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Radio schedule Wednesday 26th May 2021

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
A Trespasser's Guide To The Classics. Copyright: BBC

A Trespasser's Guide To The Classics

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Nose

In 17th-century Paris, an early practitioner of plastic surgery has her work cut out when she meets a man with the most wonderfully large nose.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Shush!. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Shush!

Series 2, Episode 1 - Dewey Decimal

When an International Librarians' Conference looms, Alice and Snoo have to resort to some rather unconventional methods to get hold of a passport - methods that include a thousand hummingbirds, some over-tight jeans and a hilarious anagram.

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 1, Episode 12 - The Monte Carlo Rally

Tony, Sid and Bill take part in the famous Monte Carlo rally in their AJY special - Assembled from Junk Yard. The odds are stacked heavily against them, but they seem to be keeping ahead of the pack...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 2.4, Bed and Breakfast: Anna becomes a temporary landlady, so her sister Charlotte offers her extra amenities.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 1, Episode 2

Biographer Anthony Holden and actress Stella Duffy are joined by writer and broadcaster Lynne Truss and editor of the Erotic Review Rowan Pelling to dish the dirt on the bad boys and girls in history. Chaired by Gyles Brandreth.

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

Smelling Of Roses

Series 1, Episode 6 - A Good Cause

Confusion reigns when Rosie's company tackles a gala charity concert for Afghans. But there's confusion over whether it's for the people or the dogs?

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 8, Episode 1 - Bedford

Mark performs in Bedford, Bedfordshire, home to the highest concentration of Italians in the UK, the biggest airship in the world, a museum dedicated to the Panacea Society, who believe the Garden of Eden is in the town.

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 1, Episode 12 - The Monte Carlo Rally

Tony, Sid and Bill take part in the famous Monte Carlo rally in their AJY special - Assembled from Junk Yard. The odds are stacked heavily against them, but they seem to be keeping ahead of the pack...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 2.4, Bed and Breakfast: Anna becomes a temporary landlady, so her sister Charlotte offers her extra amenities.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 1, Episode 2

Biographer Anthony Holden and actress Stella Duffy are joined by writer and broadcaster Lynne Truss and editor of the Erotic Review Rowan Pelling to dish the dirt on the bad boys and girls in history. Chaired by Gyles Brandreth.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Prunella Scales

Smelling Of Roses

Series 1, Episode 6 - A Good Cause

Confusion reigns when Rosie's company tackles a gala charity concert for Afghans. But there's confusion over whether it's for the people or the dogs?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
A Trespasser's Guide To The Classics. Copyright: BBC

A Trespasser's Guide To The Classics

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Nose

In 17th-century Paris, an early practitioner of plastic surgery has her work cut out when she meets a man with the most wonderfully large nose.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Shush!. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Shush!

Series 2, Episode 1 - Dewey Decimal

When an International Librarians' Conference looms, Alice and Snoo have to resort to some rather unconventional methods to get hold of a passport - methods that include a thousand hummingbirds, some over-tight jeans and a hilarious anagram.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Tony Robinson

Paradise Lost In Space

Episode 3

Surely it couldn't hurt for Norman and Max to introduce the Oblivions to tennis, could it?

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Shush!. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Shush!

Series 2, Episode 2 - Ticks and Foibles

When Snoo makes an unexpected purchase, Alice has to face an old rival, some electrical cables and a very dusty dictionary.

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 1, Episode 12 - The Monte Carlo Rally

Tony, Sid and Bill take part in the famous Monte Carlo rally in their AJY special - Assembled from Junk Yard. The odds are stacked heavily against them, but they seem to be keeping ahead of the pack...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 2.4, Bed and Breakfast: Anna becomes a temporary landlady, so her sister Charlotte offers her extra amenities.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Shush!. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Shush!

Series 2, Episode 1 - Dewey Decimal

When an International Librarians' Conference looms, Alice and Snoo have to resort to some rather unconventional methods to get hold of a passport - methods that include a thousand hummingbirds, some over-tight jeans and a hilarious anagram.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Bleak Expectations. Image shows from L to R: Hardthrasher (Geoffrey Whitehead), Aunt Lily (Celia Imrie), Young Pip (Tom Allen), Mr Gently Benevolent (Anthony Head), Sir Philip Bin (Richard Johnson), Harry Biscuit (James Bachman). Copyright: BBC

Bleak Expectations

Series 3, Episode 5 - An Evil Life Sort Of Explained

Pip Bin, Harry Biscuit and Gently Benevolent find themselves trapped in the vast emptiness of space. As their doom looks increasingly inevitable, Mr Benevolent finally explains just why it is that he is so very very evil.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Jamie MacDonald

Jamie MacDonald: Life On The Blink

Series 1, Episode 4 - Love Is Blind

Jokes, stories and revelations about life and love without sight.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Problem With Adam Bloom. Adam Bloom. Copyright: BBC

The Problem With Adam Bloom

Series 1, Episode 5 - Lending Things

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. Adam Bloom explores what happens when you give something to someone and then ask for it back. With stand-up reconstructions and help from Rob Rouse.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Domestic Science. Image shows from L to R: Steve Mould, Matt Parker, Helen Arney

Domestic Science

Series 2, Episode 4

Maths, science and comedy with Festival of the Spoken Nerd trio mathematician Matt Parker, physicist Steve Mould and physicist-musician Helen Arney, who look at domestic phenomena that people relate to on a day-to-day basis.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
Tina C: Herstory. Tina C (Christopher Green). Copyright: BBC

Tina C's Global Depression Tour

Episode 5 - China

Christopher Green's comic creation, country music legend Tina C, visits China.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Vent. Ben (Neil Pearson). Copyright: BBC

Vent

Series 3, Episode 1 - Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space

Ben makes the ambulance journey home to begin life in a wheelchair. On the way he remembers an argument about cheesecake, invents a panel game and meets Buzz Aldrin.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
Tony Robinson

Paradise Lost In Space

Episode 3

Surely it couldn't hurt for Norman and Max to introduce the Oblivions to tennis, could it?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 1, Episode 2

Biographer Anthony Holden and actress Stella Duffy are joined by writer and broadcaster Lynne Truss and editor of the Erotic Review Rowan Pelling to dish the dirt on the bad boys and girls in history. Chaired by Gyles Brandreth.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Prunella Scales

Smelling Of Roses

Series 1, Episode 6 - A Good Cause

Confusion reigns when Rosie's company tackles a gala charity concert for Afghans. But there's confusion over whether it's for the people or the dogs?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
A Trespasser's Guide To The Classics. Copyright: BBC

A Trespasser's Guide To The Classics

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Nose

In 17th-century Paris, an early practitioner of plastic surgery has her work cut out when she meets a man with the most wonderfully large nose.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Shush!. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Shush!

Series 2, Episode 1 - Dewey Decimal

When an International Librarians' Conference looms, Alice and Snoo have to resort to some rather unconventional methods to get hold of a passport - methods that include a thousand hummingbirds, some over-tight jeans and a hilarious anagram.

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