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Radio schedule Wednesday 6th January 2016

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
The Brothers

The Brothers

Episode 2.2: The two dysfunctional siblings Nigel and Michael win an award.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
It's Jocelyn. Jocelyn Jee Esien. Copyright: BBC

It's Jocelyn

Series 1, Episode 1

Jocelyn Jee Esien presents new characters including the Overly Dramatic Family, a pair of terrible African Drummers and a bad-tempered couple who run a takeaway business.

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

The Navy Lark

Series 5, Episode 4 - Whittlesea Regatta

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 8

Fifth Division football, and Professor Prune goes on a Victorian adventure.

Radio 4 9am
30 min
Radio 4

Behaving Ourselves: David Mitchell On Manners

Episode 3 - Looking At Your Phone

David Mitchell's inquiry into the state of modern manners leads him to an assertiveness class. Should he always say sorry? And Sherry Turkle discusses the death of conversation.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Beachcomber... By The Way

Beachcomber... By The Way

Series 2, Episode 2

Humourous tales based on J. B. Morton's popular and whimsical Daily Express column, By The Way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15am (repeat)
Lesley Sharp

Have Your Cake

Episode 3 - Fairy Cakes

Maggie's daughter Leanne returns home from art school, vowing never to return. Can her heavily pregnant sister, Sabina's eccentric mother and a batch of fairy cakes change her mind?

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

The Navy Lark

Series 5, Episode 4 - Whittlesea Regatta

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 8

Fifth Division football, and Professor Prune goes on a Victorian adventure.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Beachcomber... By The Way

Beachcomber... By The Way

Series 2, Episode 2

Humourous tales based on J. B. Morton's popular and whimsical Daily Express column, By The Way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
The Brothers

The Brothers

Episode 2.2: The two dysfunctional siblings Nigel and Michael win an award.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
It's Jocelyn. Jocelyn Jee Esien. Copyright: BBC

It's Jocelyn

Series 1, Episode 1

Jocelyn Jee Esien presents new characters including the Overly Dramatic Family, a pair of terrible African Drummers and a bad-tempered couple who run a takeaway business.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
It's Jocelyn. Jocelyn Jee Esien. Copyright: BBC

It's Jocelyn

Series 1, Episode 2

Characters include Dionne Button MP, a power-hungry traffic warden and a bad-tempered couple running a takeaway.

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

The Navy Lark

Series 5, Episode 4 - Whittlesea Regatta

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 8

Fifth Division football, and Professor Prune goes on a Victorian adventure.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:15pm (repeat)
Lesley Sharp

Have Your Cake

Episode 3 - Fairy Cakes

Maggie's daughter Leanne returns home from art school, vowing never to return. Can her heavily pregnant sister, Sabina's eccentric mother and a batch of fairy cakes change her mind?

Radio 4 9:30pm (repeat)
Radio 4

Behaving Ourselves: David Mitchell On Manners

Episode 3 - Looking At Your Phone

David Mitchell's inquiry into the state of modern manners leads him to an assertiveness class. Should he always say sorry? And Sherry Turkle discusses the death of conversation.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
It's Jocelyn. Jocelyn Jee Esien. Copyright: BBC

It's Jocelyn

Series 1, Episode 1

Jocelyn Jee Esien presents new characters including the Overly Dramatic Family, a pair of terrible African Drummers and a bad-tempered couple who run a takeaway business.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters. Tom Wrigglesworth. Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters

Series 2, Episode 1 - Insurance Industry

This week, Tom Wrigglesworth's letter is addressed to the insurance industry, as he asks why everything has to be so confusing.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Don't Start. Image shows from L to R: Kim (Katherine Parkinson), Neil (Frank Skinner). Copyright: Avalon Television

Don't Start

Series 3, Episode 2 - The Bath

Cardamom scented candles, kumquats and a debate over the virtues of shared bathing compared to shared showering occupy Neil and Kim.

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

Beauty Of Britain

Series 2, Episode 6 - Life In The UK

Beauty's visa to work in the UK is about to run out. Will she pass her citizenship test and be granted indefinite leave to remain, and will the handsome mature Ade be her saviour?

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

Before They Were Famous

Series 2, Episode 5

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 5 - The River Europe

Nat follows the endurance swimmer and world's fittest alcoholic Craig McKenzie's controversial attempt to complete the world's toughest swim.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Beachcomber... By The Way

Beachcomber... By The Way

Series 2, Episode 2

Humourous tales based on J. B. Morton's popular and whimsical Daily Express column, By The Way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
The Brothers

The Brothers

Episode 2.2: The two dysfunctional siblings Nigel and Michael win an award.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
It's Jocelyn. Jocelyn Jee Esien. Copyright: BBC

It's Jocelyn

Series 1, Episode 1

Jocelyn Jee Esien presents new characters including the Overly Dramatic Family, a pair of terrible African Drummers and a bad-tempered couple who run a takeaway business.

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