The Now Show

Bored Now - Can I Play With The Puppy? As the green shoots of the silly season start sprouting, Punt & Dennis look into, among other things, exactly why we're all so bored. Meanwhile, Mitch Benn becomes a space station correspondent, Jon Holmes's piece is a "stunna", and Marcus Brigstocke finds it isn't easy being green.

Topics

Swine Flu

The International Space Station's loo (Mitch Benn song)

Silly Season Stories, MPs on Holiday, etc

Details on a newsagent who has been posting fake newspaper headlines outside his shop (Jon Holmes)

Media buzzwords (Jon Holmes)

Boredom

The French and green energy (Marcus Brigstocke)

Audience Question

"The government is proposing that children should have good behaviour contracts that parents sign at school. What other groups or individuals would you like to see put on a contract, and what standards of behaviour this would specify?"

- Zimbabwe Government Officials: More smiles, less starving, more slapstick.

- When they have failed to solve your problem, customer support teams at call centres should not be allowed to say, 'Is there anything else I can help you with?'

- People who stop at the top of escalators must walk on or die.

- Al-Qaeda should agree to target only those buildings designed by the Le Corbusier school.