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Radio schedule Saturday 4th December 2021

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Susan Calman

Listomania

Episode 4

The guests are stand-up comics Richard Herring, Lucy Beaumont, Alun Cochrane and Nat Luurtsema.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
All The Young Dudes. Patrick (Jim Sweeney)

All The Young Dudes

Series 1, Episode 3 - Lazy Sunday

Joe and Maria face competition as a new pub opens down the road, which causes them to try some new ideas out.

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

Fighting Talk

Series 19, Episode 17

Former England Rugby player Ugo Monye, sports broadcaster Kate Mason, presenter Reece Parkinson and comedian Tez Ilyas join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Meet David Sedaris. David Sedaris

Meet David Sedaris

Series 6, Episode 1

The globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller is back with more words of wit and wisdom. He opens this series with a new story fresh from the pages of The New Yorker, Untamed, and extracts from his book Theft By Finding, a compilation of diary entries from 1977-2002.

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

The Now Show

Series 59, Episode 6

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Janine Harouni, Jamie MacDonald, Kieran Hodgson and Nimisha Odedra, with music supplied by Tim Sutton and Sooz Kempner.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
The Mitch Benn Music Show. Mitch Benn. Copyright: BBC

The Mitch Benn Music Show

Series 1, Episode 1 - Boothby Graffoe

Mitch Benn plays some great and odd comic songs from the past and present, and is joined by Boothby Graffoe.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
The Penny Dreadfuls Present.... Image shows from L to R: Humphrey Ker, Thom Tuck, David Reed

The Penny Dreadfuls Present...

The Odyssey, Special - The Penny Dreadfuls Present: The Odyssey

The Penny Dreadfuls bring an irreverent interpretation of everyone's favourite bedtime read - The Odyssey by Homer. Expect an hour of purely riotous entertainment as we romp through ancient Greece, following Odysseus' many encounters (Sirens! The Cyclops! Pig-transformation!) on his epic 20 year journey home. Guest starring Robert Webb as Odysseus.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3pm (repeat)
Hut 33. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Robert Bathurst), Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall (Alex Macqueen), Archie (Tom Goodman-Hill). Copyright: BBC

Hut 33

Series 1, Episode 1 - A Bridge Too Far

Hut 33 faces Hut 6 in the Bletchley Park Bridge Tournament. Gordon can't play because he has a date with Minka, so rather than play with Charles, Archie tries to teach Joshua the game. Unsurprisingly it doesn't go well.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30pm (repeat)
Bleak Expectations. Image shows from L to R: Hardthrasher (Geoffrey Whitehead), Aunt Lily (Celia Imrie), Young Pip (Tom Allen), Mr Gently Benevolent (Anthony Head), Sir Philip Bin (Richard Johnson), Harry Biscuit (James Bachman). Copyright: BBC

Bleak Expectations

Series 4, Episode 6 - A Life Destroyed, And Then Repaired And Re-Happied

Our hero Pip faces his nemesis Mister Benevolent for an epic Russian battle.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Lee Mack Show. Lee Mack. Copyright: BBC

The Lee Mack Show

Series 1, Episode 3

The cheeky comic misunderstands the name of his special guest, Suggs. Steve Brown and Angela McHale set him right.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Women Talking About Cars. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Women Talking About Cars

Series 3, Episode 3 - Lynda La Plante

Lynda La Plante, the award-winning writer behind Prime Suspect and Widows talks to Victoria Coren Mitchell about her life and the cars she has driven along the way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Skivers

The Skivers

Series 2, Episode 4

The innovative new sketch show written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh, with Melanie Giedroyc, Peter Bradshaw and this week's special guest - Jon Pertwee.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Hut 33. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Robert Bathurst), Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall (Alex Macqueen), Archie (Tom Goodman-Hill). Copyright: BBC

Hut 33

Series 1, Episode 2 - Baghdad

An opportunity to go to Iraq comes up and both Charles and Archie want to go.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
The Penny Dreadfuls Present.... Image shows from L to R: Humphrey Ker, Thom Tuck, David Reed

The Penny Dreadfuls Present...

The Odyssey, Special - The Penny Dreadfuls Present: The Odyssey

The Penny Dreadfuls bring an irreverent interpretation of everyone's favourite bedtime read - The Odyssey by Homer. Expect an hour of purely riotous entertainment as we romp through ancient Greece, following Odysseus' many encounters (Sirens! The Cyclops! Pig-transformation!) on his epic 20 year journey home. Guest starring Robert Webb as Odysseus.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
Hut 33. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Robert Bathurst), Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall (Alex Macqueen), Archie (Tom Goodman-Hill). Copyright: BBC

Hut 33

Series 1, Episode 1 - A Bridge Too Far

Hut 33 faces Hut 6 in the Bletchley Park Bridge Tournament. Gordon can't play because he has a date with Minka, so rather than play with Charles, Archie tries to teach Joshua the game. Unsurprisingly it doesn't go well.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
Bleak Expectations. Image shows from L to R: Hardthrasher (Geoffrey Whitehead), Aunt Lily (Celia Imrie), Young Pip (Tom Allen), Mr Gently Benevolent (Anthony Head), Sir Philip Bin (Richard Johnson), Harry Biscuit (James Bachman). Copyright: BBC

Bleak Expectations

Series 4, Episode 6 - A Life Destroyed, And Then Repaired And Re-Happied

Our hero Pip faces his nemesis Mister Benevolent for an epic Russian battle.

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