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Radio schedule Saturday 23rd January 2021

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

The Motion Show

Series 2, Episode 1

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8:30am
(repeat)
Rent. Copyright: BBC

Rent

Series 3, Episode 4

Maria turns agony aunt, but is Paul finally turning all grown-up and responsible?

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

Fighting Talk

Series 18, Episode 20

Former Middlesbrough and Australian footballer Mark Schwarzer, sports presenter Jennie Gow, YouTuber and football presenter Flex and comedian Ian Moore join Colin Murray 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 7, Episode 3

Crow Road and Harry Potter actor Sean Biggerstaff has dinner with someone really unexpected, and he's joined on the panel by absolute Scottish comedy royalty, Elaine C Smith. As if that wasn't enough, the hardest working comedian in lockdown Carl Hutchinson joins the panel with tales of particularly average DIY.

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

The News Quiz

Series 104, Episode 4

Andy Zaltzman chairs the satirical quiz, with guests including Helen Lewis, Olga Koch, Andrew Maxwell and US stand-up Hari Kondabolu.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
12:30pm
(repeat)
Peter Tinniswood

Winston

Winston, Episode 1 - A Happy Family

A manipulative rogue threatens a family's harmony.

It's Not A Cult

It's Not A Cult

Failed entrepreneur Craig moves in with his new age sister Sunlight (real name Tracey).

BBC Radio 4 Extra
2pm
(repeat)
Matt Berry

I, Regress

Series 1, Episode 1

Karen House-Water visits Dr Berry to treat her fear of water, and finds that the cure can sometimes be worse than the disease - via mermaids, the Titanic, and talking dolphins.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
2:15pm
(repeat)
James Acaster's Findings. James Acaster. Copyright: BBC

James Acaster's Findings

Episode 4 - Paint

James gets his portrait painted, speculates on the identity of Banksy (top three suspects: Jamie Oliver, Gordon Banks and Nathaniel Metcalfe) and strips down to his pants to play paintball, just like on Jackass.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
2:30pm
(repeat)
Lobby Land. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Lobby Land

Series 2, Episode 3

Comedy following life in Westminster through the eyes of Sam Peakes, a young political editor at a clickbait website, as she tries to make sense of the madness engulfing British politics.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
3pm
(repeat)
Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World. Image shows from L to R: Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Rebecca Front. Copyright: BBC

Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World

Series 1, Episode 2 - Creation

Free your life from philosophical anxieties in the second of the series that answers the questions other programmes dare not ask. Heretical, confusing, illogical, biased, and a laugh a minute.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
3:30pm
(repeat)
Old Harry's Game. Image shows from L to R: Satan (Andy Hamilton), Gary (Steven O'Donnell). Copyright: BBC

Old Harry's Game

Series 4, Episode 2 - Beautiful England

Satan and the Professor argue about the behaviour of the English, while Scumspawn tries to punish a football hooligan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10pm
(repeat)
I Think I've Got A Problem. Image shows from L to R: Dr Boone (Bob Monkhouse), Tom Caine (Graham McPherson). Copyright: BBC

I Think I've Got A Problem

Series 1, Episode 4

After getting a job at a supermarket, Tom finally proposes to Sadie, but first he must ask her father for permission. Tom's "imaginary" band get in on the act. Will it all end with a song and a dance?

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:30pm
(repeat)
What Does The K Stand For?. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC

What Does The K Stand For?

Series 2, Episode 4 - The BFF

Sitcom about comedian Stephen K Amos's teenage years in 1980s South London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11pm
(repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 7, Episode 4 - Kingston Upon Thames

Mark visits The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames. He takes a trip on a river boat, rides the longest single truss escalator in the world and spends an evening in and the suburb of New Malden, home to the largest population of South Koreans outside Korea where he samples the delights of Kimchi and sings in a Noraebang.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11:30pm
(repeat)
Tudur Owen: Where On Earth Is Anglesey?. Tudur Owen. Copyright: BBC

Tudur Owen: Where On Earth Is Anglesey?

Episode 1

Tudur gives us a whistlestop tour of Anglesey history, from ancient invaders to the present day.

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