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Radio schedule Wednesday 24th July 2024

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Geoff Norcott

Geoff Norcott's Working Men's Club

Episode 3

This week, Geoff looks at male friendship. Are men capable of forming better bonds with other men, beyond stag dos and pub crawls? With the help of his studio audience, Geoff looks at why so many men seem lonely, and why they seem reluctant to do anything constructive about it.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Jim Smith

Jim Smith: Me And The Farmer

Episode 4 - Passionate About Potatoes

Jim's dad was passionate about tatties (that's potatoes!) and it's a passion he shared with his son. This episode is all about the folk who came to help pick the tatties and the berries in the local area - with people coming from all over Scotland the fields were full of parties and good banter.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Maisie Adam: The Beautiful Game. Maisie Adam

Maisie Adam: The Beautiful Game

Episode 2 - 'There's just not enough demand for it sorry'

Maisie reflects on football infrastructure in the UK and why it felt like you had to move to the USA, Bend It Like Beckham style, if you wanted to pursue football professionally as a woman. She's joined by the leading global scholar of women's football, Professor Jean Williams, to help her find out why this was the case for well over a hundred years.

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