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Radio schedule Thursday 21st July 2022

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
To Hull And Back. Image shows from L to R: Sheila (Maureen Lipman), Sophie (Lucy Beaumont)

To Hull And Back

Series 1, Episode 1 - Crying In The Chapel

Songs of Praise are paying a visit to Hull. Sophie sees this as an opportunity to start a successful singing career but neglected plumbing and a painting of Elvis at The Last Supper make an impossible task even more difficult.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Gyles Brandreth

Gyles's Joke Box

Gyles Brandreth asks his guests to pick their favourite audio comedy moments of all time.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Burkiss Way. Copyright: BBC

The Burkiss Way

Series 1, Episode 1 - Peel Bananas The Burkiss Way

The best techniques on peeling bananas and how to get people off lightly.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Galton & Simpson

Little Blighty On The Down

Series 1, Episode 2

A repeat of this 1988 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

The Unbelievable Truth

Series 20, Episode 4

John Finnemore, Henning Wehn, Lou Sanders and Graeme Garden are the panellists joining David Mitchell who are obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as The Rolling Stones, vegetarianism, eggs and Harry Potter.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Coming Alive

Coming Alive

Episode 2.1, Off The Hook: An assault charge could send Terry back to jail, threatening his battle to rejuvenate the community centre and his blossoming romance with Sandra.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Burkiss Way. Copyright: BBC

The Burkiss Way

Series 1, Episode 1 - Peel Bananas The Burkiss Way

The best techniques on peeling bananas and how to get people off lightly.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Galton & Simpson

Little Blighty On The Down

Series 1, Episode 2

A repeat of this 1988 radio.

Radio 4 4pm (repeat)
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 24, Episode 4 - Black Holes

Prof. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Eric Idle, Dr Netta Engelhardt and Dr Janna Levin to discover what happens if you throw a cardigan-wearing comedian into a black hole.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
The Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

The Unbelievable Truth

Series 20, Episode 4

John Finnemore, Henning Wehn, Lou Sanders and Graeme Garden are the panellists joining David Mitchell who are obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as The Rolling Stones, vegetarianism, eggs and Harry Potter.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Coming Alive

Coming Alive

Episode 2.1, Off The Hook: An assault charge could send Terry back to jail, threatening his battle to rejuvenate the community centre and his blossoming romance with Sandra.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
To Hull And Back. Image shows from L to R: Sheila (Maureen Lipman), Sophie (Lucy Beaumont)

To Hull And Back

Series 1, Episode 1 - Crying In The Chapel

Songs of Praise are paying a visit to Hull. Sophie sees this as an opportunity to start a successful singing career but neglected plumbing and a painting of Elvis at The Last Supper make an impossible task even more difficult.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Gyles Brandreth

Gyles's Joke Box

Gyles Brandreth asks his guests to pick their favourite audio comedy moments of all time.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Ultimate Choice. Image shows left to right: Ria Lina, Steph McGovern, Russell Kane. Credit: BBC

The Ultimate Choice

Episode 1 - Pilot

Steph McGovern leads a pair of seriously funny minds through some devious Would You Rather dilemmas, to find definitive answers to the great questions of our age. Or not. In this pilot episode, comedians Russell Kane and Ria Lina step up to the plate, with their fates to be decided by the wise and all-powerful studio audience, who will make the ultimate choice.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Burkiss Way. Copyright: BBC

The Burkiss Way

Series 1, Episode 1 - Peel Bananas The Burkiss Way

The best techniques on peeling bananas and how to get people off lightly.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Galton & Simpson

Little Blighty On The Down

Series 1, Episode 2

A repeat of this 1988 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Gyles Brandreth

Gyles's Joke Box

Gyles Brandreth asks his guests to pick their favourite audio comedy moments of all time.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Listen Against. Image shows from L to R: Alice Arnold, Jon Holmes. Copyright: BBC

Listen Against

Series 4, Episode 4

A satirical look back over the past week of radio.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Robin Ince. Copyright: Steve Best, Cosmic Shambles Network

Robin Ince's Reality Tunnel

Series 1, Episode 2 - Outside Robin Ince

Ince talks about undergoing a brain scan, muses on what sleep and dreams reveal about our reality and remembers a moment of transcendence at the Callanish Standing Stones on the Isle of Lewis.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Maltby Collection. Copyright: BBC

The Maltby Collection

Series 3, Episode 4

Museum cleaner Eva Tattle has been interviewed 'in depth' by Cleaners' Weekly (incorporating The Scrubbers' Gazette) and has managed to offend the entire museum in the process.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Secret World. Copyright: BBC

The Secret World

Series 4, Episode 3

This week Mary Berry from Bake Off has to deal with a baking-related dispute between Ray Winstone and Bob Hoskins. Olympic director Danny Boyle is tasked with rescuing a cat from a tree, and James Naughtie seeks counselling from poet Roger McGough.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
The Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

The Unbelievable Truth

Series 20, Episode 4

John Finnemore, Henning Wehn, Lou Sanders and Graeme Garden are the panellists joining David Mitchell who are obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as The Rolling Stones, vegetarianism, eggs and Harry Potter.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Coming Alive

Coming Alive

Episode 2.1, Off The Hook: An assault charge could send Terry back to jail, threatening his battle to rejuvenate the community centre and his blossoming romance with Sandra.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
To Hull And Back. Image shows from L to R: Sheila (Maureen Lipman), Sophie (Lucy Beaumont)

To Hull And Back

Series 1, Episode 1 - Crying In The Chapel

Songs of Praise are paying a visit to Hull. Sophie sees this as an opportunity to start a successful singing career but neglected plumbing and a painting of Elvis at The Last Supper make an impossible task even more difficult.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Gyles Brandreth

Gyles's Joke Box

Gyles Brandreth asks his guests to pick their favourite audio comedy moments of all time.

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