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Radio schedule Sunday 6th March 2011

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
7 Day Saturday. Chris Addison. Copyright: Avalon Television

7 Day Saturday

Series 2, Episode 22

The week that Al started. Al Murray takes over as the new host of 7 Day Sunday - Rebecca Front, Nick Hancock and Dan Clark do the other talking.

Radio 4 12pm (repeat)
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 59, Episode 4

The comedy panel game continues this week with Sir Terry Wogan making his first ever appearance alongside Paul Merton, Julian Clary and Graham Norton. Nicholas Parsons hosts.

Radio 7 3:30pm (repeat)
The Alan Davies Show. Alan (Alan Davies). Copyright: BBC

The Alan Davies Show

Episode 3 - Mr Strawberry

Alan becomes Mr Strawberry and Murray enters every competition going.

Radio 7 4pm (repeat)
Bleak Expectations. Image shows from L to R: Hardthrasher (Geoffrey Whitehead), Aunt Lily (Celia Imrie), Young Pip (Tom Allen), Mr Gently Benevolent (Anthony Head), Sir Philip Bin (Richard Johnson), Harry Biscuit (James Bachman). Copyright: BBC

Bleak Expectations

Series 2, Episode 5 - Already Bad Life Made Worse But Sort Of On Purpose

Full of self-loathing, Pip drinks some very strong gin, finds he is really quite keen on opium, and falls in with a gang of thieves. But is their leader Abraham Bagel, all he seems?

Radio 7 4:30pm (repeat)
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 73, Episode 9

Jeremy Hardy, Roisin Conaty, Dominic Holland and Susan Calman take part in the topical panel game hosted by chairman Sandi Toksvig.

Radio 7 5pm (repeat)
The Arthur Haynes Show. Copyright: BBC

The Arthur Haynes Show

Comedy sketches, with Arthur Haynes and Nicholas Parsons. First aired in 1962.

Radio 7 7pm (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 2, Episode 6 - A Bird in the Hand

While cleaning the station, the staff discover a bird not seen in Britain since 1937 nesting on their stretch of railway line.

Radio 7 9:15pm (repeat)
Born Brilliant: The Life Of Kenneth Williams. Kenneth Williams. Copyright: Pier Productions

Born Brilliant: The Life Of Kenneth Williams

Episode 3

We come across the closest thing Williams came to having a love affair.

Radio 7 10:15pm (repeat)
Hamish And Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea. Image shows from L to R: Dougal (Graeme Garden), Hamish (Barry Cryer). Copyright: BBC

Hamish And Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea

Series 2, Episode 5 - The Monster In The Loch

Hamish and Dougal are out fishing on Loch Jaw when they accidentally hook the Loch Jaw Monster.

Radio 7 10:30pm (repeat)
Bleak Expectations. Image shows from L to R: Hardthrasher (Geoffrey Whitehead), Aunt Lily (Celia Imrie), Young Pip (Tom Allen), Mr Gently Benevolent (Anthony Head), Sir Philip Bin (Richard Johnson), Harry Biscuit (James Bachman). Copyright: BBC

Bleak Expectations

Series 2, Episode 6 - Happy Life Broken And Then Mended A Bit

The planet is in deadly peril when Gently Benevolent summons a massive Martian invasion. Is this the end for Pip, Harry and the rest of the human race, not to mention Pippa's goose sanctuary?

Radio 7 11pm (repeat)
Miles Jupp

Newsjack

Series 4, Episode 4

This week we look a British Oscar winning PowerPoint presentation, there is a 60 second interview with Nick Clegg, we read the diary of Ashely Cole and there is coverage of Irish General Election.

Radio 7 11:30pm (repeat)
Colin And Fergus' Digi Radio. Image shows from L to R: Fergus Craig, Colin Hoult. Copyright: BBC

Colin And Fergus' Digi Radio

Series 1, Episode 1

Award-winning comedians Colin Hoult and Fergus Craig present their first-ever radio series, made especially for BBC 7. Rutherford Lodge investigates the case of the three men in a tub.

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