Radio
Radio schedule Saturday 3rd August 2024
10am30 min
You're Dead To Me
Series 9, Episode 5 - Robert BruceGreg Jenner is joined in medieval Scotland by Dr Iain MacInnes and comedian Marjolein Robertson to learn about Scottish independence hero and king Robert Bruce.
11:30am
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Breaking The News
Series 28, Episode 7Des Clarke is joined by Elaine Malcolmson, Stuart Mitchell, Krystal Evans and Ray Bradshaw.
12:30pm
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Catherine Bohart: TL;DR
Episode 2 - What's Putin's endgame in Ukraine?This week: what's Putin's endgame in Ukraine? Topical comedy stalwart Gareth Gwynn is our guide through the detail, and historian Julia Leikin joins to explain how the region's past is affecting its present. Meanwhile, in the TL;DR Sidebar, comedian Sunil Patel looks at the advantages of having a former comedian as your President when on a war-time footing.
7:15pm
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The Infinite Monkey Cage
Series 30, Episode 4 - Extreme ExplorationProf. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by special guests Anneka Rice, Mike Massimino, Britney Schmidt and Jess Phoenix in a recording in Porto, Portugal, at the Explorers Club as they discuss science at the extremes of exploration.
10pm
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Paul Sinha's General Knowledge
Series 3, Episode 3This episode looks at the history of the UK's New Towns, from the son of Stevenage who was one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people, to the Redditch-born superstar who has more Twitter followers than anyone else in Britain. Also, Paul proves empirically that Runcorn is at least three times more interesting than you thought.
10:30pm
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The Secret World
Series 3, Episode 4Comedy series that offers an insight into the private lives of the famous, from Michael Caine to Mark Zuckerberg.
11pm30 min
Scott Agnew: Dead Man Talking
Episode 1 - How It All EndedScott Agnew tells the story of how he died and the musings over mortality that have dominated his life.
11pm
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What The Future?
Episode 1 - BeesAll the bees are dead. And we love it! Britons revel in sting-less, insect-free summers. But soon all the honey vanishes and instantly becomes the must-have accoutrement for rappers and grime artists. With no pollination, all fruits and vegetables vanish and a panicked government tries to find bees in North Korea and, confusingly, space. Can Brian Cox and Brian May, the country's leading science people, find a solution? Probably not.
11:30pm
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...At The Stand
Fred At The Stand, Episode 1Fred MacAulay introduces Sindhu Vee, Susie McCabe, John Hastings and Gary Delaney.