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Radio schedule Thursday 22nd July 2021

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
On The Rocks. Image shows from L to R: Frank Gunwallow (Joseph Kloska), Mary (Bec Applebee), Morwenna (Alex Tregear), Tregarthan (Peter Marinker), Grace (Christine Absalom), Len (Ed Gaughan). Copyright: BBC

On The Rocks

Series 1, Episode 1 - Spies

It's 1937 on the remote Scilly Island of St. Martin's, where the islanders are resisting the attempts of the Penzance GPO man to modernise the post office - around which their world revolves.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Olga Koch

Olga Koch: OK Computer

Series 1, Episode 2 - Beauty

Olga and her Algo try to get to the bottom of what Harry Styles was going on about in this episode all about beauty. How can you understand something that's defined by itself?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 13, Episode 1 - The TV Documentary

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
King Street Junior. Copyright: BBC

King Street Junior

King Street Junior Revisited 4, Episode 2 - In the News

Miss Reid is accused of beating up a parent.

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 6 - May The Farce Be With You

Robert is all set for a new West End stage romp, but the real farce occurs before the curtain rises.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 13, Episode 1 - The TV Documentary

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
King Street Junior. Copyright: BBC

King Street Junior

King Street Junior Revisited 4, Episode 2 - In the News

Miss Reid is accused of beating up a parent.

Radio 4 2:15pm (repeat)
Radio 4

Fire In The Bookshop

A documentary-maker examing bullying comes across a school which employs a bully to keep pupils in line.

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

An Actor's Life For Me

Series 1, Episode 6 - May The Farce Be With You

Robert is all set for a new West End stage romp, but the real farce occurs before the curtain rises.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
On The Rocks. Image shows from L to R: Frank Gunwallow (Joseph Kloska), Mary (Bec Applebee), Morwenna (Alex Tregear), Tregarthan (Peter Marinker), Grace (Christine Absalom), Len (Ed Gaughan). Copyright: BBC

On The Rocks

Series 1, Episode 1 - Spies

It's 1937 on the remote Scilly Island of St. Martin's, where the islanders are resisting the attempts of the Penzance GPO man to modernise the post office - around which their world revolves.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Olga Koch

Olga Koch: OK Computer

Series 1, Episode 2 - Beauty

Olga and her Algo try to get to the bottom of what Harry Styles was going on about in this episode all about beauty. How can you understand something that's defined by itself?

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Olga Koch

Olga Koch: OK Computer

Series 1, Episode 3 - Health

Olga Koch and her digital assistant are on a mission to get healthy, but the topic is very tricky to compute. What is a placebo, and why don't we know any of their songs?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 13, Episode 1 - The TV Documentary

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
King Street Junior. Copyright: BBC

King Street Junior

King Street Junior Revisited 4, Episode 2 - In the News

Miss Reid is accused of beating up a parent.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Olga Koch

Olga Koch: OK Computer

Series 1, Episode 2 - Beauty

Olga and her Algo try to get to the bottom of what Harry Styles was going on about in this episode all about beauty. How can you understand something that's defined by itself?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Irish Micks And Legends. Image shows from L to R: Aisling Bea, Yasmine Akram. Copyright: Green Dragon Media

Irish Micks And Legends

Series 1, Episode 2 - Tir Na Nog

Comic modern reworkings of popular ancient Irish stories, with Yasmine Akram and Aisling Bea.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Hannah Gadsby: Arts Clown. Hannah Gadsby. Copyright: BBC

Hannah Gadsby: Arts Clown

Episode 2 - The Arnolfini Portrait

Hannah Gadsby explains what makes the Arnolfini Portrait, painted in 1434, so important in the canon of art history.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Michael Spicer: Before Next Door. Image shows left to right: Michael (Michael Spicer), Ellie Taylor

Michael Spicer: Before Next Door

Series 1, Episode 3 - Cheesy String

Michael's Room Next Door character being mentioned in parliament brings an A-List invite that tests his principles even more than an audition to play a cheesy string.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Colin Hoult

Colin Hoult's Carnival Of Monsters

Series 1, Episode 3

This week's characters include karate freak Len Parker and a man from Leeds who think's he is Thor. Plus Whale Boy and a dick head.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Party. Image shows from L to R: Simon (Tom Basden), Phoebe (Katy Wix), Mel (Anna Crilly), Duncan (Tim Key), Jared (Jonny Sweet). Copyright: BBC

Party

Series 3, Episode 2 - The Grundy

This week the group visit Phoebe and 'The Grundy' in hospital.

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

An Actor's Life For Me

Series 1, Episode 6 - May The Farce Be With You

Robert is all set for a new West End stage romp, but the real farce occurs before the curtain rises.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
On The Rocks. Image shows from L to R: Frank Gunwallow (Joseph Kloska), Mary (Bec Applebee), Morwenna (Alex Tregear), Tregarthan (Peter Marinker), Grace (Christine Absalom), Len (Ed Gaughan). Copyright: BBC

On The Rocks

Series 1, Episode 1 - Spies

It's 1937 on the remote Scilly Island of St. Martin's, where the islanders are resisting the attempts of the Penzance GPO man to modernise the post office - around which their world revolves.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Olga Koch

Olga Koch: OK Computer

Series 1, Episode 2 - Beauty

Olga and her Algo try to get to the bottom of what Harry Styles was going on about in this episode all about beauty. How can you understand something that's defined by itself?

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