Radio schedule for 31st August 2024 (full list)

8:45am (repeat)

Holmes And Watford

Episode 2

An old lady is reported missing, could David Attenborough be involved in her disappearance?

9am (repeat)

Play It Cool

Episode 2

Days out and big business inspire comedy characters galore.

9:30am (repeat)

Brothers In Law

Series 2, Episode 6 - Circling The Square

Lawyer Roger Thursby defends an author whose publisher refuses to print his new book.

10am
30 min

You're Dead To Me

Series 9, Episode 9 - Paleolithic Cave Art

Greg Jenner is joined in the stone age by Dr Isobel Wisher and comedian Sean Burke to learn all about cave art and the people who made it.

11am
60 min

TV Presenter and broadcaster David Alorka, journalist and presenter Holly Hamilton, former footballer and coach Phil Brown, and comedian Carl Donnelly join Rick Edwards for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

11:30am (repeat)

Noising Up

Series 4, Episode 1

The Noising Up team return to cover the week's other big reunion - Oasis getting back together - plus all sorts of topical sketches definitely maybe inspired by the news.

12:30pm (repeat)

Catherine Bohart: TL;DR

Episode 6 - Hang on - are there ghosts in this machine?

Elon Musk thinks there should be regulation around AI. Is he right? Can AI really change the world, or are we just training our future robot overlords? Times journalist Hugo Rifkind navigates the ethical minefield of artificial intelligence, while Professor Gina Neff breaks down how AI is already reshaping our lives - and the risks that come with it. Meanwhile, in the TL;DR Sidebar, comedian Sunil Patel dives into the wild world of AI romance and discovers the perks and pitfalls of having an AI girlfriend. Will it be love at first byte?

1:45pm (repeat)

Holmes And Watford

Episode 2

An old lady is reported missing, could David Attenborough be involved in her disappearance?

2pm (repeat)

Play It Cool

Episode 2

Days out and big business inspire comedy characters galore.

2:30pm (repeat)

Brothers In Law

Series 2, Episode 6 - Circling The Square

Lawyer Roger Thursby defends an author whose publisher refuses to print his new book.

7:45pm (repeat)

Holmes And Watford

Episode 2

An old lady is reported missing, could David Attenborough be involved in her disappearance?

8pm (repeat)

Play It Cool

Episode 2

Days out and big business inspire comedy characters galore.

8:30pm (repeat)

Brothers In Law

Series 2, Episode 6 - Circling The Square

Lawyer Roger Thursby defends an author whose publisher refuses to print his new book.

10pm (repeat)

The Tim Vine Chat Show

Series 1, Episode 3

Tim has a job interview and an encounter with an anaconda.

10:30pm (repeat)

Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music

Episode 4, Manufactured Bands: The comedian turns his attentions to manufactured pop bands, and finds his career as a satirist under threat from Richard Stilgoe.

11pm
30 min

The Many Wrongs Of Lord Christian Brighty

Episode 2 - The Best Friend I Locked Up

Challenged by Babs to find a single person he's never wronged, Brighty finds himself re-running his best friend Russ Blackshark's stag do, whilst Churlington audits a tin mine.

11pm (repeat)