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Radio schedule Saturday 8th August 2020

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Dilemma. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Dilemma

Series 1, Episode 6

Featuring comedians Zoe Lyons and Phill Jupitus, author Simon Garfield and the actor and writer Humphrey Ker.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
An Actor's Life For Me. Robert Wilson (John Gordon Sinclair). Copyright: BBC

An Actor's Life For Me

Series 3, Episode 4 - Madness In His Method

Robert Wilson devotes his life to someone's art.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Comedy Club Extravaganza

This three hour Comedy Club Extravaganza celebrates the highlights of the Comedy Club, looking back at the regular and guest hosts, the sketches and songs broadcast only in the Comedy Club, and the best interviews with guests from the world of comedy.

Radio 4 10:30am
30 min
You're Dead To Me

You're Dead To Me

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Aztecs

Travel back to the land of the Aztecs for stories of sacrifice, cannibalism and fancy diets. Joining Greg Jenner are Joel Dommett and historian Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock.

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am (repeat)
Breaking The News. Des Clarke. Copyright: BBC Studios

Breaking The News

Series 16, Episode 7

Join Des Clarke and his guests, comedians Dane Baptiste, Tiff Stevenson, Jay Lafferty and Jamie MacDonald, as they take a wry look at the week's big stories.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Pankhiraj. Copyright: BBC

Pankhiraj

Episode 1 - The Wedding

Three generations of women collide at a family wedding.

Radio 4 12:30pm (repeat)
Daliso Chaponda

Summer Comedy Festival

Episode 3 - Daliso Chaponda

Daliso Chaponda presents a summer festival on the theme of protest. Black Lives Matter, Me Too, climate change, cancel culture and social mobility are all explored by Daliso and his passionate guests. Joining him are Athena Kugblenu, Scott Bennett, Russell Kane and Kate Lucas.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 10, Episode 9 - Captain Povey Takes Over

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

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 1:30pm (repeat)
Leroy Brito

Leroy Brito's Fake Views

Leroy Brito examines how his online persona is drifting from reality.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Hexagonal Phase, Episode 1 - Fit The Twenty-Seventh

Forty years on from the first ever radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Arthur Dent and friends return to be thrown back into the Whole General Mish Mash, in a rattling adventure involving Viking Gods and Irish Confidence Tricksters, with our first glimpse of Eccentrca Galumbits and a brief but memorable moment with The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast Of Traal.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
London

Undone

Series 2, Episode 2 - Unsurprised

Visiting the dull parallel city of Donlon, Edna encounters an old friend while for Tankerton love is the drug. Who is running the drugs and who is the Man Man?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Comedy Club Extravaganza

This three hour Comedy Club Extravaganza celebrates the highlights of the Comedy Club, looking back at the regular and guest hosts, the sketches and songs broadcast only in the Comedy Club, and the best interviews with guests from the world of comedy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar. Alexei Sayle. Copyright: BBC

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar

Series 2, Episode 1 - Britain's Place in the World

Alexei considers Britain's place in the world and discusses his return to stand-up comedy after a 17-year hiatus.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Agendum. Alexandra Palisades (Carrie Quinlan). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Agendum

Series 1, Episode 1 - Breakthrough

A scientific breakthrough, a human rights scandal and Britain's favourite fruit come under the idiot microscope of a team of talking heads, hosted by hostioneer Alexandra Palisades. Topics include the selling of superwater, Noel Edmonds annexing parts of Derbyshire, and the fact that no-one likes oranges.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
That Mitchell & Webb Sound. Image shows from L to R: Robert Webb, David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

That Mitchell & Webb Sound

Series 5, Episode 2

Comedy sketches from the quirky world of David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Sarah Millican

Sarah Millican's Support Group

Series 2, Episode 4

Agony aunt Sarah dishes out real advice for real people, solving the nations problems with her Support Group.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Hexagonal Phase, Episode 1 - Fit The Twenty-Seventh

Forty years on from the first ever radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Arthur Dent and friends return to be thrown back into the Whole General Mish Mash, in a rattling adventure involving Viking Gods and Irish Confidence Tricksters, with our first glimpse of Eccentrca Galumbits and a brief but memorable moment with The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast Of Traal.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
London

Undone

Series 2, Episode 2 - Unsurprised

Visiting the dull parallel city of Donlon, Edna encounters an old friend while for Tankerton love is the drug. Who is running the drugs and who is the Man Man?

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