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Radio schedule Saturday 1st February 2025

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

Series 12, Episode 2 - A Problem Shared

The inept civil servants get in a jam over traffic and an agony aunt.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

Episode 10 - My Stag Movie, part 2/2

The veteran auditionee exposes more of his film-making exploits. Did he ever hit the big screen?

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

You're Dead To Me

Series 10, Episode 5 - Sojourner Truth: American abolitionist, suffragist, preacher

Greg Jenner is joined in nineteenth-century America by Dr Michell Chresfield and comedian Desiree Burch to learn all about abolitionist and suffragist Sojourner Truth.

Radio 4 10:30am
30 min
What's Funny About.... Image shows from L to R: Jon Plowman, Peter Fincham

What's Funny About...

Series 4, Episode 3 - Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister

Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman are joined by Jonathan Lynn to hear the story of how he and his co-writer Sir Anthony Jay created Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.

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

Fighting Talk

Series 22, Episode 24

Journalist, author and podcaster Adam Hurrey, journalist and presenter Martin Kelner, and comedians Chloe Petts and Mark Watson join Rick Edwards for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am (repeat)
Mark Nelson

The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Series 19, Episode 5

Joining Mark Nelson are some of the country's best comedy actors. Still Game star Sanjeev Kohli commits the ultimate faux pas on a train, and The Dolls' Louise McCarthy tells the story of how their live show turned from disaster to a sell out smash. Completing the line up is Mammoth star Mike Bubbins, who celebrates everything to do with the 70s and admits his worst ever dating story that still embarrasses him today.

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

The News Quiz

Series 116, Episode 4

This week on The News Quiz, Andy Zaltzman is joined by Simon Evans, Athena Kugblenu, Susie McCabe and Hugo Rifkind l to unpack the week's new stories. In the week Keir Starmer set his sights on growth, the panel looked backing of a third runway at Heathrow, a shoplifting epidemic, and the decline of urban chess in the streets of Nottingham.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

Series 12, Episode 2 - A Problem Shared

The inept civil servants get in a jam over traffic and an agony aunt.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

Episode 10 - My Stag Movie, part 2/2

The veteran auditionee exposes more of his film-making exploits. Did he ever hit the big screen?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

Series 12, Episode 2 - A Problem Shared

The inept civil servants get in a jam over traffic and an agony aunt.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

Episode 10 - My Stag Movie, part 2/2

The veteran auditionee exposes more of his film-making exploits. Did he ever hit the big screen?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Shuttleworths. John Shuttleworth (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC

The Shuttleworths

Series 4, Episode 2 - Chrome Alone

John invites his neighbour to listen to a medley of his best songs. Something strange, however, is about to take place.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:15pm (repeat)
Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme. Key (Tim Key). Copyright: BBC

Tim Key's Poetry Programme

Series 2, Episode 2 - Magic

Tim looks into the dark art of magic, with help from his glamorous assistant Emerald and Tom Basden.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music

Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music

Episode 3.1: Mitch Benn presents a comic look at pop music, starting with an ill-fated attempt to break America with his Morrissey-obsessed backing group Robin Ince and the Distractions. The band's tour hits a problem when they are denied entry to the country for singing songs mocking the president and his foreign policy.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
What? Seriously??. Image shows left to right: Isy Suttie, Dara O Briain. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

What? Seriously??

Episode 5 - Duels, Feuds And Stolen Solos

Dara Ó Briain and Isy Suttie discuss duels, feuds, and stolen solos with special guest Stuart Maconie, the journalist and broadcaster.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 7, Episode 5 - Samira Ahmed

Journalist Samira Ahmed reads from her diaries and is interviewed about her childhood in 1980s London, when she was obsessed with school work - and Dallas.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Chain Reaction. Copyright: BBC

Chain Reaction

Series 1, Episode 2 - Jimmy Carr interviews Matt Lucas

Jimmy Carr talks to Matt Lucas about Shooting Stars, Little Britain and his ambition to open a chocolate shop.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

Series 12, Episode 2 - A Problem Shared

The inept civil servants get in a jam over traffic and an agony aunt.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

Episode 10 - My Stag Movie, part 2/2

The veteran auditionee exposes more of his film-making exploits. Did he ever hit the big screen?

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