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Radio schedule Wednesday 7th August 2019

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
There Is No Escape. Andrew (Andrew Lawrence). Copyright: Steve Ullathorne

There Is No Escape

Episode 4

Andrew's girlfriend announces that she is pregnant, and Andrew has to face one of the biggest decisions of his life: should he stay or should he go?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Gaby's Talking Pictures. Image shows from L to R: Alistair McGowan, Gaby Roslin, Ronni Ancona. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Gaby's Talking Pictures

Series 2, Episode 1

Team captains John Thomson and Ellie Taylor are joined by Amanda Redman and Hugh Dennis.

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

The Diary Of A Nobody

Episode 4

A repeat of this 1977 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Doctor At Large

Doctor At Large

Episode 10 - Dr. Sparrow Of Harley Street

Mayhem ensues when Simon Sparrow goes to work at Sir Lancelot Spratt's rather posh practice.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 5

With Russell Kane in the Up-And-Comers, Phil Nichol in the Current Crop and Johnnie Casson in the Old Guard.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
The Attractive Young Rabbi

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Episode 3.1: The Eager Young Student: Mikhail discovers the downside of being a Jew.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
All Those Women. Image shows from L to R: Emily (Lucy Hutchinson), Jen (Sinead Matthews), Maggie (Lesley Manville), Hetty (Sheila Hancock). Copyright: BBC

All Those Women

Series 3, Episode 1

Hetty tries to talk Maggie out of lunch with an old friend who Maggie does not actually like. Meanwhile, Jen's work placement is not going entirely to plan, and Emily is getting in a muddle.

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

The Diary Of A Nobody

Episode 4

A repeat of this 1977 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Doctor At Large

Doctor At Large

Episode 10 - Dr. Sparrow Of Harley Street

Mayhem ensues when Simon Sparrow goes to work at Sir Lancelot Spratt's rather posh practice.

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

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 5

With Russell Kane in the Up-And-Comers, Phil Nichol in the Current Crop and Johnnie Casson in the Old Guard.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
The Attractive Young Rabbi

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Episode 3.1: The Eager Young Student: Mikhail discovers the downside of being a Jew.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
There Is No Escape. Andrew (Andrew Lawrence). Copyright: Steve Ullathorne

There Is No Escape

Episode 4

Andrew's girlfriend announces that she is pregnant, and Andrew has to face one of the biggest decisions of his life: should he stay or should he go?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Gaby's Talking Pictures. Image shows from L to R: Alistair McGowan, Gaby Roslin, Ronni Ancona. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Gaby's Talking Pictures

Series 2, Episode 1

Team captains John Thomson and Ellie Taylor are joined by Amanda Redman and Hugh Dennis.

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

That Reminds Me

Series 3, Episode 5 - Warren Mitchell

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

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

The Diary Of A Nobody

Episode 4

A repeat of this 1977 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Doctor At Large

Doctor At Large

Episode 10 - Dr. Sparrow Of Harley Street

Mayhem ensues when Simon Sparrow goes to work at Sir Lancelot Spratt's rather posh practice.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Gaby's Talking Pictures. Image shows from L to R: Alistair McGowan, Gaby Roslin, Ronni Ancona. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Gaby's Talking Pictures

Series 2, Episode 1

Team captains John Thomson and Ellie Taylor are joined by Amanda Redman and Hugh Dennis.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm
45 min
BBC New Comedy Award. Copyright: BBC

BBC New Comedy Award

2019, Episode 6 - Semi Final 1

Mark Watson hosts the first of two semi-finals, as the nationwide search to find the best new stand-up talent in the UK continues.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
The John Moloney Show. John Moloney. Copyright: Dabster Productions

The John Moloney Show

Series 4, Episode 1 - Jeffrey, The Jack Russell

John welcomes a new member to the family, a Jack Russell named Jeffrey.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
TEZ Talks. Tez Ilyas. Copyright: BBC

TEZ Talks

Series 2, Episode 4 - Made in Britain

Tez talks about what it is like being both Muslim and British at the same time.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
Don't Start. Image shows from L to R: Kim (Katherine Parkinson), Neil (Frank Skinner). Copyright: Avalon Television

Don't Start

Series 3, Episode 2 - The Bath

Cardamom scented candles, kumquats and a debate over the virtues of shared bathing compared to shared showering occupy Neil and Kim.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Mark Steel Revolution. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

The Mark Steel Revolution

Episode 1 - The French Revolution

The radical comic turns his analytical mind to the guillotine and all things French.

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

That Reminds Me

Series 3, Episode 5 - Warren Mitchell

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

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

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 5

With Russell Kane in the Up-And-Comers, Phil Nichol in the Current Crop and Johnnie Casson in the Old Guard.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
The Attractive Young Rabbi

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Episode 3.1: The Eager Young Student: Mikhail discovers the downside of being a Jew.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
There Is No Escape. Andrew (Andrew Lawrence). Copyright: Steve Ullathorne

There Is No Escape

Episode 4

Andrew's girlfriend announces that she is pregnant, and Andrew has to face one of the biggest decisions of his life: should he stay or should he go?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Gaby's Talking Pictures. Image shows from L to R: Alistair McGowan, Gaby Roslin, Ronni Ancona. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Gaby's Talking Pictures

Series 2, Episode 1

Team captains John Thomson and Ellie Taylor are joined by Amanda Redman and Hugh Dennis.

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