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Radio schedule Saturday 16th January 2016

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Culture and generation-clash comedy in which middle-aged widow Sarah lives with her elderly, difficult mother Eleanor, and daughter Clare.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10am (repeat)
Jeremy Hardy

Unnatural Acts

A surreal sitcom set in the madcap world of four happy-go-lucky young folk.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30am (repeat)
Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

A repeat of this 1982 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 13, Episode 17

Josh Widdicombe professional boxer and former IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton MBE, sports presenter and journalist Jennie Gow, boxing commentator and writer Steve Bunce and comedian Romesh Ranganathan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11am (repeat)
Saturday Night Fry. Image shows from L to R: Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent. Copyright: BBC

Saturday Night Fry

Comedy sketch series, parodying television and radio programmes. Hosted and written by Stephen Fry.

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am (repeat)
Lewis Macleod's Wired News. Lewis (Lewis Macleod). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Lewis Macleod's Wired News

Topical BBC Radio Scotland sketch show. Lewis Macleod hosts a mock drivetime news show satirising the rolling news agenda.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30am (repeat)
The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, David Baddiel, Steve Punt, Rob Newman. Copyright: BBC

The Mary Whitehouse Experience

Radio show in which David Baddiel, Rob Newman, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis provocatively undress various issues.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 3, Episode 12 - The Big Parade

The platoon are taking part in a large parade, alongside the ARP. Mainwaring decides it would be a good idea of get a platoon mascot to march with them, and so they decide to catch a goat. This is easier said than done after Pike gets trapped in a bog.

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

The News Quiz

Series 89, Episode 2

Guests Hugo Rifkind, Lucy Porter, Elis James and Sarah Kendall join Miles Jupp.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 5, Episode 5 - HMS Troutbridge Gets A Rocket

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

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 1:05pm (repeat)
Here Be Dragons. Image shows from L to R: Lloyd Langford, Gareth Gwynn, Cariad Lloyd, Sian Harries, Nadia Kamil, Benjamin Partridge, Elis James. Copyright: John Stanley Productions

Here Be Dragons

Series 2, Episode 4

Pontycwai is used as the filming location for a new TV series, and Mystic Irene channels a helpful spirit.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Culture and generation-clash comedy in which middle-aged widow Sarah lives with her elderly, difficult mother Eleanor, and daughter Clare.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
Jeremy Hardy

Unnatural Acts

A surreal sitcom set in the madcap world of four happy-go-lucky young folk.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

A repeat of this 1982 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9pm (repeat)
Saturday Night Fry. Image shows from L to R: Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent. Copyright: BBC

Saturday Night Fry

Comedy sketch series, parodying television and radio programmes. Hosted and written by Stephen Fry.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30pm (repeat)
The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, David Baddiel, Steve Punt, Rob Newman. Copyright: BBC

The Mary Whitehouse Experience

Radio show in which David Baddiel, Rob Newman, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis provocatively undress various issues.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Colin Hoult

Colin Hoult's Carnival Of Monsters

Series 1, Episode 2

More surreal sketches with Colin Hoult. Some characters have knives strapped to their hands and call out 'giggle, giggle'.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Mordrin McDonald: 21st-Century Wizard. Mordrin McDonald (David Kay). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Mordrin McDonald: 21st-Century Wizard

Series 2, Episode 4 - Birthday Magic

Mordrin takes on childminding duties for his neighbour Jill, but inadvertently gives Tracey a special Wizard edition of Treasure Island to read, with disastrous results.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Warhorses Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Marengo (Stephen Fry), Copenhagen (Daniel Rigby). Copyright: BBC

Warhorses Of Letters

Series 2, Episode 2

The Duke of Wellington's horse Copenhagen's romance with Marengo (Napoleon's horse) has lead to a proposal of marriage. But planning a wedding is fraught with arguments for our gay horses...church or wood? Should people be invited or just horses? And which of them is the groom?

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

The Jason Byrne Show

Series 3, Episode 5 - Technology

Comedian Jason Byrne remembers just how much fun you can have with a food tray and a flight of stairs.

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