Podcast appearances and mentions of Pam Ayres

Have you seen what The Dad Shift are doing yet?! Either way this is a MUST listen.The Dad Shift is a group of men, Dads and co-parents who lead a hugely important campaign working for better paternity leave in the UK.I am SO happy, moved and grateful to share this conversation with Alex Lloyd-Hunter of The Dad Shift.(Please Note: We recorded this episode on December 18th 2024.)Here's a gentle warning; at 54 minutes and 20 seconds you might want to throw something so beware(!)In this episode we speak about:a bit about Alex, when 'The Dad Shift' started and whyhow poor paternity leave policies negatively affects families and why the whole family (and community*) benefits from better leave for Dadsthe experiences of the Dads behind the The Dad Shifthow the attitudes and systems in place don't tie up — and why systemic and societal change is so badly neededthe messages men get and what needs to changethe socio-economic investments that other countries are making and how behind the UK is!*the RIPPLE effect on community of all of thisa bit about Alex's WHY and his relationship with his DadThemes: fathers, fatherhood, paternity leave, patrescenceAt the end, I share a poem written by Pam Ayres.You can find out more about The Dad Shift at www.thedadshift.org.ukWe mention Pregnant Then Screwed, Dope Black Dads, and Shahroo Izadi.Did you enjoy this episode? If so, I would really appreciate it if you could please leave a review on the platform that you listen. For more insights and to contact me you can find me on Instagram, and at www.lucywyldecoaching.com.

The Morecambe Poetry festival hosts Ian McMillan and the Verb at the Morecambe Winter Gardens, for a special recording with poets Pam Ayres, Raymond Antrobus and Henry Normal, three performers much- loved by audiences.Pam Ayres takes us back to the beginning of her career with the first poem she ever performed live whilst working for the Royal Air Force. This preceded her memorable winning appearance on the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks. Raymond Antrobus reads from a long sequence of poems written after he learned he was going to be a father. One of his poems describes the sign language his hearing son - born in 2021 - communicated with before he could speak. Raymond's own deafness was diagnosed when he was six.Henry Normal has a long association with the Morecambe Poetry festival. He was involved in its creation and is almost its resident poet. He reads poems inspired by libraries saying he would not have become a writer were it not for free access to the wide world through the pages of books. Produced by Susan Roberts

Today it's time to put away the Christmas chocolates and instead feast on this Rosebud Selection Box. Forget the Celebrations, this is the Christmas treat you've been waiting for. It's a chance to catch up on the best bits of Rosebud so far, and to indulge in some funny, moving and fascinating moments from some of our favourite guests: including Dame Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Dame Mary Berry, Sir Michael Palin, David Mitchell, Stephen Fry, Dame Maureen Lipman, Miriam Margolyes, Dame Joanna Lumley, Sir Keir Starmer, Richard Ayoade, Prue Leith, Rick Stein, Clare Balding, Pam Ayres and Terry Pendry. If you know someone who you'd like to introduce to Rosebud - this could be the episode for them! Or if you'd just like to listen again to some of our most memorable moments - enjoy this... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today it's time to put away the Christmas chocolates and instead feast on this Rosebud Selection Box. Forget the Celebrations, this is the Christmas treat you've been waiting for. It's a chance to catch up on the best bits of Rosebud so far, and to indulge in some funny, moving and fascinating moments from some of our favourite guests: including Dame Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Dame Mary Berry, Sir Michael Palin, David Mitchell, Stephen Fry, Dame Maureen Lipman, Miriam Margolyes, Dame Joanna Lumley, Sir Keir Starmer, Richard Ayoade, Prue Leith, Rick Stein, Clare Balding, Pam Ayres and Terry Pendry. If you know someone who you'd like to introduce to Rosebud - this could be the episode for them! Or if you'd just like to listen again to some of our most memorable moments - enjoy this... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brian Cox and Robin Ince emerge from the hedge row waking up their guests from hibernation to discuss the fascinating lives of Britain's favourite mammal, the hedgehog. They are joined by hedgehog experts Hugh Warwick and Sophie Lund Rasmussen (also know as Dr Hedgehog), and by broadcaster and poet Pam Ayres. Sophie Lund Rasmussen has crowd sourced 14 freezers worth of dead hedgehogs for her research and has brought one of her more unique samples with her, the penis of the oldest known hedgehog who reached a stupendous 16 years of age! Together our panel snuffle their way through the evolution of hedgehogs, their life cycle and how to stop them getting run over by robotic lawn mowers!Producer: Melanie Brown Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem Researcher: Olivia JaniBBC Studios Audio production

