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Radio schedule Saturday 10th November 2018

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Original Godfather

Writer and TV presenter Denis Norden chats to Paul Jackson about the legacy of his radio comedy partnership with Frank Muir.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
It's That Man Again. Image shows from L to R: Jack Train, Tommy (Tommy Handley). Copyright: BBC

It's That Man Again

Wartime comedy series starring Tommy Handley, which spawned many of the catchphrases popular all over the country during the 1940s.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30am (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 12, Episode 4 - The Mysterious Radio Signals

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

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

Fighting Talk

Series 16, Episode 8

Olympic silver badminton medallist Gail Emms, commentator and former Chelsea footballer Pat Nevin, broadcaster Dougie Anderson and comedian Mike Bubbins join Colin Murray.

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30am (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.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
A Whole New Ball Game

A Whole New Ball Game

Episode 1, Goodbye Gregory: A football-crazy priest comforts the bereaved family of a stalwart parishioner.

Radio 4 12:30pm (repeat)
The Now Show. Hugh Dennis. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 53, Episode 3

Hugh and the team look at the mid-terms, Lloyd Langford investigates the Proud Boys, Felicity Ward has something to help the Australian cricket team and Jess Robinson tackles the biggest story this week - the Spice Girls reunion.

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 3 - The Male Suffragettes

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 4 Extra 2:45pm (repeat)
Deadheading. Image shows from L to R: CSM Jo Black (Miriam Margolyes), DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh). Copyright: Savvy Productions

Deadheading

Episode 2

Are there green shoots of love between Alma and Jo?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Original Godfather

Writer and TV presenter Denis Norden chats to Paul Jackson about the legacy of his radio comedy partnership with Frank Muir.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
It's That Man Again. Image shows from L to R: Jack Train, Tommy (Tommy Handley). Copyright: BBC

It's That Man Again

Wartime comedy series starring Tommy Handley, which spawned many of the catchphrases popular all over the country during the 1940s.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 12, Episode 4 - The Mysterious Radio Signals

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30pm (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.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Paul Sinha

Paul Sinha's History Revision

Series 1, Episode 3 - Music

Paul's exploration of music takes in a Haitian rebellion, Slovenian hunting, Scottish whisky, Italian electronics and the American son of a Russian farmer who did not like music.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Chain Reaction. Copyright: BBC

Chain Reaction

Series 6, Episode 5 - Harry Shearer interviews Stephen Merchant

Political satirist and voice actor Harry Shearer interviews co-creator of The Office, Stephen Merchant.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Rhod Gilbert

Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel Of Laughs

Episode 1

Rhod Gilbert, Lloyd Langford, Greg Davies and Sarah Millican are joined by Wilson Dixon and Scouting for Girls.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:45am (repeat)
Deadheading. Image shows from L to R: CSM Jo Black (Miriam Margolyes), DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh). Copyright: Savvy Productions

Deadheading

Episode 2

Are there green shoots of love between Alma and Jo?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Original Godfather

Writer and TV presenter Denis Norden chats to Paul Jackson about the legacy of his radio comedy partnership with Frank Muir.

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