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Radio schedule Saturday 19th April 2014

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Left Hand Down a Bit, with Leslie Phillips - The Navy Lark Special: Leslie Phillips recalls the classic comedy. Featuring episodes "Operation Fag End", "The Hank of Heather", "The Lighthouse Lark", "A Deliberate Bashing", "Mr Phillips at Dartmouth" and "The Jubilee Navy Lark".

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

Fighting Talk

Series 11, Episode 34

Mark Watson, Kelly Cates, Charlie Sloth and Dougie Anderson all join Chrsitian O'Connell to try and win points for punditry.

Radio 4 12:30pm (repeat)
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 43, Episode 1

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by special guest Elis James for a comic romp through the week's news. With Mitch Benn, Pippa Evans and Jon Holmes.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 1pm (repeat)
Come The Revolution. Chris Corcoran

Come The Revolution

Episode 1 - Miles Jupp

Could Miles Jupp lead The People 'Come the Revolution'?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 3, Episode 11 - Big Guns

The platoon are given some extra fire power when they get a large naval gun. Now it is just a matter of learning how to fire it, and removing anything that can be used as cover by the Germans.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 5, Episode 20 - The Sleepless Night

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (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.

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

Christmas Special - Fit the Seventh

The show that began with the end of the world continues with Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect stranded on prehistoric Earth, and Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin thoroughly devoured by a carbon-copy of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Left Hand Down a Bit, with Leslie Phillips - The Navy Lark Special: Leslie Phillips recalls the classic comedy. Featuring episodes "Operation Fag End", "The Hank of Heather", "The Lighthouse Lark", "A Deliberate Bashing", "Mr Phillips at Dartmouth" and "The Jubilee Navy Lark".

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 5: 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 5, Diplodocus v Concreton: 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 4, Ireland: Can the country singing sensation and global activist gain a better understanding of Ireland?

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

The Mark Steel Solution

Series 2, Episode 4 - Royal Famliy

Mark Steel's radical proposal this week concerns the monarchy.

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 3 - Scuruy!

The Mastersons set sail across the Atlantic.

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

Christmas Special - Fit the Seventh

The show that began with the end of the world continues with Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect stranded on prehistoric Earth, and Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin thoroughly devoured by a carbon-copy of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.

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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