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Radio schedule Wednesday 14th September 2016

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

A Whole 'Nother Story

Comedy about a friendship between a man and a woman, starring Dave Lamb and Debra Stephenson.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 7, Episode 1 - Stockport

Mark performs at the Garrick Theatre in Stockport, Greater Manchester (or Cheshire, or possibly somewhere else entirely), where he takes a trip on the infamous 192 bus, visits the world famous hat museum and tries to get to the bottom of how one of its suburbs ended up with an infestation of marauding peacocks.

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

The Navy Lark

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (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 2, Episode 8 - The Rail Strike

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 9am (repeat)
The 99p Challenge. Image shows from L to R: Simon Pegg, Armando Iannucci, Sue Perkins, Jack Docherty, Peter Baynham. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

The 99p Challenge

Spoof panel game hosted by Sue Perkins.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Rent. Copyright: BBC

Rent

Series 2, Episode 4

Richard is less than thrilled when Maria's flighty friend turns up.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Josh Howie's Losing It. Josh (Josh Howie). Copyright: Black Hat Productions

Josh Howie's Losing It

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Route

Josh and his wife Monique attend their first NCT class where Josh typically manages to fall out with almost everyone.

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

The Navy Lark

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

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 2, Episode 8 - The Rail Strike

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 4pm (repeat)
The 99p Challenge. Image shows from L to R: Simon Pegg, Armando Iannucci, Sue Perkins, Jack Docherty, Peter Baynham. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

The 99p Challenge

Spoof panel game hosted by Sue Perkins.

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

Rent

Series 2, Episode 4

Richard is less than thrilled when Maria's flighty friend turns up.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 7, Episode 1 - Stockport

Mark performs at the Garrick Theatre in Stockport, Greater Manchester (or Cheshire, or possibly somewhere else entirely), where he takes a trip on the infamous 192 bus, visits the world famous hat museum and tries to get to the bottom of how one of its suburbs ended up with an infestation of marauding peacocks.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 7, Episode 2 - Colchester

Mark performs in the Arts Centre in Colchester, Essex, the first town in Britain - then Boudicca burnt it to the ground. He also visits Jumbo - the town's iconic, Victorian water tower, investigates the history of Colchester Zoo, and tackle's the town's rivalry with Chelmsford.

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

The Navy Lark

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (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 2, Episode 8 - The Rail Strike

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 10pm (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 7, Episode 1 - Stockport

Mark performs at the Garrick Theatre in Stockport, Greater Manchester (or Cheshire, or possibly somewhere else entirely), where he takes a trip on the infamous 192 bus, visits the world famous hat museum and tries to get to the bottom of how one of its suburbs ended up with an infestation of marauding peacocks.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Listen Against. Image shows from L to R: Alice Arnold, Jon Holmes. Copyright: BBC

Listen Against

Series 4, Episode 3

A satirical look back over the past week of radio.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
The Pin. Image shows from L to R: Alexander Owen, Ben Ashenden

The Pin

Series 2, Episode 2 - Shoestring

The Pin are out to prove their accountant wrong, and make a great show on a budget.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Greg Hemphill

Living With Mother

Series 2, Episode 4 - Four Little Words

Owen (Greg Hemphill) is a TV addict and overweight. Since he's reached the age of forty, Allison (Brigit Forsyth) thinks it's about time he did something about it...

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Bird Island. Image shows from L to R: Jane (Katy Wix), Ben (Reece Shearsmith), Graham (Julian Rhind-Tutt), Mother (Alison Steadman). Copyright: BBC

Bird Island

Series 2, Episode 1

Ben is consumed by a new cereal bar, and Jane and Graham are completing the penguin census.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
Mission Improbable. Image shows from L to R: Lucy (Lizzie Bates), Jane (Catriona Knox), Amelia (Anna Emerson). Copyright: Top Dog Productions

Mission Improbable

Series 1, Episode 4 - Ice!

Jane finds herself trying to beat famous adventurer Marcus Wolfton across the arctic tundra, in a bid to be the first journalist to record the voice of the last speaker of a dying language.

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 1, Episode 1 - A Bridge Too Far

Hut 33 faces Hut 6 in the Bletchley Park Bridge Tournament. Gordon can't play because he has a date with Minka, so rather than play with Charles, Archie tries to teach Joshua the game. Unsurprisingly it doesn't go well.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
The 99p Challenge. Image shows from L to R: Simon Pegg, Armando Iannucci, Sue Perkins, Jack Docherty, Peter Baynham. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

The 99p Challenge

Spoof panel game hosted by Sue Perkins.

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

Rent

Series 2, Episode 4

Richard is less than thrilled when Maria's flighty friend turns up.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

A Whole 'Nother Story

Comedy about a friendship between a man and a woman, starring Dave Lamb and Debra Stephenson.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 7, Episode 1 - Stockport

Mark performs at the Garrick Theatre in Stockport, Greater Manchester (or Cheshire, or possibly somewhere else entirely), where he takes a trip on the infamous 192 bus, visits the world famous hat museum and tries to get to the bottom of how one of its suburbs ended up with an infestation of marauding peacocks.

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