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Radio schedule Wednesday 11th 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 6 - When a Man Loves a Woman

Carol receives an unexpected visit from Ken. He knows George's secret and thinks that Carol could do with the attention of a "real" man. Unfortunately, whilst in the throes of passion with Ken, George is getting beaten up by thugs and the guilt leads Carol to the brink of despair. Can she even accept that her husband wants to wear floral two-pieces?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
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 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 2 - The Jewel Robbery

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

Cissie Braithwaite instructs Ada Shufflebotham on the ballet.

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

Mind Your Own Business!

Episode 6, The Premature Berth: Tycoon Jimmy's lavish new yacht infuriates his head of finance.

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
The Country Girls

The Country Girls

Girls In Their Married Bliss, Episode 3

Baba embarks upon a liaison with a drummer, whilst Kate finds being separated from her child unbearable.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Lemn Sissay

Lemn Sissay's Social Enterprise

Episode 3

This time, he explores what charity means when it comes to presents.

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 2 - The Jewel Robbery

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

Cissie Braithwaite instructs Ada Shufflebotham on the ballet.

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

Mind Your Own Business!

Episode 6, The Premature Berth: Tycoon Jimmy's lavish new yacht infuriates his head of finance.

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

The Change

Series 1, Episode 6 - When a Man Loves a Woman

Carol receives an unexpected visit from Ken. He knows George's secret and thinks that Carol could do with the attention of a "real" man. Unfortunately, whilst in the throes of passion with Ken, George is getting beaten up by thugs and the guilt leads Carol to the brink of despair. Can she even accept that her husband wants to wear floral two-pieces?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
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.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Susan Calman

Susan Calman Makes Me Happy

Episode 4 - Animals

This week, aided and abetted by her studio audience and her wife Lee, Susan waxes lyrical about her love for animals. She may have previously mentioned (once or twice) that she's quite partial to cats, but her affections aren't limited to the feline world. From the dogs in her local park, via the birds that visit her garden, to grumpy Icelandic Ponies (well, sort of), Susan adores them all.

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

Palace Of Laughter

Series 1, Episode 2 - Glasgow Pavilion Theatre

Geoffrey Wheeler presents an affectionate portrait of one of Scotland's last variety venues which, legend has it, is haunted.

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 2 - The Jewel Robbery

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

Cissie Braithwaite instructs Ada Shufflebotham on the ballet.

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

Arthur Smith's Balham Bash

Series 2, Episode 2

Arthur Smith invites an audience into his home for music and comedy, with Miles Jupp, Tom Wrigglesworth, Elvis McGonagall and Paloma Faith.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 4, Episode 1

Patrick Marber and Peter Curran wonder what services were on offer after hearing rare archive of H. G Wells admitting that he used to earn his living as 'a prostitute', grapple with one of the most ferociously bad pop singles of all time - Cinderella Rockerfella - and get to the heart of the British aristocracy's perverse attitude to dogs. The unlikely bedfellows also deal with the emotional scars left by seeing a father wearing trousers made from horizontal corduroy.

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

Clare In The Community

Series 6, Episode 2 - Luck Of The Irish

Clare is delighted to find she has an Irish ancestor.

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

The Consultants

Episode 4.5: James takes a sailor for a night at the opera, Neil abuses a clock, and Justin attempts to fit a morris dancer inside a bin.

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

Palace Of Laughter

Series 1, Episode 2 - Glasgow Pavilion Theatre

Geoffrey Wheeler presents an affectionate portrait of one of Scotland's last variety venues which, legend has it, is haunted.

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

Mind Your Own Business!

Episode 6, The Premature Berth: Tycoon Jimmy's lavish new yacht infuriates his head of finance.

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

The Change

Series 1, Episode 6 - When a Man Loves a Woman

Carol receives an unexpected visit from Ken. He knows George's secret and thinks that Carol could do with the attention of a "real" man. Unfortunately, whilst in the throes of passion with Ken, George is getting beaten up by thugs and the guilt leads Carol to the brink of despair. Can she even accept that her husband wants to wear floral two-pieces?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
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.

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