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Radio schedule Wednesday 24th January 2024
Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes
Episode 3 - The Drunk And The Bullion StoneThe subject of drink and drunkenness is always a contentious one, but however puritanical or sensitive the age, the figure of a drunk, from Joanna Lumley's riotous Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous to Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff has been a regular feature of comedy. And as it turns out, you can go back further still to find the depiction of a comic drunk. Ian's in Scotland to see The Bullion Stone, a 10th century Pictish carving now on display in the National Museum of Scotland.
Clare In The Community
Series 12, Episode 3 - Questions QuestionsClare's got tickets to Any Questions. This is going to be the best night of her life, even is she does have to take Mrs Singh. Elsewhere, Brian's gone back to Men's Group and discovered there's been some developments.
We Forced A Bot To Write This Show
Episode 6 - The One Show, The Crown, And ClarksonWe forced AI to digest massive amounts of media and then write its own versions. We pushed the scripts into the mouths of actors, and the result is, absurdly, joyously hilarious.
Sarah Keyworth - Are You A Boy Or A Girl?
Series 1, Episode 2 - NedvedIn part two we go back to Sarah's school days as she gets mistaken for a footballer and looks closer at the reality of androgyny in early 2000s Nottingham...