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Radio schedule Wednesday 5th April 2017

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
The Attractive Young Rabbi

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Episode 3.2, A Woman's Work: Happy Rabbi Su finds a role model, but Rabbi Abraham would settle for a haircut.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing. Nathan Caton. Copyright: BBC

Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing

Series 3, Episode 1 - About Intelligence

Return of the comedy that mixes stand-up with re-enacted scenes from comedian Nathan Caton's family life. Nathan is fed up with his family underestimating his intelligence and decides to show them just how bright he really is.

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 5, Episode 1 - The New Radio Series

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)
Dilemma. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Dilemma

Series 4, Episode 2

Sue Perkins is joined by comedians Lucy Porter and Andy Zaltzman, DJ Shaun Keaveny and food writer Jack Monroe.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Episode 2.3, A Soft-Hearted Little Thing: More tangles in Izzy's love life, when she and Dick head to dinner with Charles.

Radio 4 10:40am
15 min
Dead Pan. Image shows from L to R: DS Jason Trotter (John Hollingworth), DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh), CSM Jo Black (Jane Hazlegrove). Copyright: Savvy Productions

Dead Pan

Episode 3

DCI Alma Blair and DS Trotter have a body in the bathroom and a strange fruit from the suicide tree in the rubbish - but what killed poor restaurant critic Virginia Grimshaw?

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

Simon Evans Goes To Market

Series 2, Episode 4 - Sugar

Some people say sugar could be the new tobacco - exposed as a health risk that's been knowingly concealed for decades.

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 5, Episode 1 - The New Radio Series

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)
Dilemma. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Dilemma

Series 4, Episode 2

Sue Perkins is joined by comedians Lucy Porter and Andy Zaltzman, DJ Shaun Keaveny and food writer Jack Monroe.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Episode 2.3, A Soft-Hearted Little Thing: More tangles in Izzy's love life, when she and Dick head to dinner with Charles.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
The Attractive Young Rabbi

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Episode 3.2, A Woman's Work: Happy Rabbi Su finds a role model, but Rabbi Abraham would settle for a haircut.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing. Nathan Caton. Copyright: BBC

Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing

Series 3, Episode 1 - About Intelligence

Return of the comedy that mixes stand-up with re-enacted scenes from comedian Nathan Caton's family life. Nathan is fed up with his family underestimating his intelligence and decides to show them just how bright he really is.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing. Nathan Caton. Copyright: BBC

Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing

Series 3, Episode 2 - About Paranoia

Nathan discovers that watching too much TV can make him paranoid, and that has serious repercussions for his family.

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 5, Episode 1 - The New Radio Series

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 7:45pm (repeat)
Dead Pan. Image shows from L to R: DS Jason Trotter (John Hollingworth), DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh), CSM Jo Black (Jane Hazlegrove). Copyright: Savvy Productions

Dead Pan

Episode 3

DCI Alma Blair and DS Trotter have a body in the bathroom and a strange fruit from the suicide tree in the rubbish - but what killed poor restaurant critic Virginia Grimshaw?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing. Nathan Caton. Copyright: BBC

Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing

Series 3, Episode 1 - About Intelligence

Return of the comedy that mixes stand-up with re-enacted scenes from comedian Nathan Caton's family life. Nathan is fed up with his family underestimating his intelligence and decides to show them just how bright he really is.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Births, Deaths And Marriages. Image shows from L to R: Anita (Sandy McDade), Malcolm Fox (David Schneider), Lorna (Sarah Hadland), Mary (Sally Bretton), Luke (Russell Tovey). Copyright: Unique Productions

Births, Deaths And Marriages

Series 2, Episode 2 - The X Father

X Factor voiceover man Peter Dickson comes into the office to register the death of his father. Malcolm has never heard of him - or the show.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Tom Parry

Tom Parry's Fancy Dressed Life

Episode 1 - Rules

For this week's costume party, Tom is off to help warm the house of his friends Marko and Rosie.

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 3, Episode 3

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Mark Steel Lecture. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

The Mark Steel Lecture

Series 1, Episode 3 - Charlie Chaplin

Mark presents the life of Charlie Chaplin, the most successful English comedian in the United States and a modern rebel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Dilemma. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Dilemma

Series 4, Episode 2

Sue Perkins is joined by comedians Lucy Porter and Andy Zaltzman, DJ Shaun Keaveny and food writer Jack Monroe.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Episode 2.3, A Soft-Hearted Little Thing: More tangles in Izzy's love life, when she and Dick head to dinner with Charles.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
The Attractive Young Rabbi

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Episode 3.2, A Woman's Work: Happy Rabbi Su finds a role model, but Rabbi Abraham would settle for a haircut.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing. Nathan Caton. Copyright: BBC

Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing

Series 3, Episode 1 - About Intelligence

Return of the comedy that mixes stand-up with re-enacted scenes from comedian Nathan Caton's family life. Nathan is fed up with his family underestimating his intelligence and decides to show them just how bright he really is.

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