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Radio schedule Saturday 7th March 2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am
Comic Relief. Copyright: BBC

Thirty Years of Comic Relief

Simon Mayo looks back at three decades of red-nosed relief on BBC Radio.

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
Fighting Talk. Image shows from L to R: Josh Widdicombe, Georgie Ainslie. Copyright: World's End Productions

Fighting Talk

Series 12, Episode 29

Josh Widdicombe is joined by fellow Last Leg presenter Alex Brooker, sports broadcaster and presenter Caroline Barker, former footballer Gary O'Reilly and comedian Rob Beckett.

Radio 4 12:30pm (repeat)
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 86, Episode 3

Sandi Toksvig is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Bob Mills and Camilla Long to discuss the week's news, which included speculation about Vladimir Putin.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 1:05pm (repeat)
The Nearlyweds. Image shows from L to R: Tom (Cai O'Leary), Nia (Lisa Jên Brown). Copyright: Giddy Goat Productions

The Nearlyweds

Radio Wales sitcom pilot about a happy couple who would probably get married if only their families did not keep getting in the way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Series 1, Episode 8 - The Devil You Know

Hacker is terrified to learn that there is to be a cabinet reshuffle. He worries about if he will be promoted or given the boot, but a job in Europe may however be appealing. Sir Humphrey decides it is best for Hacker to stay after he learns who could replace him.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Gloomsbury. Image shows from L to R: Henry Mickleton (Jonathan Coy), Vera Sackcloth-Vest (Miriam Margolyes), DH Lollipop (John Sessions), Lionel Fox (Nigel Planer), Venus Traduces (Morwenna Banks), Ginny Fox (Alison Steadman). Copyright: Little Brother Productions

Gloomsbury

Series 1, Episode 6 - He's Got To Be Stopped

Distraught at the departure of her husband on a Foreign Office posting to Romania, Vera hatches several intricate plots with Ginny and Lionel Fox to detain him at Sizzlinghurst.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Paradise Lost In Cyberspace. Copyright: BBC

Paradise Lost In Cyberspace

Episode 6: The future of the OAPs, and indeed the whole of civilisation, hangs in the balance.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Comic Relief. Copyright: BBC

Thirty Years of Comic Relief

Simon Mayo looks back at three decades of red-nosed relief on BBC Radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Meera Syal's Asian Comedy Story. Meera Syal. Copyright: Tonic Productions

Meera Syal's Asian Comedy Story

Episode 4 - Meera Syal's Asian Comedy Night - Part 2

Meera Syal and Tommy Sandhu present more highlights from an evening showcasing the very best in Asian comedic talent.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Lawrence Sweeney Mix. Image shows from L to R: Jim Sweeney, Josie Lawrence

The Lawrence Sweeney Mix

Series 1, Episode 2

Jim explains the format and places the onus onto the audience as the show relies on their suggestions! Josie catches Jim out by asking him to define affectation for the audience.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 2, Episode 6 - Kirkwall

Mark performs from the Pickaquoy Centre in Kirkwall, Orkney, where he encounters Thorfinn The Skullsplitter and an extraordinarily violent ball game. He also learns why it's pointless being a hairdresser on the island.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm
30 min
The Last Hurrah - Interview With The Snowman. Elton the Snowman (Rik Mayall). Copyright: Sweet Chuck Productions

The Last Hurrah - Interview With The Snowman

Episode 1

Elton invites biographer Ed to The Last Hurrah, a notorious, near mythical, highly secret and highly disgusting gentlemen's club. As the sherry flows, Elton becomes increasingly inept at hiding his long life of crime.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
Paradise Lost In Cyberspace. Copyright: BBC

Paradise Lost In Cyberspace

Episode 6: The future of the OAPs, and indeed the whole of civilisation, hangs in the balance.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Gloomsbury. Image shows from L to R: Henry Mickleton (Jonathan Coy), Vera Sackcloth-Vest (Miriam Margolyes), DH Lollipop (John Sessions), Lionel Fox (Nigel Planer), Venus Traduces (Morwenna Banks), Ginny Fox (Alison Steadman). Copyright: Little Brother Productions

Gloomsbury

Series 1, Episode 6 - He's Got To Be Stopped

Distraught at the departure of her husband on a Foreign Office posting to Romania, Vera hatches several intricate plots with Ginny and Lionel Fox to detain him at Sizzlinghurst.

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