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Radio schedule Friday 27th May 2022

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Says On The Tin. Eliott Thurber (Michael Brandon). Copyright: BBC

Says On The Tin

Episode 6 - Face Cream

Eliott and Esther are on the brink of admitting their attraction when a young actress with a father fixation fixes on Eliott.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Don Biswas

Don Biswas - Neurotopical

A stand-up special from Don Biswas in which he talks about how having learning difficulties has shaped his worldview.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 3, Episode 23 - The Captain's Car

There is good news for the platoon: they are to welcome a French general, and Mainwaring is to get a staff car. It is decided to have the car camouflage-painted - they just have to pick the right car up.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Married. Robin Lightfoot (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC

Married

Series 2, Episode 4 - Identity

Robin has trouble with parallel worlds - there are 232 of him. Then he meets a woman he knew from another life. Confused? He is.

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

Millport

Series 2, Episode 6 - The Verdict

A letter arrives kicking up the biggest stink the island has ever seen - the Cumbrae Bar is to be closed down. As everyone pulls together Irene finds herself caught between a rock and a hard place. The question is will she stay and fight, or will she take the last ferry of the day over to the mainland to the new life she has always dreamed of?

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Richard Wilson

Believe It!

Series 6, Episode 3 - Party

Richard Wilson decides to hold the party to end all parties. But who will be invited? And will they come? And who's doing the canapés?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 3, Episode 23 - The Captain's Car

There is good news for the platoon: they are to welcome a French general, and Mainwaring is to get a staff car. It is decided to have the car camouflage-painted - they just have to pick the right car up.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Married. Robin Lightfoot (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC

Married

Series 2, Episode 4 - Identity

Robin has trouble with parallel worlds - there are 232 of him. Then he meets a woman he knew from another life. Confused? He is.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Mark Nelson

The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Series 11, Episode 5

A cracking show this week that looks forward to Scotland's World Cup qualifying game. Mark is joined by a bass guitar legend, Guy Pratt, who has played with Madonna, Michael Jackson and Pink Floyd, and he dishes the dirt on them all. Presenter and force of nature, Zara Janjua, shares her biggest mistake whilst on the local news, plus her love for monkeys in Nepal, and completing the line-up is actor and comedian Chris Forbes, who finds a new family in Dunblane and also has a wild time with the animals.

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

Millport

Series 2, Episode 6 - The Verdict

A letter arrives kicking up the biggest stink the island has ever seen - the Cumbrae Bar is to be closed down. As everyone pulls together Irene finds herself caught between a rock and a hard place. The question is will she stay and fight, or will she take the last ferry of the day over to the mainland to the new life she has always dreamed of?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Says On The Tin. Eliott Thurber (Michael Brandon). Copyright: BBC

Says On The Tin

Episode 6 - Face Cream

Eliott and Esther are on the brink of admitting their attraction when a young actress with a father fixation fixes on Eliott.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Don Biswas

Don Biswas - Neurotopical

A stand-up special from Don Biswas in which he talks about how having learning difficulties has shaped his worldview.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 108, Episode 6

Andy Zaltzman records an edition of the satirical quiz from the Hay Literary Festival, featuring Shaparak Khorsandi, Angela Barnes, Paul Sinha and Robin Morgan. News and some (rather tenuous) links to literature combine to make a headline-book-newsfest of a show at the renowned Literature Festival.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 3, Episode 23 - The Captain's Car

There is good news for the platoon: they are to welcome a French general, and Mainwaring is to get a staff car. It is decided to have the car camouflage-painted - they just have to pick the right car up.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Married. Robin Lightfoot (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC

Married

Series 2, Episode 4 - Identity

Robin has trouble with parallel worlds - there are 232 of him. Then he meets a woman he knew from another life. Confused? He is.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Don Biswas

Don Biswas - Neurotopical

A stand-up special from Don Biswas in which he talks about how having learning difficulties has shaped his worldview.

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

A World Of Dowie

Episode 3

John Dowie stays in a boarding house especially to read the Bible.

BBC Radio 3 10:45pm
15 min
Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Edmondson - Signs Of Life

Series 2, Episode 5 - The Jacobite Rebellion

In which Adrian Edmondson compares the fugitive Bonnie Prince Charlie's flight across the country with his and Rik's progress on tour around the kingdom and some of the battles they encountered.

Radio 4 10:45pm
15 min
Mrs Sidhu Investigates. Mrs Sidhu (Meera Syal). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Love Marriage By Monica Ali

Episode 10 - The Past

Ma finally tells the shocking true story of how she came to meet her husband...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Laura Solon

Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking

Series 2, Episode 2

Carole explains her brand new fruit auction website; Professor Selma Richards explains how tedious the world of academia is; and we hear about Chingley Hall's 1981 rat-reduction initiative.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Mitch Benn Specials. Mitch Benn. Copyright: BBC

Mitch Benn Specials

Episode 3 - Mitch Benn Has Left The Building

Musical satirist Mitch Benn explores the work of various music stars. The phenomenon that is 'Elvis' - is he rock 'n' roll's greatest triumph, or its most tragic waste?

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

Millport

Series 2, Episode 6 - The Verdict

A letter arrives kicking up the biggest stink the island has ever seen - the Cumbrae Bar is to be closed down. As everyone pulls together Irene finds herself caught between a rock and a hard place. The question is will she stay and fight, or will she take the last ferry of the day over to the mainland to the new life she has always dreamed of?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Says On The Tin. Eliott Thurber (Michael Brandon). Copyright: BBC

Says On The Tin

Episode 6 - Face Cream

Eliott and Esther are on the brink of admitting their attraction when a young actress with a father fixation fixes on Eliott.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Don Biswas

Don Biswas - Neurotopical

A stand-up special from Don Biswas in which he talks about how having learning difficulties has shaped his worldview.

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