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Radio schedule Wednesday 4th December 2019

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
The Change. Image shows left to right: Carol (Lynda Bellingham), George (Christopher Ellison)

The Change

Series 1, Episode 5 - Lipstick on Your Collar

Carol's attempts at keeping George's little hobby a secret are thwarted when they bump into Maureen in what they thought was a safe pub. George arrives from his meeting still dressed as a woman and so Carol tries to pass him off as George's sister. Who is she trying to kid?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Susan Calman

Susan Calman Makes Me Happy

Episode 2 - Television

This week, aided and abetted by her studio audience and her wife, Lee, Susan presents a love letter to the gogglebox. From the enormous rented behemoth of her childhood through to the modern day box-set you can watch on your phone anywhere you like, television has been an ever-present comfort and teacher for her.

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 3, Episode 1 - The Pet Dog

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's line-up including snobby Cissie Braithwaite instructing Ada Shufflebotham on the etiquette of fox hunting.

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

Many A Slip

Roy Plomley chairs as Eleanor Summerfield, Gillian Reynolds, David Nixon and Tim Rice compete to spot the mistakes in the error-strewn quiz.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Mind Your Own Business!

Mind Your Own Business!

Episode 5, Two Fingers of Suspicion: A secret defence project is leaked.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Lemn Sissay

Lemn Sissay's Social Enterprise

Episode 2

This week, Lemn he explores the idea of food - with the help of Garry Lemnon, the Policy Director of the charity The Trussell Trust, and comedians Alexander Bennett and Dan Cardwell.

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 3, Episode 1 - The Pet Dog

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's line-up including snobby Cissie Braithwaite instructing Ada Shufflebotham on the etiquette of fox hunting.

Radio 4 2:15pm (repeat)
Curious Under The Stars. Copyright: BBC

Curious Under The Stars

Series 3, Episode 1 - The Arrivals

Gareth and Diane's baby arrives early on the 302 bus into town, but that's not the only new arrival about to land in Glan Don.

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

Many A Slip

Roy Plomley chairs as Eleanor Summerfield, Gillian Reynolds, David Nixon and Tim Rice compete to spot the mistakes in the error-strewn quiz.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Mind Your Own Business!

Mind Your Own Business!

Episode 5, Two Fingers of Suspicion: A secret defence project is leaked.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
The Change. Image shows left to right: Carol (Lynda Bellingham), George (Christopher Ellison)

The Change

Series 1, Episode 5 - Lipstick on Your Collar

Carol's attempts at keeping George's little hobby a secret are thwarted when they bump into Maureen in what they thought was a safe pub. George arrives from his meeting still dressed as a woman and so Carol tries to pass him off as George's sister. Who is she trying to kid?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Susan Calman

Susan Calman Makes Me Happy

Episode 2 - Television

This week, aided and abetted by her studio audience and her wife, Lee, Susan presents a love letter to the gogglebox. From the enormous rented behemoth of her childhood through to the modern day box-set you can watch on your phone anywhere you like, television has been an ever-present comfort and teacher for her.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Susan Calman

Susan Calman Makes Me Happy

Episode 3 - Food and Drink

This week, aided and abetted by her studio audience and her wife Lee, Susan investigates food and drink, looking at its emotional importance above and beyond mere sustenance and pondering why a bad meal can ruin an entire day.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Palace Of Laughter. Copyright: BBC

Palace Of Laughter

Series 1, Episode 1 - London Windmill

Geoffrey Wheeler explores the venue famed for its nude tableaux and known as the 'comics' graveyard'.

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 3, Episode 1 - The Pet Dog

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's line-up including snobby Cissie Braithwaite instructing Ada Shufflebotham on the etiquette of fox hunting.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Susan Calman

Susan Calman Makes Me Happy

Episode 2 - Television

This week, aided and abetted by her studio audience and her wife, Lee, Susan presents a love letter to the gogglebox. From the enormous rented behemoth of her childhood through to the modern day box-set you can watch on your phone anywhere you like, television has been an ever-present comfort and teacher for her.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Arthur Smith's Balham Bash. Arthur Smith. Copyright: BBC

Arthur Smith's Balham Bash

Series 2, Episode 1

In the first of the new series, Arthur Smith's guests are John Hegley, Andrew Lawrence and Scouting For Girls, with a special appearance from Mrs Barbara Nice.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 4, Episode 2

Patrick Marber and Peter Curran's critically acclaimed talk through the darkness returns.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC

Clare In The Community

Series 6, Episode 1 - Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire

Clare is now acting team leader as Irene has job swapped. And while Irene is in Melbourne the team are joined by her Aussie counterpart Libby.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Consultants

The Consultants

Episode 4.4: A glimpse into the mysterious world of the Grumbles Club, a secret society to which only the finest gentlemen are admitted.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
Palace Of Laughter. Copyright: BBC

Palace Of Laughter

Series 1, Episode 1 - London Windmill

Geoffrey Wheeler explores the venue famed for its nude tableaux and known as the 'comics' graveyard'.

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

Many A Slip

Roy Plomley chairs as Eleanor Summerfield, Gillian Reynolds, David Nixon and Tim Rice compete to spot the mistakes in the error-strewn quiz.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Mind Your Own Business!

Mind Your Own Business!

Episode 5, Two Fingers of Suspicion: A secret defence project is leaked.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
The Change. Image shows left to right: Carol (Lynda Bellingham), George (Christopher Ellison)

The Change

Series 1, Episode 5 - Lipstick on Your Collar

Carol's attempts at keeping George's little hobby a secret are thwarted when they bump into Maureen in what they thought was a safe pub. George arrives from his meeting still dressed as a woman and so Carol tries to pass him off as George's sister. Who is she trying to kid?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Susan Calman

Susan Calman Makes Me Happy

Episode 2 - Television

This week, aided and abetted by her studio audience and her wife, Lee, Susan presents a love letter to the gogglebox. From the enormous rented behemoth of her childhood through to the modern day box-set you can watch on your phone anywhere you like, television has been an ever-present comfort and teacher for her.

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