The poet Pam Ayres, author of Oh, I wish I'd looked after Me Teeth - which was voted one of the UK's top ten comic verses - joins Clive to discuss almost half a century of writing and a new volume of her collected works - Doggedly Onwards. Dawn O'Porter was once the journalist behind documentaries on topics from extreme dieting to poligamy and even the movie Dirty Dancing. Now she's a bestselling novelist and her latest work Honeybee is the taboo-tackling tale of twentysomething friends Renee and Flo who grew up, like Dawn herself, on Guernsey and seem to be failing at life. The comedian Ahir Shah went to Edinburgh festival last year with a work-in-progress show about family, immigration, Rishi Sunak and baked beans. He came home with the 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Award. Now that show is on Netflix and he's taking off on a UK tour. And Poppy O'Toole, a Michelin-trained chef who's become a TikTok sensation with the moniker "The Potato Queen" on gadgets and keeping eating interesting. Plus music from soul singer Dee C Lee, who worked with Wham! and The Style Council but is now back with a new album and touring for the first time in 25 years. Presented by Clive Anderson Produced by Olive Clancy

Get ready for a really wonderful edition of Rosebud, with the poet and performer Pam Ayres. Pam makes Gyles laugh and cry with the stories from her fascinating life. Pam paints vivid pictures of her childhood, growing up in relative poverty in a big family in an insular village in rural Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). All the family's food was grown in the back garden, there was no hot water, the family shared beds and the toilet was a bucket. She tells Gyles about the games she played, the first boyfriend she had, and about her first job. She tells Gyles about the joining the RAF, and how, through that, she began performing, and eventually got posted to Singapore. And she tells Gyles about being discovered and winning Opportunity Knocks. Pam's is a truly unique life, and in this interview she paints a compelling picture of a forgotten time. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this. With huge thanks to Pam for this wonderful conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get ready for a really wonderful edition of Rosebud, with the poet and performer Pam Ayres. Pam makes Gyles laugh and cry with the stories from her fascinating life. Pam paints vivid pictures of her childhood, growing up in relative poverty in a big family in an insular village in rural Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). All the family's food was grown in the back garden, there was no hot water, the family shared beds and the toilet was a bucket. She tells Gyles about the games she played, the first boyfriend she had, and about her first job. She tells Gyles about the joining the RAF, and how, through that, she began performing, and eventually got posted to Singapore. And she tells Gyles about being discovered and winning Opportunity Knocks. Pam's is a truly unique life, and in this interview she paints a compelling picture of a forgotten time. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this. With huge thanks to Pam for this wonderful conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us a Text Message.Lots of garden chatter this week about lawns, soil testing, herbicide dangers, an old gardening book and a few other misc. topics.For more info and links, check out our weekly newsletter.  Reading it is like seeing behind the shed where the compost pile is.A few links to tide you over if you haven't read the newsletter:A couple of favorite flowers:  Zinnia 'Benary's Giant Wine' and Sunflower 'Concert Bell'If you want to test your lawn and garden soil, Great Lakes is a soil testing lab, located in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.On the bookshelf: This is the Way My Garden Grows and Comes Into My Kitchen, by Barbara Dodge Borland. (Amazon Link) Plus, Carol's YouTube video about her.Dirt: Triclopyr:  Off-Target Damage from Purdue Landscape ReportRabbit Hole Links:Touring the Cotswolds with Pam Ayres on YouTube Two jigsaw puzzles, USA State Birds  and USA State FlowersAnne Ophelia DowdenOur Affiliates (Linking to them to make a purchase earns us a small commission):Botanical InterestsFarmers DefenseEtsyTerritorial SeedsTrue Leaf Market Eden BrosNature Hills Nursery  Book and Amazon links are also affiliate links.Email us anytime at ThSupport the Show.On Instagram: Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.On YouTube.

A meditative song inspired by The Mam Tor mountain. Samples courtesy of Dr. Barry Krakow, MauColi The Pianoman, Kfir Ochaion, Julia & Michael Brabury (for The National Trust), Pam Ayres, Milkywave and Vocal Essence.

