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Radio schedule Wednesday 2nd May 2018

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Ring Around The Bath

Ring Around The Bath

Episode 2.6, All Over Bar the Wrapping Paper: Stella is determined to get away, but a moveable feast is on the family Christmas menu.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Sketchtopia. Image shows from L to R: Nimisha Odedra, Luke Manning, Vivienne Acheampong, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Paul G Raymond, Jamie-Rose Monk

Sketchtopia

Series 1, Episode 4

In this episode, once again from Glasgow, the team present nursery rhymes for the Brexit generation, Aliens arrive to take all our jobs, and an American author gets the British mansplaining treatment.

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)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Series 2, Episode 2

Rambling Syd Rumpo sings of gander-boggling, and Kenneth Horne trolls round to Bona Books to let Julian and Sandy vada his new manuscript.

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 3, Episode 6

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue tackle matrimony. What makes it work? Where do couples go wrong?

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Ability. Matt (Lee Ridley). Copyright: BBC

Ability

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Date

Matt persuades his carer Bob to pretend to be him and ring a prospective internet date.

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)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Series 2, Episode 2

Rambling Syd Rumpo sings of gander-boggling, and Kenneth Horne trolls round to Bona Books to let Julian and Sandy vada his new manuscript.

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 3, Episode 6

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue tackle matrimony. What makes it work? Where do couples go wrong?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Ring Around The Bath

Ring Around The Bath

Episode 2.6, All Over Bar the Wrapping Paper: Stella is determined to get away, but a moveable feast is on the family Christmas menu.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Sketchtopia. Image shows from L to R: Nimisha Odedra, Luke Manning, Vivienne Acheampong, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Paul G Raymond, Jamie-Rose Monk

Sketchtopia

Series 1, Episode 4

In this episode, once again from Glasgow, the team present nursery rhymes for the Brexit generation, Aliens arrive to take all our jobs, and an American author gets the British mansplaining treatment.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Daliso Chaponda: Citizen Of Nowhere. Daliso Chaponda

Daliso Chaponda: Citizen Of Nowhere

Series 1, Episode 1 - How It All Began

Daliso looks at the origins of the relationship and asks how the UK and Africa first met.

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)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Series 2, Episode 2

Rambling Syd Rumpo sings of gander-boggling, and Kenneth Horne trolls round to Bona Books to let Julian and Sandy vada his new manuscript.

Radio 2 logo 10pm
30 min
Proposal. Image shows from L to R: Jamie (Joe Thomas), Lucy (Pearl Mackie). Copyright: BBC

Proposal

Sitcom following couple Jamie and Lucy as Jamie builds up the nerve to pop the question, and the series of disasters that follow as he attempts to negotiate the unwritten rules of marriage proposals.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Sketchtopia. Image shows from L to R: Nimisha Odedra, Luke Manning, Vivienne Acheampong, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Paul G Raymond, Jamie-Rose Monk

Sketchtopia

Series 1, Episode 4

In this episode, once again from Glasgow, the team present nursery rhymes for the Brexit generation, Aliens arrive to take all our jobs, and an American author gets the British mansplaining treatment.

Radio 2 logo 10:30pm
30 min
BBC Radio 2 Comedy Showcase

Celebrity Lipservice

A gang of Britain's most talented up-and-coming impressionists use their catalogue of voices to 'explore the wonderful world of fame and celebrity'.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
2525. Image shows from L to R: Kieran Hodgson, Jamie Demetriou, Waen Shepherd, Catriona Knox, Jenny Bede. Copyright: John Stanley Productions

2525

Episode 3

More snippets of our future, from walking bacteria people to lecherous robot builders.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
John Sessions

Six Degrees Of John Sessions

Episode 3

Actor, writer, raconteur and impressionist John Sessions mixes showbiz stories, intriguing history, extraordinary impressions and fabulous one-liners - all linked to and from him.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (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 2, Episode 1

The team launch their revolutionary spray-on clothes, a local MP comes to visit to boost his election campaign and an embarrassing virus escapes from genetics and threatens the very nature of democracy.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
The John Moloney Show. John Moloney. Copyright: Dabster Productions

The John Moloney Show

Series 2, Episode 4

Another comedy adventure with John Moloney.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Consultants

The Consultants

Episode 2.6: Crossword challenges and dinner with the devil.

Radio 1 3am
60 min
Niki and Sammy

Niki & Sammy's Peachy Podcast

Episode 11

Welcome to the Niki and Sammy Peachy Podcast! We're obsessed with k-pop, dogs, peanut butter, chocolate and small animals. Join us as we chat conspiracies, celebs and peaches.

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 3, Episode 6

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue tackle matrimony. What makes it work? Where do couples go wrong?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Ring Around The Bath

Ring Around The Bath

Episode 2.6, All Over Bar the Wrapping Paper: Stella is determined to get away, but a moveable feast is on the family Christmas menu.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Sketchtopia. Image shows from L to R: Nimisha Odedra, Luke Manning, Vivienne Acheampong, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Paul G Raymond, Jamie-Rose Monk

Sketchtopia

Series 1, Episode 4

In this episode, once again from Glasgow, the team present nursery rhymes for the Brexit generation, Aliens arrive to take all our jobs, and an American author gets the British mansplaining treatment.

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