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Radio schedule Saturday 5th December 2020

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

The Motion Show

Series 1, Episode 6

Comic debating show, hosted first by Dr Phil Hammond and later by Graeme Garden.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8:30am
(repeat)
Life In London

Life In London

Episode 3, Mr Lushington: Pierce loses his notebook after a night of drink and debauchery with Bob Logic. Tom and Jerry are dispatched to hunt for the missing tome so the world will not be spared his accounts of George IV's interior decorating and a dog fighting a monkey.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
9am
(repeat)
Up The Pole. Copyright: BBC

Up The Pole

Love-struck Jimmy is desperate to buy his girl a ring.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10am
(repeat)
Archie's The Boy. Copyright: BBC

Archie's The Boy

Episode 1

Ill-fated sequel spin-off to radio hit Educating Archie.

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

You're Dead To Me

Series 2, Episode 4 - The History Of Football

Greg Jenner, comedian Tom Parry from the award-winning sketch team Pappys and Professor Jean Williams of Wolverhampton University examine the history of the beautiful game.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:30am
(repeat)
Beyond Our Ken. Copyright: BBC

Beyond Our Ken

Series 3, Episode 7

Long-running, hugely popular sketch show starring Kenneth Horne.

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

Fighting Talk

Series 18, Episode 13

TV presenter and writer Richard Osman, musician, footballer and presenter Chelcee Grimes, Eastenders actor and boxing podcast presenter Jake Wood and comic Neil Delamere join guest presenter Gabby Logan for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11am
(repeat)
On The Hour. Image shows from L to R: Chris Morris, David Schneider, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan, Steve Coogan. Copyright: BBC

On The Hour

Series 2, Episode 4

On the Hour covers the execution of Prince Edward, Alan Partridge interviews a leading lady tennis star and Jacques Oeuf covers the news from Europe.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11:30am
(repeat)
On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen. Copyright: BBC

On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen

Episode 2 - Death by Mau Mau

The people of Spent organise a fun-run and an attempt to tell a joke leads to a situation involving Geoff and a gun.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
12pm
(repeat)
Relativity. Ian (Richard Herring)

Relativity

Series 2, Episode 3

Ian and Chloe's wedding day is a typically chaotic, argumentative, loving affair. Ken eats the lip balm and Chloe's estranged parents test Ken and Margaret's patience.

Radio 4
12:30pm
(repeat)
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 57, Episode 6

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis get to grips - from a safe distance - with all things 2020 in the form of sketches and guest contributions. Joining them are Ivo Graham and Zoe Lyons, with music from Huge Davies.

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 6 - The Elopement

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.

The Musical Life Of.... Copyright: The Rubber Chicken

The Musical Life Of...

Series 2, Episode 1 - Colin Jackson

Kayed Mohamed-Mason stars as Colin Jackson in a new series of the sitcom that tells the stories of great Welsh people through song.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
7pm
(repeat)
Up The Pole. Copyright: BBC

Up The Pole

Love-struck Jimmy is desperate to buy his girl a ring.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8pm
(repeat)
Archie's The Boy. Copyright: BBC

Archie's The Boy

Episode 1

Ill-fated sequel spin-off to radio hit Educating Archie.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8:30pm
(repeat)
Beyond Our Ken. Copyright: BBC

Beyond Our Ken

Series 3, Episode 7

Long-running, hugely popular sketch show starring Kenneth Horne.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
9pm
(repeat)
On The Hour. Image shows from L to R: Chris Morris, David Schneider, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan, Steve Coogan. Copyright: BBC

On The Hour

Series 2, Episode 4

On the Hour covers the execution of Prince Edward, Alan Partridge interviews a leading lady tennis star and Jacques Oeuf covers the news from Europe.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
9:30pm
(repeat)
On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen. Copyright: BBC

On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen

Episode 2 - Death by Mau Mau

The people of Spent organise a fun-run and an attempt to tell a joke leads to a situation involving Geoff and a gun.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:30pm
(repeat)
The Maltby Collection. Copyright: BBC

The Maltby Collection

Series 3, Episode 3

Warring curators, wedding cleaners and a dodgy alarm system all add to the unwanted pressure on Walter.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11pm
(repeat)
Elis James' Pantheon Of Heroes. Image shows from L to R: Benjamin Partridge, Elis James, Nadia Kamil. Copyright: BBC

Elis James' Pantheon Of Heroes

Series 2, Episode 3 - Myths

Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to determine Wales' ultimate heroes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11:30pm
(repeat)
The Ape That Got Lucky. Image shows from L to R: Professor Austin Herring (Geoffrey McGivern), Chris Addison, Dan Tetsell, Jo Enright. Copyright: BBC

The Ape That Got Lucky

Episode 2 - Social Development

In his second episode, Chris Addison looks at the development of social development in early humans, claiming that humans just got lucky.

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