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Radio schedule Wednesday 11th September 2019

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Meera Syal

The World As We Know It

Episode 5, The Murderer Is in This Very Room: Comedy, with Meera Syal. The last people on earth play a murder mystery game - organised by The Stranger.

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 6

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

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 6 - The New Car

Embarrassed at being the only celebrity in the country without a car, Bill suggests Tony visit Sid. Tony settles on a new arrival, but they've not been out driving long before realising it's a stolen police car! Things get worse when an escaped convict chances upon them.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson with more stylish piano playing and the tale of a man so thin, he was once used as a dipstick.

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

The Rest Is History

Series 1, Episode 4

With David Baddiel, Emma Kennedy and historian-in-residence Dr Kate Williams.

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

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Episode 3.6, A Very Nice Girl: As Abraham struggles after his collapse, Su meets a hospital doctor.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Between Ourselves With Marian Keyes. Image shows from L to R: Marian Keyes, Tara Flynn. Copyright: Giddy Goat Productions

Between Ourselves With Marian Keyes

Series 1, Episode 1 - Ireland And The Irish

This week's theme is Ireland and the Irish. Alongside the craic, Marian reads Passport Out Of Here and Do You Know The Bus Stop In Kilkenny? from her collection Under The Duvet.

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 6 - The New Car

Embarrassed at being the only celebrity in the country without a car, Bill suggests Tony visit Sid. Tony settles on a new arrival, but they've not been out driving long before realising it's a stolen police car! Things get worse when an escaped convict chances upon them.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson with more stylish piano playing and the tale of a man so thin, he was once used as a dipstick.

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

The Rest Is History

Series 1, Episode 4

With David Baddiel, Emma Kennedy and historian-in-residence Dr Kate Williams.

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

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Episode 3.6, A Very Nice Girl: As Abraham struggles after his collapse, Su meets a hospital doctor.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Meera Syal

The World As We Know It

Episode 5, The Murderer Is in This Very Room: Comedy, with Meera Syal. The last people on earth play a murder mystery game - organised by The Stranger.

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 6

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards!. Copyright: BBC

Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards!

Episode 3

The dragon attacks continue, until a young prince ends them. But is Captain Vimes right to remain suspicious?

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Quanderhorn. Image shows from L to R: Andrew Marshall, Rob Grant. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Quanderhorn

The Quanderhorn Xperimentations, Episode 1 - It's Eating My Face

Brian Nylon awakes with no memory to find time behaving very oddly. Is the mysterious genius Professor Quanderhorn behind it? And what is that Martian doing?

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

That Reminds Me

Series 4, Episode 5 - Peter Sallis

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 6 - The New Car

Embarrassed at being the only celebrity in the country without a car, Bill suggests Tony visit Sid. Tony settles on a new arrival, but they've not been out driving long before realising it's a stolen police car! Things get worse when an escaped convict chances upon them.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson with more stylish piano playing and the tale of a man so thin, he was once used as a dipstick.

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 6

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

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

The Problem With Adam Bloom

Series 2, Episode 3 - Insecurity

You should talk about your problems - after all, a problem shared is a problem halved. Unless you've got a trust phobia, in which case it opens a whole other can of worms. With Stefano Paolini.

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

Sounding Off With McGough

Episode 3

Roger McGough's poetic reflections on 'the meaning of life'.

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 2

In this episode, the gems include a lost verse from Brave Sir Robin and an all new King Arthur Song. Also, Terry Jones remembers what it was like filming The Holy Grail at Doune Castle.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Jason Byrne Show. Jason Byrne. Copyright: BBC

The Jason Byrne Show

Series 3, Episode 1 - Relationships

Pondering the wonderful world of relationships, Jason asks: would you describe your marriage as a Halley's Comet of a partnership or is it more like parallel trains?; if you could build your partner, what would they sound like?; and, if proposed to in a pub, would you say no?

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

TEZ Talks

Series 3, Episode 5 - What Are You Looking At?

Tez talks about confrontations and awkward situations he has found himself in.

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

The Mark Steel Revolution

Episode 6 - The Evolution Of Man

The radical comedian reassesses Darwin's description of the development of life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards!. Copyright: BBC

Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards!

Episode 3

The dragon attacks continue, until a young prince ends them. But is Captain Vimes right to remain suspicious?

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

That Reminds Me

Series 4, Episode 5 - Peter Sallis

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 4

With David Baddiel, Emma Kennedy and historian-in-residence Dr Kate Williams.

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

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Episode 3.6, A Very Nice Girl: As Abraham struggles after his collapse, Su meets a hospital doctor.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Meera Syal

The World As We Know It

Episode 5, The Murderer Is in This Very Room: Comedy, with Meera Syal. The last people on earth play a murder mystery game - organised by The Stranger.

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 6

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

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