Radio
Radio schedule Tuesday 24th February 2009
11:30am
There Was a Young Man from Limerick
John Hegley celebrates the limerick and delves into the history of this versatile form of comic verse, encountering nursery rhymes, Shakespearian songs, nonsense poems and some smut along the way.
2:15pm45 min
Mole
Comic Afternoon Play about a gardener who becomes obsessed with hunting down a mole.
5:30pm
(repeat)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile
Episode 4 - Inspecting The PilesPike and his Uncle Arthur find themselves in a tricky situation with an inflatable dinghy.
6:30pm
(repeat)
Cabin Pressure
Series 1, Episode 1 - Abu DhabiThe town of Bristol, a cat and a thermostat combine to present Martin with a career-breaking crisis. A flight to the Middle East is complicated by Carolyn's new economy drive; Martin's insistence that Douglas call him 'Sir'; and Arthur's refusal to believe that anyone actually knows how a plane stays in the air.
10:30pm
(repeat)
The Mark Steel Lecture
Series 2, Episode 5 - Billie HollidayMark presents the life of Billie Holliday, the jazz musician and singer who shocked and outraged, but whose songs had a deep and complex side to them.
11pm30 min
Mastering The Universe
Series 2, Episode 1 - DIYInvestigating the fun that can be had, at other people's expense, through DIY.
11:30pm
(repeat)
On The Hour
Series 2, Episode 2Rosy May covers On the Hour's new environment segement "Know Your Globe", a statue of a saint in Birmingham has been vomiting real blood and the show broadcasts it's early episodes from 33 years ago.