Hi Chatters! Sales and Crabb have taken off for the holidays, so to tide you over please enjoy some of their favourite snippets from the past 9 years of Chat 10 Looks 3.  This mini ep is taken from episode 168 'I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teef!', originally published August 16, 2021.  Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Produced by DM PodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Withers and Chris Beckett return for another look at the latest online celebrity journalism, including Harry Styles' cheeky quip, Pam Ayres' royal revelations and a probe into the whereabouts of the cast of Last of the Summer Wine.

Performance poet and comedian Pam Ayres chats to Colin Murray about influences like Spike Milligan, how her accent has affected her career, writing for children, and what having ‘the necessary aptitude' means to her

Denise and Emma from our Editorial team talk all things poetry in the shape of The Kids by Hannah Lowe and Pam Ayres in her new book Pam Ayres on Animals.

14th February - reciting a disgracefully saucy poem by the wonderful Pam Ayres (https://pamayres.com/) especially for this day of love and romance. Happy Valentine's Day everyone xxxMuch love and gratitude, Belle x

**PLEASE READ** The Producer of Danny Wallace's Important Broadcast would like to clarify that in the course of today's show, he incorrectly attributed a poem about peas, to the excellent poet, Pam Ayres. Whilst Ayres' works are many and splendid, she did not write this particular ode to peas. The internet makes conflicting claims about who did write the poem. ANYWAY. This week, Steve wore his (slowly fading) mustard shirt and claimed he was like David Geffen. Don't worry about Googling him, because The Great Leader will ensure you are fully up to speed. Plus, a mysterious ticking noise in Wallace Towers and lots of talk about peas. Please send your listener comments to Danny@radiox.co.uk This weeks podcast is for Tom & Pizza. Thank you.

I love a man with a sense of humour and 70 year old Martin has had to have a sense of humour working with temperamental musicians, actors and artists for years and years.After studying to be a teacher, but wanting to be a composer he ended up becoming a sound engineer for bands all over the world. He has a genuine interest in how things sound and especially the microphones used to get that sound and has been responsible for recording and doing the live sound for Pam Ayres and Clive James at their theatre shows.I have played in bands with Martin and worked with him on song demos for years. It is always lots of fun when he is around. People used to write songs and send them to him to record. He would send them to me to learn and record, maybe add a sax or flute solo and send it back to them. Happy Times!He is still enjoying the life of entertainment and is not thinking of retiring yet although he doesn't carry all the equipment in anymore!What do you think he puts in my goody bag?Follow Martin here      * Website: https://www.martinmitchellsmicrophones      * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/martin.mitchell.9026    Join the conversation oninstagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliekentmbe/twitter: https://twitter.com/juliekentmbe facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Julie-Kent-MBE-106786657955109#whatsinthegoodybagWebsite: https://juliekentmbe.com

Well, what to say about this half-hour of audio content? The kindest possible account is that it does contain some quite elevated content, which one of the most beautiful women on Australian television manages to RUIN by inexplicably throwing the switch to Pam Ayres at a truly crucial moment.  (2.30) Fully Human by Steve Biddulph (7.00) The Last Dance | Netflix | Trailer (7.30) Sacred Hoops : Spiritual Lessons as a Hardwood Warrior by Phil Jackson  (8.20) The Glass Is Already Broken (9.30) Pam Ayres - "Oh I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth" | YouTube (14.00) Principle of Charity by Emilie Sherman | Spotify | Apple Podcasts (16.00) Pieces of Britney | BBC (19.00) The Mirror Has Two Faces | Netflix | Trailer (20.00) McCartney 3,2,1 | Disney+ | Trailer (24.00) Bounce Back Podcast | Professional Mentor and Leadership Coach, Ben Crowe Episode (27.00) The Pater Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller (29.30) She is Haunted by Paige Clark (30.00) You will lose everything by Jeff Foster https://www.lifewithoutacentre.com/writings/you-will-lose-everything/ Produced by DM Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pulitzer Prize winning author, Jane Smiley, goes head to head with writer, broadcaster and poet, Pam Ayres, in a war of the words.They discuss their writing, the importance of wildlife, going on cruises, fables and humour.In the Book Off they put James Rebanks "English Pastoral: An Inheritance" against "The Year Of Lear" by James Shapiro. But which one will win??? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wil & Charlie love breaking down lyrics to songs and lines in poems, so here are some of the best lyric deconstructions in 2020, including Skee-Lo's "I Wish," a Pam Ayres poem, Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight," as well as a bonus remembering of Wil's Skype chat with Julia Gillard...

