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Radio schedule Wednesday 4th July 2018

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

Ring Around The Bath

Episode 3.3, Loophole: Patrick gets a TV presenting job, but filming at home puts Stella's garden at risk.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Sanjay (Omar Raza), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Alok (Susheel Kumar). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Series 6, Episode 5 - Downton Abbey Voice Changer Helmet

Local butcher Mutton Jeff arranges a date, but his vocation proves a problem.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Mr Phillips Has Navigation Tuition: Left hand down a bit! The ship's bumbling navigator attempts to pass an examination.

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 11

It's Kenneth Horne to the rescue in The Gaylords, plus bona beats from Julian and Sandy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 1, Episode 3

Countdown's Susie Dent, writer Natalie Haynes and comedians Milton Jones and Jack Whitehall vie for supremacy in the panel game hosted by Gyles Brandreth.

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 4, Episode 4

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue Mike take a look at the flipside of fame, Mike meets his biggest fan and the week's good cause is Charity.

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
Ground Control. Image shows from L to R: Tess (Tamsin Greig), Scott (Adam James). Copyright: BBC

Ground Control

Episode 3

Astronaut Scott Carter is about to take his first space walk but his wife's mind is not on that; Tess, a neurosurgeon, is more interested in solving the mystery of an unidentified patient in a coma. But is he the innocent victim she assumes?

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Simon Callow

Plum House

Series 2, Episode 6 - Wedding Bells

The team are preparing to host their first wedding at the museum. With a journalist coming to cover the event, it's a publicity coup for Plum House. But the groom has cold feet. Can they carry on regardless with a fake wedding? Tom is dubious - until Julian suggests he might pretend to marry Emma.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Mr Phillips Has Navigation Tuition: Left hand down a bit! The ship's bumbling navigator attempts to pass an examination.

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 11

It's Kenneth Horne to the rescue in The Gaylords, plus bona beats from Julian and Sandy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 1, Episode 3

Countdown's Susie Dent, writer Natalie Haynes and comedians Milton Jones and Jack Whitehall vie for supremacy in the panel game hosted by Gyles Brandreth.

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 4, Episode 4

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue Mike take a look at the flipside of fame, Mike meets his biggest fan and the week's good cause is Charity.

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

Ring Around The Bath

Episode 3.3, Loophole: Patrick gets a TV presenting job, but filming at home puts Stella's garden at risk.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Sanjay (Omar Raza), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Alok (Susheel Kumar). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Series 6, Episode 5 - Downton Abbey Voice Changer Helmet

Local butcher Mutton Jeff arranges a date, but his vocation proves a problem.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Sanjay (Omar Raza), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Alok (Susheel Kumar). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Series 6, Episode 6 - Operation Voldemort Scrape-Away

Malcolm and Ramesh's relationship steps up a gear, and Dave dips his toes into the delight of online dating apps.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Mr Phillips Has Navigation Tuition: Left hand down a bit! The ship's bumbling navigator attempts to pass an examination.

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 11

It's Kenneth Horne to the rescue in The Gaylords, plus bona beats from Julian and Sandy.

Radio 4 7:45pm (repeat)
Ground Control. Image shows from L to R: Tess (Tamsin Greig), Scott (Adam James). Copyright: BBC

Ground Control

Episode 3

Astronaut Scott Carter is about to take his first space walk but his wife's mind is not on that; Tess, a neurosurgeon, is more interested in solving the mystery of an unidentified patient in a coma. But is he the innocent victim she assumes?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Sanjay (Omar Raza), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Alok (Susheel Kumar). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Series 6, Episode 5 - Downton Abbey Voice Changer Helmet

Local butcher Mutton Jeff arranges a date, but his vocation proves a problem.

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

The Secret World

Series 4, Episode 6

Peter Sallis lays down a track for Lady Gaga's new album, Chancellor Merkel plays 'snog marry avoid' and Ed Miliband learns to boogie. It can only be the strange goings on in the show that shines a light on the private lives of public people.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Matt Berry Interviews.... Matt Berry. Copyright: BBC

Matt Berry Interviews...

Episode 4 - Kenneth Williams

Matt presents his interview with Kenneth Williams in the vestry of Warwick Cathedral in 1979.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Fabulous. Faye Walters (Daisy Haggard). Copyright: BBC

Fabulous

Series 1, Episode 2

Faye dreams about calling the Make A Dream foundation.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Asian Network Comedy. Sindhu Vee. Copyright: BBC

Sindhustan

Episode 1 - Sandwich Filling

Born in India, educated in Delhi, Toronto, Chicago and Oxford, married to a Dane, and with three London born kids still living at home (and calling her mate) former investment banker Sindhu Vee has a unique perspective on parenting. At least the dog - a giant Labrador from Wales - understands her.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
Hamish And Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea. Image shows from L to R: Dougal (Graeme Garden), Hamish (Barry Cryer). Copyright: BBC

Hamish And Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea

Series 2, Episode 2 - Fame Idol

The search is on for the best talent in the glens. Have Hamish and Dougal got what it takes to enter Fay MacAdemy, the famous highland talent contest?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Masterson Inheritance. Image shows from L to R: Phelim McDermott, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Caroline Quentin, Lee Simpson, Paul Merton. Copyright: BBC

The Masterson Inheritance

Series 2, Episode 5 - The Gangrene of the Mastersons

The family's epic Crimean War struggle of carnage, carnality and cads.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 1, Episode 3

Countdown's Susie Dent, writer Natalie Haynes and comedians Milton Jones and Jack Whitehall vie for supremacy in the panel game hosted by Gyles Brandreth.

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 4, Episode 4

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue Mike take a look at the flipside of fame, Mike meets his biggest fan and the week's good cause is Charity.

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

Ring Around The Bath

Episode 3.3, Loophole: Patrick gets a TV presenting job, but filming at home puts Stella's garden at risk.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Sanjay (Omar Raza), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Alok (Susheel Kumar). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Series 6, Episode 5 - Downton Abbey Voice Changer Helmet

Local butcher Mutton Jeff arranges a date, but his vocation proves a problem.

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