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Radio schedule Wednesday 21st December 2016

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Kay Stonham

Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends

Series 3, Episode 2 - Dream Genie

Derek is devastated when he hears that his ex-wife Jackie is unwell. After using Wendy as a shoulder to cry on, he rushes to Jackie's side.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
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 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 4 - The Income Tax Demand

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 6, Episode 4

The panellists are journalists Euan Ferguson and Tanya Gold and comedian David Mitchell. The panel argue about dogs and whether Gary Glitter's music is still great.

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

Rent

Series 3, Episode 6

The end of an era as first faltering steps are taken, literally and metaphorically.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Stanley Baxter

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse

Series 8, Episode 2 - Melancholy Baby

Heartwarming story of two lives linked by events in Glasgow 90 years ago.

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 4 - The Income Tax Demand

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 6, Episode 4

The panellists are journalists Euan Ferguson and Tanya Gold and comedian David Mitchell. The panel argue about dogs and whether Gary Glitter's music is still great.

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

Rent

Series 3, Episode 6

The end of an era as first faltering steps are taken, literally and metaphorically.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Kay Stonham

Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends

Series 3, Episode 2 - Dream Genie

Derek is devastated when he hears that his ex-wife Jackie is unwell. After using Wendy as a shoulder to cry on, he rushes to Jackie's side.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
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.

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

Women Talking About Cars

Series 1, Episode 4 - Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer talks about the journeys she has been on and the cars she has travelled in, including her first Mini, a series of Triumphs and Australia's own car, the mighty Holden.

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 4 - The Income Tax Demand

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.

Radio 2 logo 10pm
60 min
The Kenny Everett Television Show. Kenny Everett. Copyright: BBC

When Kenny Met The Fab Four

Paul Gambaccini presents a documentary on the links between Kenny Everett and The Beatles.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
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 10:30pm (repeat)
Meet David Sedaris. David Sedaris

Meet David Sedaris

Series 3, Episode 1 - Attaboy And In The Waiting Room

American humorist David Sedaris reads from his collection of essays. Childhood discipline in the Sedaris household is recalled in Attaboy, and In The Waiting Room examines the perils of agreeing without understanding in a foreign country.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Terry Alderton

Terry Alderton: Crazy Now

Terry Alderton: More Crazy Now, Episode 4 - A Lot of Thoughts

Characters, songs, sketches and stand-up from comedian and actor Terry Alderton.

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

We Know Everything

Episode 6: Does colour exist or is it a pigment of our imagination?

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

Roger McGough's Other Half

Episode 3

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 2.6, Speeches: Sir Ralph hosts a literary lunch at the Munchbox Cafeteria, but there is another poet in town.

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 4 - Where Boffins Dare

The group are threatened with being sent to Burma after making yet another mistake. In an attempt to redeem themselves, they try to capture a German spy.

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

Heresy

Series 6, Episode 4

The panellists are journalists Euan Ferguson and Tanya Gold and comedian David Mitchell. The panel argue about dogs and whether Gary Glitter's music is still great.

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

Rent

Series 3, Episode 6

The end of an era as first faltering steps are taken, literally and metaphorically.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Kay Stonham

Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends

Series 3, Episode 2 - Dream Genie

Derek is devastated when he hears that his ex-wife Jackie is unwell. After using Wendy as a shoulder to cry on, he rushes to Jackie's side.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
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.

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