British Comedy Guide

Schedule Wednesday 16th April 2014

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Gloomsbury. Image shows from L to R: Henry Mickleton (Jonathan Coy), Vera Sackcloth-Vest (Miriam Margolyes), DH Lollipop (John Sessions), Lionel Fox (Nigel Planer), Venus Traduces (Morwenna Banks), Ginny Fox (Alison Steadman). Copyright: Little Brother Productions

Gloomsbury

Series 2, Episode 3 - Bonfire Of The Jealousies

Vera is consumed with jealousy, because her friend Ginny Fox is going to be photographed for the front cover of Vanity Fair by acclaimed society photographer Manta Ray.

BFBS 6:30pm
30 min
Damn The Torpedoes. Copyright: Kirrin Productions

Damn The Torpedoes!

Episode 0 - Pilot

Pilot episode of a military themed sketch show. Sketches range from Action Man trying to obtain a discharge on medical grounds to a landlady inspecting Camp Bastion as the troops prepare to move out.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Susan Calman Is Convicted. Susan Calman. Copyright: BBC

Susan Calman Is Convicted

Series 2, Episode 3 - Intellectual Snobbery

Susan explains why she is an evangelist for embracing the broadest possible spectrum of cultural pursuits.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
It Is Rocket Science!. Helen Keen. Copyright: BBC

It Is Rocket Science!

Series 3, Episode 3 - Overlooked

Why are some space scientists famous and others utterly obscure? Helen Keen is well-placed to ponder this, as she dreams of a spot on The News Quiz (when, Sandi, WHEN??)

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 1, Episode 3

Patrick Marber and Peter Curran find refuge from the hurly burly of life in a bunk bed late at night, where they talk through the darkness.

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