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Radio schedule Wednesday 2nd April 2014

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
An Actor's Life For Me. Robert Wilson (John Gordon Sinclair). Copyright: BBC

An Actor's Life For Me

Series 1, Episode 6 - May The Farce Be With You

Robert is all set for a new West End stage romp, but the real farce occurs before the curtain rises.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!

Series 1, Episode 6 - Books And Booksibility

Milton Jones is asked to help out with the local book festival because the townsfolk are too distracted by their smartphones to.... Sorry, what was I saying? Sorry, just got a text.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (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 5, Episode 18 - The Prize Money

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 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 9, Episode 8

As the axe is wielded, Radio Prune gets a rival.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Country Matters

Country Matters

Episode 1: Dave and Cathy leave the city for Drayton Warlock's pastoral idyll.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Clive Anderson. Copyright: BBC

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Episode 5

Guest starring Jimmy Mulville and John Bird.

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
Soloparentpals.com. Image shows from L to R: Rosie (Liz White), Tom (Julian Rhind-Tutt). Copyright: BBC

Soloparentpals.com

Series 5, Episode 3 - It's a Family Affair

Tom's mother is due to arrive for the wedding, oblivious to the fact that he and Rosie have been running the B&B from her house.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15am (repeat)
Take One Night

Take One Night

Radio 4 comedy drama starring Robert Bathurst and Felicity Montagu as a couple who are having marriage problems.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Gloomsbury. Image shows from L to R: Henry Mickleton (Jonathan Coy), Vera Sackcloth-Vest (Miriam Margolyes), DH Lollipop (John Sessions), Lionel Fox (Nigel Planer), Venus Traduces (Morwenna Banks), Ginny Fox (Alison Steadman). Copyright: Little Brother Productions

Gloomsbury

Series 2, Episode 1 - Anarchy Looms Over Staplehurst

Talk of a general strike is in the air as Lionel and Ginny Fox pay a visit to Sizzlinghurst Castle to see Vera Sackcloth-Vest and Henry Mickleton.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (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 5, Episode 18 - The Prize Money

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 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 9, Episode 8

As the axe is wielded, Radio Prune gets a rival.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Mind Your Own Business!

Mind Your Own Business!

Episode 4, Points of Disagreement: Whiz-kid Jimmy and staid Russell clash over a business takeover.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
An Actor's Life For Me. Robert Wilson (John Gordon Sinclair). Copyright: BBC

An Actor's Life For Me

Series 1, Episode 6 - May The Farce Be With You

Robert is all set for a new West End stage romp, but the real farce occurs before the curtain rises.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Susan Calman Is Convicted. Susan Calman. Copyright: BBC

Susan Calman Is Convicted

Series 2, Episode 1 - Children

Susan explains that she has never been interested in having children, and why they frighten her.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (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 5, Episode 18 - The Prize Money

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 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 9, Episode 8

As the axe is wielded, Radio Prune gets a rival.

Radio 4 7:45pm (repeat)
Soloparentpals.com. Image shows from L to R: Rosie (Liz White), Tom (Julian Rhind-Tutt). Copyright: BBC

Soloparentpals.com

Series 5, Episode 3 - It's a Family Affair

Tom's mother is due to arrive for the wedding, oblivious to the fact that he and Rosie have been running the B&B from her house.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:15pm (repeat)
Take One Night

Take One Night

Radio 4 comedy drama starring Robert Bathurst and Felicity Montagu as a couple who are having marriage problems.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!

Series 1, Episode 6 - Books And Booksibility

Milton Jones is asked to help out with the local book festival because the townsfolk are too distracted by their smartphones to.... Sorry, what was I saying? Sorry, just got a text.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?. Micky Flanagan. Copyright: BBC

Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?

Episode 4 - 2000s

Micky takes us through the last decade, which he has spent settling down with a middle class woman. Includes an interview with Sean Lock.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
It Is Rocket Science!. Helen Keen. Copyright: BBC

It Is Rocket Science!

Series 3, Episode 1 - Life on Mars...

A look at how people might one day travel to Mars and beyond. Helen discusses the problems of long space voyages, with tips on a rather unsavoury way to stop cosmic rays and what to do if you feel like eating your crewmates.

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

On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen

Episode 6 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

It is Christmas in Spent. Can Benjamin escape from his uncle and aunt? Can Bernice change her ways? Can Mr. Chinnery rescue a partridge from a pear tree without killing it?

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 1, Episode 1

Patrick Marber and Peter Curran discuss their early childhood memories.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Hut 33. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Robert Bathurst), Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall (Alex Macqueen), Archie (Tom Goodman-Hill). Copyright: BBC

Hut 33

Series 3, Episode 1 - Know Thyne Enemy

It's 1942, the war is not going well, and the codebreakers of Bletchley Park are under even more pressure than before.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Country Matters

Country Matters

Episode 1: Dave and Cathy leave the city for Drayton Warlock's pastoral idyll.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Clive Anderson. Copyright: BBC

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Episode 5

Guest starring Jimmy Mulville and John Bird.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:15am (repeat)
Take One Night

Take One Night

Radio 4 comedy drama starring Robert Bathurst and Felicity Montagu as a couple who are having marriage problems.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Mind Your Own Business!

Mind Your Own Business!

Episode 4, Points of Disagreement: Whiz-kid Jimmy and staid Russell clash over a business takeover.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
An Actor's Life For Me. Robert Wilson (John Gordon Sinclair). Copyright: BBC

An Actor's Life For Me

Series 1, Episode 6 - May The Farce Be With You

Robert is all set for a new West End stage romp, but the real farce occurs before the curtain rises.

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