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Radio schedule Friday 22nd May 2020

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6am (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 5, A Marriage of Convenience: Agatha and James go undercover as a married couple to investigate the murder of a militant rambler, but it proves to be a marriage made in hell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Miracles R Us. Image shows from L to R: Sylvia (Anna Massey), Caroline (Deborah Findlay). Copyright: BBC

Miracles R Us

Episode 1 - Flux

Two diverse women run a service together, MiraclesRUs, offering to fulfil whatever domestic task might arise that any hard-pressed modern household might want to delegate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Cabin Pressure. Image shows from L to R: Arthur (John Finnemore), Douglas (Roger Allam), Carolyn (Stephanie Cole), Martin (Benedict Cumberbatch). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Cabin Pressure

Series 1, Episode 1 - Abu Dhabi

The town of Bristol, a cat and a thermostat combine to present Martin with a career-breaking crisis. A flight to the Middle East is complicated by Carolyn's new economy drive; Martin's insistence that Douglas call him 'Sir'; and Arthur's refusal to believe that anyone actually knows how a plane stays in the air.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Something To Shout About. Copyright: BBC

Something To Shout About

Episode 3.9: The advertising team are asked to create a status-building campaign for toe ointment.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Never Too Late

Never Too Late

Episode 2, Down Memory Lane: Hilda's senior-citizen holiday sees man-mad Mildred heading to a nostalgic destination.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Sleeping

Dry Slopes

Episode 2.1, Emma: Jobless and loveless Angus is frustrated by the barriers of technology while trying to rekindle a relationship.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Something To Shout About. Copyright: BBC

Something To Shout About

Episode 3.9: The advertising team are asked to create a status-building campaign for toe ointment.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Never Too Late

Never Too Late

Episode 2, Down Memory Lane: Hilda's senior-citizen holiday sees man-mad Mildred heading to a nostalgic destination.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 5, A Marriage of Convenience: Agatha and James go undercover as a married couple to investigate the murder of a militant rambler, but it proves to be a marriage made in hell.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Mark Nelson

The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Series 5, Episode 2

Joining Mark remotely are Jo Caulfield who has found an innovative way of keeping fit at home, Ben Verth who looks back at Scotland from his new home of Dublin, and BBC Radio Scotland presenter and rugby legend John Beattie shares some truly awful stories you won't believe could happen to such a charming man.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Sleeping

Dry Slopes

Episode 2.1, Emma: Jobless and loveless Angus is frustrated by the barriers of technology while trying to rekindle a relationship.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Miracles R Us. Image shows from L to R: Sylvia (Anna Massey), Caroline (Deborah Findlay). Copyright: BBC

Miracles R Us

Episode 1 - Flux

Two diverse women run a service together, MiraclesRUs, offering to fulfil whatever domestic task might arise that any hard-pressed modern household might want to delegate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Cabin Pressure. Image shows from L to R: Arthur (John Finnemore), Douglas (Roger Allam), Carolyn (Stephanie Cole), Martin (Benedict Cumberbatch). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Cabin Pressure

Series 1, Episode 1 - Abu Dhabi

The town of Bristol, a cat and a thermostat combine to present Martin with a career-breaking crisis. A flight to the Middle East is complicated by Carolyn's new economy drive; Martin's insistence that Douglas call him 'Sir'; and Arthur's refusal to believe that anyone actually knows how a plane stays in the air.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The News Quiz. Angela Barnes

The News Quiz

Series 102, Episode 6

Helen Lewis, Darren Harriott, Daniel Finkelstein and Jess Fostekew join host Angela Barnes for the topical comedy panel game, featuring cryptic questions, acerbic satire and humorous cuttings sent in by listeners.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Something To Shout About. Copyright: BBC

Something To Shout About

Episode 3.9: The advertising team are asked to create a status-building campaign for toe ointment.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Never Too Late

Never Too Late

Episode 2, Down Memory Lane: Hilda's senior-citizen holiday sees man-mad Mildred heading to a nostalgic destination.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 5, A Marriage of Convenience: Agatha and James go undercover as a married couple to investigate the murder of a militant rambler, but it proves to be a marriage made in hell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Cabin Pressure. Image shows from L to R: Arthur (John Finnemore), Douglas (Roger Allam), Carolyn (Stephanie Cole), Martin (Benedict Cumberbatch). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Cabin Pressure

Series 1, Episode 1 - Abu Dhabi

The town of Bristol, a cat and a thermostat combine to present Martin with a career-breaking crisis. A flight to the Middle East is complicated by Carolyn's new economy drive; Martin's insistence that Douglas call him 'Sir'; and Arthur's refusal to believe that anyone actually knows how a plane stays in the air.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Paperback Hell

Episode 2.4, Stop the Dodgems, I Want to Throw Up: Not-entirely-true account of the 1960s criminal underworld. Read by Jack "Sunglasses" Ramsey.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Steven Appleby's Normal Life

Steven Appleby's Normal Life

Episode , Normal Science: The cartoonist explores science's potential to render the natural world and all that lives in it redundant.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Inside Alan Francis. Alan (Alan Francis)

Inside Alan Francis

Episode 3

Alan and Jane are due to meet at the solicitors but Alan is having a bit of trouble getting there on time.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Dave Podmore. Dave 'Pod' Podmore (Christopher Douglas)

Dave Podmore

Dave Podmore's Cricket Fix, Episode 3

Dave's private life takes a turn for the worse, while going on tour overseas proves somewhat chaotic.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 5, A Marriage of Convenience: Agatha and James go undercover as a married couple to investigate the murder of a militant rambler, but it proves to be a marriage made in hell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Sleeping

Dry Slopes

Episode 2.1, Emma: Jobless and loveless Angus is frustrated by the barriers of technology while trying to rekindle a relationship.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Miracles R Us. Image shows from L to R: Sylvia (Anna Massey), Caroline (Deborah Findlay). Copyright: BBC

Miracles R Us

Episode 1 - Flux

Two diverse women run a service together, MiraclesRUs, offering to fulfil whatever domestic task might arise that any hard-pressed modern household might want to delegate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Cabin Pressure. Image shows from L to R: Arthur (John Finnemore), Douglas (Roger Allam), Carolyn (Stephanie Cole), Martin (Benedict Cumberbatch). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Cabin Pressure

Series 1, Episode 1 - Abu Dhabi

The town of Bristol, a cat and a thermostat combine to present Martin with a career-breaking crisis. A flight to the Middle East is complicated by Carolyn's new economy drive; Martin's insistence that Douglas call him 'Sir'; and Arthur's refusal to believe that anyone actually knows how a plane stays in the air.

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