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Radio schedule Saturday 27th March 2021

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6am (repeat)
Elsie, Doris, Gert And Daisy. Image shows from L to R: Elsie Waters (Susie Blake), Doris Waters (Celia Imrie). Copyright: BBC

Elsie, Doris, Gert And Daisy

Comedy drama about the comedy double act Elsie and Doris Waters.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
How to Be Bohemian. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Heresy

Series 10, Episode 4

Victoria Coren Mitchell and her guests Julia Hartley-Brewer, Richard Osman and Giles Coren discuss David Bowie, iceberg houses and The Great British Bake Off.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Snap. Copyright: BBC

Snap

Series 1, Episode 2

Doug and Molly try to show the world they can start afresh - but then his mum disappears.

Radio 4 10:30am
30 min
Mitchell On Meetings. David Mitchell

Mitchell On Meetings

Episode 3 - The Brainstorm

David Mitchell discusses the 1919 Paris Conference with Professor Margaret Macmillan, and discovers how little meetings have changed in 100 years.

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

Fighting Talk

Series 18, Episode 29

Comedian Matt Forde, football broadcaster Lynsey Hooper, presenter and Youtuber Flex and radio DJ and comedian Noreen Khan join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Alison And Maud

Alison And Maud

Episode 1, Fishing for Compliments: The women find something fishy about their accountant.

Radio 4 12:30pm (repeat)
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 58, Episode 5

Joining Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis this week are Dane Baptiste and Janine Harouni with music supplied by Rachel Parris.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Train

Tickets Please

Episode 1

Why does an intercity journey turn into an emotional rollercoaster? Because the train staff have to battle with their thwarted infatuations for each other. And those toughies in the wedding carriage aren't helping matters.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 1:30pm (repeat)
Welcome Strangers. Copyright: BBC

Welcome Strangers

Series 2, Episode 3

In our third outing of the series, we'll be joining a tour guide whose clients rarely go home unsatisfied; Bloody-Eyes-Maud, the ghost from the chain letter you ignored in the 90s; a paramedic obsessed with pain (in the French sense of the word); some animals of surprising shapes and sizes and angles; an unprofessional flying naked baby; a warehouse that raises alarm bells; and many more.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (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

Series 3, Episode 6 - The St Valentine's Day Masterson

Budding starlette Genevieve hits seedy 1920s Hollywood.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Simon Rich

The World Of Simon Rich

Series 1, Episode 1

Simon Rich brings his enchanting, absurd world to radio with his first British comedy show. Sketches in this episode include the terrors of life as an unused condom inside a teenager's wallet.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3pm (repeat)
Radio Active. Image shows left to right: Angus Deayton, Philip Pope, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens

Radio Active

Series 3, Episode 1 - Euroshow

Radio Active goes continental with reporters in Berlin, Paris and Madrid doing their bit for European Unity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30pm (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 5, Episode 1 - Moral Leadership

Hell is becoming too crowded. With God not wanting to do anything about it, Satan decides it is up to him to try and persuade people to be good.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Elsie, Doris, Gert And Daisy. Image shows from L to R: Elsie Waters (Susie Blake), Doris Waters (Celia Imrie). Copyright: BBC

Elsie, Doris, Gert And Daisy

Comedy drama about the comedy double act Elsie and Doris Waters.

Radio 4 7:15pm (repeat)
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 23, Episode 3 - Neanderthals

Prof. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Alan Davies, Rebecca Wragg Sykes and Tori Herridge to learn about our much misunderstood, early human cousins, the Neanderthals.

Radio 4 7:45pm (repeat)
Tom Neenan. Copyright: Idil Sukan

The Hauntening

Series 1, Episode 1 - SoulMaits

Tom Neenan discovers what horrors may lurk in our apps and gadgets.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Bridget Christie Minds The Gap. Bridget Christie

Bridget Christie Minds The Gap

Series 1, Episode 3

Bridget Christie considers women and their relationship with their bodies, via a lap dance, TOWIE and a fish called Michael.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Barry's Lunch Club. Barry From Watford (Alex Lowe)

Barry's Lunch Club

Episode 1 - Travel

Barry responds to a question about travel for the over 60s and relates his disastrous holiday experiences on a cruise ship and at an activity holiday.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
It's Jocelyn. Jocelyn Jee Esien. Copyright: BBC

It's Jocelyn

Series 1, Episode 3

Characters include Dionne Button MP, a power-hungry traffic warden and a bad-tempered couple running a takeaway.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
World Of Pub

World Of Pub

Surreal sitcom set in a quiet East End pub run by brothers Barry and Garry.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (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

Series 3, Episode 6 - The St Valentine's Day Masterson

Budding starlette Genevieve hits seedy 1920s Hollywood.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Simon Rich

The World Of Simon Rich

Series 1, Episode 1

Simon Rich brings his enchanting, absurd world to radio with his first British comedy show. Sketches in this episode include the terrors of life as an unused condom inside a teenager's wallet.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
Radio Active. Image shows left to right: Angus Deayton, Philip Pope, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens

Radio Active

Series 3, Episode 1 - Euroshow

Radio Active goes continental with reporters in Berlin, Paris and Madrid doing their bit for European Unity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (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 5, Episode 1 - Moral Leadership

Hell is becoming too crowded. With God not wanting to do anything about it, Satan decides it is up to him to try and persuade people to be good.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Elsie, Doris, Gert And Daisy. Image shows from L to R: Elsie Waters (Susie Blake), Doris Waters (Celia Imrie). Copyright: BBC

Elsie, Doris, Gert And Daisy

Comedy drama about the comedy double act Elsie and Doris Waters.

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