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Radio schedule Wednesday 11th May 2022

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Mrs Sidhu Investigates. Mrs Sidhu (Meera Syal). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Mrs Sidhu Investigates

Murder With Masala, Episode 1 - Samosas, Secrets And Stately Homes

Mrs Sidhu leaves Slough for a posh wedding at Lapsley Hall where the bride appeals for her help in finding her missing maid of honour. Meanwhile her son Tez is angry when she employs a French sous chef.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Stephen Mangan

The Confessional

Series 1, Episode 5 - Marian Kayes

This week the prolific novelist and writer Marian Keyes confesses, from her home in Dublin, details of a disservice she did that still haunts her 20 years after the event. She also tells tales of a lost glove and of Joan of Arc at a fancy dress ball.

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 14 - Sunday Afternoon At Home

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

Fab TV

Episode 4, I Am Not A Number: Final part of the comedy series which pays homage to cult action adventure shows. Number 48 wants to stay in the village - but they keep chucking him out.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
1834. Copyright: BBC

1834

Episode 3 - Strong Continental Lager

What 19th century Macclesfield really needs is a decent pub, serving decent lager. Jason is just the man to organise it, or so he thinks.

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 14 - Sunday Afternoon At Home

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

Fab TV

Episode 4, I Am Not A Number: Final part of the comedy series which pays homage to cult action adventure shows. Number 48 wants to stay in the village - but they keep chucking him out.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
1834. Copyright: BBC

1834

Episode 3 - Strong Continental Lager

What 19th century Macclesfield really needs is a decent pub, serving decent lager. Jason is just the man to organise it, or so he thinks.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Mrs Sidhu Investigates. Mrs Sidhu (Meera Syal). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Mrs Sidhu Investigates

Murder With Masala, Episode 1 - Samosas, Secrets And Stately Homes

Mrs Sidhu leaves Slough for a posh wedding at Lapsley Hall where the bride appeals for her help in finding her missing maid of honour. Meanwhile her son Tez is angry when she employs a French sous chef.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Stephen Mangan

The Confessional

Series 1, Episode 5 - Marian Kayes

This week the prolific novelist and writer Marian Keyes confesses, from her home in Dublin, details of a disservice she did that still haunts her 20 years after the event. She also tells tales of a lost glove and of Joan of Arc at a fancy dress ball.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Paradise Lost In Cyberspace. Copyright: BBC

Paradise Lost In Cyberspace

Episode 3: George fears he has not really escaped and that his visit to Mrs Cookson will return to haunt him.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Stephen Mangan

The Confessional

Series 1, Episode 8 - Lucy Porter

Comic revelations abound in actress and comedian Lucy Porter's confession. Stephen Mangan talks to her about the party that went wrong, a 'hot' date and a family secret.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
How Tickled Am I?. Mark Radcliffe. Copyright: BBC

How Tickled Am I?

Series 2, Episode 2 - Ted Ray

Ted Ray talks about learning to play the violin which would become his trademark, and how his real passion when young was football.

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 14 - Sunday Afternoon At Home

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

Fab TV

Episode 4, I Am Not A Number: Final part of the comedy series which pays homage to cult action adventure shows. Number 48 wants to stay in the village - but they keep chucking him out.

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 3 - Alternative Comedy... and Beyond

The Comedy Controllers return to the 80s to consider how alternative the new wave of comedy was... and to explore how their humour developed as the century drew to a close. Programmes featured include Lenin Of The Rovers, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Goodness Gracious Me, and On The Hour.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Stephen Mangan

The Confessional

Series 1, Episode 5 - Marian Kayes

This week the prolific novelist and writer Marian Keyes confesses, from her home in Dublin, details of a disservice she did that still haunts her 20 years after the event. She also tells tales of a lost glove and of Joan of Arc at a fancy dress ball.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
That Mitchell & Webb Sound. Image shows from L to R: Robert Webb, David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

That Mitchell & Webb Sound

Series 5, Episode 2

Comedy sketches from the quirky world of David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

Radio 4 10:45pm
15 min
Sally Phillips

Bridget Jones's Diary

Episode 8

Bridget begins her new job and receives an invite to a party at Mark Darcy's new house.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair. Jenny Eclair. Copyright: BBC

Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair

Series 7, Episode 6 - Betty Does Bespoke

Tracie Bennett stars as Betty, who has retired, moved and been widowed within a space of a few months but hasn't given up hope of a new life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, David Baddiel, Steve Punt, Rob Newman. Copyright: BBC

The Mary Whitehouse Experience

Series 4, Episode 2

Radio show in which David Baddiel, Rob Newman, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis provocatively undress various issues.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
The Skewer. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

The Skewer

Series 6, Episode 6

This week Starmer's Survival, Black Rod enters, Doctor Who vs The Racists, Ambient Spaghetti, and Things Go Backwards.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
King Cutler

King Cutler

Episode 1

Join Phyllis King and Ivor Cutler for songs, poems and dialogues.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
Paradise Lost In Cyberspace. Copyright: BBC

Paradise Lost In Cyberspace

Episode 3: George fears he has not really escaped and that his visit to Mrs Cookson will return to haunt him.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
How Tickled Am I?. Mark Radcliffe. Copyright: BBC

How Tickled Am I?

Series 2, Episode 2 - Ted Ray

Ted Ray talks about learning to play the violin which would become his trademark, and how his real passion when young was football.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
1834. Copyright: BBC

1834

Episode 3 - Strong Continental Lager

What 19th century Macclesfield really needs is a decent pub, serving decent lager. Jason is just the man to organise it, or so he thinks.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Mrs Sidhu Investigates. Mrs Sidhu (Meera Syal). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Mrs Sidhu Investigates

Murder With Masala, Episode 1 - Samosas, Secrets And Stately Homes

Mrs Sidhu leaves Slough for a posh wedding at Lapsley Hall where the bride appeals for her help in finding her missing maid of honour. Meanwhile her son Tez is angry when she employs a French sous chef.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Stephen Mangan

The Confessional

Series 1, Episode 5 - Marian Kayes

This week the prolific novelist and writer Marian Keyes confesses, from her home in Dublin, details of a disservice she did that still haunts her 20 years after the event. She also tells tales of a lost glove and of Joan of Arc at a fancy dress ball.

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