Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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| 01 | 01 | Human Deterioration | 20040705 | 20110905/06 (BBC7) 20140313 (BBC7) 20140314 (BBC7) 20200303 (BBC7) 20200304 (BBC7) 20200307 (BBC7) 20220315 (BBC7) 20220316 (BBC7) 20220319 (BBC7) | Pam Ayres kicks off her own series of poetry and sketches. She's starting with the theme of deterioration.. of eyesight, figure, memory......the list goes on! Featuring poems about being Too Fat and buying a Wonderbra. Plus sketches about being Topless at 60 and how to spice up your love life with a little celebrity fantasy. Geoffrey Whitehead Felicity Montagu Written by Pam Ayres, Chris Thompson, Peter Reynolds and Jan Etherington. Producer: Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004. Poetry and sketches with Pam Ayres, Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 01 | 02 | Holidays | 20040712 | 20110912/13 (BBC7) 20140320 (BBC7) 20140321 (BBC7) 20200310 (BBC7) 20200311 (BBC7) 20220322 (BBC7) 20220323 (BBC7) | Pam Ayres's poetry and sketch show looks at holidays. Featuring poems about packing too much and learning to ski at 50-something. Plus sketches about booking a holiday online and getting shingles up the Orinoco. Geoffrey Whitehead Felicity Montagu Producer: Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004. Poetry and sketches about the challenges of online booking, travelling light and skiing. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 01 | 03 | The Countryside | 20040719 | 20200317/18 (BBC7) 20220329 (BBC7) 20220330 (BBC7) | Pam Ayres's poetry and sketch show goes all rural. With poems about grand plans for a garden and being a battery hen. Plus sketches on the joys of buying a tractor and how the townie views the country life. Aided and abetted by: Geoffrey Whitehead Felicity Montagu Producer: Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004. Bored chickens and aggrieved starlings. Rural poetry and sketches from Pam Ayres. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 01 | 04 LAST | Children | 20040726 | 20110926/27 (BBC7) 20140403 (BBC7) 20140404 (BBC7) 20200324 (BBC7) 20200325 (BBC7) 20220405 (BBC7) 20220406 (BBC7) | Pam Ayres's poetry and sketch show looks at children. With poems about having children late in life, and bringing up teenagers. Plus sketches on school plays, and a mum having to call her daughter as she can't find the internet. Aided and abetted by Geoffrey Whitehead Felicity Montagu Producer: Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004. A school play and parents discussing s-e-x. Poetry and sketches from Pam Ayres. From 2004. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 02 | 01 | Fame | 20060320 | 20120125/26 (BBC7) 20140619 (BBC7) 20140620 (BBC7) 20220607 (BBC7) 20220608 (BBC7) 20220611 (BBC7) 20070305 (R4) | More light hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres. Pam examines how people chase fame and try to hang on to it - including: A sketch about name-dropping and a poem about not being kissed. Geoffrey Whitehead Felicity Montagu Written by Pam Ayres, Chris Thompson, Peter Reynolds and Jan Etherington. Producer: Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006. Poetry and sketches with Pam Ayres, Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From 2006. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 02 | 02 | Animals | 20060327 | 20120201/02 (BBC7) 20140626 (BBC7) 20140627 (BBC7) 20220614 (BBC7) 20220615 (BBC7) 20220618 (BBC7) 20070312 (R4) | More light hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres. Parrots, limpets and highland cattle are in Pam Ayres's poetic zoo. Geoffrey Whitehead Felicity Montagu Written by Pam Ayres, Chris Thompson, Peter Reynolds and Jan Etherington. Producer Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 02 | 03 | Travel | 20060403 | 20120208/09 (BBC7) 20140703 (BBC7) 20140704 (BBC7) 20220621 (BBC7) 20220622 (BBC7) 20220625 (BBC7) 20070319 (R4) | More light hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres. Pam admits to being a poor map reader and talks about taking a computer course and French course. Includes a poem about an experience in a clinical hotel. Geoffrey Whitehead Felicity Montagu Written by Pam Ayres, Chris Thompson, Peter Reynolds and Jan Etherington. Producer Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006. Pam admits to being a poor map reader. