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Radio schedule Wednesday 23rd December 2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Lenin Of The Rovers

Lenin Of The Rovers

Series 2, Episode 4 - The Final Solution

Will Ricky's million-pound sponsorship deal wreck Felchester's hopes of a Wembley victory?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups. Tom (Tom Wrigglesworth). Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups

Series 3, Episode 5 - How to Make a Killing

A neighbourly good deed lands Tom in trouble, while his parents throw themselves into some evening classes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 5, Episode 2 - The New Barmaid

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

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

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 7, Episode 6

Solutions for unemployment, and Professor Prune hears a strange echo.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
The Leopard In Autumn

The Leopard In Autumn

Series 2, Episode 6 - Royal Wedding Blues

All is not well in Monte Guano. The countess Rosalie has confessed that she no longer loves Prince Ludovico, at which news he has flown into a rage so terrible that he ripped off the roof to three hen houses and ate a whole Brussels tapestry. Will the Princess Plethora be able to save the day?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30am (repeat)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

Series 1, Special

Count Arthur Strong, one time variety star, makes his preparations for Christmas. From his altercation with a carol singer and his improvised 'reading' of the Nativity, to his show for the elderly at leafy glade old people's home. What could possibly go wrong?

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am
30 min
The Big Yin. Billy Connolly. Copyright: BBC

The Big Yin

Episode 1

Janey Godley presents a special programme looking at her hero, Billy Connolly and the influence he still has today. Janey finds out why Glasgow was so important to The Big Yin and how he paved the way for other comedians and artists.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Stanley Baxter

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse

Series 7, Episode 3 - Two Desperate Men

Two daft, 1930s tricksters kidnap a lad who confounds them with tricks he has learned from Wild West movies.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 5, Episode 2 - The New Barmaid

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

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

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 7, Episode 6

Solutions for unemployment, and Professor Prune hears a strange echo.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:45pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

And June Whitfield

Episode 3: Reading her own life story, the famous actress recalls the highs and lows of working with Peter Sellers and Kenneth Williams.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30pm (repeat)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

Series 1, Special

Count Arthur Strong, one time variety star, makes his preparations for Christmas. From his altercation with a carol singer and his improvised 'reading' of the Nativity, to his show for the elderly at leafy glade old people's home. What could possibly go wrong?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
The Leopard In Autumn

The Leopard In Autumn

Series 2, Episode 6 - Royal Wedding Blues

All is not well in Monte Guano. The countess Rosalie has confessed that she no longer loves Prince Ludovico, at which news he has flown into a rage so terrible that he ripped off the roof to three hen houses and ate a whole Brussels tapestry. Will the Princess Plethora be able to save the day?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Lenin Of The Rovers

Lenin Of The Rovers

Series 2, Episode 4 - The Final Solution

Will Ricky's million-pound sponsorship deal wreck Felchester's hopes of a Wembley victory?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups. Tom (Tom Wrigglesworth). Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups

Series 3, Episode 5 - How to Make a Killing

A neighbourly good deed lands Tom in trouble, while his parents throw themselves into some evening classes.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups. Tom (Tom Wrigglesworth). Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups

Series 3, Episode 6 - A Christmas Not Special

A ring of the doorbell interrupts an already unconventional Wrigglesworth family Christmas. The Wrigglesworths receive a Christmas visitor while Tom struggles to get home in time for dinner.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 5, Episode 2 - The New Barmaid

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

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

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 7, Episode 6

Solutions for unemployment, and Professor Prune hears a strange echo.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups. Tom (Tom Wrigglesworth). Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups

Series 3, Episode 5 - How to Make a Killing

A neighbourly good deed lands Tom in trouble, while his parents throw themselves into some evening classes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Old Harry's Game. Image shows from L to R: Satan (Andy Hamilton), Gary (Steven O'Donnell). Copyright: BBC

Old Harry's Game

2010 Specials - Christmas Spirit

Satan decides to ban Christmas.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair. Jenny Eclair. Copyright: BBC

Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair

Series 2, Episode 6 - Waiting for Billy

Patsy and Billy are a rock and roll Darby and Joan. She's been with him through the good times and now the bad. With the money gone and the band members dying off can Patsy's secret stay hidden for good.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Beauty Of Britain. Beauty Olonga (Jocelyn Jee Esien). Copyright: BBC

Beauty Of Britain

Series 2, Episode 4 - The Delegate

Beauty is sent to the 'End of Life' care conference, where she struggles to understand the peculiar behaviour of the British at a conference.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Before They Were Famous

Before They Were Famous

Series 2, Episode 4

The spoof documentary that sheds light on the often surprising jobs done by the world's best-known writers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Beautiful Dreamers

Beautiful Dreamers

Episode 3 - The Whalemen of Musungenyi

Nat meets an extraordinary group of thrillseeking "Jonahs" who offer themselves up to be swallowed by whales.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:45am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

And June Whitfield

Episode 3: Reading her own life story, the famous actress recalls the highs and lows of working with Peter Sellers and Kenneth Williams.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

Series 1, Special

Count Arthur Strong, one time variety star, makes his preparations for Christmas. From his altercation with a carol singer and his improvised 'reading' of the Nativity, to his show for the elderly at leafy glade old people's home. What could possibly go wrong?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
The Leopard In Autumn

The Leopard In Autumn

Series 2, Episode 6 - Royal Wedding Blues

All is not well in Monte Guano. The countess Rosalie has confessed that she no longer loves Prince Ludovico, at which news he has flown into a rage so terrible that he ripped off the roof to three hen houses and ate a whole Brussels tapestry. Will the Princess Plethora be able to save the day?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Lenin Of The Rovers

Lenin Of The Rovers

Series 2, Episode 4 - The Final Solution

Will Ricky's million-pound sponsorship deal wreck Felchester's hopes of a Wembley victory?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups. Tom (Tom Wrigglesworth). Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups

Series 3, Episode 5 - How to Make a Killing

A neighbourly good deed lands Tom in trouble, while his parents throw themselves into some evening classes.

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