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Radio schedule Wednesday 27th December 2017

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
June Whitfield

Like They've Never Been Gone

Episode 4: Despite a successful comeback tour, Tommy and Sheila aren't in the money.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Jeremy Hardy

Jeremy Hardy Feels It

Episode 2 - Sad

Stand-up show about emotions from Radio 4's passionate polemicist.

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 9am (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 3, Episode 6

Holly Walsh is joined by Andrew Lawrence, Rufus Hound teams up with Paul Foot and Ted Robbins is paired with Stu Francis.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue. Copyright: BBC

Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue

Series 2, Episode 5 - Home

The lifestyle show hosts have revelations on the "home" and "commune living".

Radio 4 10:40am
15 min
Rebecca Front

Incredible Women

Series 6, Episode 3

Barry Cryer remembers her as Ensa's Aunty Mabel, and Jane Garvey tries to keep her PC on Woman's Hour.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. Image shows from L to R: Lawry Lewin, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, John Finnemore, Carrie Quinlan, Simon Kane. Copyright: BBC

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

Series 6, Christmas Special

A seasonal special, taking in TV adverts, woodland talent contests, a song about the best day of the Christmas season and what is almost certainly the greatest story Finnemore has ever told.

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 4pm (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 3, Episode 6

Holly Walsh is joined by Andrew Lawrence, Rufus Hound teams up with Paul Foot and Ted Robbins is paired with Stu Francis.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue. Copyright: BBC

Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue

Series 2, Episode 5 - Home

The lifestyle show hosts have revelations on the "home" and "commune living".

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
June Whitfield

Like They've Never Been Gone

Episode 4: Despite a successful comeback tour, Tommy and Sheila aren't in the money.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Jeremy Hardy

Jeremy Hardy Feels It

Episode 2 - Sad

Stand-up show about emotions from Radio 4's passionate polemicist.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Good Omens. Image shows from L to R: Crowley (Peter Serafinowicz), Aziraphale (Mark Heap). Copyright: BBC

Good Omens

Episode 3

Aziraphale consults Agnes's prophesies in the hunt for the antichrist, the Witchfinder Army send Newt to Tadfield, and the Horsepersons of the Apocalypse continue to be summoned.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm (repeat)
The Missing Hancocks. Copyright: BBC

The Missing Hancocks

Series 3, Episode 1 - A Holiday In France

Harry Secombe and Bill Kerr leave for a holiday in Southend but they get on the wrong train and end up in Paris where they first meet Andree.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Jeremy Hardy

Jeremy Hardy Feels It

Episode 3 - Fear

Radio 4's most passionate polemicist returns to the airwaves with a new format which promises to be both personal and profound, and to present sides of Jeremy you won't have heard before. He may even sing. (He won't sing.)

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.

Radio 4 7:45pm (repeat)
Rebecca Front

Incredible Women

Series 6, Episode 3

Barry Cryer remembers her as Ensa's Aunty Mabel, and Jane Garvey tries to keep her PC on Woman's Hour.

BBC Asian Network 9pm
60 min
Asian Network Comedy. Image shows from L to R: Ali Shahalom, Sindhu Vee, Ahir Shah, Isma Almas, Funmbi Omotayo. Copyright: BBC

Asian Network Comedy

Series 2, Episode 2 - Leeds

Asian Network Comedy from West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds featuring Sindhu Vee, Ahir Shah, Ali Official, Funmbi Omotayo and Isma Almas.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Jeremy Hardy

Jeremy Hardy Feels It

Episode 2 - Sad

Stand-up show about emotions from Radio 4's passionate polemicist.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Secret World. Copyright: BBC

The Secret World

Series 2, Episode 1

The Secret World returns with more stories from the private lives of public people, from Dead Ringers creator Bill Dare.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Life On Egg. Image shows from L to R: Ann (Karen Bartke), Harry (Harry Hill), Peter (Marek Larwood). Copyright: BBC

Life On Egg

Series 2, Episode 1 - Mistress of Disguise

A new prisoner is brought to The Egg but quickly escapes. Harry and the team must find her before it is too late. Problem is, no-one quite knows what she looks like.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Will Smith

Mr And Mrs Smith

Episode 1 - The Dinner Party

Will and Annabelle throw a disastrous dinner party. The quarrelling couple tell their counsellor Guy all about the event, with flashbacks to the dinner party itself.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Lazy Susan: East Coast Listening Post. Image shows from L to R: Jenna (Freya Parker), Eric (David Elms), Dana (Celeste Dring). Copyright: BBC

Lazy Susan: East Coast Listening Post

Series 1, Episode 2 - Return of Mr Splatt

Jenna and Dana turn their attention to the British phenomenon that was Mr Splatt, a costumed character who dominated family entertainment television in the early 90s.

Radio 4 11:30pm
30 min
Anansi Boys. Image shows from L to R: Charlie (Jacob Anderson), Mr Nancy (Lenny Henry), Spider (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett). Copyright: BBC

Anansi Boys

Episode 3

After inviting his mysterious brother Spider into his home, Fat Charlie finds it much harder to get rid of him than expected.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Clayton Grange. Image shows from L to R: Professor Saunders (Anthony Head), Alice Jameson (Stephanie Racine), Lionel (Don Gilet), Geoff Prowse (Neil Warhurst), Roger Bucks (Paul Barnhill). Copyright: BBC

Clayton Grange

Series 1, Episode 4

Meet the scientists who are a bit rubbish at life. And not much better at science.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
Good Omens. Image shows from L to R: Crowley (Peter Serafinowicz), Aziraphale (Mark Heap). Copyright: BBC

Good Omens

Episode 3

Aziraphale consults Agnes's prophesies in the hunt for the antichrist, the Witchfinder Army send Newt to Tadfield, and the Horsepersons of the Apocalypse continue to be summoned.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 3, Episode 6

Holly Walsh is joined by Andrew Lawrence, Rufus Hound teams up with Paul Foot and Ted Robbins is paired with Stu Francis.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue. Copyright: BBC

Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue

Series 2, Episode 5 - Home

The lifestyle show hosts have revelations on the "home" and "commune living".

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
June Whitfield

Like They've Never Been Gone

Episode 4: Despite a successful comeback tour, Tommy and Sheila aren't in the money.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Jeremy Hardy

Jeremy Hardy Feels It

Episode 2 - Sad

Stand-up show about emotions from Radio 4's passionate polemicist.

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