Radio
Radio schedule Wednesday 1st January 2020
7am
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Electric Ink
Series 1, Episode 3Using Twitter as a source, Freddy inadvertently breaks a top story about the Treasury.
7:30am
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The Missing Hancocks
Series 5, Christmas Special - Christmas At AldershotTony is looking forward to Christmas - but then his call-up papers arrive. And as if that wasn't bad enough, his commanding officer turns out to be one Sidney James.
8am
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Hancock's Half Hour
Series 3, Episode 13 - Hancock's HairAnthony 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.
8:30am
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Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
Episode 2.1: Reshuffling Patron Saints and an Under Milk Wood spoof.
9am
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The Rest Is History
Series 2, Episode 1The guests for the opening episode of series two are Katy Brand and Pierre Novellie who discuss Hodge, the cat belonging to Doctor Samuel Pepys; Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton; and the Lyme Missal.
9:30am
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An Actor's Life For Me
Series 2, Episode 3 - Heart ThrobsRobert Wilson lands a romantic lead role, but will it all go to his head?
11am
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I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 42, Christmas Special - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas CarolA unique interpretation of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Humphrey Lyttelton stars as Ebenezer Scrumph, Colin Sell as his assistant Crotchet, and Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer as the three ghosts. Stephen Fry narrates, with guests Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Sandi Toksvig, Tony Hawks and Linda Smith making up the rest of the cast.
11:30am
(repeat)
11:30am30 min
Jeeves Live!
Series 4, Episode 1 - Indian Summer of An UncleBertie has to prevent an uncle from making a potentially embarrassing mistake.
12pm
(repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour
Series 3, Episode 13 - Hancock's HairAnthony 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.
12:30pm
(repeat)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
Episode 2.1: Reshuffling Patron Saints and an Under Milk Wood spoof.
4pm
(repeat)
The Rest Is History
Series 2, Episode 1The guests for the opening episode of series two are Katy Brand and Pierre Novellie who discuss Hodge, the cat belonging to Doctor Samuel Pepys; Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton; and the Lyme Missal.
4:30pm
(repeat)
An Actor's Life For Me
Series 2, Episode 3 - Heart ThrobsRobert Wilson lands a romantic lead role, but will it all go to his head?
5pm
(repeat)
Electric Ink
Series 1, Episode 3Using Twitter as a source, Freddy inadvertently breaks a top story about the Treasury.
5:30pm
(repeat)
The Missing Hancocks
Series 5, Christmas Special - Christmas At AldershotTony is looking forward to Christmas - but then his call-up papers arrive. And as if that wasn't bad enough, his commanding officer turns out to be one Sidney James.
6:30pm
(repeat)
Rob Brydon's Down Under Diary
Rob Brydon talks about his 2019 tour of Australia.
6:30pm30 min
The Missing Hancocks
Series 5, Episode 4 - The CounterfeiterTony is fed up with Bill Kerr spending all day in bed, and decides to find him a job. But with Sid James involved, things were always going to get complicated.
6:30pm
(repeat)
Palace Of Laughter
Series 1, Episode 5 - AlhambraGeoffrey Wheeler traces the history of the music hall, which was once the pride of London's Leicester Square. With Roy Hudd.
7pm
(repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour
Series 3, Episode 13 - Hancock's HairAnthony 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.
7:30pm
(repeat)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead
Episode 2.1: Reshuffling Patron Saints and an Under Milk Wood spoof.
9pm
(repeat)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 42, Christmas Special - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Christmas CarolA unique interpretation of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Humphrey Lyttelton stars as Ebenezer Scrumph, Colin Sell as his assistant Crotchet, and Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer as the three ghosts. Stephen Fry narrates, with guests Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Sandi Toksvig, Tony Hawks and Linda Smith making up the rest of the cast.
10pm120 min
Asian Network Comedy
2019 Specials, Highlights Special - 2019 Highlights Special, Part 2Harpz Kaur and Yasser present part two of the best of the Asian Network Comedy nights in 2019. Recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the show will highlight performances from some of the hottest comedy stars including Shazia Mirza, Eshaan Akbar and Sunil Patel.
10pm
(repeat)
The Missing Hancocks
Series 5, Christmas Special - Christmas At AldershotTony is looking forward to Christmas - but then his call-up papers arrive. And as if that wasn't bad enough, his commanding officer turns out to be one Sidney James.
10:30pm
(repeat)
The Lawrence Sweeney Mix
Series 1, Episode 1Jim and Josie explain the format of the show and ask the audience to shout out the titles for them.
11pm15 min
My Brilliant Life
Alistair McGowan stars as a host of famous people in this new comedy about a man who spends his life on the road, daydreaming about the brilliant life that he's never had.
11pm
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Clare In The Community
Series 6, Episode 5 - In The Dog HouseClare is entranced by a dog that follows her into work; Brian less so. However, the dog comes in useful when there's a bump in the night.
11:15pm
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Bunk Bed
Series 2, Episode 6Toe-curling accounts of professional blunders, the meaning of hackneyed, the sadness of Chas and Dave and Peter Curran's horror at his tally of 7,000 interviews.
11:30pm
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James Veitch's Contractual Obligation
Series 2, Episode 1 - MindfulnessMiraculously, BBC Radio 4 have commissioned James to make another three episodes. But, as ever, James lacks focus and application. Could mindfulness be the answer? James turns to renowned mindfulness expert Dr Sam Harris for help.
11:30pm
(repeat)
Absolute Power
Series 1, Episode 2 - Relaunch Of The SunPrentiss and McCabe attempt the relaunch of The Sun newspaper as the beacon of the pro-Euro movement while retaining the paper's traditional readership.
12:30am
(repeat)
Palace Of Laughter
Series 1, Episode 5 - AlhambraGeoffrey Wheeler traces the history of the music hall, which was once the pride of London's Leicester Square. With Roy Hudd.
4am
(repeat)
The Rest Is History
Series 2, Episode 1The guests for the opening episode of series two are Katy Brand and Pierre Novellie who discuss Hodge, the cat belonging to Doctor Samuel Pepys; Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton; and the Lyme Missal.
4:30am
(repeat)
An Actor's Life For Me
Series 2, Episode 3 - Heart ThrobsRobert Wilson lands a romantic lead role, but will it all go to his head?
5am
(repeat)
Electric Ink
Series 1, Episode 3Using Twitter as a source, Freddy inadvertently breaks a top story about the Treasury.
5:30am
(repeat)
The Missing Hancocks
Series 5, Christmas Special - Christmas At AldershotTony is looking forward to Christmas - but then his call-up papers arrive. And as if that wasn't bad enough, his commanding officer turns out to be one Sidney James.