Radio
Radio schedule Friday 11th August 2023
11:30am30 min
Ashley Blaker: 6.5 Children
Series 2, Episode 2 - SchoolAshley considers the many issues surrounding sending his kids to school.
1:30pm30 min
Breaking The News
Series 25, Episode 8This week from the Edinburgh Festival, Des and guests Susie McCabe, Marcus Brigstocke, Susan Riddell & Connor Burns take a look at spending by civil servants in Scotland, a return to the office after the pandemic, how many steps you should do in a day, wedding drama in the US, Liz Truss and a new search for the Loch Ness Monster.
6:30pm30 min
Dom Joly Breaks The News
In a satirical mash-up of prank calls, interviews and features, Dom Joly offers his mischievously surreal take on the people and stories that are hitting the week's headlines
11:30pm
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What's Funny About...
Series 1, Episode 2 - The Thick Of ItPeter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to Armando Iannucci and Rebecca Front about the satirical sitcom. Was Nicola Murray just a nice (if hapless) person, thrust into a nest of political vipers, or was she just as bad as the rest of them? Who came up with the line "about as much use as a marzipan dildo"? And who was Malcolm Tucker really based on (it's probably not who you think).