Radio schedule for 26th August 2017 (full list)

BBC Radio 4 Extra

7:15am
(repeat)

Creme De La Crime. Copyright: BBC

Creme De La Crime

Series 3, Episode 1 - The Quiller Killer

TV detective Michael Feydeau ponders the murder of Christopher Marlowe.

BBC Radio 5 Live

11am
60 min

Rick Edwards. Credit: BBC

Fighting Talk

Series 15, Episode 2

Presenter and writer Dougie Anderson, sports broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd, sports commentator John Rawling and comedian Ian Moore join Colin Murray for more sporting punditry.

BBC Radio Scotland

11:30am
(repeat)

Breaking The News. Des Clarke. Copyright: BBC Studios

Breaking The News

Series 7, Episode 10

This week Des is joined by Richard Herring, Martel Maxwell, Raymond Mearns and Angela Barnes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

12pm
(repeat)

Whispers

Geoffrey Durham and Valerie Grove join team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip as Gyles Brandreth presides over the action - which this week includes revelations about Rasputin and accordion playing from Idi Amin.

Radio 4

12:30pm
(repeat)

The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: Phill Jupitus, Roger Graef, John Lloyd, Prue Leith, Romesh Ranganathan. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 11, Episode 5 - Meeting Sixty-Six

John Lloyd and Romesh Ranganathan are joined by costume designer Penny Rose, journalist Francis Wheen and volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

12:30pm
(repeat)

Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 6, Episode 1 - The Smugglers

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC

1pm
(repeat)

The Leak. Tom Price

The Leak

Series 6, Special - Fringe Special

A one-off special of The Leak from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, looking back over the first half of 2017 with guests including Ellie Taylor and Des Clarke.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

5:15pm
(repeat)

Creme De La Crime. Copyright: BBC

Creme De La Crime

Series 3, Episode 1 - The Quiller Killer

TV detective Michael Feydeau ponders the murder of Christopher Marlowe.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

10pm
(repeat)

Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This?. Andrew Lawrence. Copyright: BBC

Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This?

Episode 3 - What We Wear

Comic explanation of human development via stand-up, song and sketch.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

10:30pm
(repeat)

The Jason Byrne Show. Jason Byrne. Copyright: BBC

The Jason Byrne Show

Series 2, Episode 1 - Ageing

Jason Byrne returns to Radio 2 for a second series of his fast-paced, lively stand-up comedy and sketch show. This first episode concerns ageing. Why do married men live longer than single men? Why do old people take a long time to leave the house, and what injury led to Jason's wife making the ultimate sacrifice to romance for her 37 year old husband?

BBC Radio 4 Extra

11pm
(repeat)

...At The Stand. Hardeep Singh Kohli. Copyright: Dabster Productions

...At The Stand

Hardeep At The Stand 2, Episode 3

Newcomer Pearse James steals the spotlight with his absurd views and hilarious observations; John Moloney shows the good old fashioned art of stand-up at its best; and Eleanor Morton enduces chuckles with her ukulele.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

11:15pm
(repeat)

Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows. Gus Murdoch (Stephen Carlin). Copyright: BBC