British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Radio

Radio schedule Friday 2nd December 2022

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Josie Long: Romance And Adventure. Josie (Josie Long). Copyright: BBC

Josie Long: Romance And Adventure

Episode 1

Glasgow is the indie band theme park, where Josie will finally be happy and accepted. But almost as soon as she disembarks the train at Queen Street Station, she begins to think that she's made a big mistake. Josie sets about finding friends, a place to live and a new job.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn. Image shows from L to R: Tara Flynn, Marian Keyes

Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn

Series 2, Episode 9 - The Workplace Crush Problem

Do you fancy your boss? Had second thoughts about joining a book club? Does your dog seem to hate you? Life is addressed from every angle by Marian and Tara.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Market Special

Horace concocts a plan to get more passengers using the station - but ends up taking on the bus company!

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

Married

Series 3, Episode 4

Robin, Leslie and Dirk go for a drive - through a time anomaly - and find themselves in deepest, darkest Texas.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 1

With Josh Howie in the Up-And-Comers, Stephen K. Amos in the Current Crop and Barry Cryer in the Old Guard.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Bleak Expectations. Image shows from L to R: Hardthrasher (Geoffrey Whitehead), Aunt Lily (Celia Imrie), Young Pip (Tom Allen), Mr Gently Benevolent (Anthony Head), Sir Philip Bin (Richard Johnson), Harry Biscuit (James Bachman). Copyright: BBC

Bleak Expectations

Series 2, Episode 3 - A Recovery All Made Miserable

Young Pip is nursed back to health by the Reverend Fecund and his hideously ugly daughter Ripley.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Unite. Image shows from L to R: Gideon (Ivo Graham), Tony (Mark Steel), Imogen (Claire Skinner), Ashley (Elliot Steel)

Unite

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Proposal And The Party

Tony takes Imogen away for a romantic weekend. Gideon and Ashley take the opportunity to have a party at the house, but Gideon's pet Bearded Dragon suddenly falls ill.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Market Special

Horace concocts a plan to get more passengers using the station - but ends up taking on the bus company!

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

Married

Series 3, Episode 4

Robin, Leslie and Dirk go for a drive - through a time anomaly - and find themselves in deepest, darkest Texas.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Breaking The News. Des Clarke. Copyright: BBC Studios

Breaking The News

Series 23, Episode 8

Des Clarke is joined by Josie Long, Daliso Chaponda, Susan Riddell and Christopher MacArthur-Boyd.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 1

With Josh Howie in the Up-And-Comers, Stephen K. Amos in the Current Crop and Barry Cryer in the Old Guard.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Bleak Expectations. Image shows from L to R: Hardthrasher (Geoffrey Whitehead), Aunt Lily (Celia Imrie), Young Pip (Tom Allen), Mr Gently Benevolent (Anthony Head), Sir Philip Bin (Richard Johnson), Harry Biscuit (James Bachman). Copyright: BBC

Bleak Expectations

Series 2, Episode 3 - A Recovery All Made Miserable

Young Pip is nursed back to health by the Reverend Fecund and his hideously ugly daughter Ripley.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Josie Long: Romance And Adventure. Josie (Josie Long). Copyright: BBC

Josie Long: Romance And Adventure

Episode 1

Glasgow is the indie band theme park, where Josie will finally be happy and accepted. But almost as soon as she disembarks the train at Queen Street Station, she begins to think that she's made a big mistake. Josie sets about finding friends, a place to live and a new job.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn. Image shows from L to R: Tara Flynn, Marian Keyes

Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn

Series 2, Episode 9 - The Workplace Crush Problem

Do you fancy your boss? Had second thoughts about joining a book club? Does your dog seem to hate you? Life is addressed from every angle by Marian and Tara.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 61, Episode 6

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.Jamie MacDonald shares his experience of Disability History Month, Lucy Porter examines our increasingly secular population and Ed MacArthur is a PR consultant, rebranding famous faces.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Market Special

Horace concocts a plan to get more passengers using the station - but ends up taking on the bus company!

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

Married

Series 3, Episode 4

Robin, Leslie and Dirk go for a drive - through a time anomaly - and find themselves in deepest, darkest Texas.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn. Image shows from L to R: Tara Flynn, Marian Keyes

Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn

Series 2, Episode 9 - The Workplace Crush Problem

Do you fancy your boss? Had second thoughts about joining a book club? Does your dog seem to hate you? Life is addressed from every angle by Marian and Tara.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music

Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music

Episode 3.3: The band get stranded at Stansted airport when the budget airline they were planning to fly with goes bust. Stuck in a duty-free limbo between passport control and the boarding gate, Mitch is driven mad by a song he keeps hearing - and resolves to solve the problem with a musical appeal to Watchdog.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Mark Thomas - The Manifesto. Mark Thomas. Copyright: BBC

Mark Thomas - The Manifesto

Series 2, Episode 4

Another episode of the show where the audience suggest policies that will make the world a better place, and Mark Thomas finds out if they'd help or not.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 1

With Josh Howie in the Up-And-Comers, Stephen K. Amos in the Current Crop and Barry Cryer in the Old Guard.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Bleak Expectations. Image shows from L to R: Hardthrasher (Geoffrey Whitehead), Aunt Lily (Celia Imrie), Young Pip (Tom Allen), Mr Gently Benevolent (Anthony Head), Sir Philip Bin (Richard Johnson), Harry Biscuit (James Bachman). Copyright: BBC

Bleak Expectations

Series 2, Episode 3 - A Recovery All Made Miserable

Young Pip is nursed back to health by the Reverend Fecund and his hideously ugly daughter Ripley.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Josie Long: Romance And Adventure. Josie (Josie Long). Copyright: BBC

Josie Long: Romance And Adventure

Episode 1

Glasgow is the indie band theme park, where Josie will finally be happy and accepted. But almost as soon as she disembarks the train at Queen Street Station, she begins to think that she's made a big mistake. Josie sets about finding friends, a place to live and a new job.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn. Image shows from L to R: Tara Flynn, Marian Keyes

Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn

Series 2, Episode 9 - The Workplace Crush Problem

Do you fancy your boss? Had second thoughts about joining a book club? Does your dog seem to hate you? Life is addressed from every angle by Marian and Tara.

Share this page

Subscribe to our newsletters