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Radio schedule Wednesday 31st May 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 2, Episode 4 - Up On The Roof

Landing a job performing in a prison, will Robert finally get a captive audience?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Rum Bunch. Image shows from L to R: Mel Giedroyc, Justin Edwards. Copyright: Top Dog Productions

Rum Bunch

Episode 4 - Grissock

Justin, Mel, Dave and special guest Vicki Pepperdine visit the mining heartlands to tell the story of talc through the ages.

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 9 - The Americans Hit Town

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)
Genius. Dave Gorman. Copyright: BBC

Genius

Series 2, Episode 4 - Chris Addison

With Chris Addison. Ideas include weighing scales built into shoes, clairvoyant newsreaders and selling socks in threes.

Radio 4 9:30am
15 min
John Cleese Presents. Copyright: Goldhawk Essential

John Cleese Presents

Episode 4

John wants to talk about his schooldays, and being a teacher.

Radio 4 10:41am
15 min
Bindi Business. Image shows from L to R: Raj (Chris Nayak), Bindi (Meera Syal), Anu (Krupa Pattani). Copyright: BBC

Bindi Business

Series 2, Episode 3

Bindi is an unstoppable force of nature and despite the setbacks at the building site, she is determined nothing will get in her way, but then she arrives home to find a surprise visitor.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop. Alfie Moore. Copyright: BBC

Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop

Series 3, Episode 1 - Barry The Burglar

In this first episode, Barry the Burglar, what seems like an open and shut case of breaking, entering and stealing becomes something else entirely.

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 9 - The Americans Hit Town

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)
Genius. Dave Gorman. Copyright: BBC

Genius

Series 2, Episode 4 - Chris Addison

With Chris Addison. Ideas include weighing scales built into shoes, clairvoyant newsreaders and selling socks in threes.

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 2, Episode 4 - Up On The Roof

Landing a job performing in a prison, will Robert finally get a captive audience?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Rum Bunch. Image shows from L to R: Mel Giedroyc, Justin Edwards. Copyright: Top Dog Productions

Rum Bunch

Episode 4 - Grissock

Justin, Mel, Dave and special guest Vicki Pepperdine visit the mining heartlands to tell the story of talc through the ages.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
John Finnemore's Double Acts. John Finnemore. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

John Finnemore's Double Acts

Series 2, Episode 1 - The Queen's Speech

Victoria is very much hoping to see a conjuror, or at least a parrot. But instead meets Mabel. Stephanie Cole and Kerry Godliman star in the first of six two-handers written by Cabin Pressure's John Finnemore.

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 9 - The Americans Hit Town

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)
Bindi Business. Image shows from L to R: Raj (Chris Nayak), Bindi (Meera Syal), Anu (Krupa Pattani). Copyright: BBC

Bindi Business

Series 2, Episode 3

Bindi is an unstoppable force of nature and despite the setbacks at the building site, she is determined nothing will get in her way, but then she arrives home to find a surprise visitor.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Rum Bunch. Image shows from L to R: Mel Giedroyc, Justin Edwards. Copyright: Top Dog Productions

Rum Bunch

Episode 4 - Grissock

Justin, Mel, Dave and special guest Vicki Pepperdine visit the mining heartlands to tell the story of talc through the ages.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Goodness Gracious Me

Goodness Gracious Me

Episode 2.3: A phone-in to matchmake partners, and an Asian Babe fancies a job on TV's Newsnight.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Woof - Chris Neill. Image shows from L to R: Martin Hyder, Chris Neill, Alison Steadman. Copyright: Giddy Goat Productions

Woof - Chris Neill

Woof - One Man's Search For A Dog Or A Boyfriend, Episode 1

Recorded at Downstairs At The King's Head, Chris Neill tells his story in the first person, with a small, but brilliant, supporting cast of Martin Hyder and Alison Steadman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World. Image shows from L to R: Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Rebecca Front. Copyright: BBC

Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World

Series 1, Episode 4 - Good & Evil

The little matter of the true nature of good and evil - and which is best. Thora Hird and Ian Beale battle it out, along with St Simon Stylites, Virgil, King Arthur and a She-Demon.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Beef And Dairy Network. Benjamin Partridge

Beef And Dairy Network

Series 1, Episode 6

Surreal bovine-themed comedy hosted by Benjamin Partridge.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Alexander Armstrong

Weak At The Top

Series 1, Episode 3 - Knowing Your Unions

Mean marketing director, John Weak, discovers there's nothing legally binding about a legally binding contract.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Genius. Dave Gorman. Copyright: BBC

Genius

Series 2, Episode 4 - Chris Addison

With Chris Addison. Ideas include weighing scales built into shoes, clairvoyant newsreaders and selling socks in threes.

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 2, Episode 4 - Up On The Roof

Landing a job performing in a prison, will Robert finally get a captive audience?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Rum Bunch. Image shows from L to R: Mel Giedroyc, Justin Edwards. Copyright: Top Dog Productions

Rum Bunch

Episode 4 - Grissock

Justin, Mel, Dave and special guest Vicki Pepperdine visit the mining heartlands to tell the story of talc through the ages.

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