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Radio schedule Wednesday 28th December 2016

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Kay Stonham

Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends

Series 3, Episode 3 - Arrivederci Coma

Tragedy strikes Mayfield model village when Robin has a fight with a forklift truck leaving Wendy struggling with her conscience.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
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 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 5 - The New Secretary

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 5

The panellists are Dave Gorman, Jeremy Hardy and Sue Perkins.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
The Newly Discovered Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes

The Newly Discovered Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes

Episode 6, The Demon Cobbler of Greek Street: The spoof sleuth probes a shoe clue connection in two mystery murders.

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 5 - The New Secretary

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 4 2:15pm (repeat)
Curious Under The Stars. Copyright: BBC

Curious Under The Stars

Series 1, Episode 1 - Gone West

When Gareth finds his wife Diane in bed with a stranger, the couple attempt to salvage their marriage by uprooting from London to run a pub in West Wales.

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

Heresy

Series 6, Episode 5

The panellists are Dave Gorman, Jeremy Hardy and Sue Perkins.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
The Newly Discovered Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes

The Newly Discovered Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes

Episode 6, The Demon Cobbler of Greek Street: The spoof sleuth probes a shoe clue connection in two mystery murders.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Kay Stonham

Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends

Series 3, Episode 3 - Arrivederci Coma

Tragedy strikes Mayfield model village when Robin has a fight with a forklift truck leaving Wendy struggling with her conscience.

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

Radio 4 6:15pm
30 min
BBC Audio Drama Awards 2015. Lenny Henry. Copyright: BBC

Lenny Henry: Rogue's Gallery

The Rogue's Gallery At Christmas, Christmas Special - Kobbolovski's Little Helper

This warming winter tale sees Lenny playing a migrant of restricted height, who battles his way to the UK and finds himself in a strange old people's home in Kent, where the secrets of Christmas are gradually revealed.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Elis James. Copyright: Idil Sukan

State Of The Nations

Episode 1 - Wales

Elis James visits the Lyric Theatre in his home town of Carmarthen, where he is joined by Tudur Owen, Mike Bubbins and Kiri Pritchard-McLean.

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 5 - The New Secretary

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 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 10:30pm (repeat)
Meet David Sedaris. David Sedaris

Meet David Sedaris

Series 3, Episode 2 - Author, Author And Front Row Centre With Thaddeus Bristol

This week includes his observations of life as an author on tour in "Author, Author", a satirical swipe at critics in "Front Row Centre with Thaddeus Bristol" and some extracts from his diaries.

BBC Asian Network 11pm
60 min
Asian Network Comedy. Sindhu Vee. Copyright: BBC

Asian Network Comedy

Series 1, Episode 2 - Edinburgh Fringe 2016

Tommy Sandhu presents performances from award winning Australian stand-up Nazeem Hussain, BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist Sindhu Vee, the Hackney Empire New Comedian of the Year 2016 Bilal Zafar, Chortle Student Comedy Award 2016 finalist Rahul Kohli and the multi-talented comedian and one of the latest Asian Network presenter signings, Mawaan Rizwan.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Sam Simmons

Sam Simmons Is Not A People Person

Episode 1 - Italians

This week Sam and Henry are in Toronto, on the hunt for a fiddle warbler.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Life: An Idiot's Guide. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC

Life: An Idiot's Guide

Series 3, Episode 1 - Multiculturalism

Stephen K Amos is joined by Stephen Grant, Nish Kumar and Andrew Maxwell.

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

Roger McGough's Other Half

Episode 4

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

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 5 - Getting Heavy

Hut 33's record is the worst in the complex. Charles is mortified with shame, Archie is desperate to prove himself and Gordon wants to impress a girl he has just met. They break into Hut 7b to get extra information, which turns out not to be a good idea.

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

Heresy

Series 6, Episode 5

The panellists are Dave Gorman, Jeremy Hardy and Sue Perkins.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
The Newly Discovered Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes

The Newly Discovered Case Book Of Sherlock Holmes

Episode 6, The Demon Cobbler of Greek Street: The spoof sleuth probes a shoe clue connection in two mystery murders.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Kay Stonham

Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends

Series 3, Episode 3 - Arrivederci Coma

Tragedy strikes Mayfield model village when Robin has a fight with a forklift truck leaving Wendy struggling with her conscience.

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

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