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Radio schedule Saturday 31st December 2011

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
Fighting Talk. Colin Murray. Copyright: World's End Productions

Fighting Talk

Series 9, Special - Olympic Special

Fighting Talk gets ahead of everyone else with BBC 5 Live's first 'official' Olympic preview show on the eve of 2012, a mere 208 days before the opening ceremony! John Rawling, Bob Mills, silver Olympic medal holder in Badminton Gail Emms and Team GB Long jumper Chris Tomlinson join Colin Murray.

Radio 4 12pm (repeat)
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 76, Special - Oh No it Isn't... The News Quiz

The 2011 News Quiz panto. Sandi Toksvig and Andy Hamilton embark on a quest to find out who stole the Greenwich Pips. Featuring many Radio 4 stars.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (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, New Year Special - Hamish And Dougal's Hogmanay Frolic

Hamish and Dougal, two elderly Scotsmen made internationally quite well known from their appearances on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, find themselves celebrating Hogmanay (normally they prefer not to as it clashes with New Year) after a bus-load of celebrities gets stuck in a snowdrift on its way to the BBC's Hogmanay Cavalcade in Edinburgh.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:10pm
45 min
Justin Edwards

Newsjack

Newsjack Revisited 2011, Highlights Special - The Newsjack Review Of The Year

Justin Edwards presents this compilation of the best bits of Newsjack, which features sketches from series five and also stars Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Lewis Macleod and Pippa Evans.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
What's So Funny?. Ed Byrne. Copyright: Unique Productions / BBC

What's So Funny?

Series 2, Episode 13

Ed Byrne and Lucy Porter bring a mix of news, reviews and interviews from the comedy world. This week looks especially at pantomime. With Les Dennis and Christopher Biggins.

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