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Radio schedule Friday 1st June 2018

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Minor Adjustment

Episode 5, Overture and Beginners Please: Kate is in possibly the worst school play ever, while Richard casts himself as a therapist in Sarah's absence.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
4 Stands Up. Copyright: BBC

4 Stands Up

Episode 1 - 4 Stands Up At The Biggest Weekend

Tez Ilyas hosts stand-up comedy recorded at the Leamington Assembly.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 7, Episode 3

New town education, and Professor Prune's time travel adventure continues.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Fletcher's Fare

Series 2, Episode 3

With guest star Herbert Lom.

Radio 4 9am (repeat)
David Baddiel

Desert Island Discs

Kirsty Young talks to comedian and writer David Baddiel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Motion Show

Series 4, Episode 2

Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit, with guests Gyles Brandreth, Sue Perkins, Steve Punt and Marcus Brigstocke.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Series 3, Episode 8 - The End of a Chapter

Sarah is off to Florence but worries about her mother, plus there's shock news from Clare.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse. Michael Frayn

Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse

Episode 1 - Assembly Instructions

Joanna Lumley opens the series. Alex Jennings is a subversive theatre director, Ian McKellen meets Mozart (George Blagden), Alfred Molina has security problems with packaging, Lisa Dillon and Edward Bennett are Mr and Mrs Andrews in Gainsborough's portrait at the National Gallery, Stephen Fry conducts a weird press interview with Martin Jarvis, and McKellen and Lumley are Mr and Mrs God.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 7, Episode 3

New town education, and Professor Prune's time travel adventure continues.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Fletcher's Fare

Series 2, Episode 3

With guest star Herbert Lom.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Motion Show

Series 4, Episode 2

Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit, with guests Gyles Brandreth, Sue Perkins, Steve Punt and Marcus Brigstocke.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Series 3, Episode 8 - The End of a Chapter

Sarah is off to Florence but worries about her mother, plus there's shock news from Clare.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Minor Adjustment

Episode 5, Overture and Beginners Please: Kate is in possibly the worst school play ever, while Richard casts himself as a therapist in Sarah's absence.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
4 Stands Up. Copyright: BBC

4 Stands Up

Episode 1 - 4 Stands Up At The Biggest Weekend

Tez Ilyas hosts stand-up comedy recorded at the Leamington Assembly.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 96, Episode 8

Miles is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Angela Barnes, Helen Lewis and Susan Calman for the final episode of this series. The teams tackle all the big stories of the week and Mamadou Gassama gets what we assume is his first mention in the history of the programme.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 7, Episode 3

New town education, and Professor Prune's time travel adventure continues.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Fletcher's Fare

Series 2, Episode 3

With guest star Herbert Lom.

Radio 4 9pm (repeat)
Pooky Quesnel

The Rosenthals: Eskimo Day

Jack Rosenthal's poignant comedy drama, adapted for radio by Amy Rosenthal.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
4 Stands Up. Copyright: BBC

4 Stands Up

Episode 1 - 4 Stands Up At The Biggest Weekend

Tez Ilyas hosts stand-up comedy recorded at the Leamington Assembly.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair. Jenny Eclair. Copyright: BBC

Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair

Series 1, Episode 1 - Fifteen Minutes To Landing

A couple experience severe turblulence on a flight but it turns out to be not nearly as bumpy as their marriage.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Nurse. Herbert (Paul Whitehouse). Copyright: Down The Line Productions

Nurse

Series 1, Episode 1

Graham's mum has put him on a diet; Ray talks about who he knew from his music days; Maurice gets in the way when Elizabeth visits Lorrie; and Billy talks about wanting to return to prison.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall

Episode 7

1942-1943: The truth of war dawns. The gunners find themselves preparing to go.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Chain Reaction. Copyright: BBC

Chain Reaction

Series 4, Episode 4 - Arabella Weir interviews Paul Whitehouse

Arabella Weir talks to Paul Whitehouse about The Fast Show, Down the Line and his career in comedy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Motion Show

Series 4, Episode 2

Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit, with guests Gyles Brandreth, Sue Perkins, Steve Punt and Marcus Brigstocke.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Series 3, Episode 8 - The End of a Chapter

Sarah is off to Florence but worries about her mother, plus there's shock news from Clare.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Minor Adjustment

Episode 5, Overture and Beginners Please: Kate is in possibly the worst school play ever, while Richard casts himself as a therapist in Sarah's absence.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
4 Stands Up. Copyright: BBC

4 Stands Up

Episode 1 - 4 Stands Up At The Biggest Weekend

Tez Ilyas hosts stand-up comedy recorded at the Leamington Assembly.

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