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Radio schedule Friday 9th December 2022

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Josie Long: Romance And Adventure. Josie (Josie Long). Copyright: BBC

Josie Long: Romance And Adventure

Episode 2

Things are looking up for Josie, but then she has her heart broken.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Postal Express

British Rail and the GPO have decided to place a "rail-side picking up and delivery point" for express mail at a local station. Horace is determined to give Parsley Sidings a new lease of life by winning the contract, but he has stiff competition.

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

Married

Series 3, Episode 5

Robin has encountered many strange phenomena since the universes collided. Today he has two Arthur Smiths for the price of one.

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

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 2

With Sarah Millican in the Up-And-Comers, Milton Jones in the Current Crop and Adrian Walsh 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 4 - A Restoration Re-Ruined Only Even Worse

Pip is heavily in debt when he has to bribe the whole of the House of Commons not to hang him.

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 3 - Chicken Man

Ashley starts a new job promoting a local fried chicken restaurant, and after inadvertently stopping a jewellery heist, he becomes a national hero. Meanwhile, Gideon and Rebecca open up a vegan pop up cafe, Imogen holds a Jiu Jitsu class and Tony catches up with one of his old comrades from The Revolutionary Party for Working Workers (Marxist-Leninist).

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Josie Long: Romance And Adventure. Josie (Josie Long). Copyright: BBC

Josie Long: Romance And Adventure

Episode 2

Things are looking up for Josie, but then she has her heart broken.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Postal Express

British Rail and the GPO have decided to place a "rail-side picking up and delivery point" for express mail at a local station. Horace is determined to give Parsley Sidings a new lease of life by winning the contract, but he has stiff competition.

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

Breaking The News

Series 23, Episode 9

Des Clarke is joined by Stuart McPherson, Marjolein Robertson, Priya Hall and Jamie MacDonald.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:30pm (repeat)
Married. Robin Lightfoot (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC

Married

Series 3, Episode 5

Robin has encountered many strange phenomena since the universes collided. Today he has two Arthur Smiths for the price of one.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 2

With Sarah Millican in the Up-And-Comers, Milton Jones in the Current Crop and Adrian Walsh in the Old Guard.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (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 4 - A Restoration Re-Ruined Only Even Worse

Pip is heavily in debt when he has to bribe the whole of the House of Commons not to hang him.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Josie Long: Romance And Adventure. Josie (Josie Long). Copyright: BBC

Josie Long: Romance And Adventure

Episode 2

Things are looking up for Josie, but then she has her heart broken.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Postal Express

British Rail and the GPO have decided to place a "rail-side picking up and delivery point" for express mail at a local station. Horace is determined to give Parsley Sidings a new lease of life by winning the contract, but he has stiff competition.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Dead Ringers. Image shows from L to R: Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson, Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey. Copyright: BBC

Dead Ringers

2022 Christmas Specials

BBC Radio 4 has a new owner, Woman's Hour has a new host, and David Beckham gets an unusual new role.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Married. Robin Lightfoot (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC

Married

Series 3, Episode 5

Robin has encountered many strange phenomena since the universes collided. Today he has two Arthur Smiths for the price of one.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 2

With Sarah Millican in the Up-And-Comers, Milton Jones in the Current Crop and Adrian Walsh in the Old Guard.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (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 4 - A Restoration Re-Ruined Only Even Worse

Pip is heavily in debt when he has to bribe the whole of the House of Commons not to hang him.

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 10 - The Bully Father-In-Law Problem

A woman bullied by her father-in-law, a grieving widow and an anxious midwifery student get help from Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn in the advice series.

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

Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music

Episode 3.4: Mitch and his band get stranded on a mysterious desert island. Some of them harbour a dark secret.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Penny Dreadfuls Present.... Image shows from L to R: Humphrey Ker, Thom Tuck, David Reed

The Penny Dreadfuls Present...

The Brothers Faversham, Episode 1 - Horatius

The Penny Dreadfuls present the story of Horatius, Victorian Britain's most decorated soldier and first born of the Faversham brothers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
Josie Long: Romance And Adventure. Josie (Josie Long). Copyright: BBC

Josie Long: Romance And Adventure

Episode 2

Things are looking up for Josie, but then she has her heart broken.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Postal Express

British Rail and the GPO have decided to place a "rail-side picking up and delivery point" for express mail at a local station. Horace is determined to give Parsley Sidings a new lease of life by winning the contract, but he has stiff competition.

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

Married

Series 3, Episode 5

Robin has encountered many strange phenomena since the universes collided. Today he has two Arthur Smiths for the price of one.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 2

With Sarah Millican in the Up-And-Comers, Milton Jones in the Current Crop and Adrian Walsh in the Old Guard.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (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 4 - A Restoration Re-Ruined Only Even Worse

Pip is heavily in debt when he has to bribe the whole of the House of Commons not to hang him.

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