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Radio schedule Wednesday 8th May 2019

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

Bookcases

Episode 2.1, Self-Help: Martin Wade's comedy series set in a Victorian bookshop. Plans involving Prince Albert are afoot to save Spavin and Spavin from bankruptcy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Simon Evans Goes To Market. Simon Evans. Copyright: BBC

Simon Evans Goes To Market

Series 5, Episode 2 - Karl Marx

Simon Evans and Tim Harford examine Karl Marx's influence on the course of 20th century history, towering figure in world - let alone economic - history.

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

The Navy Lark

Series 8, Episode 4 - Buoys Will Be Buoys

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Thank You, Mrs Fothergill. Image shows from L to R: Alice Foster (Sheila Hancock), Phyllis Middleton (Pat Coombs). Copyright: BBC

Thank You, Mrs Fothergill

Comedy series detailing the activities of the Cloughbottom Ladies' Evening Guild.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Be Prepared

Episode 3 - First Aid

Despite being sacked from running the first-aid stall at the local church fete Miles is determined to give his life-saving mannequin, Annie, a day out.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Just William - Live!. Martin Jarvis. Copyright: Jarvis and Ayres Productions

Just William - Live!

Series 6, Episode 2 - William and the Musician

Martin Jarvis performs the second of two comic classics at The Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, joined by violinist Sophie Mather who plays Zevrier's music.

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

The Navy Lark

Series 8, Episode 4 - Buoys Will Be Buoys

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Thank You, Mrs Fothergill. Image shows from L to R: Alice Foster (Sheila Hancock), Phyllis Middleton (Pat Coombs). Copyright: BBC

Thank You, Mrs Fothergill

Comedy series detailing the activities of the Cloughbottom Ladies' Evening Guild.

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

Be Prepared

Episode 3 - First Aid

Despite being sacked from running the first-aid stall at the local church fete Miles is determined to give his life-saving mannequin, Annie, a day out.

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

Bookcases

Episode 2.1, Self-Help: Martin Wade's comedy series set in a Victorian bookshop. Plans involving Prince Albert are afoot to save Spavin and Spavin from bankruptcy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Simon Evans Goes To Market. Simon Evans. Copyright: BBC

Simon Evans Goes To Market

Series 5, Episode 2 - Karl Marx

Simon Evans and Tim Harford examine Karl Marx's influence on the course of 20th century history, towering figure in world - let alone economic - history.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Simon Evans Goes To Market. Simon Evans. Copyright: BBC

Simon Evans Goes To Market

Series 5, Episode 3 - John Maynard Keynes

Simon Evans and Tim Harford examine the work of John Maynard Keynes, and reflect on how his influence continues to shape the world today.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Radio

That Reminds Me

Series 1, Episode 5 - Bill Pertwee

Factually comedic series in which celebrities - mostly comics - share tales and reminisce.

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

The Navy Lark

Series 8, Episode 4 - Buoys Will Be Buoys

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Thank You, Mrs Fothergill. Image shows from L to R: Alice Foster (Sheila Hancock), Phyllis Middleton (Pat Coombs). Copyright: BBC

Thank You, Mrs Fothergill

Comedy series detailing the activities of the Cloughbottom Ladies' Evening Guild.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Simon Evans Goes To Market. Simon Evans. Copyright: BBC

Simon Evans Goes To Market

Series 5, Episode 2 - Karl Marx

Simon Evans and Tim Harford examine Karl Marx's influence on the course of 20th century history, towering figure in world - let alone economic - history.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Tina C: Herstory. Tina C (Christopher Green). Copyright: BBC

Tina C: Herstory

Episode 1

Country music star Tina C brings her life story to Radio 4. From humble beginnings to chart-topping glory. Her humble start in life provides a rich seam of stories, which fed into her early work.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 6, Episode 8

Peter Curran and Patrick Marber are joined by Jane Horrocks, as they discuss the perils of childhood bed-wetting, rebel smoking and the wrong leggings.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
Spats. John-Luke Roberts. Copyright: BBC

Spats

Pilot, Episode 1 - Mankind v Nature

Fourteen minutes of perfectly adequate sketch comedy written by and starring BBC New Comedy Award finalist John-Luke Roberts. This pilot decides which is better: Mankind or Nature.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
World Of Pub

World Of Pub

Episode 2.2: Comedy, with John Thomson and Phil Cornwell.

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

That Reminds Me

Series 1, Episode 5 - Bill Pertwee

Factually comedic series in which celebrities - mostly comics - share tales and reminisce.

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

Be Prepared

Episode 3 - First Aid

Despite being sacked from running the first-aid stall at the local church fete Miles is determined to give his life-saving mannequin, Annie, a day out.

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

Bookcases

Episode 2.1, Self-Help: Martin Wade's comedy series set in a Victorian bookshop. Plans involving Prince Albert are afoot to save Spavin and Spavin from bankruptcy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Simon Evans Goes To Market. Simon Evans. Copyright: BBC

Simon Evans Goes To Market

Series 5, Episode 2 - Karl Marx

Simon Evans and Tim Harford examine Karl Marx's influence on the course of 20th century history, towering figure in world - let alone economic - history.

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