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Radio schedule Saturday 2nd February 2019

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

Fighting Talk

Series 16, Episode 20

Colin Murray acts as judge and jury as Chelcee Grimes, Martin Kelner, Kath Merry and Justin Moorhouse fight for punditry points whilst discussing the sporting stories of the week.

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am (repeat)
Mark Nelson

The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Series 2, Episode 4

Mark Nelson leads a panel of Scotland's funniest comedians and personalities attempting to decipher the good from the bad, with a few unexpected twists along the way. This week old rivals join forces on the panel as Kirsty Wark, Jo Caulfield and Gareth Waugh team up to share some truly awful stories, but will they be ready for the unexpected questions that lie ahead...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 62, Episode 3

Nicholas Parsons hosts the popular panel game, with panellists Sue Perkins, Paul Merton, Julian Clary and Charles Collingwood battling it out for verbal supremacy.

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

The News Quiz

Series 98, Episode 6

Miles Jupp looks back at the news this week with Andy Hamilton, Ayesha Hazarika, Tim Shipman and Lucy Porter. Stories this week include Theresa May's return to Brussels to discuss the backstop, and the Polar Vortex. The programme ends with a tribute to Jeremy Hardy who died this morning.

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 14 - Sunday Afternoon At Home

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 1pm (repeat)
How To Survive The Roman Empire, By Pliny And Me. Copyright: BBC

How To Survive The Roman Empire, By Pliny And Me

A repeat-run of the entire second series.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 1:30pm (repeat)
Bravo Two Charlies. PC Dennis Babb (Martin Trenaman). Copyright: Giddy Goat Productions

Bravo Two Charlies

Series 1, Episode 4 - Snow

This week snow stops the cops in their tracks.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 6, Episode 5 - Lucy Worsley

Rufus Hound is joined by the historian Lucy Worsley, whose diaries reveal that she was swottier than the average teenager. While her friends were out at parties, Lucy was curating her collection of rocks, and gardening.

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

Chain Reaction

Series 7, Episode 6 - Mark Steel interviews Barry Davies

Obsessive sports fan Mark Steel asks Barry Davies about being present at some of the most important sporting moments of the last forty years.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Absolutely Radio Show. Image shows from L to R: Gordon Kennedy, Moray Hunter, John Sparkes, Morwenna Banks, Pete Baikie. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

The Absolutely Radio Show

Series 1, Episode 1

The cult Channel 4 sketch show returns. The Stoneybridge Town Council attempt to adapt to today's technology; Denzil and Gwynedd discussing Gwynedd's plan to enter the Miss Swansea competition; The Little Girl presents her very personal take on divorce; and the world's most boring man Calum Gilhooley gets some customer feedback of his own.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Saturday Night Fry. Image shows from L to R: Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent. Copyright: BBC

Saturday Night Fry

Episode 1: The pilot programme that spawned Stephen Fry's cult series. A show identical in spirit to the great Mary Queen of Scots tapestry that hangs in Osterley House.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (repeat)
How To Survive The Roman Empire, By Pliny And Me. Copyright: BBC

How To Survive The Roman Empire, By Pliny And Me

A repeat-run of the entire second series.

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