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Radio schedule Wednesday 13th October 2021

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Rob Newman

Rob Newman's Neuropolis

Episode 4 - Skull and Bonce

Mixing stand-up and sketches, comedian Rob Newman tackles the mysteries of the brain.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
The Cold Swedish Winter. Image shows from L to R: Linda (Sissela Benn), Geoff (Adam Riches). Copyright: Unique Productions

The Cold Swedish Winter

Series 3, Episode 2 - Summer: New Swedes

Geoff's father-in-law Sten sponsors Ashkan, a young refugee from Afghanistan, who has applied for asylum.

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

The Radio Ham: Specially re-recorded version of TV episode The Radio Ham from 1961.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Give Or Take

Episode 6

Annabel and Sam are besieged by the press, and Rose panics when she thinks her daughter and son-in-law have been kidnapped.

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

The Motion Show

Series 5, Episode 4

Graeme Garden hosts the comedy debating show, with guests Gyles Brandreth, Boothby Graffoe, Hugh Dennis and Lauren Laverne.

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

Smelling Of Roses

Series 3, Episode 2 - Promises, Promises

Tasked with organising an auction of promises for a posh school, Rosie finds that it's not the parents who are upper-crust so much as the pupils...

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
What's Funny About.... Image shows from L to R: Jon Plowman, Peter Fincham

What's Funny About...

Series 2, Episode 4 - Not The Nine O'Clock News

Peter and Jon talk to John Lloyd and Dr Pamela Stephenson about their pioneering sketch show Not The Nine O'Clock News. They talk us through some of their favourite sketches and reveal how they created their vast array of characters, from Gerald the Gorilla to Janet Street-Porter (and in particular, the interview that Pamela's Janet did with Billy Connolly that would change both of their lives).

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

The Radio Ham: Specially re-recorded version of TV episode The Radio Ham from 1961.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Give Or Take

Episode 6

Annabel and Sam are besieged by the press, and Rose panics when she thinks her daughter and son-in-law have been kidnapped.

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

The Motion Show

Series 5, Episode 4

Graeme Garden hosts the comedy debating show, with guests Gyles Brandreth, Boothby Graffoe, Hugh Dennis and Lauren Laverne.

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

Smelling Of Roses

Series 3, Episode 2 - Promises, Promises

Tasked with organising an auction of promises for a posh school, Rosie finds that it's not the parents who are upper-crust so much as the pupils...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Rob Newman

Rob Newman's Neuropolis

Episode 4 - Skull and Bonce

Mixing stand-up and sketches, comedian Rob Newman tackles the mysteries of the brain.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
The Cold Swedish Winter. Image shows from L to R: Linda (Sissela Benn), Geoff (Adam Riches). Copyright: Unique Productions

The Cold Swedish Winter

Series 3, Episode 2 - Summer: New Swedes

Geoff's father-in-law Sten sponsors Ashkan, a young refugee from Afghanistan, who has applied for asylum.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
The Cold Swedish Winter. Image shows from L to R: Linda (Sissela Benn), Geoff (Adam Riches). Copyright: Unique Productions

The Cold Swedish Winter

Series 3, Episode 3 - Autumn: Wedding

With their wedding imminent, Geoff and Linda struggle with a language problem - and everybody wants to kiss the groom.

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

The Radio Ham: Specially re-recorded version of TV episode The Radio Ham from 1961.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Give Or Take

Episode 6

Annabel and Sam are besieged by the press, and Rose panics when she thinks her daughter and son-in-law have been kidnapped.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Cold Swedish Winter. Image shows from L to R: Linda (Sissela Benn), Geoff (Adam Riches). Copyright: Unique Productions

The Cold Swedish Winter

Series 3, Episode 2 - Summer: New Swedes

Geoff's father-in-law Sten sponsors Ashkan, a young refugee from Afghanistan, who has applied for asylum.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Harpoon

The Harpoon

Episode 1: Nostalgic spiffing spoof of adventure story papers for boys.

Absolute Radio 11pm
5 min
Shaun Keaveny

Rockanory

Episode 23 - Stairway To Hell, Part 3

Led Zeppelin once rode a motorbike up the stairs and along the corridors of a plush hotel. That was just the beginning...

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Njambi McGrath

Njambi McGrath: Becoming Njambi

Episode 4 - Do You Have Democracy?

This episode details the colonisation of Kenya, and the torrid experiences that Njambi's family and the Gikuyu tribe went through. Just three generations ago, Njambi expertly shares a history that many in the UK will not be familiar with, comparing modern day politics to the brutality and camps of the late 1800s.

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 5, Episode 7 - Music Festival

Mike Flex and Mike Channel host Radio Active's very own live music extravaganza.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Tarot

Tarot: Soundbleed

Episode 2

We hear a new way to memorise the planets, the least professional audio description of all time and someone eavesdropping on a long-haul flight.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
And Now, In Colour

And Now, In Colour

Series 1, Episode 5 - Salisbury Plain

Comedy series starring Tim Firth, Tim de Jongh, Michael Marshall Smith and William Vandyck.

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

The Motion Show

Series 5, Episode 4

Graeme Garden hosts the comedy debating show, with guests Gyles Brandreth, Boothby Graffoe, Hugh Dennis and Lauren Laverne.

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

Smelling Of Roses

Series 3, Episode 2 - Promises, Promises

Tasked with organising an auction of promises for a posh school, Rosie finds that it's not the parents who are upper-crust so much as the pupils...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Rob Newman

Rob Newman's Neuropolis

Episode 4 - Skull and Bonce

Mixing stand-up and sketches, comedian Rob Newman tackles the mysteries of the brain.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
The Cold Swedish Winter. Image shows from L to R: Linda (Sissela Benn), Geoff (Adam Riches). Copyright: Unique Productions

The Cold Swedish Winter

Series 3, Episode 2 - Summer: New Swedes

Geoff's father-in-law Sten sponsors Ashkan, a young refugee from Afghanistan, who has applied for asylum.

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