Radio
Radio schedule Saturday 1st November 2014
10:30am30 min
The Frequency Of Laughter: A History Of Radio Comedy
Episode 1 - 1975-1980Graeme Garden and John Lloyd look at radio comedy in the late 1970s.
11am60 min
Fighting Talk
Series 12, Episode 11Josh Widdicombe is joined by Rachel Riley, journalist and writer Will Buckley, presenter Richard Osman and comedian Ian Stone.
12:30pm
(repeat)
The News Quiz
Series 85, Episode 2A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with Samira Ahmed, Susan Calman and Phill Jupitus, and regular panellist Jeremy Hardy.
1pm
(repeat)
The Dylan Thomas Pub Quiz
Episode 2Chris Corcoran tests a panel including Helen Griffin, Mab Jones and Sian Phillips on their knowledge of the Swansea poet. Dylan Thomas expert Jeff Towns adjudicates.
2pm
(repeat)
The Burkiss Way
Series 5, Episode 7 - Avoid Like The Plague The Burkiss WayThe Grim Reaper arrives, keen to spread the Red Death.
2:30pm
(repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
The Primary Phase, Episode 5 - Fit The FifthSent to find the Ultimate Question to Life, the Universe and Everything, Arthur Dent and his companions have been cornered by two humane cops who, nevertheless, have left them in a certain-death situation.
8pm60 min
Tears Of A Clown
Robin Ince looks at the enduring cliché of the Sad Clown and the relationship between stand-up comedy and mental health.
10pm
(repeat)
Ross Noble Goes Global
Series 2, Episode 4 - MilanIn Milan, Ross discovers that the people refuse to stop talking into their mobile phones and finds that every impressive building he tries to visit is covered in scaffolding.
10:30pm
(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.
11pm
(repeat)
The Mark Steel Revolution
Episode 1 - The French RevolutionThe radical comic turns his analytical mind to the guillotine and all things French.
11:30pm
(repeat)
Steven Appleby's Normal Life
Episode 3, Normal Sleep: The cartoonist searches for the secret meaning of life, said to be written on a sausage.
11:45pm
(repeat)
No Tomatoes
Episode 1 - Dog DaysSketches include the local radio play "Glass or Brass", the artistic value of The Laughing Cow, a rather unusual slide show and "Radio 4 for Dogs".