Graham's final podcast for BBC Radio 2.

In this episode Philippa interviews Phoebe Morgan, Editorial Director of Harper Collins about the publishing process and all that is involved. Philippa also reviews: “His and Hers” by Alice Feeney, “The Turn of the Key” by Ruth Ware, “The Final Cut” by S J Watson, “Plan For the Worst” by Jodi Taylor, “Silver Sparrow” by Tayari Jones, “Fearless” by Allen Stroud and the audiobook “Down the Line” by Pam Ayres. 

All the normal fun loving stuff plus featuring –competitions,  TV, Pam Ayres, Dean Martins house, kelloggs, Motorbility scooters, Bailey the dogHair, Britbox, male trees   and a whole lot more and no slagging off the radio this week.

Wil & Charlie are talking all things Pam Ayres - a successful poet who has performed for The Queen, as has written quite a questionable poem about Toothpaste, that may or may not (but definitely is) an innuendo filled commentary on youthful sex.

Nicholas Parsons died in January 2020, aged 96. He'd been on air with his 'Just a Minute' programme on BBC Radio 4 since it began in 1967.  Here, enjoy clips from his final edition - with Stephen Fry, Jan Ravens, Pam Ayres and Paul Merton - aired in September 2019. My tribute here. (https://www.davidlloydradio.com/post/without-hesitation-repetition-or-deviation-a-tribute-to-nicholas-parsons)

It's Episode Ninety of the podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan. This week's features stories of the pub train, Hearse, Pam Ayres, a Christmas National League points appeal and the inaugural edition of Ken Bruce's FOFMaster...

The poet Pam Ayres joins Amol Rajan to answer the question. She says creativity.

Music, poetry and cartoons. Plus a couple of problems

In this episode sponsored by mywindowbox Joff Elphick talks to poet, songwriter, author, and nature lover Pam Ayres.  We talk about her 2018 bestseller 'The Last Hedgehog' and discuss the plight of our most loved and only spikey garden mammal. Pam kindly recites the book as well as part of another poem that she wrote way back in 1972. Ways of encouraging hedgehogs are discussed as well as how to plant up your garden to create a wildlife haven.  Sarah Wilson from the Roots and All podcast tells us about her show and I catch up with my old gardening chum Geoff Carr to talk about a new piece of equipment that I find invaluable in the garden.    

Pam Ayres is a poet and broadcaster.Pam was born in the Vale of the White Horse and retains her characteristic Berkshire burr. She is the youngest of six children, and grew up in the company of her four brothers and a sister in a small council house. Although she was interested in writing from an early age, she failed her 11-plus exam and left school at 15 to join the Civil Service and later the Women's Royal Air Force, where she found opportunities to appear in amateur dramatics. She began to perform her comic verse in local folk clubs in the early 1970s and her first break came when she secured a spot on BBC Radio Oxford. In 1975, she won the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks and by the following year she had given up her day job. Pam has sold more than three million copies of her books, and has been called "the people's poet", thanks to her ability to write verse which resonates with a wide audience. Her best-loved poems include Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth, which was voted one of the UK's top ten comic verses in a BBC poll. Striking a very different note, her poem Woodland Burial has become a popular reading at funerals. Presenter: Kirsty Young Producer: Sarah Taylor.

Pam Ayres is a poet and broadcaster. Pam was born in the Vale of the White Horse and retains her characteristic Berkshire burr. She is the youngest of six children, and grew up in the company of her four brothers and a sister in a small council house. Although she was interested in writing from an early age, she failed her 11-plus exam and left school at 15 to join the Civil Service and later the Women's Royal Air Force, where she found opportunities to appear in amateur dramatics. She began to perform her comic verse in local folk clubs in the early 1970s and her first break came when she secured a spot on BBC Radio Oxford. In 1975, she won the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks and by the following year she had given up her day job. Pam has sold more than three million copies of her books, and has been called "the people's poet", thanks to her ability to write verse which resonates with a wide audience. Her best-loved poems include Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth, which was voted one of the UK's top ten comic verses in a BBC poll. Striking a very different note, her poem Woodland Burial has become a popular reading at funerals. Presenter: Kirsty Young Producer: Sarah Taylor.

