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Radio schedule Saturday 17th February 2018

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

Fighting Talk

Series 15, Episode 27

Former professional footballer Clinton Morrison, former GB badminton player and Olympic silver-medallist Gail Emms, presenter and Champion of Champions Richard Osman and comedian Nish Kumar join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am (repeat)
Julia Sutherland

A Funny Kind Of...

Funny Kind Of Love, Episode 2

Julia Sutherland goes in search of comedy in dark places, featuring comedians tackling taboo aspects of love and relationships through laughter, live on stage in Edinburgh.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
It's Your Round. Angus Deayton. Copyright: BBC

It's Your Round

Series 1, Episode 1

Angus Deayton hosts the panel show in which the panellists devise the rounds. Rufus Hound, Miles Jupp, Sara Pascoe and Adam Hills battle it out to see who can beat each other at their own games.

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

The News Quiz

Series 95, Episode 7

Jeremy Hardy, Helen Lewis, Andy Zaltzman and Katy Brand take on the news. This week love is in the air with a Valentine's Day Brexit note and a risqué Georgian lifestyle manual.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Stockport, So Good They Named It Once

Stockport, So Good They Named It Once

Series 1, Episode 1 - Barbie

The comic goings on of the Conroy family in the Greater Manchester town of Stockport.

Radio 4 2:30pm
45 min
Dead Ringers. Image shows from L to R: Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson, Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey. Copyright: BBC

Dead Ringers

Special - An Alien Has Landed

The Dead Ringers team imagine what would happen if an alien visited Earth. A one-off special for Radio 4's drama slot.

Radio 4 3:15pm (repeat)
50 Years Of Just A Minute: An Audience With Nicholas Parsons. Image shows from L to R: Nicholas Parsons, Paul Merton. Copyright: BBC

50 Years Of Just A Minute: An Audience With Nicholas Parsons

Paul Merton talks to Nicholas Parsons about hosting Just a Minute for 50 years.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Old Harry's Game. Image shows from L to R: Satan (Andy Hamilton), Gary (Steven O'Donnell). Copyright: BBC

Old Harry's Game

Series 2, Episode 4 - Computers

Scumspawn has problems working with a computer, while Satan has problems with some religious fundamentalists.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Laura Solon

Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking

Series 1, Episode 4

Bergerac is named as a TV series with a non-human lead character; Mensa is rocked by a bullying scandal; and Chingley Hall is to be used for filming a new version of Far From The Madding Crowd.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Mark Steel Solution. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

The Mark Steel Solution

Series 2, Episode 3 - Housing

Another radical proposal - as the comedian calls for people to be re-housed at random.

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 1, Episode 6 - Wrath

Mark Watson sets out on his quest to free us from The Seven Deadly Sins with stand-up comedy. This week: Wrath.

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