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Radio schedule Monday 11th May 2009

Radio 4 9:45am
15 min
My Name Is Daphne Fairfax. Arthur Smith. Copyright: Heavy Entertainment

My Name Is Daphne Fairfax

Episode 1

Arthur's thoughts on the nature of stand-up comedy and how his desire to perform led to mirthless disaster in the rough and tumble of the emerging alternative comedy circuit - a world of sharp, political and angry jesters, directing their ire at the tired old dinosaurs of light entertainment.

Radio 4 2:15pm
45 min
Bad By Default. Copyright: BBC

Bad By Default

Tanya has bolted with her mother's credit card to Jamaica in this coming-of-age comedy drama by Leah Chillery.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Sean Lock. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 2, Episode 2 - Meeting Eight

Comedian Tim Fitzhigham, physicist Simon Singh, and Gavin Pretor-Pinney, author of The Cloudspotter's Guide and co-founder of The Idler donate Don Quixote, a pigeon-spattered telescope and an extremely rare cloud to the museum.

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