British Comedy Guide

Radio

Radio schedule Wednesday 27th October 2021

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing. Nathan Caton. Copyright: BBC

Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing

Series 3, Episode 2 - About Paranoia

Nathan discovers that watching too much TV can make him paranoid, and that has serious repercussions for his family.

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 4 - The Latte Pappas

Geoff negotiates the generous Swedish parental benefits system, the rewards - and otherwise - of dealing with a marauding toddler, and the terrifying perfectionism of Swedish dads.

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 4, Episode 4 - The Income Tax Demand

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)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Give Or Take

Episode 8

Sam decides to hand in his notice. And there are more surprises for his family.

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

The Motion Show

Series 5, Episode 6

Graeme Garden hosts the comedy debating show, with guests Sir Bernard Ingham, Hattie Hayridge, Steve Punt and Arthur Smith.

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

Smelling Of Roses

Series 3, Episode 4 - Leading A Merry Dance

Rosie's no expert on Russian folk music but when she's asked to promote The Gulbekistan Dance Ensemble, she's sure she'll be equal to the challenge...

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 6 - The Good Life

Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to Felicity Kendal about the history of the self-sufficiency sitcom The Good Life.

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 4, Episode 4 - The Income Tax Demand

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)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Give Or Take

Episode 8

Sam decides to hand in his notice. And there are more surprises for his family.

Radio 4 2:15pm (repeat)
The National Theatre Of Brent Presents.... Image shows from L to R: Desmond Olivier Dingle (Patrick Barlow), Raymond Box (John Ramm)

The First Man On The Moon And How They Done It

The National Theatre of Brent celebrate the extraordinary events of 1969, with a look at the first Moon landings.

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

The Motion Show

Series 5, Episode 6

Graeme Garden hosts the comedy debating show, with guests Sir Bernard Ingham, Hattie Hayridge, Steve Punt and Arthur Smith.

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

Smelling Of Roses

Series 3, Episode 4 - Leading A Merry Dance

Rosie's no expert on Russian folk music but when she's asked to promote The Gulbekistan Dance Ensemble, she's sure she'll be equal to the challenge...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing. Nathan Caton. Copyright: BBC

Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing

Series 3, Episode 2 - About Paranoia

Nathan discovers that watching too much TV can make him paranoid, and that has serious repercussions for his family.

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 4 - The Latte Pappas

Geoff negotiates the generous Swedish parental benefits system, the rewards - and otherwise - of dealing with a marauding toddler, and the terrifying perfectionism of Swedish dads.

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 4, Episode 1 - Childhood

Geoff worries about trolls, mortality and poisoned blueberries.

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 4, Episode 4 - The Income Tax Demand

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)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Give Or Take

Episode 8

Sam decides to hand in his notice. And there are more surprises for his family.

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 4 - The Latte Pappas

Geoff negotiates the generous Swedish parental benefits system, the rewards - and otherwise - of dealing with a marauding toddler, and the terrifying perfectionism of Swedish dads.

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

The Harpoon

Episode 3: A special budget edition of the nostalgic spoof of boys' adventure story papers.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Lasties. Image shows from L to R: Ray (Tim Key), Boo (John Kearns)

Lasties

Episode 2 - Hot Magnums

Ray's fuming. Boo's brought his "big shop" along to the pub and his fish fingers are thawing. He challenges Boo to put a log on the fire. Derek - an old goose of a landlord - isn't happy with any of it.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (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 4, Episode 1 - A Tolerable Life De-Happified

Pip must enlist the help of his former nemesis to fight a new evil spreading terror and cake-crumbs through the streets of London.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Tarot

Tarot: Soundbleed

Episode 4

We hear three people preparing for the end of the world, what you can really hear when you put your ear to a shell and a very unusual ASMR scenario.

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

Bunk Bed

Series 5, Episode 1

Tonight the duo discuss what sort of dinosaur they would have been, respond to archive of the great African-American writer James Baldwin on Fathers with their own tales of being humiliated by children, and argue if it's ever appropriate for an Irish person to use the phrase "Yada, yada, yada..."

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
Roger McGough's Other Half. Roger McGough

Roger McGough's Other Half

Episode 1

Quirky sketches and poems with merriment and melancholy in equal measures.

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

The Motion Show

Series 5, Episode 6

Graeme Garden hosts the comedy debating show, with guests Sir Bernard Ingham, Hattie Hayridge, Steve Punt and Arthur Smith.

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

Smelling Of Roses

Series 3, Episode 4 - Leading A Merry Dance

Rosie's no expert on Russian folk music but when she's asked to promote The Gulbekistan Dance Ensemble, she's sure she'll be equal to the challenge...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing. Nathan Caton. Copyright: BBC

Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing

Series 3, Episode 2 - About Paranoia

Nathan discovers that watching too much TV can make him paranoid, and that has serious repercussions for his family.

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 4 - The Latte Pappas

Geoff negotiates the generous Swedish parental benefits system, the rewards - and otherwise - of dealing with a marauding toddler, and the terrifying perfectionism of Swedish dads.

Share this page