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Radio schedule Tuesday 15th December 2020

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical. Image shows from L to R: Lucy Trodd, Pippa Evans. Copyright: BBC

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Episode 1

Comedy in which the Showstopper musical improvisation group create a musical on the spot, with the songs, plot and characters based entirely on suggestions from the studio audience.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Under The Lid

Under The Lid

Parody news show following consumer journalist Hugh Spatchport.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 7, Episode 18 - The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker

A mysterious nose assailant must be caught.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Series 3, Episode 2

A repeat of this 1982 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Dead Ringers. Image shows from L to R: Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson, Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey. Copyright: BBC

Dead Ringers

2020 Christmas Specials

We deal with the language barrier over the Brexit deal caused by Boris Johnson, we learn what The Queen really thinks of The Crown, and in The Archers the people of Ambridge learn what tier they're in.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Married. Robin Lightfoot (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC

Married

Series 2, Episode 4 - Identity

Robin has trouble with parallel worlds - there are 232 of him. Then he meets a woman he knew from another life. Confused? He is.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 7, Episode 18 - The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker

A mysterious nose assailant must be caught.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Series 3, Episode 2

A repeat of this 1982 radio.

Radio 4 2:15pm
45 min
Dot. Dot (Fenella Woolgar). Copyright: BBC

Dot

Episode 1 - Dot and the Russian Dossier

May, 1941. The future of the war hangs in the balance, and Dot has been selected for a most perilous mission.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:15pm (repeat)
The Inheritors. Copyright: BBC

The Inheritors

Episode 2 - Fallout

Can Jasmine persuade her dad to rethink his latest scheme and put family first?

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

Dilemma

Series 3, Episode 4

Sue Perkins is joined by comedians Nick Doody and Angela Barnes, actor Cush Jumbo and journalist Dominic Lawson.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Married. Robin Lightfoot (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC

Married

Series 2, Episode 4 - Identity

Robin has trouble with parallel worlds - there are 232 of him. Then he meets a woman he knew from another life. Confused? He is.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical. Image shows from L to R: Lucy Trodd, Pippa Evans. Copyright: BBC

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Episode 1

Comedy in which the Showstopper musical improvisation group create a musical on the spot, with the songs, plot and characters based entirely on suggestions from the studio audience.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Under The Lid

Under The Lid

Parody news show following consumer journalist Hugh Spatchport.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Anneka Rice

Help! My Head's In Wookey Hole

Anneka Rice fronts a look at what it's like to be in the public eye for 40 years.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 7, Episode 18 - The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker

A mysterious nose assailant must be caught.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Series 3, Episode 2

A repeat of this 1982 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Under The Lid

Under The Lid

Parody news show following consumer journalist Hugh Spatchport.

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

The Secret World

Series 4, Episode 4

The Queen hatches a plot to get Pippa Middleton out of the way, Ed Miliband is so keen to pally-up with some builders that he ends up helping them do their work, and Russell Crowe has a bizarre fixation with sprouts.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Marc Wootton

Date Night

Series 1, Episode 2

Semi-improvised comedy show written and performed by Marc Wootton and others. Together they portray a series of couples who are all embracing the modern phenomenon of date night.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Alex Edelman's Peer Group. Alex Edelman. Copyright: BBC

Alex Edelman's Peer Group

Series 1, Episode 1

The so-called Millennial generation has been much maligned in the press for being lazy, entitled, vain, venal, self-involved, easily offended little emperors. Alex Edelman thinks these criticisms are baseless. In this episode, he discusses Millennials' attitude to work and institutions.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Chain Reaction. Copyright: BBC

Chain Reaction

Series 5, Episode 4 - Eddie Izzard interviews Alastair Campbell

Eddie Izzard interviews former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell. He asks him about his breakdown, working for Tony Blair and his beginnings as a soft porn writer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:15am (repeat)
The Inheritors. Copyright: BBC

The Inheritors

Episode 2 - Fallout

Can Jasmine persuade her dad to rethink his latest scheme and put family first?

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

Dilemma

Series 3, Episode 4

Sue Perkins is joined by comedians Nick Doody and Angela Barnes, actor Cush Jumbo and journalist Dominic Lawson.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Married. Robin Lightfoot (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC

Married

Series 2, Episode 4 - Identity

Robin has trouble with parallel worlds - there are 232 of him. Then he meets a woman he knew from another life. Confused? He is.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical. Image shows from L to R: Lucy Trodd, Pippa Evans. Copyright: BBC

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Episode 1

Comedy in which the Showstopper musical improvisation group create a musical on the spot, with the songs, plot and characters based entirely on suggestions from the studio audience.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Under The Lid

Under The Lid

Parody news show following consumer journalist Hugh Spatchport.

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