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Radio schedule Sunday 18th July 2021

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
A Life Of Bliss. Copyright: BBC

A Life Of Bliss

Series 5, Episode 5 - A Woman Scorned

Sitcom starring George Cole as awkward, naive bachelor, David Bliss.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The Arthur Haynes Show. Copyright: BBC

The Arthur Haynes Show

Sketches about car parking and claivoyance.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
An Actor's Life For Me. Robert Wilson (John Gordon Sinclair). Copyright: BBC

An Actor's Life For Me

Series 1, Episode 5 - Educating Robert

Sue manages to get Robert some work teaching drama at her school. Is he a natural teacher or a natural disaster?

Radio 4 12pm (repeat)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue logo. Copyright: BBC

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 75, Episode 5

Jack Dee is joined a virtual audience from the North of England. Guests Andy Hamilton, Rachel Parris, Fred Macaulay and Lee Mack, with Colin Sell on the piano.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Start/Stop. Barney (Jack Docherty). Copyright: BBC

Start/Stop

Series 3, Episode 4 - Cathy's Dad

Cathy's father is in a nursing home, but Cathy wants him to come and live with them. Barney is not keen but then realises he can use looking after Cathy's dad to make him seem more caring.

Radio 4 3pm
60 min
Joseph Andrews Remixed

Joseph Andrews Remixed

Episode 1

An 18th-century comic romp through a handsome young man's misadventures on the road. In Shaun McKenna's remixed version, the Fielding narrative is influenced by Mrs Fielding.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Start/Stop. Barney (Jack Docherty). Copyright: BBC

Start/Stop

Series 3, Episode 4 - Cathy's Dad

Cathy's father is in a nursing home, but Cathy wants him to come and live with them. Barney is not keen but then realises he can use looking after Cathy's dad to make him seem more caring.

Radio 4 7pm (repeat)
Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair. Jenny Eclair. Copyright: BBC

Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair

Series 6, Episode 3 - Me and Tina Were Up West When We Bumped Into Avril

When Dee and Tina run into Avril it's clear that she's not done badly for herself. Memories of the past play out against a mugging that leaves Dee distraught. With Linda Robson.

Radio 4 7:15pm
30 min
Alun Cochrane

Alun Cochrane: Centrist Dad?

After coming out as almost bang in the centre of an online political compass test, Alun wants to know what being a "Centrist Dad" actually means.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Start/Stop. Barney (Jack Docherty). Copyright: BBC

Start/Stop

Series 3, Episode 4 - Cathy's Dad

Cathy's father is in a nursing home, but Cathy wants him to come and live with them. Barney is not keen but then realises he can use looking after Cathy's dad to make him seem more caring.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Mel And Sue Thing

The Mel And Sue Thing

Episode 6

Jane Austen must be spinning in her grave at this week's show - the last in the current series. We finally learn the true meaning of Sweet Fanny Adams in the final instalment of the dramatisation of her last, lost, novella.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar. Alexei Sayle. Copyright: BBC

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar

Series 1, Episode 3 - Careerism

Alexei reveals the surprising reason he disappeared from our TV screens in the 1990's, recounts a chance meeting with Ed Miliband, discusses rampant nepotism in most coveted careers and draws a striking comparisons between capitalism and all you can eat buffets.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Masala FM

Masala FM

Episode 4

Masala's celebration of Asian stars is overshadowed by a call from Prince Charles. Or is it?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Start/Stop. Barney (Jack Docherty). Copyright: BBC

Start/Stop

Series 3, Episode 4 - Cathy's Dad

Cathy's father is in a nursing home, but Cathy wants him to come and live with them. Barney is not keen but then realises he can use looking after Cathy's dad to make him seem more caring.

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