Radio schedule for 22nd April 2011 (full list)

9:30am (repeat)

Genius

Series 1, Episode 4 - Neil Innes

With Neil Innes. Ideas include bunk chairs, helium-filled bubble wrap and and randomising the days of the week via lottery.

10am
30 min

What's So Funny?

Series 1, Episode 3

Rufus Hound is joined by Dave Gorman as they present a half-hour, weekly whizz through the world of comedy.

12:30pm (repeat)

Immigration, Islamophobia, and Intrepid Ducks. Sandi Toksvig hosts in the week that Cameron and Cable were ununified, France was unveiled, and 12 ducklings were unbelievably well looked after. Jack Dee, Fred Macaulay, Susan Calman and Jeremy Hardy make up the illustrious panel.

4pm
30 min

Peoplewatch

Episode 1 - Pilot

Comedy natural history about human beings, Springwatch style, with live studio reports from all over Scotland hosted by top nature experts Attenborough and Irwin.

5:30pm (repeat)

The Penny Dreadfuls Present...

The Brothers Faversham, Episode 3 - Leonidas

The Penny Dreadfuls present the story of Leonidas, Victorian Britain's most reckless explorer and the third born of the Faversham Brothers.

6pm (repeat)

Terry Pratchett's Small Gods

Episode 1

There are gods everywhere on the Discworld but only a few people can see them. Each small god lies in wait, desperately wanting to make someone believe in him. On the Discworld, gods need people more than people need gods.

6:30pm
30 min

The News Quiz

Series 74, Episode 2

Snooping, Superinjunctions, and Sleeping on the Job: iPhone's tracking abilities, celebrity gagging orders and an air traffic controller who watched movies on the job get The News Quiz treatment. Guests this week are Susan Calman, Matthew Parris, Will Smith and Jeremy Hardy.

7pm
30 min

Jesting About

Series 1, Episode 1 - Jesting About 2011

Comedy sketches written by some of the North East's newest writers. See guide for local radio station details.

10pm
45 min version

The News Quiz

Series 74, Episode 1

Immigration, Islamophobia, and Intrepid Ducks. Sandi Toksvig hosts in the week that Cameron and Cable were ununified, France was unveiled, and 12 ducklings were unbelievably well looked after. Jack Dee, Fred Macaulay, Susan Calman and Jeremy Hardy make up the illustrious panel.

10:45pm (repeat)