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Slim's Guide to Life
6. Fifties and the Future
At 53, Slim is still feeling young at heart, but can't help planning his perfect funeral.
25 Mar 2026,·13 mins
Series 14
6. Unst (Shetland part 2)
Mark makes his final stop this series on Unst, the most northerly island in Britain.
11 Nov 2025,·38 mins
Series 1
Thomas Paine
The radical comedian profiles the 18th-century author and radical idealist.
30 Sep 1999,·30 mins
Scam Special
Cop turned comic Alfie Moore dives into the world of scams.
26 Nov 2025,·30 mins
Catherine Bohart: Again, With Feelings
Part 2
Join Catherine Bohart for a hilariously twisted second coming-of-age saga.
03 Mar 2026,·15 mins
Series 4
Desert Island Quiz
Paul Sinha tests a Sunderland audience's knowledge of light bulbs and desert islands.
03 Nov 2025,·28 mins
Series 11
The Aeneid
In a tour de force solo performance, Natalie takes on Virgil's great poem in 28 minutes.
02 Sep 2025,·27 mins
Series 5
4. Unsweet Charity
Charity, our ultimate life quests and a strange house plant that refused to die.
01 Mar 2025,·28 mins
Series 2
Toxic Role Model
The stand-up comic's unique perspective on living life with his blindness.
17 May 2023,·14 mins
Saturday's Child Is...
Award-winning comedian Mark Watson re-embarks on his doomed quest to understand life.
21 Mar 2023,·28 mins
Series 3
Anuvab Pal, Krystal Evans, Richard Morton, Thanyia Moore and Mark Nelson
Stand-up comedy with Fred MacAulay and guests, from The Stand Comedy Club in Newcastle.
16 Dec 2021,·28 mins
Episode 4
Geoff Norcott examines modern masculinity. This week, how do men deal with pregnancy?
31 Jul 2024,·28 mins
4. Telephones
John Dowie is very sick of telephones, TVs and cars.
13 Apr 1991,·29 mins
Series 6
Innovation
Simon Evans presents another comedy lecture on economics.
10 Aug 2021,·28 mins
Humanity
What does it mean to be human?
18 Jun 2025,·28 mins
6. Jo Brand and Eshaan Akbar
Renouncing Catholicism and sweet-talking soldiers.
25 Jun 2025,·28 mins
Charity
Sara looks at examples of altruistic behaviour and feats of generosity.
13 Mar 2018,·30 mins
Rob Newman On Air
Episode Four: On Song
Rob Newman returns with a hilarious new comedy series, co-starring Claire Price.
16 Nov 2022,·28 mins
4. Tattoos
Stand-up comedy unpicking a complex web of 'hyperfixations', one obsession at a time.
24 Jul 2025,·28 mins
4: Billionaires
Comedian Ellie Taylor explains why she thinks billionaires are a good thing.
19 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Series 2 - Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy
Episode 3 - Seventy-Five Years
Storyteller Sarah Kendal returns with more hilarious, gripping and moving stories.
05 Sep 2018,·30 mins
Enchanting, absurd and funny stories from the mind of celebrated US writer Simon Rich.
29 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Fruits of Labour
Stand-up comic Sindhu Vee looks at being a parent in a multi-generational family.
25 Jul 2018,·10 mins
Episode 10: Hosted by Gus Lymburn
The brightest and best stand-up from the Scottish comedy club scene.
02 Aug 2019,·27 mins
4. Leisure
Comedy about raising kids with special educational needs.
25 Aug 2023,·28 mins
New Relationships To Old Things
When his parents sell the family home, Alex discovers he's unexpectedly affected by it.
01 Jun 2021,·28 mins
Scotland
Elis James hosts a stand-up show from the Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow.
18 Jan 2017,·30 mins
Why Are Some More Susceptible Than Others?
Mae asks why some people more susceptible to addiction than others.
08 Nov 2017,·28 mins
Anxiety
Stand-up Felicity Ward downloads a meditation app to try and treat anxiety.
29 Aug 2018,·14 mins
15. Cheesy Feet and Old Ibiza Ravers
Michelle's broken her laptop in a bizarre way and Laura's living her 'amish best life'.
21 Jun 2023,·37 mins
