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Radio schedule Saturday 30th July 2016

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

2016 Summer Specials - 1966 World Cup Edition

Josh Widdicombe takes you back to 1966 for a special edition of Fighting Talk. Fifty years on our guests discuss all the action that surrounded the World Cup final between England and Germany. Joining Josh, sports commentator Barry Davies, former Arsenal footballer and Wales manager Bobby Gould, journalist and broadcaster Martin Kelner and comedian Bob Mills.

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

Breaking The News

Series 4, Episode 3

Des Clarke is joined by comedians Karen Dunbar, Stuart Mitchell and Jay Lafferty plus journalist Alex Bell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

The Economist: Fuming Harold decides the business needs some bite.

Radio 4 12:30pm (repeat)
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Noel Fielding. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 9, Episode 1 - Meeting Fifty

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd is joined by his latest curator Noel Fielding as The Museum of Curiosity opens its ninth gallery. Offering the first donations are comedian Nish Kumar, professor of experimental architecture Rachel Armstrong and the composer Howard Goodall.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
PCSO Hat

Hobby Bobbies

Series 1, Episode 1 - Dangerous Minds

Geoff's decision to finally rebel against his domineering Dad doesn't go quite as he'd have liked.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 1pm
30 min
Bennett Arron

Bennett Arron Worries About...

Series 1, Episode 2 - Being Offensive

Bennett Arron worries that taking offence when someone is offended on behalf of someone else can be offensive.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
HighLites. Beverley (Lorraine Ashbourne). Copyright: BBC

HighLites

A repeat run of the most recent series of the Radio 4 comedy drama.

Radio 4 2:30pm
60 min
The Penny Dreadfuls Present.... Image shows from L to R: Humphrey Ker, Thom Tuck, David Reed

The Penny Dreadfuls Present...

The Curse Of The Beagle, Episode 1 - The Penny Dreadfuls Present: The Curse Of The Beagle

In 1831 a 22-year-old Charles Darwin set sail on the HMS Beagle for a five year voyage that he said changed the course of his life. He later published his stories of the trip but in this reimagining, comedy trio The Penny Dreadfuls reveal the untold story that Darwin kept to himself.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 3, Episode 1 - Michael Winner

Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by film director and restaurant critic Michael Winner, whose journals describe an impossibly glamorous trip to America in 1953 and a titillating canoe accident.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive. Armando Iannucci. Copyright: BBC

Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive

Series 1, Episode 2

With Marcus Brigstocke, Mark Steel and John Oliver

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (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

Episode 4.3: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt, Robert Newman and David Baddiel skewer bonfire night and confront Vidal Sassoon.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
2525. Image shows from L to R: Kieran Hodgson, Jamie Demetriou, Waen Shepherd, Catriona Knox, Jenny Bede. Copyright: John Stanley Productions

2525

Episode 3

More snippets of our future, from walking bacteria people to lecherous robot builders.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (repeat)
HighLites. Beverley (Lorraine Ashbourne). Copyright: BBC

HighLites

A repeat run of the most recent series of the Radio 4 comedy drama.

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