With writer, broadcaster and poet Pam Ayres plus there's Grill Graham with Maria McErlane

Aasmah Mir and Rev. Richard Coles are joined by poet Pam Ayres, who talks about her passion on hedgehogs, her time in the WRAF and the everyday events that have inspired her more recent poems. Liz O'Riordan is a breast cancer surgeon, who has had breast cancer herself. She describes how this experience has changed her bedside manner and inspired her 'Jar of Joy'. JP Devlin meets Saturday Live listener, foundling Peter Lindley, who recalls his search for identity. The fireman and fire investigation officer, Paul Osborne, is partnered with Sherlock, a five year old a Cocker Spaniel with a nose for sniffing out ignitable liquids. Leee John, Singer/songwriter with the group Imagination on his falsetto, his new single Police and Thieves, and his documentary to go with it, which reflects his strong sense of community and the area he grew up in in north London. The actor, Stephen McGann, shares his Inheritance Tracks. He chooses (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo by Glenn Miller and Within You and Without You by The Beatles. The Last Hedgehog by Pam Ayres, is out now. Sherlock The Fire Brigade Dog by Paul Osborne, is out now. Police and Thieves by Imagination feat. Leee John from the Retropia album. Peter Lindley has written the story of his search for his identity in 'Please Look After Billy' Producer: Louise Corley Editor: Eleanor Garland.

Recorded at Molineux and on tour for release Monday 16th October 2017   This week Pam Ayres tells us bout her show at The Grand and we also catchup with the cast of Hairspray and Rita Simons from Legally Blonde who are also at the venue, Binky and Tally Spear both share their music as does Chuck Micalleff ahead of this Friday's Health and Happiness Show and we have  more poetry too this time from Rick Sanders AKA Willis the Poet.

0804 Thinking Aloud : Oh, I wish I'd looked after my teeth by Pam Ayres

Enjoy 15 minutes of stand up and chat with the comedian, comedy writer and actor, Gráinne Maguire. Her new Edinburgh show explores what it’s like to be an EU citizen in the UK now everyone has decided they don’t like Europeans so much. Plus, what’s it like working with Pam Ayres and Stewart Lee? ‘Gráinne Maguire: Gráinne with a Fada’: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/grainne-maguire-grainne-with-a-fada ‘Gráinne Maguire: What Has the News Ever Done for Me?’: http://www.freefestival.co.uk/show.asp?ShowID=4873 ‘Repeal the 8th comedy gig!’: http://www.freefestival.co.uk/show.asp?ShowID=5247 Twitter: @GrainneMaguire Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grainne.maguire1 Website: http://www.grainnemaguire.com/ Comedy performance provided by the artist for promotional purposes. May contain material that some find offensive. © 2017 On the Mic. Produced in association with Broadway Baby, Fringepig and Voice Republic. Produced by Voice Republic For more podcasts visit http://voicerepublic.com

Chris and Emma go to Ikea, Janet Jackson goes sofa shopping and Chris gets all poetical with Pam Ayres.

FAR Therapeutic Arts and Recreation promotes understanding and provides education for children and adults with special needs through therapeutic opportunities in the arts, recreation and leisure that enrich its clients, their families and the greater community. Founded in 1951, FAR is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization providing creative arts and recreational therapies to 1,200 members of our community with special needs. FAR is not affiliated with any religious institution. However, it provides therapy at facilities that have been generously donated by other organizations, some of which are religious. Their offices are located at First Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, MI.

It’s the second special Gillie family episode of 2 Grown Men, so it seems a good time to update the FAQ. James gets started, by asking Scarlet and Nicola some Very Important Questions. To varying levels of success. Show notes Important: Rose Road – link Pam Ayres – Wikipedia “Opposites Attract” by Paula Abdul & […]

Pam Ayres has been a writer, broadcaster and entertainer for over 35 years. It was November 1975 when Pam made her first TV appearance on the TV talent show, Opportunity Knocks, the “Britain’s Got Talent” TV show of its day, and this proved to be the start of an incredible career for a unique entertainer. Since 1975 Pam Ayres has sold many millions of books, record albums, CDs, and DVDs. For the past fifteen years Pam has been a regular on BBC Radio. From 1996 until 1999 Pam presented a two-hour music and chat show every Sunday afternoon for Radio 2, followed by two series of Pam Ayres’ Open Road. More recently Pam has become a regular contributor to Radio 4, on such programmes as Just A Minute, Quote Unquote, Loose Ends, and three series of her own Ayres On The Air. Pam Ayres brings her latest show to Swindon’s Wyvern Theatre in January 2014. Pam Ayres’ work is funny, and approachable. It sounds simple, as though dashed off, but this is deceptive. Her hair-trigger timing, her eye for the detail of everyday life, and for the absurdity therein, makes for an art that hides art.

