creation

Fawlty Towers, The Fast Show, Only Fools and Horses … the vogue for screen-to-stage shows taps into our need for nostalgia

You won’t find a cheerier meditation on dying this Christmas. Bob and Paul share photos of their dead fathers, talk ill health – then rock out to 80s pop. Expect to shed a tear or two

The late singer is elusive yet captivating in a two-part documentary; the zombie thriller hits another high; Kathy Burke gets older disgracefully; and Paul Whitehouse is on a serious mission

An often moving memoir examines the comedian’s unlikely journey from Big Nights Out to riverbank ruminations with Paul Whitehouse

Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing began as one friend helping another and has gone on to explore issues many older men might find hard to discuss

Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse make a splash with this effortlessly funny, profoundly life-affirming meditation on friendship, leisure and mortality