Radio
Radio schedule Saturday 24th December 2022
9am
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Life With The Lyons
Series 7, Episode 7 - And A Merry Christmas To AllFamily sitcom about a showbiz American couple raising their children in post-war Britain, starring real-life family the Lyons.
9:30am
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What Ho, Jeeves!
What Ho! Jeeves: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, Episode 3 - Bartholomew, Blackmail And Barefaced LiesBertie Wooster is landed in a pickle over an expensive statue.
10am
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I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 42, Christmas Special - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas CarolA unique interpretation of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Humphrey Lyttelton stars as Ebenezer Scrumph, Colin Sell as his assistant Crotchet, and Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer as the three ghosts. Stephen Fry narrates, with guests Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Sandi Toksvig, Tony Hawks and Linda Smith making up the rest of the cast.
11am60 min
Fighting Talk
Series 20, Christmas SpecialIn this festive edition, former GB athlete and commentator Kath Merry, football reporter Bianca Westwood, Canadian sports broadcaster Greg Brady and comedian Neil Delamere join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
11:30am
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Breaking The News
Series 23, Out-takes - The Best Of UnbroadcastJoin Des Clarke for all the hilarious previously unbroadcast material from this year's Breaking The News. It's your chance to get the full live recording experience, as we present to you the finest quips, songs and epic stories that for various reasons never made the cut first time around.
12:30pm
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Dead Ringers
2022 Christmas SpecialsCould Theresa May make a comeback? Who could be Twitter's new CEO? And what will King Charles say in his first Christmas message? All these questions are answered in the final Dead Ringers of the year.
1pm60 min
Anything But Coldplay
Christmas Specials 2022The comedy music panel show for the three counties on Christmas Eve. Joining host Toby Friedner are Mark Rann, Babs Michel, Ninia Benjamin, Stephen Owen, and guest scorer Marcel Lucont.
2pm
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Life With The Lyons
Series 7, Episode 7 - And A Merry Christmas To AllFamily sitcom about a showbiz American couple raising their children in post-war Britain, starring real-life family the Lyons.
2:30pm
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What Ho, Jeeves!
What Ho! Jeeves: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, Episode 3 - Bartholomew, Blackmail And Barefaced LiesBertie Wooster is landed in a pickle over an expensive statue.
3pm
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I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 42, Christmas Special - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas CarolA unique interpretation of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Humphrey Lyttelton stars as Ebenezer Scrumph, Colin Sell as his assistant Crotchet, and Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer as the three ghosts. Stephen Fry narrates, with guests Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Sandi Toksvig, Tony Hawks and Linda Smith making up the rest of the cast.
4:30pm30 min
You're Dead To Me
Christmas Special - Charles DickensGreg Jenner is joined by comedian Mike Wozniak and historian Dr Emily Bell to give you a You're Dead To Me stocking-filler dedicated to Mr Christmas himself, Charles Dickens. They'll talk about Dickens's many literary hits - including, of course, A Christmas Carol - and hear how he celebrated Christmas throughout his life.
5:30pm30 min
Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn
Series 2, Christmas SpecialWhose home should you spend yuletide in and whose holiday traditions should you follow? How much should you spend on presents and what should you do if you think a relative is mean? And what are the ways of coping with the sadness this 'happy' time of year can bring? Marian and Tara take listeners' Christmas questions in their stride.
7:15pm30 min
The Infinite Monkey Cage
Series 25, Christmas Special - Why Does Wine Taste Good?For this special Christmas episode, Prof. Brian Cox and Robin Ince visit the Australian Wine Research Institute in Adelaide to find out what science can teach us about wine. They are joined by stand-up comedian Tim Minchin, Nobel Prize winner and vineyard owner Brian Schmidt, flavour chemist Mango Parker and sensory and consumer scientist Patricia Williamson.
8pm
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Life With The Lyons
Series 7, Episode 7 - And A Merry Christmas To AllFamily sitcom about a showbiz American couple raising their children in post-war Britain, starring real-life family the Lyons.
8:30pm
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What Ho, Jeeves!
What Ho! Jeeves: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, Episode 3 - Bartholomew, Blackmail And Barefaced LiesBertie Wooster is landed in a pickle over an expensive statue.
9pm
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I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 42, Christmas Special - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas CarolA unique interpretation of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Humphrey Lyttelton stars as Ebenezer Scrumph, Colin Sell as his assistant Crotchet, and Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer as the three ghosts. Stephen Fry narrates, with guests Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Sandi Toksvig, Tony Hawks and Linda Smith making up the rest of the cast.
10pm
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John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme
Series 2, Episode 3A sketch about messengers, a sketch about the history of alchemy and a sketch... Sketch? "Sketch"? Sorry, you know when you repeat a word so often it starts to go weird? "Sketch". Sketch! Ssssssketch. That's got it, better now. Anyway, there's a sketch about that.
10:30pm
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Britain In Bits With Ross Noble
Episode 1Ross is joined by presenter, author and actress Fern Britton, while Piers reports on the new musical about to make a splash in the West End called Boulangerie du Honte, a prequel to Les Miserables. We also hear about the rise in pickpockets and how to protect ourselves, and an amazing story about an unlikely pregnancy in Yorkshire.
11pm
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Nature Table
Series 3, Episode 4Recorded at ZSL London Zoo, this week Sue Perkins is joined by Lucy Cooke (Zoologist), James Wong (Ethnobotanist) and comedian Felicity Ward.
11pm
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Danny Robins Music Therapy
Episode 4Danny and Isy attempt to use music in order to make people love the sound of bagpies, while also helping a woman who has been forced to live with her parents after going into £20,000 worth of debt for her love of music festivals. Isy writes a song to help cyclists and Danny also tries to make the world's first Winterval No. 1 single. With special guest rapper Doc Brown and rock guitarist Ollie Brum.
11:30pm
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The Shuttleworths
Radio Shuttleworth 2, Episode 4John learns that Peter Purves has always wanted to play a nasty character and wonders if he would audition for the role of Captain Hook in the drop-in centre's production of Peter Pan. Plus Phil Nichol and Milton Jones.
4am
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Life With The Lyons
Series 7, Episode 7 - And A Merry Christmas To AllFamily sitcom about a showbiz American couple raising their children in post-war Britain, starring real-life family the Lyons.
4:30am
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What Ho, Jeeves!
What Ho! Jeeves: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, Episode 3 - Bartholomew, Blackmail And Barefaced LiesBertie Wooster is landed in a pickle over an expensive statue.
5am
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I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 42, Christmas Special - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas CarolA unique interpretation of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Humphrey Lyttelton stars as Ebenezer Scrumph, Colin Sell as his assistant Crotchet, and Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer as the three ghosts. Stephen Fry narrates, with guests Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Sandi Toksvig, Tony Hawks and Linda Smith making up the rest of the cast.