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Radio schedule Wednesday 15th February 2017

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
An Actor's Life For Me. Robert Wilson (John Gordon Sinclair). Copyright: BBC

An Actor's Life For Me

Series 1, Episode 6 - May The Farce Be With You

Robert is all set for a new West End stage romp, but the real farce occurs before the curtain rises.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
What Does The K Stand For?. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC

What Does The K Stand For?

Series 3, Episode 3 - Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Relationships in the Amos household are strained by a new arrival.

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 14 - Almost A Gentlemen

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 Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

The Unbelievable Truth

Series 9, Episode 6

David Mitchell presents another edition of the panel game built on truth and lies. The guests, Marcus Brigstocke, Miles Jupp, Susan Calman and Alan Davies, talk on the subjects of goats, singing, glue and painting.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Second Holmes

Second Holmes

Episode 2, The Case Of The Maltese Pearls: The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson probe the mysterious theft of a necklace.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Simon Evans Goes To Market. Simon Evans. Copyright: BBC

Simon Evans Goes To Market

Series 1, Episode 2 - Grain

Simon Evans asks how moral it is to trade in food. How much of it is animal feed, and what is the future of food? With guests Kanes Rajah and Jim Rogers.

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 14 - Almost A Gentlemen

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 Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

The Unbelievable Truth

Series 9, Episode 6

David Mitchell presents another edition of the panel game built on truth and lies. The guests, Marcus Brigstocke, Miles Jupp, Susan Calman and Alan Davies, talk on the subjects of goats, singing, glue and painting.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Second Holmes

Second Holmes

Episode 2, The Case Of The Maltese Pearls: The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson probe the mysterious theft of a necklace.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
An Actor's Life For Me. Robert Wilson (John Gordon Sinclair). Copyright: BBC

An Actor's Life For Me

Series 1, Episode 6 - May The Farce Be With You

Robert is all set for a new West End stage romp, but the real farce occurs before the curtain rises.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
What Does The K Stand For?. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC

What Does The K Stand For?

Series 3, Episode 3 - Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Relationships in the Amos household are strained by a new arrival.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
What Does The K Stand For?. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC

What Does The K Stand For?

Series 3, Episode 4 - Let's Talk About Sex

Stephen plucks up the courage to reveal a secret.

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 14 - Almost A Gentlemen

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)
What Does The K Stand For?. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC

What Does The K Stand For?

Series 3, Episode 3 - Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Relationships in the Amos household are strained by a new arrival.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
My First Planet. Image shows from L to R: Richard (John Dorney), Carol (Cariad Lloyd), Brian (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Lillian (Vicki Pepperdine), Mason (Tom Goodman-Hill), Archer (Phil Whelans). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

My First Planet

Series 1, Episode 3 - The Noticeboard Of Doom

Day 27 and the colonists are torn between Richard's newsletter and Archer's hot pants. And which is more dangerous, Brian's monkey wrench or Lillian's 'vitamin' drink?

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme. Key (Tim Key). Copyright: BBC

Tim Key's Poetry Programme

Series 3, Episode 4 - Space

Tim broadcasts from a space simulator in St Albans while grappling with the concept of space. Musical accompaniment is provided by Tom Basden.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Elis James' Pantheon Of Heroes. Image shows from L to R: Benjamin Partridge, Elis James, Nadia Kamil. Copyright: BBC

Elis James' Pantheon Of Heroes

Series 2, Episode 2 - Cultural Heroes

Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to determine Wales' ultimate heroes.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
The Celebrity Voicemail Show. Kayvan Novak. Copyright: BBC

The Celebrity Voicemail Show

Series 2, Episode 2 - Nigel Farage

Featuring Nigel Farage's voicemail as he flies off to America.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Dan And Nick: The Wildebeest Years

Dan And Nick: The Wildebeest Years

Episode 7: Dan Freedman and Nick Romero's pun-fest, with a distraught Robin Wood turning 40 and The Archers goes sci-fi.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
The Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

The Unbelievable Truth

Series 9, Episode 6

David Mitchell presents another edition of the panel game built on truth and lies. The guests, Marcus Brigstocke, Miles Jupp, Susan Calman and Alan Davies, talk on the subjects of goats, singing, glue and painting.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Second Holmes

Second Holmes

Episode 2, The Case Of The Maltese Pearls: The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson probe the mysterious theft of a necklace.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
An Actor's Life For Me. Robert Wilson (John Gordon Sinclair). Copyright: BBC

An Actor's Life For Me

Series 1, Episode 6 - May The Farce Be With You

Robert is all set for a new West End stage romp, but the real farce occurs before the curtain rises.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
What Does The K Stand For?. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC

What Does The K Stand For?

Series 3, Episode 3 - Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Relationships in the Amos household are strained by a new arrival.

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