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 02 | 04 LAST | Motherhood | 20060410 | 20120215/16 (BBC7) 20140710 (BBC7) 20140711 (BBC7) 20220628 (BBC7) 20220629 (BBC7) 20220702 (BBC7) 20070326 (R4) | More light hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres. Maternal high and lows as motherhood is considered. Includes a poem about her mud and blood-streaked son playing rugby. Geoffrey Whitehead Felicity Montagu Written by Pam Ayres, Chris Thompson, Peter Reynolds and Jan Etherington. Producer Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006. Maternal highs and lows from Pam Ayres in poetry and sketches. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 02 | 05 | The Old Days | 20060417 | 20120222/23 (BBC7) 20140717 (BBC7) 20140718 (BBC7) 20220705 (BBC7) 20220706 (BBC7) 20220709 (BBC7) 20070402 (R4) | Pam Ayres looks back to those 'good old days' - including imperial versus metric and her dad's woollen swimming costume. More verses and sketches. Geoffrey Whitehead Felicity Montagu Written by Pam Ayres, Chris Thompson, Peter Reynolds and Jan Etherington. Producer Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006. Pam remembers her father's woollen swimming costume. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 02 | 06 | Food | 20060424 | 20120229 (BBC7) 20120301 (BBC7) 20140724 (BBC7) 20140725 (BBC7) 20220712 (BBC7) 20220713 (BBC7) 20220716 (BBC7) | More light hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres. Her world of food, from childhood to the present day. Includes a poem about suet and the toil and disappointment of barbecues. Geoffrey Whitehead Felicity Montagu Written by Pam Ayres, Chris Thompson, Peter Reynolds and Jan Etherington. Producer Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006. Prose and sketches about the Pam's world of food, from childhood to the present day. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 03 | 01 | Passion | 20090819 | 20130125/26 (BBC7) 20140911 (BBC7) 20140912 (BBC7) 20170630 (BBC7) 20170701 (BBC7) 20091230 (R4) | How to get all loved up. Poetry and sketches from Pam Ayres. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 03 | 02 | In The Doghouse | 20090826 | 20130201/02 (BBC7) 20140918 (BBC7) 20140919 (BBC7) 20170707 (BBC7) 20170708 (BBC7) 20100106 (R4) | Pam Ayres returns with a new series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches. Poems include Toaster, about Pam's son's dog and its phobia; I'm the Dog Who Didn't Win a Prize, written by Pam after she was asked to be a judge at a competition; and Tippy Tappy Feet, about the things you miss when your best friend goes to the great kennel in the sky. Pam is joined on stage by actors Geoffrey Whitehead and Felicity Montagu for sketches on what dogs talk to each other about and how a new puppy can cause more excitement in some families than a new baby. Wet noses and wagging tails. Poetry and sketches from Pam Ayres. With Felicity Montagu. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 03 | 03 | On Yer Bike | 20090902 | 20130208/09 (BBC7) 20140925 (BBC7) 20140926 (BBC7) 20170714 (BBC7) 20170715 (BBC7) 20100113 (R4) | Pam Ayres returns with a new series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches. Pam is joined by Geoffrey Whitehead and Felicity Montagu for poems about French cycling holidays, the up-side to riding a tandem, getting fit on gym bikes and how to banish the middle-age blues by getting kitted out with a motorbike and leathers. From tandems to gym bikes, Pam Ayres' poems and sketches. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 03 | 04 LAST | Shopping | 20090909 | 20130215/16 (BBC7) 20141002 (BBC7) 20141003 (BBC7) 20170721 (BBC7) 20170722 (BBC7) 20100120 (R4) | Pam Ayres returns with a new series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches. Pam is joined on stage by Geoffrey Whitehead and Felicity Montagu for poems and sketches on the subject of Shopping. Featuring sketches about braving the cosmetics department, and how some shop assistants think anyone over 40 should only wear beige. Pam's shopping poems include 'Nowadays We Worship at Saint Tesco', the Contact Lens poem and 'I Can't Find Nice Knickers', one of her briefer poems. Strife in store and wearing beige. Pam's poems and sketches on the subject of shopping. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 04 | 01 | Spring | 20120917 | 20120918 (BBC7) 20120923 (BBC7) 20160531 (BBC7) 20160601 (BBC7) 20180615 (BBC7) 20180616 (BBC7) 20210405 (BBC7) 20210406 (BBC7) 20121015 (R4) 20140911 (R4) | Popular poet Pam Ayres presents a series of poetry and sketch shows about the seasons. Starting with Spring, Pam ponders flowers and animals, spring elections plus she has some unusual tips for spring cleaning. Her poems include: I Was Standing by the Cow; Heaps of Stuff; Barking: Fleeced and the Snoring Poem. With Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead Producer: Claire Jones. