This week’s show culminates in two Richard Pryor performances. First up is his acclaimed 1982 stand-up show Live on the Sunset Strip, followed by a rare dramatic role in the Paul Schrader film Blue Collar (1978).

4.00 Flouncer’s Music Show

TV Block

6.00 Cowboy Bebop – Session 2: Stray Dog Strut
6.25 Minder – S04E04 Sorry Pal, Wrong Number
7.15 Vic Reeves Big Night Out – S02E07
7.40 Alexei Sayle’s Stuff – S01E05
8.05 The Mark Thomas Comedy Product – S01E03 Parliament!
8.30 Peep Show – S05E01 Burgling

Richard Pryor Night

9.00 Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
10.20 Blue Collar (1978)

This week’s throwback features some 1980s schools programming, and some mid nineties CBBC fare before moving on to our usual programmes. Data’s brother Lore makes his first appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Louis enters the world of black nationalism in this week’s Weird Weekends. Tonight’s film is Blade (1998), in which Wesley Snipes stars as a human/vampire hybrid who, along with his friend and mentor Whistler (played by Kris Kristofferson), fights against an underground vampire subculture with plans to enslave the human race.

4.00 Pages From Ceefax
5.10 BBC Schools: Maths Counts
5.30 BBC Schools: Exploring Science – Electricity
5.50 Stingray – S01E01 Stingray
6.15 CBBC: Simon and the Witch
6.35 CBBC: The O-Zone – Hip Hop Special
7.00 Neighbours – Episode 9
7.25 The Fresh Prince of Bel Air – S01E08 Someday Your Prince Will be in Effect (Part 2)
7.50 Star Trek: The Next Generation – S01E12 Datalore
8.35 3rd Rock From the Sun – S01E04 Dick is from Mars, Sally is from Venus
9.00 Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends – S02E03 Black Nationalism
9.50 Blade (1998)
11.50 BBC News, Weather and Closedown

5:00pm Monterey Pop (1968) Extra Performances Part 1

6pm Batman – Season 1 Episode 2 Smack In The Middle

6:25 The Simpsons – Season 1 Episode 9 Life In The Fast Lane

6.45 King Of The Hill – Season 5 Episode 16 Hanks Choice

7:10 South Park –Season 3 Episode 3 Jakovasurs

7:35 The Twilight Zone – Episode 100 I Sing The Body Electric

8.00 Secret Life Of Machines – Series 2 The Video Recorder

8:25 One Foot In The Grave – Series 2 –Christmas Special The Man In The Long Coat

9.15 Goodnight Sweetheart – Series 1 Episode 5 I Get Along Without You Very Well

9.45 I Love Lucy –Season 1 Episode 35 Ricky Asks For A Raise

10.10 Twin Peaks – Season 2 Episode 19

11.05 Armchair Thriller (1978) – Quiet As A Nun (Episodes 4-6)

A reporter is asked to look into the mysterious death of a nun who died in a locked room at a convent.

Director:

Moira Armstrong

Writers:

Andrew Brown (deviser),…

4.00: Rocket Robin Hood: Robin Versus The Robot Knight (Season 1, Episode 3)

Robin faces off against the Red Knight at the N.O.T.T. Tournament games with serious stakes: Maid Marian released from an unwanted betrothment if he wins, life imprisonment if he loses.

4.25: Tom & Jerry #030 – Salt Water Tabby

It’s a grand day at the beach for Tom and his girlfriend Toots – that is, until Jerry shows up

4.32: Knightmare: Series 3, Episode 12

4.57: The Mysterious Cities Of Gold – Crossing The Atlantic (Season 1, Episode 2)

The ship Esperanza departs from Barcelona with Esteban, Mendoza, Zia, and the rest of the crew. After a long voyage across the Atlantic it arrives to the dangerous Strait of Magellan.

5.22: The Changes: The Devil’s Children – Episode 3

Nicky and the Sikhs continue their search for a safe place to live, and settle at Brooker’s Farm. But soon they find themselves accused of being “The Devil’s Children” by superstitious locals.

