Schedule Tuesday 24th February 2009
11:30am
There Was a Young Man from Limerick
John Hegley celebrates the limerick and delves into the history of this versatile form of comic verse, encountering nursery rhymes, Shakespearian songs, nonsense poems and some smut along the way.
2:15pm45 min
Mole
Comic Afternoon Play about a gardener who becomes obsessed with hunting down a mole.
4:05pm30 min
Hotel Trubble
Series 1, Episode 13 - Dribble Versus TrubbleThe evil staff of Hotel Dribble run a campaign to put Hotel Trubble out of business.
5:30pm
(repeat)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile
Episode 4 - Inspecting The PilesPike and his Uncle Arthur find themselves in a tricky situation with an inflatable dinghy.
6:30pm
(repeat)
Cabin Pressure
Series 1, Episode 1 - Abu DhabiThe town of Bristol, a cat and a thermostat combine to present Martin with a career-breaking crisis. A flight to the Middle East is complicated by Carolyn's new economy drive; Martin's insistence that Douglas call him 'Sir'; and Arthur's refusal to believe that anyone actually knows how a plane stays in the air.
9:30pm
(repeat)
Early Doors
Series 2, Episode 1Forged bank notes are being past over The Grapes counter but who is the culprit? Luckily Phil and Nige are on the case.
10pm30 min
10pm
(repeat)
Shameless
Series 6, Episode 5Karen and Jamie's relationship is rocked when Karen suffers a miscarriage. Both unaware of the pregnancy, the two try to come to terms with what's happened.
10:30pm
(repeat)
The Mark Steel Lecture
Series 2, Episode 5 - Billie HollidayMark presents the life of Billie Holliday, the jazz musician and singer who shocked and outraged, but whose songs had a deep and complex side to them.
10:30pm30 min
Grownups
Series 3, Episode 7 - Me, Me, MeMichelle and Jenny's girlie night out ends in disaster. Grant maims pensioners in his bid to drum up business for his law firm. Alex comes face to face with his fear of little people and runs through a sheet glass window, yet again. Chris discovers he's a daddy and has been for the past sixteen years.
11pm30 min
Mastering The Universe
Series 2, Episode 1 - DIYInvestigating the fun that can be had, at other people's expense, through DIY.
11pm60 min
Shameless
Series 6, Episode 6Paddy wakes up disorientated, chained to a bed in a strange room, unable to remember where he is or how he got there. When Maureen comes in things seem a little clearer.
11:30pm
(repeat)
On The Hour
Series 2, Episode 2Rosy May covers On the Hour's new environment segement "Know Your Globe", a statue of a saint in Birmingham has been vomiting real blood and the show broadcasts it's early episodes from 33 years ago.
11:35pm
(repeat)
We Need Answers
Series 1, Episode 2 - MotoringCelebrity guests Julia Bradbury and Robert Llewellyn take part in a knock-about quiz to find out which one of them is the smartest, the funniest and the best at surreal physical challenges. All the questions come from the audience members and text-messaging services.