Radio
Radio schedule Tuesday 23rd August 2011
9:30am
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The Personality Test
Series 1, Episode 1 - John SergeantFormer BBC and ITN Chief Political Correspondent John Sergeant is at the helm for the first edition of this new comedy panel game show where all the questions are based on the host's own life. With Sue Perkins, Lucy Porter, Robin Ince and Alan Carr.
10:30am90 min
MacAulay And Co
Edinburgh 2011, Episode 7 - Tuesday 23rdFred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best comedy from the Edinburgh Festival.
10:45am
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12pm
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The Goon Show
The Sinking of Westminster Pier: Comedy, with Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. First aired in 1955.
12:30pm
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Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack
Series 2, Episode 4Variety-packed sketch show with comedian Lucy Montgomery, featuring her vocal athletics and characters from a deluded teen to a nonagenarian diva.
1pm
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High Table, Lower Orders
Series 1, Episode 2Another mysterious death causes Health and Safety executive Simon to consider cruets.
2:15pm45 min
Higher
Series 2, Episode 3 - Rebrand, RelaunchTo Jim's dismay, Roland becomes Vice Chancellor and image consultants are hired to rebrand the university. Jim feels he's being forced out. Will he find an ally in Karen?
3:30pm15 min
Comic Fringes
Series 7, Episode 1 - Stairlift Us Up Where We BelongPoignant and funny monologue exploring that tricky turning point in a woman's life when she goes from being thought of as useful to becoming invisible. By Sarah Millican.
3:45pm
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5:30pm
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Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
Series 1, Episode 5From haggling over the price of a scouring pad and the difficulties of opening a door via an intercom to a day late audition. All Tourettic tics, false starts and nervous fumbling, badly covered up by a delicate sheen of bravado and self assurance.
6:30pm30 min
Richard Herring's Objective
Edinburgh Festival SpecialRichard Herring reclaims the ginger hair wig widely available for sale in Scotland, as he looks at the roots of red hair from the vantage point of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
7pm
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The Goon Show
The Sinking of Westminster Pier: Comedy, with Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. First aired in 1955.
8pm
(repeat)
High Table, Lower Orders
Series 1, Episode 2Another mysterious death causes Health and Safety executive Simon to consider cruets.
9pm
(repeat)
MacAulay And Co
Edinburgh 2011, Episode 7 - Tuesday 23rdFred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best comedy from the Edinburgh Festival.
10pm
(repeat)
Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack
Series 2, Episode 4Variety-packed sketch show with comedian Lucy Montgomery, featuring her vocal athletics and characters from a deluded teen to a nonagenarian diva.
11pm30 min
Life: An Idiot's Guide
Pilot, Episode 1 - Getting AwayStephen K Amos hosts a selection of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival's best stand-up comedians to present an Idiot's Guide to "Getting Away". With guest stand-up from W. Kamau Bell, Susan Calman, Tim FitzHigham, Josie Long and Simon Munnery.
11:30pm
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Elephants To Catch Eels
Series 1, Episode 1Tamsyn Trelawny's existence as a smuggler is threatened by the arrival of a new customs inspector.