Radio
Radio schedule Friday 8th January 2010
11:30am30 min
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
Series 5, Episode 4 - Yes Count ArthurFrustrated by a dispute at the local opticians over repairs to his glasses, Arthur decides to stand up for the 'little man' and seeks high office in the local council elections. With his protege Malcolm as his assistant campaigns manager, surely Number 10 has to be the next stop for the Dream Team?
2:15pm30 min
Family Soup
Comedy drama focusing on a journalist's attempts to write a weekly family newspaper column - when his family have deserted him.
5:30pm
(repeat)
Cabin Pressure
Series 1, Episode 2 - BostonOne passenger's insistence on smoking during a flight to Boston kicks off a chain of events that culminates in the plane being turned round in mid-air four times, and one of the crew getting arrested.
6pm
(repeat)
Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters
Episode 1Three witches meet on a blasTed Heath while murder is in the air.
6:30pm30 min
The News Quiz
Series 70, Episode 1Campaigning, Coups and the Cold: Sandi Toksvig leads the teams in the week that a Labour revolution got left in the cold, Iceland gave the UK the cold shoulder and marriage gave Cameron cold feet. Jeremy Hardy, Fred Macaulay, Will Smith and Danielle Ward make up the illustrious panel.
11:30pm
(repeat)
Bleak Expectations
Series 1, Episode 1 - A Childhood Cruelly KipperedThe idyllic life of young Pip Bin is ruined by the scheming of his exceedingly evil guardian, Mr Gently Benevolent, and his incarceration in Britain's most violent school, St Bastards.