Radio

Between Ourselves

Olivia O'Leary presents a new series of the programme which brings together people with similar experiences. The first programme looks at people who have become stand-up comics. Shazia Mirza is one of Britain's first Muslim stand-ups, however, her parents wanted her to have a more "respectable" job, so she finished her bio-chemistry degree and became a teacher. She only told her parents that she was doing stand-up the night before she appeared on Have I Got News For You.

The family of Paul Sinha (pictured) were keen for him to study the sciences and so he became a GP. For years his stand-up comedy was a hobby until success at the Edinburgh Festival propelled him into the spotlight.

Olivia asks how these comedians got into stand-up and whether being Muslim, Asian or gay is a help or a hindrance.

Baggage

It's Burns' night and passion and politics are to the fore. Tensions abound at the prospect of baby April spending the weekend with her birth father and Caroline frets over why her own father isn't spending the night at home.

The Odd Half Hour

Returning for a second series, The Odd Half Hour is the show that looks at that pains of modern life - big and small - with sketches and songs from leading comic talents. Sketches include how the recession is affecting supermarkets, the conspiracy behind celebrity gossip magazines and how Radio 4 is going to rebrand itself.