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Radio schedule Wednesday 10th August 2022

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

Michael Frayn's Pocket Playhouse

Episode 2

Darren Richardson conducts a misguided sight-seeing tour, and Ian McKellen has helpline difficulties.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
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 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 6 - The Elopement

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 3

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 2 - Direct Action

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 6 - The Elopement

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 3

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

Radio 4 2:15pm
45 min
Trust. Copyright: BBC

Trust

Series 3, Episode 3

East Salford Academy has just had a biomass boiler fitted. Whilst acknowledging that the school has to go green, Yvette discovers it is costly and unreliable. And with the vaccination roll out for the kids in progress, a dodgy boiler is the last thing she needs.

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

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Series 2, Episode 2 - Direct Action

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 2

Darren Richardson conducts a misguided sight-seeing tour, and Ian McKellen has helpline difficulties.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
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.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Anneka Rice

Anneka Has Issues

Episode 4 - Alzheimer's

It's a disease that affects so many of us and caring for two parents with Alzheimer's has left Anneka with bittersweet memories of time spent in the parallel universes they inhabited.

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

Dad Made Me Laugh

Max Hudd: Sally Magnusson explores the family life of comedian Roy Hudd. She meets the funnyman's son Max, who explains how he was named after his father's hero Max Miller.

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 6 - The Elopement

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 3

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

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

Goodness Gracious Me

Series 2, Episode 4

The last in the series of the Asian sketch show features Guru and the massive and fierce Muffins.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Misguided Meditations

Misguided Meditations

Episode 1 - Fluffy Bunny Island

A delightfully surreal mini-story in the form of a guided meditation led by our narrator, Mina Anwar. In this episode, Captain Snugglebottom asks some seriously awkward questions.

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

The Million Pound Radio Show

Series 3, Episode 5

Eavesdropping on animals and Planet Dull.

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 7 - Thanyia Moore

Jayde Adams is joined by Thanyia Moore and they dissect a long-time crime in Beckenham, the tale of a hungry family in Cleethorpes and a gangster cat terrorising North London.

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

Alex Edelman's Peer Group

Series 4, Episode 3 - The Impossibility Of Escape

With nowhere to go and nothing to do for 12 months, comedian Alex Edelman has had a lot of time to waste. And waste it he has! Although it hasn't been all bad...

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

Hearing With Hegley

Series 2, Episode 4

The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, entertains an audience with his book of verse.

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

Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter From Salford

Episode 4, Recital Statistics: The poet-in-residence's mission to take quiche to the Quays comes to its artistic climax.

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

Dad Made Me Laugh

Max Hudd: Sally Magnusson explores the family life of comedian Roy Hudd. She meets the funnyman's son Max, who explains how he was named after his father's hero Max Miller.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:05am (repeat)
Leonard Rossiter. Copyright: BBC

In A Nutshell

Comic talks delivered by Leonard Rossiter.

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

The Attractive Young Rabbi

Series 2, Episode 2 - Direct Action

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 2

Darren Richardson conducts a misguided sight-seeing tour, and Ian McKellen has helpline difficulties.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
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.

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