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Radio schedule Saturday 18th December 2021

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Susan Calman

Listomania

Episode 6

Susan Calman hosts a show exploring the world of lists, with panellists Sara Cox, Elis James, Isy Suttie and Gary Delaney.

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

All The Young Dudes

Series 1, Episode 5 - People's Parties

After a series of jibes about his social life, Billy holds a party for the others.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The Clitheroe Kid. Jimmy (Jimmy Clitheroe). Copyright: BBC

The Clitheroe Kid

Another Mother for Ossie.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 2, Episode 5 - Going Dutch

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10am (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

Birds of a Feather.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30am (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

Transcription Service Remakes, Special - The New Secretary

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

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

Fighting Talk

Series 19, Episode 19

BBC F1 commentator Jack Nicholls, football broadcaster Lynsey Hooper, presenter Rickie Haywood-Williams and comedian Ian Moore join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11am (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 1, Episode 12

Master spy Kenneth Horne probes a robot plot, while Julian and Sandy tackle his patio.

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30am (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 3, Episode 10

Delving into the dark side to explore the unexplainable.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Molesworth

Episode 1 - Home Life

Remember that school boy terror who loved flicking ink pellets? Many trillions of eons ago Nigel Molesworth was The Curse of St Custards. But he's come a long way since those days, and now returns with his guide to modem life.

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

2021 Christmas Specials - Dead Ringers Live

For the first time broadcast live, from the Radio Theatre, London with look at the big issues, from political sleaze to the feeling of not having bought enough potatoes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Getting Nowhere Fast

Getting Nowhere Fast

Episode 2.1: Chantal is desperate to have a baby, but first she needs to snare a man.

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...

Le Carré On Spying, Episode 1 - The Penny Dreadfuls Present: Le Carré On Spying

Uncover the truth about John Le Carré's secret past in the murky world of 1960s espionage and be transported back to the paranoid height of The Cold War.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3pm (repeat)
The Secret World. Copyright: BBC

The Secret World

Series 2, Episode 1

The Secret World returns with more stories from the private lives of public people, from Dead Ringers creator Bill Dare.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30pm (repeat)
Robert Webb

Concrete Cow

Series 1, Episode 1

Sketches include a reunion of cannibals, a voice-over for nuclear disasters and the disturbing balloon-modelling man.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Clitheroe Kid. Jimmy (Jimmy Clitheroe). Copyright: BBC

The Clitheroe Kid

Another Mother for Ossie.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 2, Episode 5 - Going Dutch

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

Birds of a Feather.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (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

Transcription Service Remakes, Special - The New Secretary

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9pm (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 1, Episode 12

Master spy Kenneth Horne probes a robot plot, while Julian and Sandy tackle his patio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30pm (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 3, Episode 10

Delving into the dark side to explore the unexplainable.

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

The Lee Mack Show

Series 1, Episode 5

The cocky northern scamp joins Tom Robinson for another half hour of quickfire buffoonery.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Ida Barr - Artificial Hip Hop. Ida Barr (Christopher Green). Copyright: BBC

Ida Barr - Artificial Hip Hop

Episode 1 - Responsibility

Character comedy written by and starring Christopher Green as Ida Barr, a music hall singer who has embraced hip hop and rap, reflecting the cultural diversity of London's East End where she has been living in retirement for several decades.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Paperback Hell

Episode 1, Disco Shoes: Spoof literary series featuring chapters from imaginary best-selling novels read by their equally illusory authors, beginning with Disco Shoes, by Mike Horner.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Shuttleworths. John Shuttleworth (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC

The Shuttleworths

2002 Specials - Plonker's Baby

Special Christmas edition of the comedy show featuring aspiring singer/songwriter John Shuttleworth. Plans for a nativity play are in something less than an advanced stage.

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 4 - Don't Bet On It

Hut 33 must play the local prisoners of war at football... the only problem is the hut don't have a full team.

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...

Le Carré On Spying, Episode 1 - The Penny Dreadfuls Present: Le Carré On Spying

Uncover the truth about John Le Carré's secret past in the murky world of 1960s espionage and be transported back to the paranoid height of The Cold War.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
The Secret World. Copyright: BBC

The Secret World

Series 2, Episode 1

The Secret World returns with more stories from the private lives of public people, from Dead Ringers creator Bill Dare.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
Robert Webb

Concrete Cow

Series 1, Episode 1

Sketches include a reunion of cannibals, a voice-over for nuclear disasters and the disturbing balloon-modelling man.

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