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Radio schedule Wednesday 7th July 2021

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
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Hobby Bobbies

Series 2, Episode 4 - Burglaries

Nigel takes up free running in the hope that physical fitness can improve his performance at work. But what, if anything, will identify the mysterious hand cream thief?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Unite. Image shows from L to R: Gideon (Ivo Graham), Tony (Mark Steel), Imogen (Claire Skinner), Ashley (Elliot Steel)

Unite

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Proposal And The Party

Tony takes Imogen away for a romantic weekend. Gideon and Ashley take the opportunity to have a party at the house, but Gideon's pet Bearded Dragon suddenly falls ill.

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 2, Episode 8 - The Rail Strike

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)
Big Jim And The Figaro Club. Big Jim (Norman Rossington). Copyright: BBC

Big Jim And The Figaro Club

Episode 4 - Up The Pole

When Perkins gets friendly with the Carnival Queen, the Figaros start plotting sabotage.

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

The Motion Show

Series 4, Episode 2

Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit, with guests Gyles Brandreth, Sue Perkins, Steve Punt and Marcus Brigstocke.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Snap. Copyright: BBC

Snap

Series 2, Episode 6

Divorced Doug and Molly date in secret - but can't ignore their split.

BBC Radio 5 Live 11am
45 min
Rick Edwards. Credit: BBC

Fighting Talk

Series 18, Special - Euros Special

Gabby Logan hosts a special episode prior to England's semi-final against Denmark in Euro 2020. She is joined by comedians Justin Moorhouse and Ivo Graham, football commentator and sports journalist Vicki Sparks, and sports broadcaster David Alroka.

Radio 4 11am (repeat)
Mitchell On Meetings. David Mitchell

Mitchell On Meetings

Episode 3 - The Brainstorm

David Mitchell discusses the 1919 Paris Conference with Professor Margaret Macmillan, and discovers how little meetings have changed in 100 years.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Michael Palin's Memory Palaces. Copyright: Essential Film And Television Productions

Michael Palin's Memory Palaces

Michael Palin invents fantastical new interview technology to fire James Peak deep inside Terry Gilliam's memory palace.

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 2, Episode 8 - The Rail Strike

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)
Big Jim And The Figaro Club. Big Jim (Norman Rossington). Copyright: BBC

Big Jim And The Figaro Club

Episode 4 - Up The Pole

When Perkins gets friendly with the Carnival Queen, the Figaros start plotting sabotage.

Radio 4 2:45pm (repeat)
Where To, Mate?

Where To, Mate?

Series 1, Episode 3 - "...oestrogen in the water..."

Ben is dealing with a conspiracy theorist. Bernie discusses her life before being a taxi driver, with Milton, and Rizwan is having the time of his life taking a couple of lively ladies home from a night on the town.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Motion Show

Series 4, Episode 2

Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit, with guests Gyles Brandreth, Sue Perkins, Steve Punt and Marcus Brigstocke.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Snap. Copyright: BBC

Snap

Series 2, Episode 6

Divorced Doug and Molly date in secret - but can't ignore their split.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
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Hobby Bobbies

Series 2, Episode 4 - Burglaries

Nigel takes up free running in the hope that physical fitness can improve his performance at work. But what, if anything, will identify the mysterious hand cream thief?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Unite. Image shows from L to R: Gideon (Ivo Graham), Tony (Mark Steel), Imogen (Claire Skinner), Ashley (Elliot Steel)

Unite

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Proposal And The Party

Tony takes Imogen away for a romantic weekend. Gideon and Ashley take the opportunity to have a party at the house, but Gideon's pet Bearded Dragon suddenly falls ill.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Unite. Image shows from L to R: Gideon (Ivo Graham), Tony (Mark Steel), Imogen (Claire Skinner), Ashley (Elliot Steel)

Unite

Series 1, Episode 3 - Chicken Man

Ashley starts a new job promoting a local fried chicken restaurant, and after inadvertently stopping a jewellery heist, he becomes a national hero. Meanwhile, Gideon and Rebecca open up a vegan pop up cafe, Imogen holds a Jiu Jitsu class and Tony catches up with one of his old comrades from The Revolutionary Party for Working Workers (Marxist-Leninist).

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 2, Episode 8 - The Rail Strike

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)
Big Jim And The Figaro Club. Big Jim (Norman Rossington). Copyright: BBC

Big Jim And The Figaro Club

Episode 4 - Up The Pole

When Perkins gets friendly with the Carnival Queen, the Figaros start plotting sabotage.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Unite. Image shows from L to R: Gideon (Ivo Graham), Tony (Mark Steel), Imogen (Claire Skinner), Ashley (Elliot Steel)

Unite

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Proposal And The Party

Tony takes Imogen away for a romantic weekend. Gideon and Ashley take the opportunity to have a party at the house, but Gideon's pet Bearded Dragon suddenly falls ill.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Life On Egg. Image shows from L to R: Ann (Karen Bartke), Harry (Harry Hill), Peter (Marek Larwood). Copyright: BBC

Life On Egg

Series 1, Episode 1 - Inspection

Escape rates have gotten out of control and so the government has decided to send two inspectors to look things over. Will Harry and his team survive their strenuous checks?

BBC Radio 3 10:45pm
15 min
Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Edmondson - Signs Of Life

Series 1, Episode 3 - Fegato Per Due

Adrian remembers the glorious feeling of belonging in the early days of working in Soho at The Comic Strip and eating at the Italian restaurant where the waiters know his name, and his favourite dish.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Woof - Chris Neill. Chris Neill. Copyright: Giddy Goat Productions

Woof - Chris Neill

Woof - True Tales Of Romance And Failure, Episode 1 - A Foreign Tongue

This week - an encounter with a violinist... and is France the answer?

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Heidi Regan

Heidi Regan: No Worries

Episode 2

Heidi realises that repressing worries could actually lead to them bubbling up uninvited.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Radio Active. Image shows left to right: Angus Deayton, Philip Pope, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens

Radio Active

Series 4, Episode 8 - David Chizzlenutt

The Radio Active Rep perform Dickens's literary classic live.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
The Skewer

The Skewer

Series 4, Episode 6

This week - Freedom Day, Wacky Space Races, and William and Harry take on The Krays.

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

Bunk Bed

Series 4, Episode 1

Patrick Marber and Peter Curran wonder what services were on offer after hearing rare archive of H. G Wells admitting that he used to earn his living as 'a prostitute', grapple with one of the most ferociously bad pop singles of all time - Cinderella Rockerfella - and get to the heart of the British aristocracy's perverse attitude to dogs. The unlikely bedfellows also deal with the emotional scars left by seeing a father wearing trousers made from horizontal corduroy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Motion Show

Series 4, Episode 2

Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit, with guests Gyles Brandreth, Sue Perkins, Steve Punt and Marcus Brigstocke.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Snap. Copyright: BBC

Snap

Series 2, Episode 6

Divorced Doug and Molly date in secret - but can't ignore their split.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
PCSO Hat

Hobby Bobbies

Series 2, Episode 4 - Burglaries

Nigel takes up free running in the hope that physical fitness can improve his performance at work. But what, if anything, will identify the mysterious hand cream thief?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Unite. Image shows from L to R: Gideon (Ivo Graham), Tony (Mark Steel), Imogen (Claire Skinner), Ashley (Elliot Steel)

Unite

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Proposal And The Party

Tony takes Imogen away for a romantic weekend. Gideon and Ashley take the opportunity to have a party at the house, but Gideon's pet Bearded Dragon suddenly falls ill.

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