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Radio schedule Saturday 19th December 2015

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 13, Episode 13

Josh Widdicombe is joined by former Bolton Wanderers player and current Southend United manager Phil Brown, writer, presenter and European football pundit Mina Rzouki, writer Will Buckley and comedian Nish Kumar.

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am (repeat)
Breaking The News. Des Clarke. Copyright: BBC Studios

Breaking The News

Series 2, Episode 10

Taking a satirical view of this week's headlines are broadcaster Kirsty Wark and comedians Phill Jupitus, Fred MacAulay and Keir McAllister.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Episode 3.12: Kenneth Williams saddles up, but Kenneth Horne seeks advice on Bona Bijou Tourettes from Julian and Sandy.

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

The Now Show

Series 47, Episode 6

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Jon Holmes, John Finnemore, Jasper Rees, Jess Ransom, Jake Yapp and Harry the Piano for a comic romp through the week's news.

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

The Now Show

Series 47, Episode 6

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Jon Holmes, John Finnemore, Jasper Rees, Jess Ransom, Jake Yapp and Harry the Piano for a comic romp through the week's news.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Brothers In Law. Roger Thursby (Richard Briers). Copyright: BBC

Brothers In Law

Series 2, Episode 1 - Look It Up

Newly qualified lawyer Roger annoys his girlfriend Sally by defending a wife-beater.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 1pm (repeat)
The Leak. Tom Price

The Leak

Series 3, Episode 6

Tom Price and guests from the world of comedy and entertainment review the week's biggest stories from around Wales and the world.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Irish Micks And Legends. Image shows from L to R: Aisling Bea, Yasmine Akram. Copyright: Green Dragon Media

Irish Micks And Legends

Series 1, Episode 2 - Tir Na Nog

Comic modern reworkings of popular ancient Irish stories, with Yasmine Akram and Aisling Bea.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:15pm (repeat)
Mission Improbable. Image shows from L to R: Lucy (Lizzie Bates), Jane (Catriona Knox), Amelia (Anna Emerson). Copyright: Top Dog Productions

Mission Improbable

Series 1, Episode 2 - Splash!

A fast-paced tale of rowing, wooing and dolphin-watching with the binoculars round the wrong way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Strap In - It's Clever Peter. Image shows from L to R: Richard Bond, William Hartley, Ed Eales-White. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Strap In - It's Clever Peter

Episode 4

New comedy sketch show, written by Richard Bond, Edward Eales-White, William Hartley and Dominic Stone.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Steven Appleby's Normal Life

Steven Appleby's Normal Life

Episode 4, Normal Science: The cartoonist aims to prove that science will make the natural world entirely redundant.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Jason Byrne Show. Jason Byrne. Copyright: BBC

The Jason Byrne Show

Series 3, Episode 1 - Relationships

Pondering the wonderful world of relationships, Jason asks: would you describe your marriage as a Halley's Comet of a partnership or is it more like parallel trains?; if you could build your partner, what would they sound like?; and, if proposed to in a pub, would you say no?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Son Of Cliché

Son Of Cliché

Episode 1, Freddie Fortune: From a spoof Melvyn Bragg to a signing chimp.

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