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Radio schedule Wednesday 14th December 2016

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Kay Stonham

Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends

Series 3, Episode 1 - Alka Salsa

Maureen persuades Wendy to join her on a salsa weekend in Bognor. Robin reluctantly goes along too, so he can visit a model village.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Women Talking About Cars. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Women Talking About Cars

Series 1, Episode 2 - Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman reveals the nickname of her beloved Morris Minor, and answers that crucial question for any award-winning actress: "What are you driving these days?"

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 4, Episode 2 - The Bolshoi Ballet

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)
How to Be Bohemian. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Heresy

Series 7, Episode 3

The panellists are comedians David Baddiel and Dave Gorman and style journalist and celebrity interviewer Polly Vernon.

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

Rent

Series 3, Episode 5

Paul has a serious question for Ruby, and Maria's got a serious problem with gambling.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Stanley Baxter

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse

Series 8, Episode 1 - The Boy Who Ran Away From The Circus

On a Glasgow rooftop, a former circus trapeze artist and a sad and misunderstood young man become connected by circumstance and a shared experience of life, as each tells his story.

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 4, Episode 2 - The Bolshoi Ballet

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)
How to Be Bohemian. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Heresy

Series 7, Episode 3

The panellists are comedians David Baddiel and Dave Gorman and style journalist and celebrity interviewer Polly Vernon.

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

Rent

Series 3, Episode 5

Paul has a serious question for Ruby, and Maria's got a serious problem with gambling.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Kay Stonham

Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends

Series 3, Episode 1 - Alka Salsa

Maureen persuades Wendy to join her on a salsa weekend in Bognor. Robin reluctantly goes along too, so he can visit a model village.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Women Talking About Cars. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Women Talking About Cars

Series 1, Episode 2 - Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman reveals the nickname of her beloved Morris Minor, and answers that crucial question for any award-winning actress: "What are you driving these days?"

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Terry Pratchett's Small Gods. Copyright: BBC

Terry Pratchett's Small Gods

Episode 3

Ephebian philosophers cover the landscape like locusts, argue violently among themselves, and live in barrels. They appear to be no match for the scheming Deacon Vorbis who has captured the city of Ephebe by trickery. But one philosopher, Didactylos, is prepared to stand up to him.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Women Talking About Cars. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Women Talking About Cars

Series 1, Episode 3 - Sarah Millican

Sarah reminisces about her dad's long lost Granada and describes a traffic jam that lead to some desperate measures.

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 4, Episode 2 - The Bolshoi Ballet

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)
Women Talking About Cars. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Women Talking About Cars

Series 1, Episode 2 - Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman reveals the nickname of her beloved Morris Minor, and answers that crucial question for any award-winning actress: "What are you driving these days?"

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Mark Thomas Presents

Episode 3, Shelley Berman Live: Mark Thomas hosts the third of four shows featuring iconic American comedians. In an exclusive appearance for Radio 4, Shelley Berman brings his unique observational wit to the UK.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Terry Alderton

Terry Alderton: Crazy Now

Terry Alderton: More Crazy Now, Episode 3 - Who's Dr Vet?

Featuring some careless hunters, a nonsense song and a long and baffling list of animals from Dr Vet.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

We Know Everything

Episode 5: If all the world's a stage, where does the audience sit?

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Roger McGough's Other Half. Roger McGough

Roger McGough's Other Half

Episode 2

Quirky sketches and poems with merriment and melancholy in equal measures.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter From Salford

Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter From Salford

Episode 2.5, A Few Bevvies: Can the poet-in-residence bring the healing power of poetry to Salford social club?

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 2, Episode 3 - Yellow

The code breakers are ordered to be vaccinated against yellow fever, but Charles refuses to be injected by an Australian.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
Terry Pratchett's Small Gods. Copyright: BBC

Terry Pratchett's Small Gods

Episode 3

Ephebian philosophers cover the landscape like locusts, argue violently among themselves, and live in barrels. They appear to be no match for the scheming Deacon Vorbis who has captured the city of Ephebe by trickery. But one philosopher, Didactylos, is prepared to stand up to him.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
How to Be Bohemian. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Heresy

Series 7, Episode 3

The panellists are comedians David Baddiel and Dave Gorman and style journalist and celebrity interviewer Polly Vernon.

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

Rent

Series 3, Episode 5

Paul has a serious question for Ruby, and Maria's got a serious problem with gambling.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Kay Stonham

Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends

Series 3, Episode 1 - Alka Salsa

Maureen persuades Wendy to join her on a salsa weekend in Bognor. Robin reluctantly goes along too, so he can visit a model village.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Women Talking About Cars. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Women Talking About Cars

Series 1, Episode 2 - Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman reveals the nickname of her beloved Morris Minor, and answers that crucial question for any award-winning actress: "What are you driving these days?"

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