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Radio schedule Saturday 19th December 2020

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Life In London

Life In London

Episode 5, The Show Folks: Pierce adapts his work into a play - but on opening night, his friends spend most of their time in the bar. Jerry rescues a damsel in distress in Bartholomew Fair, and once more falls under the seductive charms of Lady Wanton.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Radio Active. Image shows left to right: Angus Deayton, Philip Pope, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens

Radio Active

Series 3, Christmas Special - Radio Active's Christmas Turkey

Crackers for all as the Radio Active festive season of one show plunges into the myth behind the Nativity, a super under-12 carol competition for all the family, and Nigel Pry cheering up the chronics at the local hospital.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
The Masterson Inheritance. Image shows from L to R: Phelim McDermott, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Caroline Quentin, Lee Simpson, Paul Merton. Copyright: BBC

The Masterson Inheritance

1993 Christmas Special - The Stuffing of the Mastersons

The family face repercussions from a child's innocent gift.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10am (repeat)
Dame Hilda Bracket and Dr Evadne Hinge. Image shows from L to R: Patrick Fyffe, George Logan. Copyright: BBC

Christmas Night With Dr Evadne Hinge And Dame Hilda Bracket

Festive special with Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket.

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

You're Dead To Me

Series 2, Episode 6 - LGBTQ History

From Molly Houses to secret diaries, Greg Jenner discovers the real-life stories that make up the history of the LGBT community. He is joined by comedian Suzi Ruffell and Dr Justin Bengry, historian and creator of the world's first masters degree in Queer History.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30am (repeat)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Series 3, Christmas Special

Baron Hardup's daughters battle to go to Prince Charming's ball in Armpit Theatre's production of Cinderella.

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

Fighting Talk

Series 18, Episode 15

Former cricketer and broadcaster Charles Dagnall, football broadcaster Lynsey Hooper, comedian Kojo and sports journalist Jim White join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11am (repeat)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

Lines from my Grandfather Christmas's Forehead: Festival special from 1971.

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

Breaking The News

Series 17, Episode 10

Des Clarke is joined by Zoe Lyons, Christopher MacArthur-Boyd, Bruce Devlin & Laura Lexx.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30am (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 5, Christmas Special - Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest

The Goons retell the story of Robin Hood. With guest star Charlotte Mitchell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Cooking In A Bedsitter. Image shows from L to R: Deepak (Nikesh Patel), Trisha (Beattie Edmondson). Copyright: BBC

Cooking In A Bedsitter

Series 1, Episode 1 - Beef Olives

Trisha embarks on bedsit life, determined to make it as a get-ahead girl-about-town.

Radio 4 12:30pm (repeat)
Dead Ringers. Image shows from L to R: Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson, Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey. Copyright: BBC

Dead Ringers

2020 Christmas Specials

Dead Ringers somehow manages to make fishing quotas funny. Other topics include The Crown, panic shopping, Christmas bubbling and why on earth the BBC has redesigned the Daleks.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 1:30pm (repeat)
The Musical Life Of.... Copyright: The Rubber Chicken

The Musical Life Of...

Series 2, Episode 3 - The Mabinogion

Can the entire Mabinogion, the classic Welsh prose story, be squeezed into 30 minutes? Let's find out.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Radio Active. Image shows left to right: Angus Deayton, Philip Pope, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens

Radio Active

Series 3, Christmas Special - Radio Active's Christmas Turkey

Crackers for all as the Radio Active festive season of one show plunges into the myth behind the Nativity, a super under-12 carol competition for all the family, and Nigel Pry cheering up the chronics at the local hospital.

Radio 4 7:15pm (repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 8, Episode 2 - John Finnemore

John Finnemore reads from his hilarious diary, which tells of his six months teaching English to school children in Poland.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
The Masterson Inheritance. Image shows from L to R: Phelim McDermott, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Caroline Quentin, Lee Simpson, Paul Merton. Copyright: BBC

The Masterson Inheritance

1993 Christmas Special - The Stuffing of the Mastersons

The family face repercussions from a child's innocent gift.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
Dame Hilda Bracket and Dr Evadne Hinge. Image shows from L to R: Patrick Fyffe, George Logan. Copyright: BBC

Christmas Night With Dr Evadne Hinge And Dame Hilda Bracket

Festive special with Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Series 3, Christmas Special

Baron Hardup's daughters battle to go to Prince Charming's ball in Armpit Theatre's production of Cinderella.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9pm (repeat)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

Lines from my Grandfather Christmas's Forehead: Festival special from 1971.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 5, Christmas Special - Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest

The Goons retell the story of Robin Hood. With guest star Charlotte Mitchell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Saturday Night Fry. Image shows from L to R: Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent. Copyright: BBC

Saturday Night Fry

Episode 5: Stephen Fry hosts humorous banter and sketches with Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Maltby Collection. Copyright: BBC

The Maltby Collection

Series 3, Episode 5

The museum is due to send an exhibition of its finest artefacts around Europe, but can Walter find a suitably experienced and diplomatic staff member to curate it?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Elis James' Pantheon Of Heroes. Image shows from L to R: Benjamin Partridge, Elis James, Nadia Kamil. Copyright: BBC

Elis James' Pantheon Of Heroes

Series 2, Episode 5 - Communication

Pryce Pryce-Jones, Richard Trevithick and Guglielmo Marconi - Elis compares key figures in Welsh history to determine Wales' ultimate heroes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Ape That Got Lucky. Image shows from L to R: Professor Austin Herring (Geoffrey McGivern), Chris Addison, Dan Tetsell, Jo Enright. Copyright: BBC

The Ape That Got Lucky

Episode 4 - Man or Monkey?

In his final show, Chris Addison produces his concluding arguments for his view that humans evolved through sheer luck and as his audience whether they consider themselves to be humans or monkeys.

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