Schedule Saturday 22nd February 2014

Tony Law's Surreal Guide To Surreal Comedy

Absurdist comedian Tony Law takes us on a journey through the twists and turns of Surrealism in comedy, with rare interviews from Gerard Hoffnung, Monty Python sketches, and a first outing on BBC Radio 4 Extra for Chris Morris and Peter Cook's Why Bother. Helping Tony make sense of it all, historian Mary Beard talks about the oldest surviving joke book, Sean Hughes remembers Elvis the talking spider, comedy writer Robert Popper confesses to a prank call about Gordon Brown that got slightly out of hand, and author Will Self renders the entire exercise practically pointless by asking us to be clearer about what the word Surrealism actually means. 'ToneZone' (as he insists the producer calls him) investigates whether the world is becoming more surreal and if the targets of Surrealism have changed.

Fighting Talk

Series 11, Episode 26

Jonathan Pearce is joined by former England cricketer Michael Vaughan, Silver Olympic Badminton Medallist Gail Emms, comedian Justin Moorhouse and sports commentator John Rawling.

The Jonathan Ross Show

Series 6, Episode 8 - Jack Whitehall, Lizzie Yarnold, Jenny Jones, Bradley Walsh, McBusted

The guests this week are Bad Education and Fresh Meat star Jack Whitehall; boy band supergroup McBusted; Olympic heroes Lizzie Yarnold and Jenny Jones; and actor Bradley Walsh.