Radio
Radio schedule Wednesday 22nd December 2021
7am
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Ed Reardon's Week
Series 6, Episode 6 - Elgar WritesWhile Ed is busily teaching grammar to some clumsy, apostrophe-ridden phishers, Elgar finds fame when he becomes an internet hit with his blog.
7:30am
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Mark Steel's In Town
Series 11, Episode 3 - WhitbyThere's one thing you definitely can't miss in Whitby and that's the ruined abbey up on a cliff looking down on the town. It's also hard to miss the jawbone of a blue whale set atop the opposite hill and the fact that Dracula was a researched and written here by Bram Stoker. You'll not go wanting if you are in search of a chip either. Mark Steel manages to dodge the seagulls and presents his findings to a local audience at The Brunswick Centre.
8am
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Hancock's Half Hour
Series 5, Christmas Special - Bill And Father ChristmasAnthony 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.
8:30am
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If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?
Episode 2, The Price of Success.
9:30am
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All The Young Dudes
Series 1, Episode 6 - Waterloo SunsetMoira has some exciting news for Joe, who cannot contain it without telling everyone else.
11:30am
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Maureen & Friends
Series 1, Episode 2More comic monologues, musings and anecdotes from the Maureen Lipman, on topics ranging from Balkan windscreen washers to a cock-eyed look at the spirit of Christmas.
12pm
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Hancock's Half Hour
Series 5, Christmas Special - Bill And Father ChristmasAnthony 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.
12:30pm
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If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?
Episode 2, The Price of Success.
4:30pm
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All The Young Dudes
Series 1, Episode 6 - Waterloo SunsetMoira has some exciting news for Joe, who cannot contain it without telling everyone else.
5pm
(repeat)
Ed Reardon's Week
Series 6, Episode 6 - Elgar WritesWhile Ed is busily teaching grammar to some clumsy, apostrophe-ridden phishers, Elgar finds fame when he becomes an internet hit with his blog.
5:30pm
(repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town
Series 11, Episode 3 - WhitbyThere's one thing you definitely can't miss in Whitby and that's the ruined abbey up on a cliff looking down on the town. It's also hard to miss the jawbone of a blue whale set atop the opposite hill and the fact that Dracula was a researched and written here by Bram Stoker. You'll not go wanting if you are in search of a chip either. Mark Steel manages to dodge the seagulls and presents his findings to a local audience at The Brunswick Centre.
6pm
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
The Primary Phase, Episode 3 - Fit The ThirdAfter being improbably rescued from certain death in the vacuum of space, Arthur Dent and his new companions now face a missile attack and certain death.
6:30pm30 min
Conversations From A Long Marriage
2021 Christmas Special, Episode 1 - Conversations From A Long Marriage At Christmas AgainThe audience joins them as Joanna breathily compliments Roger, "How do you get it so perfect every time?" His reply - "Hot goose fat and regular tossing" - reveals that they are enjoying his signature roast potatoes. They're spending a quiet Christmas with Peter and Sally, but this snowballs into an extravagant house party when Peter is offered a rich friend's country pile and invites other couples.
7pm
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Hancock's Half Hour
Series 5, Christmas Special - Bill And Father ChristmasAnthony 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.
7:30pm
(repeat)
If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?
Episode 2, The Price of Success.
10pm
(repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town
Series 11, Episode 3 - WhitbyThere's one thing you definitely can't miss in Whitby and that's the ruined abbey up on a cliff looking down on the town. It's also hard to miss the jawbone of a blue whale set atop the opposite hill and the fact that Dracula was a researched and written here by Bram Stoker. You'll not go wanting if you are in search of a chip either. Mark Steel manages to dodge the seagulls and presents his findings to a local audience at The Brunswick Centre.
10:30pm
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Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair
Series 1, Episode 4 - George's CakeBea can tell you how to peel an onion without crying or how to make the perfect pavlova. In her Shaker style kitchen she prepares a very special Birthday cake for her husband and reflects on a lifetime of culinary success and marital woe.
10:45pm
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Tim Key's Poetry Programme
Series 1, Episode 4 - SuperstitionTim considers the concept of superstition via another of his poetic works, with accompaniment by Tom Basden on xylophone.
11pm
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Radio Active
Series 6, Episode 5 - Radio Active Goes to the MoviesThe team visits Nice only to discover that it doesn't have a film festival after all.
11:15pm
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Sophie Willan's Guide To Normality
Episode 1 - Be a ParentSophie explores what it means to be a 'normal' parent.
11:30pm
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The News At Bedtime
Episode 5Mary Mary reports on a medical mystery involving and old woman who swallowed a fly.
11:45pm
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The Goldfish Bowl
Episode 5: A female fish arrives, causing friction in the tank.
Midnight
(repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
The Primary Phase, Episode 3 - Fit The ThirdAfter being improbably rescued from certain death in the vacuum of space, Arthur Dent and his new companions now face a missile attack and certain death.
4:30am
(repeat)
All The Young Dudes
Series 1, Episode 6 - Waterloo SunsetMoira has some exciting news for Joe, who cannot contain it without telling everyone else.
5am
(repeat)
Ed Reardon's Week
Series 6, Episode 6 - Elgar WritesWhile Ed is busily teaching grammar to some clumsy, apostrophe-ridden phishers, Elgar finds fame when he becomes an internet hit with his blog.
5:30am
(repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town
Series 11, Episode 3 - WhitbyThere's one thing you definitely can't miss in Whitby and that's the ruined abbey up on a cliff looking down on the town. It's also hard to miss the jawbone of a blue whale set atop the opposite hill and the fact that Dracula was a researched and written here by Bram Stoker. You'll not go wanting if you are in search of a chip either. Mark Steel manages to dodge the seagulls and presents his findings to a local audience at The Brunswick Centre.