British Comedy Guide

Schedule Tuesday 25th January 2022

Radio 4 4:30pm
30 min
Spike Milligan

Great Lives - Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan - author of Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall and member of The Goons - is picked by Henry Normal.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Tudur Owen: Where On Earth Is Anglesey?. Tudur Owen. Copyright: BBC

Tudur Owen: United Nations Of Anglesey

Episode 1

In 1978 a Japanese film crew came to 12 year old Tudur Owen's farm on Anglesey to make a programme about his life for a TV show called Children Of The World. Then a Patagonian gaucho turned up. As did a man claiming to be a geology student called Hector. But were they all what they seemed?

BBC Two 10pm
30 min
Toast Of Tinseltown

Toast Of Tinseltown

Episode 4 - Doctor Grainger

After attending a 'doctor acting' masterclass by Richard Chickentoss, Toast lands the role of a doctor in a successful hospital soap alongside Latina singing sensation, Carmen.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Fortunately... With Fi And Jane. Image shows from L to R: Fi Glover, Jane Garvey

Fortunately... With Fi And Jane

Series 2, Episode 4 - Slow Eaters' Tables And French Roundabouts, With Paris Lees

Fi and Jane are joined by the journalist and presenter Paris Lees. Paris tells them about her podcast The Flipside, which offers interesting insights on human nature through two stories that seem opposing, exploring topics such as extremism and forgiveness.

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