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Radio schedule Wednesday 16th February 2022

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Alan Ayckbourn's Just Between Ourselves

Bittersweet couples comedy about cheery Dennis and poorly Vera, and the arrival of duo Neil and Pam. Stars Peter Vaughan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Zoe Lyons: Passport Paddy. Zoe Lyons. Copyright: Impatient Productions

Zoe Lyons: Passport Paddy

Episode 1 - The Past

Amid Brexit chaos, Zoe Lyons grabs her shiny new Irish passport and returns to her roots. What does it mean to belong somewhere, and will the Motherland welcome her with open arms?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Wife (Joanna Lumley), Husband (Roger Allam). Copyright: BBC

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Series 1, Episode 2 - Sally's Your Friend

The couples time together is severely hampered by their broken-hearted house guest and her dog.

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 5, Episode 1 - The New Radio Series

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)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

Episode 3: The former Goon Show star presents his one-man show, in which he plays everything from an old colonial to a herd of operatic cows.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
All The Young Dudes. Patrick (Jim Sweeney)

All The Young Dudes

Series 2, Episode 2 - Happy Together

Whilst Billy has a blind date, Helen and Patrick try and resolve their differences.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11am (repeat)
The Real Comedy Controllers. Image shows from L to R: Paul Jackson, Jimmy Mulville, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd. Copyright: BBC

The Real Comedy Controllers

Episode 2 - Satire and Sitcoms

With over 150 years of collective comedy-making experience between them, Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville take on the satire and sitcoms of the 60s and 70s. Programmes featured include Round The Horne, Steptoe & Son, The Eric Morecambe And Ernie Wise Show, and The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Angstrom. Knut Ångström (Matthew Holness). Copyright: BBC

Angstrom

Episode 1 - The Man Who Wasn't Dead

A body goes missing from a crime scene. But was it ever even there in the first place?

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 5, Episode 1 - The New Radio Series

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)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

Episode 3: The former Goon Show star presents his one-man show, in which he plays everything from an old colonial to a herd of operatic cows.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
All The Young Dudes. Patrick (Jim Sweeney)

All The Young Dudes

Series 2, Episode 2 - Happy Together

Whilst Billy has a blind date, Helen and Patrick try and resolve their differences.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Zoe Lyons: Passport Paddy. Zoe Lyons. Copyright: Impatient Productions

Zoe Lyons: Passport Paddy

Episode 1 - The Past

Amid Brexit chaos, Zoe Lyons grabs her shiny new Irish passport and returns to her roots. What does it mean to belong somewhere, and will the Motherland welcome her with open arms?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Wife (Joanna Lumley), Husband (Roger Allam). Copyright: BBC

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Series 1, Episode 2 - Sally's Your Friend

The couples time together is severely hampered by their broken-hearted house guest and her dog.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Wife (Joanna Lumley), Husband (Roger Allam). Copyright: BBC

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Series 1, Episode 3 - Lean On Me

Joanna's nursing skills are found wanting after Roger's knee op.

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 5, Episode 1 - The New Radio Series

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)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

Episode 3: The former Goon Show star presents his one-man show, in which he plays everything from an old colonial to a herd of operatic cows.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9pm (repeat)
The Real Comedy Controllers. Image shows from L to R: Paul Jackson, Jimmy Mulville, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd. Copyright: BBC

The Real Comedy Controllers

Episode 2 - Satire and Sitcoms

With over 150 years of collective comedy-making experience between them, Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville take on the satire and sitcoms of the 60s and 70s. Programmes featured include Round The Horne, Steptoe & Son, The Eric Morecambe And Ernie Wise Show, and The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Wife (Joanna Lumley), Husband (Roger Allam). Copyright: BBC

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Series 1, Episode 2 - Sally's Your Friend

The couples time together is severely hampered by their broken-hearted house guest and her dog.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 8, Episode 6

Patrick Marber and Peter Curran are joined by Jane Horrocks on the pull-out bed. Together, they ramble through the complex and hilarious world of self-generated pleasure, and the etiquette and ingredients for a good midnight feast.

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 5, Episode 5 - A Terrifying Life Made Even Scarier A Bit Some More

A new and terrible danger threatens Victorian Britain, as Harry Biscuit becomes possessed by the evil Pen of Penrith, which turns his heart to inky black.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
The John Moloney Show. John Moloney. Copyright: Dabster Productions

The John Moloney Show

Series 5, Episode 4 - Public Information

While not ready to leave the Sex Pistols, The Beatles or The Smiths behind, John is facing a new set of challenges as he matures into the next phase of his life, and ensuring that he does so healthily.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Ectoplasm

Ectoplasm

Episode 1.1, The Curse of Tutancommon: The swashbuckling exploits of the Edwardian adventurer Lord Zimbabwe.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
All The Young Dudes. Patrick (Jim Sweeney)

All The Young Dudes

Series 2, Episode 2 - Happy Together

Whilst Billy has a blind date, Helen and Patrick try and resolve their differences.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Zoe Lyons: Passport Paddy. Zoe Lyons. Copyright: Impatient Productions

Zoe Lyons: Passport Paddy

Episode 1 - The Past

Amid Brexit chaos, Zoe Lyons grabs her shiny new Irish passport and returns to her roots. What does it mean to belong somewhere, and will the Motherland welcome her with open arms?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Wife (Joanna Lumley), Husband (Roger Allam). Copyright: BBC

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Series 1, Episode 2 - Sally's Your Friend

The couples time together is severely hampered by their broken-hearted house guest and her dog.

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