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Radio schedule Saturday 9th October 2021

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

The Motion Show

Series 5, Episode 3

Graeme Garden hosts the comedy debating show, with guests Sir Bernard Ingham, Hugh Dennis, Victoria Coren and Arthur Smith.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Prunella Scales

Smelling Of Roses

Series 3, Episode 1 - Private Views

Events organiser Rosie plans a private view for an odious art dealer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The News Huddlines

The News Huddlines

Series 7, Episode 6

A long-running BBC Radio 2 sketch show starring Roy Hudd.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
The Newly Discovered Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes

The Newly Discovered Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes

The Case of the Clockwork Fiend.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10am (repeat)
Huddwinks

Huddwinks

Chris Emmett and Denise Coffey join Roy Hudd for 'Railway '86 - The Movie!': British Rail's new 'Silver Bullet' train ends up as a runaway express to Aberdeen.

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

Fighting Talk

Series 19, Episode 9

Former NFL player Jason Bell, sports broadcaster Kate Mason, sports journalist Jim White and comedian Neil Delamere join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

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

The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Series 9, Episode 6

It's the last in the series, so it's a super positive and motivational panel that joins Mark this week. Scottish legend Elaine C. Smith shares the most embarrasing moment in her singing career, whilst Pat Sharp has his photo taken on stage by an absolute megastar. Mr Motivator is in da house too, oozing with good vibes and some cracking stories.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Rhod Gilbert

Jest A Minute

Series 1, Episode 1

Rhod Gilbert hosts the panel game about comedy, with team captains Chris Corcoran and Justin Moorhouse. This week's guests are Jeremy Hardy and Jarred Christmas.

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

The News Quiz

Series 106, Episode 6

Andy Zaltzman is joined this week by Anand Menon, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Kerry Godliman and Ola Labib as they talk about the Tory party conference, rising fuel prices, Facebook's outage and a Malaria jab.

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

The Blood Donor: Pye's Re-recording: The Lad sparks hospital havoc. The classic TV episode recreated with an audience in 1961.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

A Look Back At The Nineties

Episode 1 - 1995

Episode 1, 1995: Spoof review of 1995, with Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Chris Barrie.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
The Harri-Parris' Radio Show. Image shows from L to R: Ifan (Dan Rochford), Deiniol (Rhys Ap Trefor), Anni (Llinos Mai), Mami (Rhian Morgan), Ben (Oliver Wood). Copyright: BBC

The Harri-Parris' Radio Show

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Visitor

Anni tries to stop cultures clashing when her indie musician boyfriend Ben meets her eccentric farming family.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3pm (repeat)
Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?. Micky Flanagan. Copyright: BBC

Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?

Episode 3 - 1990s

Micky tells us about his 1990's, when he made up for his misspent youth by returning to education late in life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30pm (repeat)
Brian Appleton's Unofficial Multi-Media Lecture. Brian Appleton (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC

Brian Appleton's Unofficial Multi-Media Lecture

Episode 1 - From Cliff To Dale

Brian charts five decades of British pop.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:45pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Jail Diaries Of Sir Ralph Stanza

Episode 1 - Prison Bard

In this first instalment of audio diaries from his recent stint as poet-in-residence at a maximum security prison, the lucky inmate who is his first workshopee receives Stanza's usual poetic tips, covering such subjects a street culture, spelling and jokes about poets' names.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The News Huddlines

The News Huddlines

Series 7, Episode 6

A long-running BBC Radio 2 sketch show starring Roy Hudd.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
The Newly Discovered Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes

The Newly Discovered Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes

The Case of the Clockwork Fiend.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
Huddwinks

Huddwinks

Chris Emmett and Denise Coffey join Roy Hudd for 'Railway '86 - The Movie!': British Rail's new 'Silver Bullet' train ends up as a runaway express to Aberdeen.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section. Image shows from L to R: Drums (Ben Reynolds), Saxophone (Mark Brown), Alex Horne, Bass (Will Collier), Trumpet (Joe Auckland), Ed Sheldrake. Copyright: BBC

Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section

Series 1, Episode 3

Alex Horne and the band are joined by comedian Isy Suttie and together they explore the theme of travel.

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

Chain Reaction

Series 11, Episode 1 - Ed Byrne interviews Al Murray

Irish stand-up Ed Byrne interviews the creator of the Pub Landlord, Al Murray. Ed tackles Al on a vast array of topics from Thackeray's attitude towards the Irish to the thorny issue of offence in comedy via how best to talk to McFly.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Curried Goat Show

The Curried Goat Show

Episode 4: Comedy sketches, with Will Ing, Dan Gaster, Ben Silburn and guest James Fleet.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Cowards. Image shows from L to R: Tim Key, Stefan Golaszewski, Lloyd Woolf, Tom Basden. Copyright: BBC

Cowards

Series 2, Episode 2

Sketches include an argument about the Mr Men, Peter Pan trying to buy fags and gin, an un-fair game of darts and the boyfriend of Where's Wally reporting him missing to police.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

A Look Back At The Nineties

Episode 1 - 1995

Episode 1, 1995: Spoof review of 1995, with Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Chris Barrie.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
The Harri-Parris' Radio Show. Image shows from L to R: Ifan (Dan Rochford), Deiniol (Rhys Ap Trefor), Anni (Llinos Mai), Mami (Rhian Morgan), Ben (Oliver Wood). Copyright: BBC

The Harri-Parris' Radio Show

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Visitor

Anni tries to stop cultures clashing when her indie musician boyfriend Ben meets her eccentric farming family.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?. Micky Flanagan. Copyright: BBC

Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?

Episode 3 - 1990s

Micky tells us about his 1990's, when he made up for his misspent youth by returning to education late in life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
Brian Appleton's Unofficial Multi-Media Lecture. Brian Appleton (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC

Brian Appleton's Unofficial Multi-Media Lecture

Episode 1 - From Cliff To Dale

Brian charts five decades of British pop.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:45am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Jail Diaries Of Sir Ralph Stanza

Episode 1 - Prison Bard

In this first instalment of audio diaries from his recent stint as poet-in-residence at a maximum security prison, the lucky inmate who is his first workshopee receives Stanza's usual poetic tips, covering such subjects a street culture, spelling and jokes about poets' names.

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