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Schedule Monday 19th May 2003

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Hopes And Desires

Hopes And Desires

Episode 3 - Toad Squad

Reg, bitter at being retired prematurely, finds a toad crushed on the road as it was crossing to mate. Now Reg has a mission. In future, none of the toad's fellow creatures will end up looking like flattened gardening gloves.

BBC Two 9:30pm
30 min
Early Doors. Image shows from L to R: Joe (Craig Cash), Duffy (Phil Mealey). Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment

Early Doors

Series 1, Episode 2

Women throw themselves at Ken in The Grapes. Liam's cooking Melanie a meal for her birthday, although Joe and Duffy suspect she's got a bigger treat in store.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 10pm
30 min
Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation

V Graham Norton

Series 4, Episode 6

With Jean-Paul Gaultier.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC 10:35pm
60 min
BBC One. Copyright: BBC

The Sitcom Story

Episode 2

Dawn French explains why the family is at the heart of the sitcom, and examines the themes that make a sitcom great, in the second of the three-part series. There's help along the way from those with front-line experience, including Ronnie Barker, Neil Morrissey, Wendy Richard and Richard Briers.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation 11pm
30 min
Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation

Gash

Episode 4

Satirical debate programme hosted by Armando Iannucci, nightly in the run-up to the May 2003 local elections.

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