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Radio schedule Wednesday 23rd October 2019

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Potting On. Pam Grant (Pam Ayres)

Potting On

Episode 5 - Flab

Pam notices their waistlines are getting bigger and challenges Gordon to a dieting competition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Quanderhorn. Image shows from L to R: Andrew Marshall, Rob Grant. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Quanderhorn

The Quanderhorn Xperimentations, Episode 6 - Dah dah dah dah dah dahh Dah dah dah dah dahhhh...

As the bagpiping bombers grow closer, our intrepid crew and their duplicates face the diabolical traps of the Alien ziggurat. With deadly consequences for Brian.

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 16 - The End Of The Series

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson presents his own versions of Dallas and Columbo, along with more piano bashing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
An Actor's Life For Me. Robert Wilson (John Gordon Sinclair). Copyright: BBC

An Actor's Life For Me

Series 1, Episode 6 - May The Farce Be With You

Robert is all set for a new West End stage romp, but the real farce occurs before the curtain rises.

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
The Country Girls

The Country Girls

The Lonely Girl, Episode 8

Kate realises that living with Eugene means putting up with his mother, his friends and constant comparisons to his ex-wife.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
God's Work. Rowan Atkinson. Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

God's Work

Episode 3

Rev. Bill Tinsey ends up on a date, Rev. Wilson Penn gets a visit from his mother, and Rev. Richard Crisp plans to meet some old friends.

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 16 - The End Of The Series

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson presents his own versions of Dallas and Columbo, along with more piano bashing.

Radio 4 2:15pm (repeat)
The Tragic History Of My Nose. Copyright: BBC

The Tragic History Of My Nose

Nikolai Gogol nurses his-long suffering nose as he works on a sequel to his satirical novel, Dead Souls. He meets two men who will help determine his fate and the fate of his new manuscript.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
An Actor's Life For Me. Robert Wilson (John Gordon Sinclair). Copyright: BBC

An Actor's Life For Me

Series 1, Episode 6 - May The Farce Be With You

Robert is all set for a new West End stage romp, but the real farce occurs before the curtain rises.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Potting On. Pam Grant (Pam Ayres)

Potting On

Episode 5 - Flab

Pam notices their waistlines are getting bigger and challenges Gordon to a dieting competition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Quanderhorn. Image shows from L to R: Andrew Marshall, Rob Grant. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Quanderhorn

The Quanderhorn Xperimentations, Episode 6 - Dah dah dah dah dah dahh Dah dah dah dah dahhhh...

As the bagpiping bombers grow closer, our intrepid crew and their duplicates face the diabolical traps of the Alien ziggurat. With deadly consequences for Brian.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Daliso Chaponda: Citizen Of Nowhere. Daliso Chaponda

Daliso Chaponda: Citizen Of Nowhere

Series 2, Episode 1 - Cultural Relativism

In this episode Daliso talks about cultural differences, exploring the complicated topic of cultural relativism and how it is more than just 'agreeing to disagree'.

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

That Reminds Me

Series 5, Episode 5 - Liz Fraser

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 16 - The End Of The Series

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson presents his own versions of Dallas and Columbo, along with more piano bashing.

Radio 4 7:45pm (repeat)
The Country Girls

The Country Girls

The Lonely Girl, Episode 8

Kate realises that living with Eugene means putting up with his mother, his friends and constant comparisons to his ex-wife.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Quanderhorn. Image shows from L to R: Andrew Marshall, Rob Grant. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Quanderhorn

The Quanderhorn Xperimentations, Episode 6 - Dah dah dah dah dah dahh Dah dah dah dah dahhhh...

As the bagpiping bombers grow closer, our intrepid crew and their duplicates face the diabolical traps of the Alien ziggurat. With deadly consequences for Brian.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Warhorses Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Marengo (Stephen Fry), Copenhagen (Daniel Rigby). Copyright: BBC

Warhorses Of Letters

Series 2, Episode 3

The opposing armies are on the march through Belgium, but our lovers face a more immediate challenge to their relationship as Marengo's stablemate Marcy turns out to be a stalking horse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
The John Moloney Show. John Moloney. Copyright: Dabster Productions

The John Moloney Show

Series 1, Episode 3

Featuring some one-liners, a story about the pub and a top tip to avoid trouble if you come home a little worse for wear.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Charlotte And Lillian. Image shows from L to R: Charlotte (Helen Monks), Lillian (Miriam Margolyes). Copyright: Giddy Goat Productions

Charlotte And Lillian

Series 2, Episode 3 - The Brotherhood

Charlotte is forced to intervene when Lillian becomes involved with a group from the local church with a suspicious agenda.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Recorded For Training Purposes. Copyright: BBC

Recorded For Training Purposes

Series 3, Episode 1

Sketches include the crime-solving architects; a deliberately annoying mobile phone handset; BackStory Factor, the talent show in which you need a sob story; a man who finds two actors are cheaper than a plasma TV; and introducing Jeff, a man who creates inappropriate voicemail greetings.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 1, Episode 4

Patrick Marber and Peter Curran find refuge from the hurly burly of life in a bunk bed late at night, where they talk through the darkness.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
What Does The K Stand For?. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC

What Does The K Stand For?

Series 3, Episode 2 - The Riot

The Amos household are caught up in the Brixton riot.

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

That Reminds Me

Series 5, Episode 5 - Liz Fraser

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
An Actor's Life For Me. Robert Wilson (John Gordon Sinclair). Copyright: BBC

An Actor's Life For Me

Series 1, Episode 6 - May The Farce Be With You

Robert is all set for a new West End stage romp, but the real farce occurs before the curtain rises.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Potting On. Pam Grant (Pam Ayres)

Potting On

Episode 5 - Flab

Pam notices their waistlines are getting bigger and challenges Gordon to a dieting competition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Quanderhorn. Image shows from L to R: Andrew Marshall, Rob Grant. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Quanderhorn

The Quanderhorn Xperimentations, Episode 6 - Dah dah dah dah dah dahh Dah dah dah dah dahhhh...

As the bagpiping bombers grow closer, our intrepid crew and their duplicates face the diabolical traps of the Alien ziggurat. With deadly consequences for Brian.

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