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Radio schedule Wednesday 6th July 2022

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Boswell's Lives. Image shows from L to R: Alan Bennett (Alistair McGowan), Karl Marx (Julian Rhind-Tutt), James Boswell (Miles Jupp), Muhammad Ali (Lenny Henry), Madonna (Debra Stephenson). Copyright: BBC

Boswell's Lives

Series 2, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life of Muhammad Ali

Boswell meets Muhammad Ali (played by Lenny Henry) who is banned from boxing and in the wilderness - can Boswell help him out?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
How to Be Bohemian. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Heresy

Series 12, Episode 6

Joining Victoria Coren Mitchell to commit heresy this week are Jo Bunting, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Horne.

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 6, Episode 2 - The Childhood Sweetheart

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)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 5.4, Surprise Surprise: Comedy, with Rosemary Leach, Celia Imrie and Nicola Pagett.

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 6, Episode 2 - The Childhood Sweetheart

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)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 5.4, Surprise Surprise: Comedy, with Rosemary Leach, Celia Imrie and Nicola Pagett.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Boswell's Lives. Image shows from L to R: Alan Bennett (Alistair McGowan), Karl Marx (Julian Rhind-Tutt), James Boswell (Miles Jupp), Muhammad Ali (Lenny Henry), Madonna (Debra Stephenson). Copyright: BBC

Boswell's Lives

Series 2, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life of Muhammad Ali

Boswell meets Muhammad Ali (played by Lenny Henry) who is banned from boxing and in the wilderness - can Boswell help him out?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
How to Be Bohemian. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Heresy

Series 12, Episode 6

Joining Victoria Coren Mitchell to commit heresy this week are Jo Bunting, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Horne.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian. Ken Cheng. Copyright: BBC

Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian

Series 3, Episode 1 - Chinese Virus

Ken Cheng talks all things coronavirus, and we learn about the greatest success of his romantic endeavours so far.

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

How Tickled Am I?

Series 3, Episode 4 - Harry Worth

Mark Radcliffe presents a profile of the comedian who once worked as a miner in Barnsley.

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 6, Episode 2 - The Childhood Sweetheart

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)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 5.4, Surprise Surprise: Comedy, with Rosemary Leach, Celia Imrie and Nicola Pagett.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
How to Be Bohemian. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Heresy

Series 12, Episode 6

Joining Victoria Coren Mitchell to commit heresy this week are Jo Bunting, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Horne.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Flight Of The Conchords. Copyright: BBC

The Flight Of The Conchords

Episode 5, Suzanne: Bret's girlfriend Suzanne emerges as a Yoko Ono figure threatening to split the duo apart.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
An abandoned train. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

No-Platformed

Episode 4

Stuart invests in a new tannoy, and Clara is studying for her Advanced Platform Awareness Badge.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Globe

All The World's A Globe

Episode 8, From 20th Century Wars to Twiggy: Spoof history of Earth, with Jim Broadbent, Patrick Barlow and guest Ben Kingsley.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Jayde Adams in Welcome To The Neighbourhood. Jayde Adams. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

Welcome To The Neighbourhood

Series 1, Episode 2 - Larry Dean

Jayde Adams and guest Larry Dean dive into the feisty world of community apps and messageboards, sifting through the angry neighbourhood bins to find disgruntled comedy gold.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Goldfish Bowl

Series 2, Episode 8

Comedy about two goldfish, Liam and Anton, who contemplate life from their bowl and try to understand their owners.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Dave Podmore. Dave 'Pod' Podmore (Christopher Douglas)

Dave Podmore

Dave Podmore's Cricket Night, Episode 3

There's uproar when a Russian billionaire turns Pod's cricket ground into a supermarket, leaving him with divided loyalties. Supermarkets are 'the future of cricket'. And Pod won't stand in the way of progress. Or will he?

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

How Tickled Am I?

Series 3, Episode 4 - Harry Worth

Mark Radcliffe presents a profile of the comedian who once worked as a miner in Barnsley.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Boswell's Lives. Image shows from L to R: Alan Bennett (Alistair McGowan), Karl Marx (Julian Rhind-Tutt), James Boswell (Miles Jupp), Muhammad Ali (Lenny Henry), Madonna (Debra Stephenson). Copyright: BBC

Boswell's Lives

Series 2, Episode 1 - Boswell's Life of Muhammad Ali

Boswell meets Muhammad Ali (played by Lenny Henry) who is banned from boxing and in the wilderness - can Boswell help him out?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
How to Be Bohemian. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Heresy

Series 12, Episode 6

Joining Victoria Coren Mitchell to commit heresy this week are Jo Bunting, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Horne.

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