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Radio schedule Wednesday 23rd September 2020

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

Clare In The Community

Series 9, Episode 5 - Panic Room

Clare is forced to confront an old phobia after a regular home visit takes an unusual turn. Fortunately, Helen is on hand to help.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Phil Ellis Is Trying. Image shows from L to R: Lolly (Lolly Adefope), Phil (Phil Ellis), Johnny (Johnny Vegas). Copyright: BBC

Phil Ellis Is Trying

Series 3, Episode 2 - Prison Break

Phil and Polly visit HMP Parbold as part of the annual 'Bring Your Family To Prison' 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 5, Episode 16 - The Junk Man

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 2, Episode 3 - A Soft-Hearted Little Thing

More tangles in Izzy's love life, when she and Dick head to dinner with Charles.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Dilemma. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Dilemma

Series 2, Episode 1

Paul Sinha struggles with his sporting loyalties; poet Lemn Sissay experiences Something New; actor and comic Margaret Cabourn-Smith faces up to some poor parenting; and Graeme Garden contemplates life without one of his favourite Aunties.

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

Kathmandu Or Bust

Episode 5 - A Sticky Wicket

The travellers have Nepal almost in sight, until their truck is stolen by bandits.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11am (repeat)
The Bed-Sitting Room. Image shows from L to R: Mate (Bernard Cribbins), Penelope (Catherine Tate), Lord Fortnum (Derek Jacobi), Captain Kak (Paul Merton). Copyright: BBC

The Bed-Sitting Room

Surreal post-apocalyptic comedy set after the end of the nuclear Third World War.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Jack & Millie. Image shows from L to R: Jack (Jeremy Front), Millie (Rebecca Front)

Jack & Millie

Series 2, Episode 4 - Street Party

Millie feels like a natural woman while Jack feels like a man grappling with a keyboard, a saucepan and some shonky decking.

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 5, Episode 16 - The Junk Man

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 2, Episode 3 - A Soft-Hearted Little Thing

More tangles in Izzy's love life, when she and Dick head to dinner with Charles.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Dilemma. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Dilemma

Series 2, Episode 1

Paul Sinha struggles with his sporting loyalties; poet Lemn Sissay experiences Something New; actor and comic Margaret Cabourn-Smith faces up to some poor parenting; and Graeme Garden contemplates life without one of his favourite Aunties.

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

Kathmandu Or Bust

Episode 5 - A Sticky Wicket

The travellers have Nepal almost in sight, until their truck is stolen by bandits.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
The Bed-Sitting Room. Image shows from L to R: Mate (Bernard Cribbins), Penelope (Catherine Tate), Lord Fortnum (Derek Jacobi), Captain Kak (Paul Merton). Copyright: BBC

The Bed-Sitting Room

Surreal post-apocalyptic comedy set after the end of the nuclear Third World War.

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

Clare In The Community

Series 9, Episode 5 - Panic Room

Clare is forced to confront an old phobia after a regular home visit takes an unusual turn. Fortunately, Helen is on hand to help.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Phil Ellis Is Trying. Image shows from L to R: Lolly (Lolly Adefope), Phil (Phil Ellis), Johnny (Johnny Vegas). Copyright: BBC

Phil Ellis Is Trying

Series 3, Episode 2 - Prison Break

Phil and Polly visit HMP Parbold as part of the annual 'Bring Your Family To Prison' day.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Phil Ellis Is Trying. Image shows from L to R: Lolly (Lolly Adefope), Phil (Phil Ellis), Johnny (Johnny Vegas). Copyright: BBC

Phil Ellis Is Trying

Series 3, Episode 3 - Ghost Walk

When Phil's latest attempt to get rich fails, Polly convinces him to put on a ghost walk through Parbold. Unfortunately Mick the Chinese Herbalist has similar ideas...

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 5, Episode 16 - The Junk Man

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 2, Episode 3 - A Soft-Hearted Little Thing

More tangles in Izzy's love life, when she and Dick head to dinner with Charles.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9pm (repeat)
The Bed-Sitting Room. Image shows from L to R: Mate (Bernard Cribbins), Penelope (Catherine Tate), Lord Fortnum (Derek Jacobi), Captain Kak (Paul Merton). Copyright: BBC

The Bed-Sitting Room

Surreal post-apocalyptic comedy set after the end of the nuclear Third World War.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Phil Ellis Is Trying. Image shows from L to R: Lolly (Lolly Adefope), Phil (Phil Ellis), Johnny (Johnny Vegas). Copyright: BBC

Phil Ellis Is Trying

Series 3, Episode 2 - Prison Break

Phil and Polly visit HMP Parbold as part of the annual 'Bring Your Family To Prison' day.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Secret World. Copyright: BBC

The Secret World

Series 3, Episode 2

Danny Boyle takes over running a local panto, William Hague extends a phone call of friendship to Ed Miliband, and Peter Sallis makes enemies in the government when he discovers a new type of fuel.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Daniel Barker

The Damien Slash Mixtape

Series 3, Episode 2

Xavier Landing makes new revelations, and hyper-masculine podcast host Jimmy Swoon has a new sponsor.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Chain Reaction. Copyright: BBC

Chain Reaction

Series 4, Episode 2 - David Tennant interviews Richard Wilson

David Tennant interviews Richard Wilson, who stars in the new Dr Who episode 'The Empty Child'.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 6, Episode 4

Patrick Marber and Peter Curran wrestle life's challenges in the dark, examining the etiquette of farmers, hair transplants and the dangerous charm of The Air That I Breathe.

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

The Harpoon

Episode 2.4: Here comes a Muffin the Mule shock in the spoof boys' adventure paper from yesteryear.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Dilemma. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Dilemma

Series 2, Episode 1

Paul Sinha struggles with his sporting loyalties; poet Lemn Sissay experiences Something New; actor and comic Margaret Cabourn-Smith faces up to some poor parenting; and Graeme Garden contemplates life without one of his favourite Aunties.

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

Kathmandu Or Bust

Episode 5 - A Sticky Wicket

The travellers have Nepal almost in sight, until their truck is stolen by bandits.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
The Bed-Sitting Room. Image shows from L to R: Mate (Bernard Cribbins), Penelope (Catherine Tate), Lord Fortnum (Derek Jacobi), Captain Kak (Paul Merton). Copyright: BBC

The Bed-Sitting Room

Surreal post-apocalyptic comedy set after the end of the nuclear Third World War.

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

Clare In The Community

Series 9, Episode 5 - Panic Room

Clare is forced to confront an old phobia after a regular home visit takes an unusual turn. Fortunately, Helen is on hand to help.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Phil Ellis Is Trying. Image shows from L to R: Lolly (Lolly Adefope), Phil (Phil Ellis), Johnny (Johnny Vegas). Copyright: BBC

Phil Ellis Is Trying

Series 3, Episode 2 - Prison Break

Phil and Polly visit HMP Parbold as part of the annual 'Bring Your Family To Prison' day.

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