5.47: …

Good evening and welcome to the grand anonymous tribute act where you may find a genuine immitation show that is something of a test run at trying to entertain people who are much more experienced in doing this. Hopefully it will work well, or in any rate I hope that everyone is amused. Please do heckle and enjoy ladies and gentlemen.

5:00pm-5:25pm – Heybot Episode 01

5:25pm-5:50pm – The Mask Animated Series Episode 01

5:50pm-6:15pm – Planetes – Episode 01

6:15pm-7:15pm – The Invaders First Pilot Episode

(This bit isn’t finished yet. If Secrets of Speed isn’t a 2-hour special then there’ll be a documentary about MiG choppers on afterwards.)

7:15pm-9:15pm Audi: Secrets of Speed

9:15pm-11:00pm – Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

the serves up 7½ hours of music, comedy, computer animation and documentary.

17:00   the Show mix
A warm and lively 90 minute blend of funk, hip hop, downtempo, house, and much more.

18:30   Room 101 – Trevor & Simon (1993)
Classic episode of the superior Radio 5 incarnation of Room 101 – the antidote to Desert Island Discs. Megastars Trevor & Simon take Nick Hancock through an esoteric collection of their least favourite records, TV and places.

18:55   Connections (1985)
Granada’s summer replacement for Blockbusters, Connections is the teenage teatime quizshow with a difference – Sue Robbie!

19:30   Popadoodledandy (1992)
Unaired until 2014, this pilot edition of Vic and Bob’s pop music show is a hidden gem in the Reeves & Mortimer catalogue.

20:05   The External World (2010)
Comedy computer animation from David O’Reilly. A collection of vignettes, it looks fantastic and defies explanation.

20:30   Nightingales – Trouble In Mind (1993)
Off-the-wall sitcom about three night watchmen. Mr Bell’s terrible crime leads to a visit from a psychiatrist.…

The Evening’s Schedule

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5:00 GamesMaster (series 2, episode 24)

5:30 BoJack Horseman – ‘Live Fast, Diane Nguyen’ (series 1, episode 5)

6:00 Hello Ladies – ‘Pool Party’ (series 1, episode 5)

6:30 Face Off – ‘Bad to the Bone’ (series 1, episode 4)

7:05 Saxondale (series 2, episode 3)

7:50 Lexx – ‘Supernova’ (series 1, episode 2 – Part 2)

8:45 Inside No. 9 – ‘The 12 Days of Christine’ (series 2, episode 2)

??!! Steamed Hams!

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9:20 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

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11:30 Half-Life VR but the AI is Self-Aware (Act 1 – Part 2)

11:55 Oney Plays on the GTA V Roleplay Server

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The Feature Presentation

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

The titular character of Buster Scruggs is but the first tale in this Western anthology film from the Coen Brothers,…

The merry month of May starts off with a bang this year, with the fortieth edition of the Funbucket. Pete and Pete are history, being replaced by a new show to start off the TV section – the fantastic Cowboy Bebop. Capping off this section, it’s Mark and Sophie’s big day in the explosive series four finale of Peep Show. At nine it’s time for some late sixties cinema in our Dustin Hoffman double bill, featuring The Graduate (1967) and Midnight Cowboy (1969).

4.00 Flouncer’s Music Show

TV Block
6.00 Cowboy Bebop – Session 1: Asteroid Blues
6.25 Minder – S04E03 High Drains Pilferer
7.15 Vic Reeves Big Night Out – S02E06
7.40 Alexei Sayle’s Stuff – S01E04
8.05 The Mark Thomas Comedy Product – S01E02 McDonalds and Mad Saddam
8.30 Peep Show – S04E06 Wedding

Dustin Hoffman Double Bill
9.00 The Graduate (1967)
10.40 Midnight Cowboy (1969)

As nothing else is on this evening I’ve thrown together a special bonus Thursday cast of stuff from the depths of my youtube downloads folder…we’ll be having some Andy Kaufman rarities, another of Michael Winner’s True Crimes will be revealed, there’ll be a full and uncut edition of Stairway To Stardom, and then finishing up with the documentary Breadcrumb Trail about legendary post-rock pioneers Slint round about 9.45. Plus lots of other shit in between!