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Radio schedule Wednesday 3rd August 2022

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse. Michael Frayn

Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse

Episode 1 - Assembly Instructions

Joanna Lumley opens the series. Alex Jennings is a subversive theatre director, Ian McKellen meets Mozart (George Blagden), Alfred Molina has security problems with packaging, Lisa Dillon and Edward Bennett are Mr and Mrs Andrews in Gainsborough's portrait at the National Gallery, Stephen Fry conducts a weird press interview with Martin Jarvis, and McKellen and Lumley are Mr and Mrs God.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Anneka Rice

Anneka Has Issues

Episode 2 - Therapy

Have you ever been hypnotised in the same room as Philip Schofield, with your best friend in the corner watching and pretending to be a secret agent? Guess who has? Anneka on therapies of all sorts and why we want to try them.

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 5 - The Gourmet

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)
Any Other Business

Any Other Business

Episode 2

Local govenment capers in Chesbury. Small-town comedy starring John Duttine.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
The Attractive Young Rabbi

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Series 2, Episode 1 - Barmitzvah

Culture-clash comedy set between a traditional and a new, more modern Jewish synagogue.

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 5 - The Gourmet

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)
Any Other Business

Any Other Business

Episode 2

Local govenment capers in Chesbury. Small-town comedy starring John Duttine.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
The Attractive Young Rabbi

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Series 2, Episode 1 - Barmitzvah

Culture-clash comedy set between a traditional and a new, more modern Jewish synagogue.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse. Michael Frayn

Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse

Episode 1 - Assembly Instructions

Joanna Lumley opens the series. Alex Jennings is a subversive theatre director, Ian McKellen meets Mozart (George Blagden), Alfred Molina has security problems with packaging, Lisa Dillon and Edward Bennett are Mr and Mrs Andrews in Gainsborough's portrait at the National Gallery, Stephen Fry conducts a weird press interview with Martin Jarvis, and McKellen and Lumley are Mr and Mrs God.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Anneka Rice

Anneka Has Issues

Episode 2 - Therapy

Have you ever been hypnotised in the same room as Philip Schofield, with your best friend in the corner watching and pretending to be a secret agent? Guess who has? Anneka on therapies of all sorts and why we want to try them.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Anneka Rice

Anneka Has Issues

Episode 3 - Death

Anneka's Dad is still on the mantelpiece and her mum is under the ironing board. Anneka already knows what she wants to happen to her when she dies - and it's not your average plan. She discusses death, bereavement and funerals.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Dad Made Me Laugh. Copyright: BBC

Dad Made Me Laugh

Jenny Secombe: Jenny Secombe talks to Sally Magnusson about how her father Harry gave her a thrilling childhood, but also taught her to kept her feet on the ground. Originally broadcast in 2006.

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 5 - The Gourmet

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)
Any Other Business

Any Other Business

Episode 2

Local govenment capers in Chesbury. Small-town comedy starring John Duttine.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Anneka Rice

Anneka Has Issues

Episode 2 - Therapy

Have you ever been hypnotised in the same room as Philip Schofield, with your best friend in the corner watching and pretending to be a secret agent? Guess who has? Anneka on therapies of all sorts and why we want to try them.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Goodness Gracious Me

Goodness Gracious Me

Series 2, Episode 3

The all-Asian sketch show introduces a new superhero - Divorced Woman.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Tom Mayhew

Tom Mayhew Is Benefit Scum

Series 2, Episode 4 - These Boots Are Made For Working

Tom Mayhew and his tiny Mum explore jobs, life and ambition. What does it mean to have a successful life and is it even possible when there's a cost of living crisis?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Million Pound Radio Show. Copyright: BBC

The Million Pound Radio Show

Series 3, Episode 4

Twisted Gardeners' Question Time - and car alarm revenge.

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 6 - James Acaster

Jayde Adams and her guest James Acaster enter the feisty world of community apps and messageboards, sifting through the angry neighbourhood bins to find disgruntled comedy gold.

Radio 4 11:30pm (repeat)
Alex Edelman's Peer Group. Alex Edelman. Copyright: BBC

Alex Edelman's Peer Group

Series 4, Episode 2 - America As It Is Now

Alex Edelman looks at how the Biden inauguration, as well as Covid, has changed America and how he got caught up in an election of his own.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Hearing With Hegley. John Hegley

Hearing With Hegley

Episode 2.3: Poet John Hegley entertains an audience with a microphone and a book of comic verse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter From Salford

Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter From Salford

Episode 3, The Best Page Is a Rampage: The new poet-in-residence has a run-in with 'the man', which gets his creative juices flowing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
Dad Made Me Laugh. Copyright: BBC

Dad Made Me Laugh

Jenny Secombe: Jenny Secombe talks to Sally Magnusson about how her father Harry gave her a thrilling childhood, but also taught her to kept her feet on the ground. Originally broadcast in 2006.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
The Attractive Young Rabbi

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Series 2, Episode 1 - Barmitzvah

Culture-clash comedy set between a traditional and a new, more modern Jewish synagogue.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse. Michael Frayn

Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse

Episode 1 - Assembly Instructions

Joanna Lumley opens the series. Alex Jennings is a subversive theatre director, Ian McKellen meets Mozart (George Blagden), Alfred Molina has security problems with packaging, Lisa Dillon and Edward Bennett are Mr and Mrs Andrews in Gainsborough's portrait at the National Gallery, Stephen Fry conducts a weird press interview with Martin Jarvis, and McKellen and Lumley are Mr and Mrs God.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Anneka Rice

Anneka Has Issues

Episode 2 - Therapy

Have you ever been hypnotised in the same room as Philip Schofield, with your best friend in the corner watching and pretending to be a secret agent? Guess who has? Anneka on therapies of all sorts and why we want to try them.

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