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in September 2012. Featuring flowers and animals in springtime, spring elections and tips for spring cleaning Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 04 | 02 | Summer | 20120924 | 20120925 (BBC7) 20120930 (BBC7) 20160607 (BBC7) 20160608 (BBC7) 20180622 (BBC7) 20180623 (BBC7) 20210412 (BBC7) 20210413 (BBC7) 20121022 (R4) 20140925 (R4) | Pam Ayres continues her series of poetry and sketch shows about the seasons. Summer includes matters of keeping cool, finding the perfect swimsuit, summer weddings and eating al fresco. Her poems include: No Alarm on the Flight Deck, That Perfect Swimsuit, The Seagull and The Swifts Are Back. With Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead Producer: Claire Jones. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in September 2012. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 04 | 03 | Autumn | 20121001 | 20121002 (BBC7) 20121007 (BBC7) 20160614 (BBC7) 20160615 (BBC7) 20180629 (BBC7) 20180630 (BBC7) 20210419 (BBC7) 20210420 (BBC7) 20121029 (R4) 20141002 (R4) | Pam Ayres continues her series of poetry and sketch shows about the seasons. Autumn includes - what to donate to the harvest festival, interesting things to put on a bonfire, checking out retirement homes in the Autumn of one's life and choosing a suitable evening class for your husband. Her poems include: I Don't Want to Go to School Mum and The Harvest Hymn. With Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. Producer: Claire Jones. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in October 2012. What to donate to the harvest festival and interesting things to put on a bonfire. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 04 | 04 LAST | Winter | 20121008 | 20121009 (BBC7) 20121014 (BBC7) 20160621 (BBC7) 20160622 (BBC7) 20180706 (BBC7) 20180707 (BBC7) 20210426 (BBC7) 20210427 (BBC7) 20121105 (R4) 20141009 (R4) | Popular poet Pam Ayres concludes her series of poetry and sketch shows about the seasons with a look at winter. Subjects include that magic combination of cold weather and broken boilers; the art of comparing ailments with an update of the Yuletide song The 12 Days of Christmas and, as we reach the end of the Winter season ,Pam tells how to fan the dying flame of passion, come Valentine's Day. Poems include: Who's Had My Scissors, Ever Since I Had Me Op and Insomnia. With Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead Producer: Claire Jones. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in October 2012. The magic combination of cold weather and broken boilers and the art of comparing ailments Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 05 | 01 | Home | 20140117 | 20150317 (BBC7) 20180806 (BBC7) 20180807 (BBC7) 20180811 (BBC7) 20210601 (BBC7) 20150310 (R4) | Pam Ayres presents poems, stories and sketches about Home. Pam talks about her first home, the impact of her grown up sons leaving home and downsizing. Plus, how making your home more 'vintage' can go too far - and how life changes when both partners retire. And what should you do when your partner's snoring becomes too much to bear? Felicity Montagu Geoffrey Whitehead as Pam's long-suffering husband 'Gordon'. Poems include: A September Song, My Little Grandson & Pollen on the Wind Sketch writers: James Bugg, Jan Etherington, Claire Jones, Grainne McGuire, Andy Wolton and Tom Neenan. Producer: Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014. Pam offers home truths about where we live. Poetry and sketches. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 05 | 02 | Horses | 20140124 | 20150324 (BBC7) 20180813 (BBC7) 20180814 (BBC7) 20210608 (BBC7) 20210609 (BBC7) 20150317 (R4) | Pam Ayres presents poems, stories and sketches about a subject close to her heart: Horses. Pam recalls going to the races as a little girl and ponders the significance of leg positioning in statues of horses. Plus an intriguing story of being flattered by a stranger's attentions at the Badminton Horse Trials. Felicity Montagu Geoffrey Whitehead as Pam's long-suffering husband 'Gordon'. Poems include: The Racehorse Fred, The Stuffed Horse & Dreaming of Fresh Fields. Sketch writers: James Bugg, Jan Etherington, Grainne McGuire, Andy Wolton and Tom Neenan. Producer: Claire Jones. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014. Pam shares her love of horses. Poetry and sketches. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 05 | 03 | Self-sufficiency | 20140131 | 20150331 (BBC7) 20180820 (BBC7) 20180821 (BBC7) 20180825 (BBC7) 20210615 (BBC7) 20210616 (BBC7) 20150324 (R4) | Pam Ayres regales her audience with poems, stories and sketches on another subject close to her heart: self-sufficiency. Pam discusses her love of allotments, knitting and her more recent love of beekeeping. Felicity Montagu Geoffrey Whitehead as Pam's long-suffering husband 'Gordon'. Poems include: The Allotment Rustler, Over-Penguinisation, Behold My Bold Provider, Stuck on You and The Litter Moron. Sketch writers: James Bugg, Grainne McGuire, Andy Wolton and Tom Neenan. Producer: Claire Jones. