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Radio schedule Saturday 20th May 2017

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am
Miranda. Miranda (Miranda Hart). Copyright: BBC

Miranda Hart: From Hampshire To Hollywood

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Miranda Hart's BBC Radio 2 sitcom Miranda Hart's Joke Shop, Extra invites listeners to spend three hours in her company, as she talks openly to the comedy writer and performer Paul Garner about her life, career, creative process.

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
Colin Murray

Fighting Talk

Series 14, Episode 33

Journalist and presenter Martin Kelner, broadcaster Reshmin Chowdhury, Canadian sports broadcaster Greg Brady and comedian Ivo Graham join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am (repeat)
Grant Stott. Copyright: BBC

Stop The Press

Series 1, Episode 3

Team captains Jo Caulfield and Gary Robertson join chair Grant Stott for a new panel game in which a team of journalists go up against the people they are reporting on.

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

Dad's Army

Series 2, Episode 5 - Sergeant Save My Boy

Pike gets caught in the barbed wire on Walmington's beach, so it is up to Mainwaring and Wilson to save him before the tide comes in.

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

The News Quiz

Series 93, Episode 5

Miles captains an exciting formation of newshounds: Francis Wheen, John Robins, Angela Barnes and Kiri Pritchard-McLean. This week, manifold manifestos, a flying Dutchman and a close encounter with a wild boar.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 5, Episode 7 - Hancock's School

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

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

The Leak

Series 6, Episode 3

Tom Price is joined by Rhys James and Jenny Collier to discuss the biggest and funniest stories of the week.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm
Miranda. Miranda (Miranda Hart). Copyright: BBC

Miranda Hart: From Hampshire To Hollywood

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Miranda Hart's BBC Radio 2 sitcom Miranda Hart's Joke Shop, Extra invites listeners to spend three hours in her company, as she talks openly to the comedy writer and performer Paul Garner about her life, career, creative process.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Ape That Got Lucky. Image shows from L to R: Professor Austin Herring (Geoffrey McGivern), Chris Addison, Dan Tetsell, Jo Enright. Copyright: BBC

The Ape That Got Lucky

Episode 1 - Language and Communication

In his first programme, Chris Addison looks at how language and communication help to shape human evolution.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section. Image shows from L to R: Drums (Ben Reynolds), Saxophone (Mark Brown), Alex Horne, Bass (Will Collier), Trumpet (Joe Auckland), Ed Sheldrake. Copyright: BBC

Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section

Series 2, Episode 6

With guest stars comedian Matt Lucas and singer Liane Carroll.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Fist Of Fun. Image shows from L to R: Stewart Lee, Richard Herring

Fist Of Fun

Episode 3

More hit comedy, this week from Lancaster University.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better. Image shows from L to R: Poet (Tim Key), Mark Watson. Copyright: BBC

Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better

Series 2, Episode 3 - Generosity

Mark Watson continues to look at the virtues, with the stand-up this week on the topic of 'generosity'. Tim Key and Tom Basden kindly offer donations of poems and songs.

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