Schedule Wednesday 12th May 2010

Dave Podmore

2010 Specials - Dave Podmore On The Stump

Ex-cricketer Dave Podmore is elected MP for the hotly-contested marginal seat of Leicester Forest Services (East). But how come he has to resign his seat three days later? And will his wife Jacqui return to him, after playing away with an Aussie ex-cricketer even more overweight than Pod?

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 2, Episode 6 - Kirkwall

Mark performs from the Pickaquoy Centre in Kirkwall, Orkney, where he encounters Thorfinn The Skullsplitter and an extraordinarily violent ball game. He also learns why it's pointless being a hairdresser on the island.

The Shuttleworths

Series 5, Episode 1 - Tale Of A Toaster

John's wife Mary bids for a fancy toaster on the internet, complete with crumb tray, but John becomes obsessed that she'll be outbid.