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Radio schedule Saturday 12th April 2014

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am
Radio 2 Microphone. Copyright: BBC

2's Comedy

Ken Bruce toasts Radio 2's 40th birthday with Punchline, The News Huddlines, Hinge and Bracket, The Grumbleweeds, An Actor's Life for Me and the winner of the 2's Comedy webvote of 2007.

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
Radio 4 12:30pm (repeat)
Susan Calman. Copyright: Alan Peebles / BBC

The News Quiz

Series 83, Episode 9

Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by guest host Susan Calman. Regular panellist Jeremy Hardy is joined by Andrew Maxwell, Tom Wrigglesworth and Holly Walsh.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 1pm (repeat)
Siadwel. Siadwell (John Sparkes). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Siadwel

Series 1, Episode 4

Siadwel gets an unusual part in the school nativity play and repeatedly fails to be in the school photograph.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Richard Beckinsale. Copyright: BBC

Albert And Me

Episode 1 - Pilot

Single dad Bryan Archer struggles to work as well as bringing up his baby son, Albert.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 10, Episode 3 - The Smugglers Return

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler. Tim Fitzhigham. Copyright: BBC

Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler

Series 1, Episode 1

Tim FitzHigham recreates Sir John Throckmorton's 1811 attempt to have a coat made from scratch, going from the sheep's back to his own back in a single day.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Copyright: BBC / Above The Title Productions

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Primary Phase, Episode 6 - Fit The Sixth

Will the Ultimate Question to Life, the Universe and Everything (to which the answer is forty-two) be discovered?

Will our heroes be able to control their newly stolen spaceship and the enormous fleet of black battle cruisers that is following them?

Will all end happily or in the certain death that has threatened them so persistently?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Ken Bruce

2's Comedy

Ken Bruce toasts Radio 2's 40th birthday with Punchline, The News Huddlines, Hinge and Bracket, The Grumbleweeds, An Actor's Life for Me and the winner of the 2's Comedy webvote of 2007.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Saturday Night Fry. Image shows from L to R: Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent. Copyright: BBC

Saturday Night Fry

Episode 4: Stephen Fry hosts humorous banter and sketches, with Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Sir Henry At Rawlinson End

Sir Henry At Rawlinson End

Episode 4, The Hatching: Surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of sanity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Tina C's State Of The Union Tour. Tina C (Christopher Green)

Tina C's State Of The Union Tour

Episode 3, Eastern Europe: Country singer and global activist Tina C finds herself in one of the most recent states to join the EU, but isn't sure which one.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Mark Steel Solution. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

The Mark Steel Solution

Series 2, Episode 3 - Housing

Another radical proposal - as the comedian calls for people to be re-housed at random.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Masterson Inheritance. Image shows from L to R: Phelim McDermott, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Caroline Quentin, Lee Simpson, Paul Merton. Copyright: BBC

The Masterson Inheritance

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Mastersons and Johnson

The French Revolution is in full swing and the fate of the Masterson family is inextricably linked with that of a tumble dryer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Copyright: BBC / Above The Title Productions

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Primary Phase, Episode 6 - Fit The Sixth

Will the Ultimate Question to Life, the Universe and Everything (to which the answer is forty-two) be discovered?

Will our heroes be able to control their newly stolen spaceship and the enormous fleet of black battle cruisers that is following them?

Will all end happily or in the certain death that has threatened them so persistently?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler. Tim Fitzhigham. Copyright: BBC

Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler

Series 1, Episode 2

Tim FitzHigham recreates a 'gamble Anglaise' from 1811, attempting to get a cheeseboard to travel a distance of four-and-a-half miles in under 100 throws.

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