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Radio schedule Tuesday 22nd 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 2

Improvised musical Showstopper is a comedy in which an improv team creates a witty musical on the spot. The songs, plot and characters are based entirely on suggestions from the live studio audience.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (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 8am (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 10, Christmas Special - A Christmas Carol

Scrooge and Neddie Scratchit take on Dickens.

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

Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Series 3, Episode 3

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

Dead Ringers somehow manages to make fishing quotas funny. Other topics include The Crown, panic shopping, Christmas bubbling and why on earth the BBC has redesigned the Daleks.

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

Married

Series 2, Episode 5 - Serenity

It has been a taxing few months for Robin in his new universe. But at last he seems to have tapped that well of inner peace. Or is there a more obvious explanation?

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 10, Christmas Special - A Christmas Carol

Scrooge and Neddie Scratchit take on Dickens.

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

Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Series 3, Episode 3

A repeat of this 1982 radio.

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

Dilemma

Series 3, Episode 5

Sue Perkins is joined by comedians Al Murray and Danielle Ward, Cbeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell and journalist Ben Goldacre.

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

Married

Series 2, Episode 5 - Serenity

It has been a taxing few months for Robin in his new universe. But at last he seems to have tapped that well of inner peace. Or is there a more obvious explanation?

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 2

Improvised musical Showstopper is a comedy in which an improv team creates a witty musical on the spot. The songs, plot and characters are based entirely on suggestions from the live studio audience.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (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.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC

Ed Reardon's Week

Ed Reardon's Christmas Week 2020, Christmas Special - Upstairs Room At The Inn

It's nearly Christmas, and Ed needs a room at the inn. The Lock Keeper's Arms, that is. But first, he's got to deal with Scrooge.

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 10, Christmas Special - A Christmas Carol

Scrooge and Neddie Scratchit take on Dickens.

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

Legal, Decent, Honest And Truthful

Series 3, Episode 3

A repeat of this 1982 radio.

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

The Secret World

Series 4, Episode 5

Bishop Rowan Williams gets in deep water after deciding to celebrate Boxing Day with a game of knock down ginger, William Hague finds himself stranded in a snow drift with only some Belgian truffles for food, and John Lydon ends up killing Sir Anthony Hopkins.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Marc Wootton

Date Night

Series 1, Episode 3

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 2

Alex discusses millennials' attitude to politics and being offended.

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

Chain Reaction

Series 5, Episode 5 - Alastair Campbell interviews Alistair McGowan

Alastair Campbell interviews man-of-many-voices Alistair McGowan.

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

Dilemma

Series 3, Episode 5

Sue Perkins is joined by comedians Al Murray and Danielle Ward, Cbeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell and journalist Ben Goldacre.

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

Married

Series 2, Episode 5 - Serenity

It has been a taxing few months for Robin in his new universe. But at last he seems to have tapped that well of inner peace. Or is there a more obvious explanation?

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 2

Improvised musical Showstopper is a comedy in which an improv team creates a witty musical on the spot. The songs, plot and characters are based entirely on suggestions from the live studio audience.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (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.

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