Schedule Saturday 14th March 1998

The News Quiz

Series 39, Episode 4

Simon Hoggart is in the chair as panellists Alan Coren, Linda Smith, Andy Hamilton and Oliver Pritchard examine the funnier aspects of the week's news. Peter Donaldson reads out cuttings sent in by listeners.

The Smith Lectures

Series 1, Episode 4

Arthur Smith presents a six-part series investigating the state of comedy. In the fourth programme, he looks at the work of Steve Coogan , whom he terms "the greatest iconoclast of the last 40 years".