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Radio schedule Wednesday 23rd February 2022

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

Zoe Lyons: Passport Paddy

Episode 2 - The Present

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 3 - Lean On Me

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

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 2 - The Scandal Magazine

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 4: The former Goon Show star presents his one-man show, featuring everything from Russian spies to a tour of BBC sound effects department.

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

All The Young Dudes

Series 2, Episode 3 - Monday Monday

Whilst Helen starts to pressurise Patrick to look for work, Joe and Maria are exhausted from the lack of sleep they've suffered from Josephine's sleepless nights.

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 1 - Origins

The Real Comedy Controllers take us back to the stars of Variety and the entertainers of World War II, the men and women (though largely men) who entertained us through the dark days of conflict and the drab times of austerity and rationing.

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

Angstrom

Episode 2 - The Two Faces Of Benny From Abba

Angstrom and Mina try to find out who tried to frame him for the death of Councillor Birgid Lundstrom, a trail which leads them straight to the door of Benny from ABBA. But when that door opens, why is Benny from ABBA now Mexican?

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 2 - The Scandal Magazine

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 4: The former Goon Show star presents his one-man show, featuring everything from Russian spies to a tour of BBC sound effects department.

Radio 4 2:15pm (repeat)
Radio 4

A Border Fantasy

Sci-fi comedy about what one potential Brexit outcome could mean for Ireland.

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

All The Young Dudes

Series 2, Episode 3 - Monday Monday

Whilst Helen starts to pressurise Patrick to look for work, Joe and Maria are exhausted from the lack of sleep they've suffered from Josephine's sleepless nights.

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

Zoe Lyons: Passport Paddy

Episode 2 - The Present

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 3 - Lean On Me

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

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 4 - Let's Spend The Night Together

On a long car journey, the couple reminisce about their first meeting and a long-held secret is revealed.

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 2 - The Scandal Magazine

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 4: The former Goon Show star presents his one-man show, featuring everything from Russian spies to a tour of BBC sound effects department.

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 1 - Origins

The Real Comedy Controllers take us back to the stars of Variety and the entertainers of World War II, the men and women (though largely men) who entertained us through the dark days of conflict and the drab times of austerity and rationing.

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 3 - Lean On Me

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 6, Episode 1

Peter Curran and Patrick Marber discuss their thoughts on Bambi, post-love etiquette, Bowie and farmers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Josie Long - All Of The Planet's Wonders. Josie Long. Copyright: BBC

Josie Long - All Of The Planet's Wonders

Episode 1

Josie uses the book Astronomy for Dummies to try and unravel the greater mysteries of the cosmos.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 8, Episode 7

Patrick and Peter discuss fear of death on a scale of 1 to10, and enjoy a ghostly visitation from the extraordinary voice of a king of silent film comedy, Buster Keaton.

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 6 - A Loved-Up Life Potentially Totally Annihilated

Mister Gently Benevolent unveils an advent calendar of evil that will culminate on Christmas day with the total destruction of the universe.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Chris Neill

Raging Enigma

Episode 1 - Time And Time Again

On a flat roof above suburban south London, Chris Neill is joined by Isy Suttie and Martin Hyder, hacking back the undergrowth of his life for the comedy stories buried within.

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

Ectoplasm

Episode 2, The Case of the Missing Lost Soul: A countess begs Lord Zimbabwe's help to skip eternity as a Barry Manilow fan.

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

All The Young Dudes

Series 2, Episode 3 - Monday Monday

Whilst Helen starts to pressurise Patrick to look for work, Joe and Maria are exhausted from the lack of sleep they've suffered from Josephine's sleepless nights.

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

Zoe Lyons: Passport Paddy

Episode 2 - The Present

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 3 - Lean On Me

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

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