Radio schedule for 1st October 2022 (full list)

8:30am (repeat)

The Break

Series 2, Episode 5 - The Clench

Andy and Jeff clash with The Mayor as a missing sweet shop sets off a tale of kompromat, corruption and coastal erosion.

10am (repeat)

The Goon Show

Series 9, Episode 14 - The Scarlet Capsule

Professor Ned Quatermass unravels a mystery around some enigmatic blue serge suits.

10:30am
30 min

You're Dead To Me

Series 5, Episode 3 - The Tang Dynasty

Greg Jenner is joined by historian Professor Tineke D'Haeseleer and comedian Evelyn Mok in medieval China to explore the Tang Dynasty - the Golden Age of China.

11am
60 min

Birmingham City footballer Troy Deeney, sports presenter David Alorka, former GB athlete and commentator Kath Merry, and comedian & regining FT Champion of Champions Neil Delamere join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

11:30am (repeat)

The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Series 12, Episode 5

This week Mark Nelson invites the utterly brilliant Timmy Mallett to tell his best stories from his epic cycle around the coastline of the UK, whilst comedian and presenter Ashley Storrie keeps things a bit more locally, and down to earth. Amy Irons completes the panel with a shocking secret family tale, and each of the guests get very competitive in some cracking unexpected games.

12pm (repeat)

Wordaholics

Series 3, Episode 1

Gyles Brandreth and Natalie Haynes are joined by Lloyd Langford, Holly Walsh and Paul Sinha to test their knowledge of words.

12:30pm (repeat)

The News Quiz

Series 109, Episode 3

Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. This week he's in Liverpool and is joined by Eleanor Tiernan, Adam Rowe, Stephen Bailey and Sonia Sodha. The panel discuss the Labour Party conference in the city and examine what Keir Starmer is bringing to the table. They also discuss the state of the UK economy and the recent Nord Stream gas leaks.

12:30pm (repeat)

Lobby Land

Series 1, Episode 1 - Lobby Land

It's summer in Westminster and the halls are alive with the sound of gossip, but young political editor Sam Peakes is struggling to stay afloat. Having drawn the short straw at work, she's being tailed around by Lawrence, the office intern, and she needs a story - fast.

2pm (repeat)

Electric Ink

Series 1, Episode 1

Old hacks meet new media in the newspaper industry. Maddox is told he must present The Politics Minute, an online 'vodcast' for the paper.

2:30pm (repeat)

Weak At The Top

Series 2, Episode 3 - Values

Marketing maestro John Weak tries to solve the meeting room crisis with some challenging seduction...

3pm (repeat)

Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music

Episode 2.6: Mitch and the team must be miniaturised and inserted into Rick Wakeman to prevent impending war.

3:30pm (repeat)

Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World

Series 1, Episode 2 - Creation

Free your life from philosophical anxieties in the second of the series that answers the questions other programmes dare not ask. Heretical, confusing, illogical, biased, and a laugh a minute.

8pm (repeat)