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Radio schedule Saturday 16th September 2017

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

Fighting Talk

Series 15, Episode 5

Former Chelsea footballer Pat Nevin, sport reporter Des Kelly, broadcaster Lynsey Hooper and comedian Henning Wehn join Colin Murray for more sporting punditry.

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

Stop The Press

Series 2, Episode 3

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.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Peter Tinniswood

Winston

Winston, Episode 1 - A Happy Family

A manipulative rogue threatens a family's harmony.

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

The News Quiz

Series 94, Episode 2

Andy Hamilton, Desiree Burch, Hugo Rifkind and Kerry Godliman join host Miles Jupp to hash out the week's news which includes a double defeat for Theresa May, Hilary Clinton's new book and a drunk Welshman on a stag do setting a world record.

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 6, Episode 4 - The Picnic

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)
Gein's Family Giftshop Present.... Copyright: The Rubber Chicken

Gein's Family Giftshop Present...

Series 2, Episode 1 - The Space Race

Gein's family Giftshop decide to make it their priority to put Wales on the space map. They're appealing to the people of the principality as they try to raise the funds to send Wales' first rocket into space.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 1pm
30 min
Gein's Family Giftshop Present.... Copyright: The Rubber Chicken

Gein's Family Giftshop Present...

Series 3, Episode 1 - Death Becomes Jim

. As Jim discovers he is shortly going to die, the team must prepare for his passing. But will Kath let him have her dream funeral? And does Ed have enough time to build the perfect glass coffin? And will Jim actually do the honourable thing and actually die?

Radio 4 2:30pm (repeat)
Radio 4

Trial By Laughter

Real-life comedy drama about 19th century freedom of speech champion William Hone.

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 6 - Violence

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 4 - Money

Jason Byrne looks at money and remembers the job in which he was paid with second-hand swimming caps.

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

...At The Stand

Hardeep At The Stand 2, Episode 6

Featuring Teddy, one of Scotland's busiest and best comedy writers; Tiffany Stephenson, the runner up on ITV's Show Me The Funny; plus newcomers Matt Winning and Gareth Waugh.

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

Guy Browning's Small Talk

Episode 2, Duvet Control: The battle of the sexes rages over cold feet and tog ratings.

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 3

Diane, Joe and David break loose from BBC Security and go on the run around Radio 4. We hear them crash into the radio station's usual programming before making their getaway with Aled Jones.

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