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Radio schedule Wednesday 4th September 2019

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Meera Syal

The World As We Know It

Episode 4, Around the World in 80 Hours: Donna, Johnny, Patrick and Abigail take a bank holiday trip.

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 5

Gaby Roslin is joined by Susan Calman and Samantha Spiro.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Boxing Champion

Ordered to lose weight by his doctor, Hancock vists Sid's Gym - where he unexpectedly floors Sid's champion fighter, Punchy. Unfortunately, this leaves open a spot in a very important fight, and it seems that Tub must fill it...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Listen To Les

Listen To Les

Les Dawson presents a duck appeal, Cissie and Ada talk mothers - plus a piano sing-along.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The Rest Is History. Copyright: Avalon Television

The Rest Is History

Series 1, Episode 3

With historian-in-residence Dr Kate Williams, plus guests Katy Brand and John Lloyd.

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

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Episode 3.5, Mixed Fortunes: Abraham pulls off a coup, but Su is not quite so lucky.

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
Frances Tomelty

How Does That Make You Feel?

Series 11, Episode 3

Caroline is mildy relieved that her husband has finally quite the house for good. But though motivational and dietary blog is going well she is feeling a gap in her life; a gap which she feels might be filled by the romantically named Sir Kier Starmer QC.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
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

Episode 1 - An Ending

We're back with the family for a final episode, and an ending, of sorts.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Boxing Champion

Ordered to lose weight by his doctor, Hancock vists Sid's Gym - where he unexpectedly floors Sid's champion fighter, Punchy. Unfortunately, this leaves open a spot in a very important fight, and it seems that Tub must fill it...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Listen To Les

Listen To Les

Les Dawson presents a duck appeal, Cissie and Ada talk mothers - plus a piano sing-along.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
The Rest Is History. Copyright: Avalon Television

The Rest Is History

Series 1, Episode 3

With historian-in-residence Dr Kate Williams, plus guests Katy Brand and John Lloyd.

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

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Episode 3.5, Mixed Fortunes: Abraham pulls off a coup, but Su is not quite so lucky.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Meera Syal

The World As We Know It

Episode 4, Around the World in 80 Hours: Donna, Johnny, Patrick and Abigail take a bank holiday trip.

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 5

Gaby Roslin is joined by Susan Calman and Samantha Spiro.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
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 6

Gaby Roslin is joined by Anton Du Beke and Lucy Porter.

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

That Reminds Me

Series 4, Episode 4 - Pam Ayres

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Boxing Champion

Ordered to lose weight by his doctor, Hancock vists Sid's Gym - where he unexpectedly floors Sid's champion fighter, Punchy. Unfortunately, this leaves open a spot in a very important fight, and it seems that Tub must fill it...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Listen To Les

Listen To Les

Les Dawson presents a duck appeal, Cissie and Ada talk mothers - plus a piano sing-along.

Radio 4 7:45pm (repeat)
Frances Tomelty

How Does That Make You Feel?

Series 11, Episode 3

Caroline is mildy relieved that her husband has finally quite the house for good. But though motivational and dietary blog is going well she is feeling a gap in her life; a gap which she feels might be filled by the romantically named Sir Kier Starmer QC.

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 5

Gaby Roslin is joined by Susan Calman and Samantha Spiro.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Problem With Adam Bloom. Adam Bloom. Copyright: BBC

The Problem With Adam Bloom

Series 2, Episode 2 - Edinburgh

Adam Bloom has taken a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the last eight years. This is a retrospective in 15 minutes. With Alistair McGowan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Roger McGough

Sounding Off With McGough

Episode 2

Roger McGough's poetic reflections on the inhabitants of the world.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Monty Python's Flying Circus. Image shows from L to R: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam. Copyright: BBC

Monty Python At 50: The Self-Abasement Tapes

Episode 1

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Monty Python, Michael Palin hunts down lost Python sketches. This programme contains rare material never heard before on UK radio, or anywhere else - including the infamous Fat Ignorant Bastards sketch and a Country & Western version of Terry Jones's I'm So Worried.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Boswell's Lives. Image shows from L to R: Alan Bennett (Alistair McGowan), Karl Marx (Julian Rhind-Tutt), James Boswell (Miles Jupp), Muhammad Ali (Lenny Henry), Madonna (Debra Stephenson). Copyright: BBC

Boswell's Lives

Series 2, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Bennett

Boswell attempts to locate the cream cracker under the settee of Mr Alan Bennett (Alistair McGowan).

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

TEZ Talks

Series 3, Episode 4 - The Elephant In The Room

Tez talks about people's attitudes towards animals.

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

The Mark Steel Revolution

Episode 5 - The American Civil War

The radical comedian asks if the battling was part of a revolution.

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

That Reminds Me

Series 4, Episode 4 - Pam Ayres

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
The Rest Is History. Copyright: Avalon Television

The Rest Is History

Series 1, Episode 3

With historian-in-residence Dr Kate Williams, plus guests Katy Brand and John Lloyd.

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

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Episode 3.5, Mixed Fortunes: Abraham pulls off a coup, but Su is not quite so lucky.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Meera Syal

The World As We Know It

Episode 4, Around the World in 80 Hours: Donna, Johnny, Patrick and Abigail take a bank holiday trip.

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 5

Gaby Roslin is joined by Susan Calman and Samantha Spiro.

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