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Radio schedule Saturday 23rd May 2020

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8:30am
(repeat)
The Change. Image shows left to right: Carol (Lynda Bellingham), George (Christopher Ellison)

The Change

Series 3, Episode 5

Carol finally tells everyone that she's pregnant. Her grown-up children are struggling with their own relationships - Jerry is made to feel uncomfortable when his date meets his dad, and Sonia finally confronts Dave about his suspicious behaviour.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
9am
(repeat)
Radio Active. Image shows left to right: Angus Deayton, Philip Pope, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens

Radio Active

Series 2, Episode 3 - Good Day Sport

Get the all the sport results you need and all those you don't - from your local national radio station.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
9:30am
(repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Dinner Party

Sarah intends to host a dinner party, but finds her plans clash with Clare's own housewarming social, and similarly displease Eleanor, who is not pleased to discover her presence is not welcome.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10am
(repeat)
Jeremy Hardy

Unnatural Acts

Episode 2, A Death in the Family: As Caroline mourns Monty the gerbil, a séance brings some surprises.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:30am
(repeat)
Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Episode 2: Activist turned advertising copywriter, Ken Handley finds himself assigned to the Conservative Party.

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

Fighting Talk

Series 17, Special - The Finals Special

Comedian Bob Mills, former Crystal Palace footballer and pundit Clinton Morrison, sports broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd and Canadian sports broadcaster Greg Brady join Colin Murray to talk about the greatest finals to celebrate what would have been FA Cup Final weekend.

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

The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Series 5, Episode 2

Joining Mark remotely are Jo Caulfield who has found an innovative way of keeping fit at home, Ben Verth who looks back at Scotland from his new home of Dublin, and BBC Radio Scotland presenter and rugby legend John Beattie shares some truly awful stories you won't believe could happen to such a charming man.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
12pm
(repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 3, Episode 4

Royal biographer Penny Junor and screenwriter Julian Fellowes join regular team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip. Gyles Brandreth presides.

Radio 4
12:30pm
(repeat)
The News Quiz. Angela Barnes

The News Quiz

Series 102, Episode 6

Helen Lewis, Darren Harriott, Daniel Finkelstein and Jess Fostekew join host Angela Barnes for the topical comedy panel game, featuring cryptic questions, acerbic satire and humorous cuttings sent in by listeners.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
12:30pm
(repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 6, Episode 5 - The Case Of The Missing CD Plates

Mown down and flattened, frustrated Neddie Seagoon falls foul of diplomatic immunity when he is run over by ambassador Moriarty's steamroller.

Bravo Two Charlies. PC Dennis Babb (Martin Trenaman). Copyright: Giddy Goat Productions

Bravo Two Charlies

Series 2, Episode 2 - Heist

Things get awkward as we learn that one traffic cop can't drive, and then PCs Bevan and Williams's patrol car is ... stolen.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
6pm
(repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Image shows from L to R: Arthur Dent (Simon Jones), Ford Prefect (Geoffrey McGivern). Copyright: BBC / Above The Title Productions

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Tertiary Phase, Episode 5 - Fit The Seventeenth

In which our heroes travel to Krikkit in order to prevent the worst, Zaphod Beeblebrox comes to the rescue, and Marvin makes everyone depressed.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
7pm
(repeat)
Radio Active. Image shows left to right: Angus Deayton, Philip Pope, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens

Radio Active

Series 2, Episode 3 - Good Day Sport

Get the all the sport results you need and all those you don't - from your local national radio station.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
7:30pm
(repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Dinner Party

Sarah intends to host a dinner party, but finds her plans clash with Clare's own housewarming social, and similarly displease Eleanor, who is not pleased to discover her presence is not welcome.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8pm
(repeat)
Jeremy Hardy

Unnatural Acts

Episode 2, A Death in the Family: As Caroline mourns Monty the gerbil, a séance brings some surprises.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8:30pm
(repeat)
Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Episode 2: Activist turned advertising copywriter, Ken Handley finds himself assigned to the Conservative Party.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10pm
(repeat)
The Boosh. Image shows from L to R: Vince Noir (Noel Fielding), Howard Moon (Julian Barratt). Copyright: BBC

The Boosh

Episode 3 - Jazz

Vince can't make the porpoise derby because his band's on New Faces of Pop and Howard can't relax because he's constantly being visited by the spirit of jazz.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:30pm
(repeat)
And Now, In Colour

And Now, In Colour

Series 2, Episode 5 - Eurospecial

Tim Firth, Tim De Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck head over the channel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11pm
(repeat)
That Mitchell & Webb Sound. Image shows from L to R: Robert Webb, David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

That Mitchell & Webb Sound

Series 4, Episode 5

Sketches include how to leave your body to evil, a date with a slightly disappointing superhero, the perils of compulsory workplace drinking, and the god of Easter Island puts a brave face on an unwanted gift.

Radio 4
11:30pm
(repeat)
Natalie Haynes

Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics

Series 6, Episode 1 - Helen of Troy

Natalie Haynes tells stories of the most beautiful woman in the world, who hatched from an egg and was the daughter of Zeus: Helen of Troy. Men fought over her from an early age, but was she really to blame for all those wars on epic scale?

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11:30pm
(repeat)
Sarah Millican

Sarah Millican's Support Group

Series 1, Episode 1

Sarah tackles the problems, 'I love a plumber but I'm no boiler; dating outside of your class: would you, should you, could you?' and 'Help! I love two women at the same time - my mam not included'.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
Midnight
(repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Image shows from L to R: Arthur Dent (Simon Jones), Ford Prefect (Geoffrey McGivern). Copyright: BBC / Above The Title Productions

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Tertiary Phase, Episode 5 - Fit The Seventeenth

In which our heroes travel to Krikkit in order to prevent the worst, Zaphod Beeblebrox comes to the rescue, and Marvin makes everyone depressed.

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