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Radio schedule Saturday 9th September 2017

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
60 min
Rick Edwards. Credit: BBC

Fighting Talk

Series 15, Special

Paralympic legend Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, former GB athlete and Olympic bronze-medallist Kath Merry, journalist and sports broadcaster Steve Bunce and comedian Justin Moorhouse join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry in front of a live audience at the Tyne Theatre & Opera House in Newcastle.

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

Stop The Press

Series 2, Episode 2

Regular team captains Jo Caulfield and Gary Robertson go head to head under the watchful eye of Grant Stott in the panel game where the points actually matter. Featuring Guy Pratt, bassist for Pink Floyd, Madonna and Michael Jackson amongst others, and Gayle Anderson, a freelancer writer, fierce critic and ex-agony aunt to thousands throughout the 90s.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Says On The Tin. Eliott Thurber (Michael Brandon). Copyright: BBC

Says On The Tin

Episode 1 - Toothpaste

Disgraced American ad man Eliott Thurber is forced to transfer to the new London branch of Parabola Media.

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

The News Quiz

Series 94, Episode 1

Jeremy Hardy, Zoe Lyons, Simon Evans and Helen Lewis join Miles Jupp to discuss the North Korean nuclear stand-off, public sector pay caps and the death of the Yellow Pages.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 3, Episode 1 - A Man Of Action

A journalist comes to make a report on the Home Guard. This is soon overshadowed when a landmine cuts off Walmington-on-Sea's gas, water and railway lines. Captain Mainwaring decides the best thing to do is to put the town under martial law - he puts himself in charge naturally.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 1pm
30 min
Please Hold. Copyright: BBC

Please Hold

Sitcom pilot about a council telephone helpline.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This?. Andrew Lawrence. Copyright: BBC

Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This?

Episode 5 - Money

Comic explanation of human development via stand-up, song and sketch.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Jason Byrne Show. Jason Byrne. Copyright: BBC

The Jason Byrne Show

Series 2, Episode 3 - Parents

Jason Byrne considers parents: why are they obsessed with heading out early to 'beat the traffic'?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
...At The Stand. Hardeep Singh Kohli. Copyright: Dabster Productions

...At The Stand

Hardeep At The Stand 2, Episode 5

This week's performers are David Kay, Terry Alderton, Keara Murphy and Graeme Thomas.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
Guy Browning's Small Talk

Guy Browning's Small Talk

Episode 1, How To Poach An Egg: Eggs are rather like people - drop them into hot water and they go to pieces. Some surreal food for thought.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Two Episodes Of Mash. Image shows from L to R: Diane Morgan, Joe Wilkinson. Copyright: BBC

Two Episodes Of Mash

Series 2, Episode 2

David has still barricaded the three of them inside the Radio 4 studio. He's taken all the Radio 4 microphones hostage in an attempt to make the network give them their own radio series. Things take a turn for the worse when David receives a call from the Radio 4 Negotiator.

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