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Radio schedule Saturday 27th January 2024

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:45am (repeat)
A car on a country line. Copyright: BBC

Uncle Mort's Celtic Fringe

Series 1, Episode 4 - Seeing Things

As Carter and his uncle journey through Wales, strange apparitions disturb their picnic.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Tim Brooke-Taylor

Take Me To Your Reader

Episode 2 - The Old Man And The Sea

Colin is in a flat panic when he mislays a red hot manuscript.

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

The 27-Year Itch

Series 1, Episode 5 - A Pill A Day Keeps The Doctor At Work

A marital comedy starring Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick.

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

You're Dead To Me

Series 8, Episode 4 - Pythagoras

Greg Jenner is joined by Professor Edith Hall and comedian Desiree Burch to learn all about ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras.

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am (repeat)
Noising Up. Credit: BBC

Noising Up

Series 3, Episode 3

Topical comedy sketch show noising up the past week in Scotland and beyond.

Radio 4 12:30pm (repeat)
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 113, Episode 4

Andy Zaltzman quizzes the news. Providing all the answers are Lucy Porter, Geoff Norcott, Alasdair Beckett-King, and Cindy Yu. In this episode Andy and the panel address the issue of BBC Bias after upsetting a minister with last week's show, try and figure out exactly what Keir Starmer stands for, and ask the question... who is ready for war?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:45pm (repeat)
A car on a country line. Copyright: BBC

Uncle Mort's Celtic Fringe

Series 1, Episode 4 - Seeing Things

As Carter and his uncle journey through Wales, strange apparitions disturb their picnic.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Tim Brooke-Taylor

Take Me To Your Reader

Episode 2 - The Old Man And The Sea

Colin is in a flat panic when he mislays a red hot manuscript.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The 27-Year Itch

Series 1, Episode 5 - A Pill A Day Keeps The Doctor At Work

A marital comedy starring Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick.

Radio 4 3pm
60 min
Tam O'Shanter. Credit: BBC

Tam O'Shanter

Gary McNair's warm-hearted (but slightly irreverent) reimagining of Robert Burns's epic poem.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:45pm (repeat)
A car on a country line. Copyright: BBC

Uncle Mort's Celtic Fringe

Series 1, Episode 4 - Seeing Things

As Carter and his uncle journey through Wales, strange apparitions disturb their picnic.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
Tim Brooke-Taylor

Take Me To Your Reader

Episode 2 - The Old Man And The Sea

Colin is in a flat panic when he mislays a red hot manuscript.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The 27-Year Itch

Series 1, Episode 5 - A Pill A Day Keeps The Doctor At Work

A marital comedy starring Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters. Tom Wrigglesworth. Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters

Series 2, Episode 4 - Junk Mail

Tom takes issue with his local curry house and their addiction to junk mail.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Nick Revell Show

The Nick Revell Show

Series 1, Episode 5 - Cash

The writer struggles for cash, while his geraniums moan about Christmas decorations.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Vent. Ben (Neil Pearson). Copyright: BBC

Vent

Series 3, Episode 3 - Stirrings In The Night

Ben and Mary's love life needs help; luckily Blitz has found Lord Byron to offer some useful tips. Meanwhile, mum dismantles a toad in the hole in case it gets in the way of romance.

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 5 - Food

Convoys are being sunk at an alarming rate by U-boats, so the men of Hut 33 are struggling to concentrate on code-breaking when all they can think about is a hot meal made from food that wasn't powdered.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:45am (repeat)
A car on a country line. Copyright: BBC

Uncle Mort's Celtic Fringe

Series 1, Episode 4 - Seeing Things

As Carter and his uncle journey through Wales, strange apparitions disturb their picnic.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Tim Brooke-Taylor

Take Me To Your Reader

Episode 2 - The Old Man And The Sea

Colin is in a flat panic when he mislays a red hot manuscript.

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

The 27-Year Itch

Series 1, Episode 5 - A Pill A Day Keeps The Doctor At Work

A marital comedy starring Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick.

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