Sian Williams and Richard Coles meet Pam Ayres, talk to artist Annie Morgan who can't stop painting, etching and sculpting- a compulsion that began after she tried to take her own life by jumping under a train, hear from former Flt Lt Alan Pollock who remembers his time in the RAF- he abruptly left in 1968 having decided to fly his Hunter fighter bomber under Tower Bridge on the river Thames, follow up on last week's discussion about squatting with former squatter Rosie Ellis, find out why on earth J.P. Devlin went to Hackney with Les McKeown of The Bay City Rollers, swoon to Neil Sedaka's Inheritance Tracks and thrill to Benedict Allen musing on the pleasures of 'dangerous' travel.Producer: Chris Wilson.

Hardeep Singh Kohli meets social historian Dr Pamela Cox, Pam Ayres, John Taylor of Duran Duran and comedian Sean Hughes. Social historian Dr Pamela Cox presents a new three part series, Servants - The True Story of Life Below Stairs, which uncovers the reality of servants' lives from the Victorian era through to the Second World War. Pam herself is the great-granddaughter of servants. Servants - The True Story of Life Below Stairs will be broadcast on BBC Two. Pam Ayres is a writer and broadcaster who has been entertaining audiences for over 35 years since winning the talent show Opportunity Knocks, with her take on the comic detail of everyday life. Her autobiography, 'The Necessary Aptitude' is published by Ebury. She is also touring the UK and will be presenting the fourth series of 'Ayres on the Air' on Radio 4 Extra and later on Radio 4. John Taylor is the bass player and a founding member of the band Duran Duran. His autobiography, 'In The Pleasure Groove' recounts the bands thirty year history, his addiction to drugs and alcohol and tells stories of his times hanging out with Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger, and Bryan Ferry. 'In The Pleasure Groove' is published by Little Brown. Comedian Sean Hughes' was the youngest ever winner of the Perrier Award and has also won a Fringe First for his short plays, 'Dehydrated' and 'Travellin' Light'. His latest show, 'Life Becomes Noises' deals with the death of his father and their relationship using puppetry and costumes, in front of a theatrical set. 'Life Becomes Noises' is touring the UK from October. Producer: Paula McGinley.

Thumbs up with the Fonz, Louis Walsh and sexual health, Pam Ayres, gay ebay, boiling piss, colour, light and stabbing in the dark

The sausage-fest continues as Leanne sits another one out! Meanwhile, Chris pulverises a sex pest, Dewi buys some lacy gloves and Simon is angered by clothes intersecting with things. Also: 'Retro News' and some quizzical bargains...

With Mark Lawson. Pam Ayres won Opportunity Knocks in 1975 and has been working as a writer, broadcaster and entertainer ever since. Best known for her comic poems about everyday life, Pam discusses life before and after fame, as she publishes a memoir. Stephen Merchant, the co-creator with Ricky Gervais of The Office and Extras, has just embarked on his first ever stand-up comedy tour. Detached from his better-known partner and live on stage, how will Merchant fare? Stephen Armstrong saw the show last night and gives his verdict. The Go-Between, L P Hartley's classic novel of a boy caught up in a web of deception, has been set to music in a new adaptation which receives its world premiere at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Novelist Jane Rogers reviews. Canadian author D W Wilson talks about his short story The Dead Roads, in which two old school friends compete for the affection of a free-spirited girl, whilst on a road-trip. The story is one of five shortlisted for this year's BBC National Short Story Award. The winning author, to be announced live on Front Row on Monday 26 September, receives £15,000. Producer: Serena Field.

Pam Ayres:When The Guards Are On Parade - Leslie Sarony;Mars For Evermore - Johnny Collins

Pam Ayres:When The Guards Are On Parade - Leslie Sarony;Mars For Evermore - Johnny Collins

Roy Plomley's castaway is poet and broadcaster Pam Ayres.Favourite track: The New St George by John & Chris Leslie Book: The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth Luxury: Large basket of sugared almonds

Roy Plomley's castaway is poet and broadcaster Pam Ayres. Favourite track: The New St George by John & Chris Leslie Book: The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth Luxury: Large basket of sugared almonds