Radio
Radio schedule Saturday 16th July 2016
11am60 min
Fighting Talk
2016 Summer Specials, Episode 3With former professional cricketer Charles Dagnall, journalist Jim White, broadcaster Dougie Anderson and comedian Nish Kumar.
11:30am
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Breaking The News
Series 4, Episode 1Host Des Clarke is joined by comedians Tiffany Stevenson, Raymond Mearns and Keiron Nicholson plus author Val McDermid for a satirical swipe at the week's big news.
12pm
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Spangles 'n' Tights
Sitcom about the struggles of a Dublin theatrical costumier.
12:30pm
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Dead Ringers
Series 16, Episode 5It's a momentous week for Theresa May as she makes her first appearance on Dead Ringers as Prime Minister. Ministers sacked, the Labour party in meltdown, Brexit fears remain unabated this is a fabulous time for Laura Kuenssberg, Andrew Neil, Robert Peston, Jon Snow, Andrew Marr, Kirsty Wark , Hugh Edwards, all feeding off the trough of political failure.
12:30pm
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J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
Episode 2.1, Romance: The showbusiness survivor shares a touching tale of unexpected romance.
1:05pm
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Bennett Arron Is Jewelsh
Episode 2Bennett describes meeting his Spanish wife and how her naivety is an endless source of amusement. He also talks about how he stole the identity of the home secretary for a television programme which not only resulted in his being arrested in a dawn raid by Scotland Yard but also led to an embarrassing encounter with a masseuse in Australia.
2:15pm
In The Psychiatrist's Chair
The actor and writer opens up to Professor Anthony Clare about love, self-loathing and contemplating suicide.
7pm
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Absolute Power
Meet masters of spin Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe, the morally corrupt owners of Prentiss McCabe Government-Media Relations Consultancy.
7:30pm
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The Boosh
Surreal radio sitcom about Howard and Vince, two zookeepers. Stars Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding.
8pm
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Think The Unthinkable
Sitcom about a firm of incompetent management consultants who cause havoc every time they are hired.
8:30pm
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The Sunday Format
Sony Award winning sketch show set on BBC Radio 4's first high-quality weekend broadsheet newspaper.
9pm
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Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting
Linda Smith wrote and starred in this Radio 4 sitcom, playing a version of herself living in East London and struggling with the minutiae of life.
9:30pm
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Dead Ringers
Satirical impressionist show mocking the great and good, from politicians to those familar voices on Radio 4.
10pm
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Buy Me Up TV
Episode 3Tanner signs the presenting team up to a team building day. Whilst they're in the woods, self-help guru Trent Beaglemayer takes over the station and sets about his plans for world domination.
10:30pm
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Knowing Me, Knowing You... With Alan Partridge
Episode 6The commissioning director of the BBC joins Alan and takes listeners' questions. Two environmental campaigners and an aged, outspoken politician complete the line-up.
11pm
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The Mary Whitehouse Experience
Episode 1: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt, Rob Newman and David Baddiel scrutinise horse racing and party conferences.
11:30pm
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2525
Episode 1In the year 2525, if man is still alive, if woman can survive, then it may sound something like this. The new comedy sketch show set 512 years in the future.
2:15am
In The Psychiatrist's Chair
The actor and writer opens up to Professor Anthony Clare about love, self-loathing and contemplating suicide.