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014. Pam Ayres talks about her love of allotments, beekeeping and knitting. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 05 | 04 LAST | Beauty | 20140207 | 20150407 (BBC7) 20180827 (BBC7) 20180828 (BBC7) 20210622 (BBC7) 20210623 (BBC7) 20150331 (R4) | Poet Pam Ayres presents poems, stories and sketches on the subject of beauty and, that newly-coined term, wellness. Pam recalls meeting Phyllis Diller and finding out about 'chin brown' - and recalls buying a very unsuitable outfit having admired it on someone else She also explains how you know when you've put on a little too much weight. Felicity Montagu Geoffrey Whitehead as Pam's long-suffering husband 'Gordon'. Poems include: Too Much of a Fag, Did I Turn Off My Tongs?, Had a Little Work Done, Pilates, Once I Was a Looker and So Was My Spouse, and the legendary I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth. Sketch writers: James Bugg, Grainne McGuire, Claire Jones, Andy Wolton and Tom Neenan. Producer: Claire Jones. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014. Pam Ayres looks at beauty and that newly coined term 'wellness'. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 06 | 01 | Still In The Game | 20180319 | 20221011/12 (BBC7) 20221015 (BBC7) | More light hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres. Today's theme is 'Still in the Game' - about getting older... but not giving in! Includes a poem about a faded actress and embracing the idea of buying a larger size in clothes. Geoffrey Whitehead Felicity Montagu Written by Pam Ayres, Jan Etherington, Laura Major and Peter Reynolds. Produced by Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018. Poet and entertainer Pam Ayres explores getting older... but not giving in. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 06 | 02 | Home | 20180326 | 20221018/19 (BBC7) 20221022 (BBC7) | More light-hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres. The show's theme is 'home'. Includes a poem about passionately regretting inviting people round to your house for a dinner party and attics! Geoffrey Whitehead Felicity Montagu Written by Pam Ayres, Jan Etherington, Peter Reynolds, Bryce Hart and Claire Jones. Produced by Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018. Poet and entertainer Pam Ayres presents poems, sketches and anecdotes on the theme of home Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 06 | 03 | Grandparents | 20180402 | 20221025/26 (BBC7) 20221029 (BBC7) | More light-hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres. The theme is 'Grandparents'. With sketches about how to get your grandchild to sleep, following instructions when babysitting, and misbehaving as a grandparent. Plus poems include 'Granny Got Whiskers', 'My Little Grandson' and 'Unfinished'. Geoffrey Whitehead Felicity Montagu Written by: Pam Ayres, Jan Etherington, Claire Wetton, Jenny Laville and Peter Reynolds. Producer: Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2018. Poet and entertainer Pam Ayres with poems, sketches and anecdotes about grandparents. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |
| 06 | 04 LAST | Holidays | 20180409 | 20221101/02 (BBC7) 20221105 (BBC7) | More light hearted verse and comic sketches from Pam Ayres. The theme this time is 'Holidays'. Featuring sketches about choosing the perfect swimsuit; holiday one-upmanship, and how you know when it's time to get a bigger cabin. Pam shares memories of how glamorous flying used to be when she first started to fly in the 1960s; stories about gifts and souvenirs which definitely don't travel, and the saga of buying her first ever wetsuit. She also performs some new poems including 'Don't Put Me Dinner on a Slate' about the latest pub grub fashion, and three sections from a new linked series of poems called 'Flight Time'. Inspired by the trials and tribulations of long-distance flying, the first poem is about arrival and check-in, the second about the consequences of the in-flight meal and the third about the delights of the on-board toilets. Geoffrey Whitehead Felicity Montagu Written by Pam Ayres, Jan Etherington, Jenny Laville, Laura Major and Peter Reynolds. Producer: Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018. Poet and entertainer Pam Ayres presents poems and sketches about holidays. Pam Ayres presents a series packed with poetry, anecdotes and sketches |