AuthorJosie Long
NarratorJosie Long
Duration14m
CategoriesAdult Non-Fiction, British Radio Comedy Shows
PublisherAudio Go Ltd
VersionUnabridged
The third episode, Obscure Animal Facts, of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series, All of the Planet's Wonders, in which award-winning comedian Josie Long attempts to better herself through learning from reference books, with help from Irish comedian Maeve Higgins. Originally broadcast 4 March 2009 and repeated on 30 December 2010. In Obscure Animal Facts Josie explores the fantastic world of animal trivia in a bid to become the ultimate quiz contestant. To do this she looks back at her animal rights activist past, questions why she grew out of this phase and interrogates her father over his quiz-buff history. This episode features appearances from comedian Chris Neill, Josie's Dad, Geoff Long and host of Jordan, Jesse Go! and The Sound of Young America, Jesse Thorn.
The Museum of Curiosity: Series 5 - 8
Author: John Lloyd
Author John Lloyd
Narrator Various
Duration 12h
Join Professor John Lloyd and Curators Jimmy Carr, Humphrey Ker, Phill Jupitus and Sarah Millican as they plunge down the badger hole of ignorance in a search for the universe's most mind-boggling oddnesses. The Museum of Curiosity is BBC Radio 4's monumental comedy edifice, and the only one with gargoyles in the foyer. It allows nothing inside tha...
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Author: Sue Perkins
Author Sue Perkins
Narrator The Authors
Duration 1h 50m
Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins offer you more than your fair share of laughs, songs and silliness in their imaginatively titled BBC Radio 4 series.
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Author: Josie Long
Author Josie Long
Narrator Josie Long
Duration 14m
The first episode, Astronomy for Dummies, of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series, All of the Planet's Wonders, in which award-winning comedian Josie Long attempts to better herself through learning from reference books, with help from Irish comedian Maeve Higgins. Originally broadcast 18 February 2009 and repeated on 28 December 2010. In this episode Jos...
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Author: Josie Long
Author Josie Long
Narrator Josie Long
Duration 14m
The second episode, The Enlightenment, of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series, All of the Planet's Wonders, in which award-winning comedian Josie Long attempts to better herself through learning from reference books, with help from Irish comedian Maeve Higgins. Originally broadcast 25 February 2009 and repeated on 29 December 2010. In the second episode,...
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Author: Ian Messiter
Author Ian Messiter
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 47m
icholas Parsons chairs six more episodes of the evergreen BBC Radio 4 panel game. Fresh from winning the Radio Award for comedy in the 2016 Chortle Awards, the perennially popular show returns for a 75th series. Guests joining Nicholas Parsons include regulars Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Sheila Hancock and Marcus Brigstocke, as well as relative ne...
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Chain Reaction Complete Series 8
Author: BBC Radio 4
Author BBC Radio 4
Narrator Various
Duration 1h 51m
Chain Reaction' is the entertaining BBC Radio 4 tag talk show where this week's guest is next week's interviewer. Famous names from the world of showbusiness choose who they would like to chat to, and must submit to being questioned in their turn the week after. In this eighth series, guests (and hosts) include Catherine Tate, David Tennant, Richar...
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Author: Mitchell Victoria Coren
Author Mitchell Victoria Coren
Narrator Victoria Coren Mitchell
Duration 1h 50m
Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews Dawn French, Olivia Colman, Sarah Millican and Germaine Greer in this four-part BBC Radio 4 series. In these four episodes, presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell and guests discuss their lives as seen through the prism of the cars they have known, the journeys they've been on and the things they keep in their boot for...
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The Infinite Monkey Cage --the Complete Series 14-17
Author: Robin Ince
Author Robin Ince
Narrator Various
Duration 10h 10m
Brian Cox and Robin Ince present a witty, irreverent look at the world according to science. The Infinite Monkey Cage has become one of BBC Radio 4's most popular science-based programmes. In each episode physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince delve into a particular field of science, with the help of guests from the worlds of science, academi...
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Grumpy Old Men the Secret Diary
Author: Stuart Prebble
Author Stuart Prebble
Narrator Various
Duration 2h 14m
To everything there is a season. A time to be born, a time to die... and a time to get a few things off your chest. The sequel to Grumpy Old Men: The Official Handbook covers a year in the sad and sordid life of a Grumpy Old Man, sorting into dates and seasons the many and manifold bloody irritations which multiply in this perpetual torment that we...
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Propriety, Plants, Grandparents and Growing Your Own
Author: Josie Long
Author Josie Long
Narrator Josie Long
Duration 13m
The fourth and final episode, Propriety, Plants, Grandparents, and Growing Your Own, of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series, All of the Planets Wonders, in which award-winning comedian Josie Long attempts to better herself through learning from reference books, with help from Irish comedian Maeve Higgins. Originally broadcast 11 March 2009 and repeated o...
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