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Radio schedule Saturday 12th November 2022

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (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 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Merry-Go-Round

Army edition: 'Stand Easy' with Charlie Chester and Arthur Haynes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
It's That Man Again. Image shows from L to R: Jack Train, Tommy (Tommy Handley). Copyright: BBC

It's That Man Again

The Victory edition of the show starring Tommy Handley.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Merry-Go-Round

Naval edition: 'HMS Waterlogged' with Eric Barker and Jon Pertwee.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30am (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 12, Episode 4 - The Mysterious Radio Signals

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

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

Fighting Talk

Series 20, Episode 13

Sport presenter Holly Hamilton, football manager Phil Brown, former GB athlete and broadcaster Jeanette Kwakye and comedian Bob Mills, join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am (repeat)
Breaking The News. Des Clarke. Copyright: BBC Studios

Breaking The News

Series 23, Episode 5

Des Clarke is joined by Ria Lina, Jim Smith, Eleanor Morton and Gareth Waugh.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30am (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 2, Episode 5 - Sergeant Save My Boy

Pike gets caught in the barbed wire on Walmington's beach, so it is up to Mainwaring and Wilson to save him before the tide comes in.

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

The Now Show

Series 61, Episode 3

Steve Punt is joined by Catherine Bohart, Fin Taylor and Jazz Emu, with additional voices from Gemma Arrowsmith and Daniel Barker.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Hazelbeach. Ronnie Hazelbeach (Jamie Foreman). Copyright: BBC

Hazelbeach

Series 2, Episode 1

Ronnie is still sharing his flat with his reluctant partner in crime, Nick, who is still in love with his ex-girlfriend Chloe, who is still unhappily married to the parsimonious and generally unpleasant James. But things are about to change... Ronnie and Nick's domestic harmony is disrupted by a very unwelcome guest.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Mark Thomas - The Manifesto. Mark Thomas. Copyright: BBC

Mark Thomas - The Manifesto

Series 2, Episode 1

Comedian-activist Mark Thomas returns to Radio 4 for a new series of The Manifesto - the show where the audience suggest policies that will make the world a better place, and Mark finds out if they'd help or not.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Angstrom. Knut Ångström (Matthew Holness). Copyright: BBC

Angstrom

Episode 1 - The Man Who Wasn't Dead

A body goes missing from a crime scene. But was it ever even there in the first place?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3pm (repeat)
Andrew Maxwell

Welcome To Wherever You Are

Series 1, Episode 1

This week, host Andrew Maxwell talks cricket and colonialism with The Bugle podcast co-host Alice Fraser in Sydney; hears emerging star Storm Xu in Shanghai tell us about his problems with dating; and talks to world-renowned satirist Bassem Youssef about why he had to move to Los Angeles from his native Egypt (spoiler: it turns out dictators don't like you making jokes about them).

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

Wrinkles

Episode 1: The show supplying the answers to questions you never asked.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Merry-Go-Round

Army edition: 'Stand Easy' with Charlie Chester and Arthur Haynes.

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

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 25, Episode 1 - What Have We Learnt From Covid?

Prof. Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests discuss what science has learnt from Covid, and what Covid has taught us about science.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
It's That Man Again. Image shows from L to R: Jack Train, Tommy (Tommy Handley). Copyright: BBC

It's That Man Again

The Victory edition of the show starring Tommy Handley.

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

Merry-Go-Round

Naval edition: 'HMS Waterlogged' with Eric Barker and Jon Pertwee.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 12, Episode 4 - The Mysterious Radio Signals

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 2, Episode 5 - Sergeant Save My Boy

Pike gets caught in the barbed wire on Walmington's beach, so it is up to Mainwaring and Wilson to save him before the tide comes in.

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

Bridget Christie Minds The Gap

Series 2, Episode 1

Bridget asks who has the best sexism in the world, deconstructs a yogurt advert and looks at what happens when a perfectly normal woman appears on television.

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

Chain Reaction

Series 5, Episode 5 - Alastair Campbell interviews Alistair McGowan

Alastair Campbell interviews man-of-many-voices Alistair McGowan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Laura Solon

Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking

Series 3, Episode 4

After visiting a Christina Aguilera concert, Kitty confuses post-feminism with being a slag; Carole introduces Cup-a-Meat to the world; and Olga the tyrant phones a late-night local radio programme.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (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 3, Episode 4 - The Reasonably Fantastic Journey

Satan and the Professor travel to one of the few empty spaces in Hell - Scumspawn's brain.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Mark Thomas - The Manifesto. Mark Thomas. Copyright: BBC

Mark Thomas - The Manifesto

Series 2, Episode 1

Comedian-activist Mark Thomas returns to Radio 4 for a new series of The Manifesto - the show where the audience suggest policies that will make the world a better place, and Mark finds out if they'd help or not.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Angstrom. Knut Ångström (Matthew Holness). Copyright: BBC

Angstrom

Episode 1 - The Man Who Wasn't Dead

A body goes missing from a crime scene. But was it ever even there in the first place?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
Andrew Maxwell

Welcome To Wherever You Are

Series 1, Episode 1

This week, host Andrew Maxwell talks cricket and colonialism with The Bugle podcast co-host Alice Fraser in Sydney; hears emerging star Storm Xu in Shanghai tell us about his problems with dating; and talks to world-renowned satirist Bassem Youssef about why he had to move to Los Angeles from his native Egypt (spoiler: it turns out dictators don't like you making jokes about them).

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

Wrinkles

Episode 1: The show supplying the answers to questions you never asked.

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