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Radio schedule Friday 19th June 2020

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Man At The Helm

Man At The Helm

Episode 1

Amanda Whittington's adaptation of Nina Stibbe's comic novel set in 1970s Leicestershire about the madcap schemes of three kids to find their recently divorced mum a new man.

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 5 - Edinburgh

It's the highlight of Douglas and Arthur's year - taking nice old boy Mr Birling on his annual day-trip to see the final Six Nations match, and get heroically sloshed. Martin, however, has difficulty working out what they see in him.

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

Something To Shout About

Episode 3.16: When Mavis gets a month-long transfer, her cousin Shirley steps into the breach.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Second Thoughts. Copyright: BBC

Second Thoughts

Sitcom about a couple whose relationship is the second major one in the life of each, and their battles with exes and children.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 1, Episode 3

Countdown's Susie Dent, writer Natalie Haynes and comedians Milton Jones and Jack Whitehall vie for supremacy in the panel game hosted by Gyles Brandreth.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
King Of Bath. Richard 'Beau' Nash (David Bamber). Copyright: BBC

King Of Bath

Episode 1 - By Any Other Name

Beau Nash generates woe with his farcical predilection for fanciful fabrications.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Sanjay (Omar Raza), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Alok (Susheel Kumar). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Series 9, Episode 1 - Hamster Gamut

Ramesh is delighted to find that the new Lenzie House Of Wax is proving a hit - stock has been flying off the shelves. But not everyone is happy with the number of visitors to the town.

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

Something To Shout About

Episode 3.16: When Mavis gets a month-long transfer, her cousin Shirley steps into the breach.

BBC Local Radio 12:30pm
8 min
Yasmeen Khan

Umbreen's Junction

Episode 4

Umbreen returns to meet her mentor Reece and is furious that he sent her to a hotel and not the services! She confides in him what the services mean to her. They bond over a shared past and face their grief. We end on knowing that Umbreen is moving on to a bright future.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Second Thoughts. Copyright: BBC

Second Thoughts

Sitcom about a couple whose relationship is the second major one in the life of each, and their battles with exes and children.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Mark Nelson

The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Series 5, Episode 6

Stephen Buchanan shares his holiday misadventures in Italy before lockdown, whilst fellow stand-up Jessica Fostekew falls in love in a different way in her mid thirties. Presenter and journalist Billy Sloan completes the line-up and recalls what should have been his biggest, happiest gig in-front of 10,000 music fans in Glasgow.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 1, Episode 3

Countdown's Susie Dent, writer Natalie Haynes and comedians Milton Jones and Jack Whitehall vie for supremacy in the panel game hosted by Gyles Brandreth.

Radio 4 2:15pm (repeat)
How Success Ruined Me. Image shows from L to R: Christopher Green, Roy Hudd. Copyright: BBC

How Success Ruined Me

Roy Hudd and Christopher Green celebrate the life of gay music hall icon Fred Barnes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
King Of Bath. Richard 'Beau' Nash (David Bamber). Copyright: BBC

King Of Bath

Episode 1 - By Any Other Name

Beau Nash generates woe with his farcical predilection for fanciful fabrications.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Man At The Helm

Man At The Helm

Episode 1

Amanda Whittington's adaptation of Nina Stibbe's comic novel set in 1970s Leicestershire about the madcap schemes of three kids to find their recently divorced mum a new man.

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 5 - Edinburgh

It's the highlight of Douglas and Arthur's year - taking nice old boy Mr Birling on his annual day-trip to see the final Six Nations match, and get heroically sloshed. Martin, however, has difficulty working out what they see in him.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Paradise Lost In Cyberspace. Copyright: BBC

Paradise Lost In Cyberspace

Episode 6: The future of the OAPs and the whole of civilisation hangs in the balance.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Dead Ringers. Image shows from L to R: Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson, Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey. Copyright: BBC

Dead Ringers

Series 20, Episode 2

Social bubbles, social distancing, Covid-19, R numbers, it's all a lot to comprehend, but the big questions for the team is how Michael Portillo will cope with wearing a mask on Great British Railway Journeys? There's a special guest appearance alongside Bad Boris: Bad Winston Churchill, and Priti Patel introduces her new head of Track And Trace.

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

Something To Shout About

Episode 3.16: When Mavis gets a month-long transfer, her cousin Shirley steps into the breach.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Second Thoughts. Copyright: BBC

Second Thoughts

Sitcom about a couple whose relationship is the second major one in the life of each, and their battles with exes and children.

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 5 - Edinburgh

It's the highlight of Douglas and Arthur's year - taking nice old boy Mr Birling on his annual day-trip to see the final Six Nations match, and get heroically sloshed. Martin, however, has difficulty working out what they see in him.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
What Does The K Stand For?. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC

What Does The K Stand For?

Series 1, Episode 2 - My Mum Is Shirley Bassey

Stephen traces his ability to spin a yarn back to an incident with his mum and the school fete.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
I've Never Seen Star Wars. Marcus Brigstocke. Copyright: BBC

I've Never Seen Star Wars

Series 3, Episode 3 - Jenny Eclair

Marcus Brigstocke asks Jenny Eclair to listen to Charlie Parker and have a bikini wax.

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

The Hudson And Pepperdine Show

Episode 3.4, Alternative Therapies: Gurus, spirit guides and a sweat lodge ritual - Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine plunge into new age therapies.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
Paradise Lost In Cyberspace. Copyright: BBC

Paradise Lost In Cyberspace

Episode 6: The future of the OAPs and the whole of civilisation hangs in the balance.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 1, Episode 3

Countdown's Susie Dent, writer Natalie Haynes and comedians Milton Jones and Jack Whitehall vie for supremacy in the panel game hosted by Gyles Brandreth.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
King Of Bath. Richard 'Beau' Nash (David Bamber). Copyright: BBC

King Of Bath

Episode 1 - By Any Other Name

Beau Nash generates woe with his farcical predilection for fanciful fabrications.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Man At The Helm

Man At The Helm

Episode 1

Amanda Whittington's adaptation of Nina Stibbe's comic novel set in 1970s Leicestershire about the madcap schemes of three kids to find their recently divorced mum a new man.

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 5 - Edinburgh

It's the highlight of Douglas and Arthur's year - taking nice old boy Mr Birling on his annual day-trip to see the final Six Nations match, and get heroically sloshed. Martin, however, has difficulty working out what they see in him.

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