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Radio schedule Saturday 12th August 2023

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:45am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Fosdyke Saga

Episode 13, Tripe War: Roger Ditchley provokes a mob of tripe producers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Not In Front Of The Children

Series 1, Episode 8 - While The Brood's Away

Sending the children off for a holiday with friends is one thing - but what do you do with your life while they're away? Let the Corners elucidate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Something To Shout About. Copyright: BBC

Something To Shout About

Series 1, Episode 4

Radio sitcom about a London-based advertising agency.

Radio 4 10am
30 min
You're Dead To Me

You're Dead To Me

Series 7, Episode 8 - Medieval Science

The History of Medieval Science, investigated by Greg Jenner and his guests Dr Seb Falk and award-winning comedian Josie Long.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10am (repeat)
The Real Comedy Controllers. Image shows from L to R: Paul Jackson, Jimmy Mulville, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd. Copyright: BBC

The Real Comedy Controllers

Episode 3 - Alternative Comedy... and Beyond

The Comedy Controllers return to the 80s to consider how alternative the new wave of comedy was... and to explore how their humour developed as the century drew to a close. Programmes featured include Lenin Of The Rovers, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Goodness Gracious Me, and On The Hour.

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

Breaking The News

Series 25, Episode 8

This week from the Edinburgh Festival, Des and guests Susie McCabe, Marcus Brigstocke, Susan Riddell & Connor Burns take a look at spending by civil servants in Scotland, a return to the office after the pandemic, how many steps you should do in a day, wedding drama in the US, Liz Truss and a new search for the Loch Ness Monster.

Radio 4 12:30pm (repeat)
Trigger Happy. Dom Joly

Dom Joly Breaks The News

Dom Joly takes a comic approach to serious appraisal of the week's news, in his own unique style.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:45pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Fosdyke Saga

Episode 13, Tripe War: Roger Ditchley provokes a mob of tripe producers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Not In Front Of The Children

Series 1, Episode 8 - While The Brood's Away

Sending the children off for a holiday with friends is one thing - but what do you do with your life while they're away? Let the Corners elucidate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Something To Shout About. Copyright: BBC

Something To Shout About

Series 1, Episode 4

Radio sitcom about a London-based advertising agency.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3pm (repeat)
The Real Comedy Controllers. Image shows from L to R: Paul Jackson, Jimmy Mulville, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd. Copyright: BBC

The Real Comedy Controllers

Episode 3 - Alternative Comedy... and Beyond

The Comedy Controllers return to the 80s to consider how alternative the new wave of comedy was... and to explore how their humour developed as the century drew to a close. Programmes featured include Lenin Of The Rovers, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Goodness Gracious Me, and On The Hour.

Radio 4 7:15pm
45 min
Stephen Fry In Conversation With Alan Yentob. Stephen Fry

This Cultural Life: Stephen Fry

Actor, writer and broadcaster Stephen Fry talks to John Wilson about the formative influences that inspired his creative life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:45pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Fosdyke Saga

Episode 13, Tripe War: Roger Ditchley provokes a mob of tripe producers.

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

Not In Front Of The Children

Series 1, Episode 8 - While The Brood's Away

Sending the children off for a holiday with friends is one thing - but what do you do with your life while they're away? Let the Corners elucidate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
Something To Shout About. Copyright: BBC

Something To Shout About

Series 1, Episode 4

Radio sitcom about a London-based advertising agency.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9pm (repeat)
The Real Comedy Controllers. Image shows from L to R: Paul Jackson, Jimmy Mulville, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd. Copyright: BBC

The Real Comedy Controllers

Episode 3 - Alternative Comedy... and Beyond

The Comedy Controllers return to the 80s to consider how alternative the new wave of comedy was... and to explore how their humour developed as the century drew to a close. Programmes featured include Lenin Of The Rovers, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Goodness Gracious Me, and On The Hour.

Radio 4 9:45pm (repeat)
The Skewer. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

The Skewer

Series 9, Episode 8

This week: Fawlty Migrants, You've Been Droned, and Horror of Mogg.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Mitch Benn Music Show. Mitch Benn. Copyright: BBC

The Mitch Benn Music Show

Series 1, Episode 6 - Phil Nichol

The last episode of the first series of BBC Radio 7's show devoted to comic songs. Mitch is joined in the studio by former Juicepig Phil Nichol.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Cowards. Image shows from L to R: Tim Key, Stefan Golaszewski, Lloyd Woolf, Tom Basden. Copyright: BBC

Cowards

Series 1, Episode 3

Some monks break their vow of silence to talk about Coventry; a climber loses his 4 year-old daughter whilst climing Everest; and four lads discover the appeal of nudism.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Mark Steel Lecture. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

The Mark Steel Lecture

Series 3, Episode 2 - Hannibal

Mark presents the life of Hannibal (not the cannibal), a great general whose life was blighted by tragedy and who understood the true horror of war.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:45am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Fosdyke Saga

Episode 13, Tripe War: Roger Ditchley provokes a mob of tripe producers.

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

Not In Front Of The Children

Series 1, Episode 8 - While The Brood's Away

Sending the children off for a holiday with friends is one thing - but what do you do with your life while they're away? Let the Corners elucidate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Something To Shout About. Copyright: BBC

Something To Shout About

Series 1, Episode 4

Radio sitcom about a London-based advertising agency.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
The Real Comedy Controllers. Image shows from L to R: Paul Jackson, Jimmy Mulville, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd. Copyright: BBC

The Real Comedy Controllers

Episode 3 - Alternative Comedy... and Beyond

The Comedy Controllers return to the 80s to consider how alternative the new wave of comedy was... and to explore how their humour developed as the century drew to a close. Programmes featured include Lenin Of The Rovers, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Goodness Gracious Me, and On The Hour.

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