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Radio schedule Wednesday 3rd June 2020

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC

Clare In The Community

Series 8, Episode 1 - Hot Desk

Social Worker Clare Barker and her colleagues have to move offices and embrace hot desking. All this while Clare has a new student to wet nurse. Meanwhile, Brian is struggling to keep control in the classroom.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Quanderhorn. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Quanderhorn

Quanderhorn 2, Episode 5 - Am I actually the other half of Gemma Emma Emma?

The Martians capture Quanderhorn's weapon-melting ray and activate it, leaving the Earth defenceless to the Invasion Fleet.

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 4, Episode 20 - The Last Of The McHancocks

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)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Series 1, Episode 1 - New Year, Old Problems

It's the beginning of a new school term and Izzy is dreading it. Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Rent. Copyright: BBC

Rent

Series 1, Episode 1

Maria and Richard have a happy marriage, no children, but their house is falling down. It looks like there's only one thing for it - they'll have to start taking in lodgers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11am (repeat)
Rik Mayall

Rik Mayall on Radio

John Lloyd explores the fascinating radio contributions of the actor and comedian Rik Mayall to reveal a remarkable and eclectic mix of programmes and archives. Revised repeat from 2018.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile. Image shows from L to R: David Suchet, Michael Frayn, Susannah Fielding, Martin Jarvis. Copyright: Jarvis and Ayres Productions

Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile

Episode 4

Comedic monologues and dialogues from the mind of Michael Frayn, featuring thunderous reports from Olympus about a surprising reshuffle of the Pantheon, and a new version of the Ten Commandments.

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 4, Episode 20 - The Last Of The McHancocks

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)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Series 1, Episode 1 - New Year, Old Problems

It's the beginning of a new school term and Izzy is dreading it. Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Rent. Copyright: BBC

Rent

Series 1, Episode 1

Maria and Richard have a happy marriage, no children, but their house is falling down. It looks like there's only one thing for it - they'll have to start taking in lodgers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Rik Mayall

Rik Mayall on Radio

John Lloyd explores the fascinating radio contributions of the actor and comedian Rik Mayall to reveal a remarkable and eclectic mix of programmes and archives. Revised repeat from 2018.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC

Clare In The Community

Series 8, Episode 1 - Hot Desk

Social Worker Clare Barker and her colleagues have to move offices and embrace hot desking. All this while Clare has a new student to wet nurse. Meanwhile, Brian is struggling to keep control in the classroom.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Quanderhorn. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Quanderhorn

Quanderhorn 2, Episode 5 - Am I actually the other half of Gemma Emma Emma?

The Martians capture Quanderhorn's weapon-melting ray and activate it, leaving the Earth defenceless to the Invasion Fleet.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Quanderhorn. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Quanderhorn

Quanderhorn 2, Episode 6 - I Heregy Thind You Gulky

Quanderhorn is tried for treason by Churchill, and sentenced to death. Guuuurk rejoins the team, and they race to the rescue in a hijacked Martian tripod.

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 4, Episode 20 - The Last Of The McHancocks

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)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Series 1, Episode 1 - New Year, Old Problems

It's the beginning of a new school term and Izzy is dreading it. Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9pm (repeat)
Rik Mayall

Rik Mayall on Radio

John Lloyd explores the fascinating radio contributions of the actor and comedian Rik Mayall to reveal a remarkable and eclectic mix of programmes and archives. Revised repeat from 2018.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Quanderhorn. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Quanderhorn

Quanderhorn 2, Episode 5 - Am I actually the other half of Gemma Emma Emma?

The Martians capture Quanderhorn's weapon-melting ray and activate it, leaving the Earth defenceless to the Invasion Fleet.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm
60 min
What's Funny About.... Image shows from L to R: Jon Plowman, Peter Fincham

What's Funny About...

Series 1, Episode 4 - Blackadder

Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to John Lloyd and Sir Tony Robinson about the making of the comic historic saga. They discuss the endless problems they had when making the first series ("the show that looked a million dollars and cost a million pounds"), and the importance of failure. They also open up about the tensions amongst the team, the "ladder of stupidity" in Blackadder's world, and the real story behind that famous final scene.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Where To, Mate?

Where To, Mate?

Series 1, Episode 4 - "...twelve ceramic owls..."

Ben is doing his best to resist the advances of an overly flirtatious passenger and Bernie and Milton continue their friendship as they they reflect on whether it is right to take a an old lady's ceramic owls.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
John Sessions

Six Degrees Of John Sessions

Episode 4

Actor, writer, raconteur and impressionist John Sessions mixes showbiz stories, intriguing history, extraordinary impressions and fabulous one-liners - all linked to and from him.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Arthur Smith's Balham Bash. Arthur Smith. Copyright: BBC

Arthur Smith's Balham Bash

Series 3, Episode 4

Arthur Smith presents music and comedy from his home in South London with Billy Jenkins, Kevin Eldon, Imran Yusuf and Kate Fox.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Rent. Copyright: BBC

Rent

Series 1, Episode 1

Maria and Richard have a happy marriage, no children, but their house is falling down. It looks like there's only one thing for it - they'll have to start taking in lodgers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Rik Mayall

Rik Mayall on Radio

John Lloyd explores the fascinating radio contributions of the actor and comedian Rik Mayall to reveal a remarkable and eclectic mix of programmes and archives. Revised repeat from 2018.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC

Clare In The Community

Series 8, Episode 1 - Hot Desk

Social Worker Clare Barker and her colleagues have to move offices and embrace hot desking. All this while Clare has a new student to wet nurse. Meanwhile, Brian is struggling to keep control in the classroom.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Quanderhorn. Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Quanderhorn

Quanderhorn 2, Episode 5 - Am I actually the other half of Gemma Emma Emma?

The Martians capture Quanderhorn's weapon-melting ray and activate it, leaving the Earth defenceless to the Invasion Fleet.

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