Ballot Monkeys (C4, 10pm)

COMEDY may get the vote at the General Election, particularly when writers Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin are producing scripts as late as possible to accommodate the latest gaffes and groan-enhancing promises that are currently emanating from the Battle Buses of the main political contenders.

Hamilton and Jenkin produced Outnumbered and last year's feature film What We Did on Our Holidays, which starred David Tannant and Billy Connolly. However, the newsroom-set sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey is probably closer to where this sharply scripted comedy is likely to lampoon. Each episode is being filmed in the week before broadcast - with gaps being left for some scenes to be recorded on the same day as transmission - allowing them to stay completely on top of the ever-changing landscape of breaking news.

For this five-part political comedy series will have scripts written a few hours before transmission, so the action - set on the campaign buses of the political parties in the run-up to the election - will be shaped by real-life events.

The highly topical sitcoms will be broadcast during the climax of the May election and will intercut between the various campaign buses of the four main parties – Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and UKIP.

On each bus, we follow the fortunes of a rich collection of characters; press officers, line managers, empathy consultants, special advisors, IT wizards, social media monitors, political analysts, interns and even bus drivers – as they crisis manage the latest dramas and developments.

Ben Miller (Armstrong & Miller), Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered), Sarah Hadland (Miranda), Kathleen Rose Perkins (Episodes), Hattie Morahan (Outnumbered), Andy Nyman (Ghost Stories), Esther Smith (Uncle) and Rhashan Stone (The Smoke)

Hamilton and Jenkin said, “We’re very excited about this. We don't think anyone's done anything like this before, although we may find out why.”

Fiona McDermott, commissioning editor for comedy said, “We haven’t yet decided whether we’re brave or bonkers but a real time satirical sitcom like Ballot Monkeys could only be handled by the remarkable Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin."

Of course, gaffes like the Gordon Brown "bigoted woman" comment are going to be gold-dust. And let's hope that no one is on a zero hours contract when it comes to references to David Cameron during the editing process.

Ordinary Lies (BBC1, 9pm)

JO Joyner takes centre stage as Beth in the final episode of this ensemble drama. Beth seems to have found happiness at last having suffered with husband Dave deciding to disappear for 16 months. She's feeling ready to move on with company boss Mike (Max Beesley). However, she's about to receive some news about Dave that will force her to leave the children with her mother-in-law and head for Margate to confront her husband, played by Shaun Dooley.

Meanwhile, Mike could also be having second thoughts about their relationship, because he realises that leaving his wife could cost him dear - especially as her dad has a 51-per-cent stake in the business. It sounds like it's going to take a second series from Danny Brocklehurst to sort out this mess.

Ross Noble: Freewheeling (Dave, 10pm)

THE North-East comic continues with a new series of his random Twitter-powered anti-travelogue. Dave commissioned Noble to make a TV show, and this is what he came back with. Well, what else would you expect from the surreal stand-up? Once again, Noble pulls on his motorcycle helmet, climbs onto his beloved motorbike, opens up Twitter and puts his fate entirely in the hands of his 500,000+ followers to decide every step of his journey. Like his stand-up routines Noble tosses out the script (and the rulebook) as he revs up his bike to discover the sort of experiences, and people that you'd never normally hear about.

Tonight arm-wrestling OAPs, crab-taunting, multiple Chris de Burghs and potato sports are on the agenda.

Viv Hardwick