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Radio schedule Friday 23rd December 2022

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:15am (repeat)
HighLites. Beverley (Lorraine Ashbourne). Copyright: BBC

HighLites

HighLites: Split Ends, Episode 5

It's already been quite a week for bride to be, Tess. Maybe a visit to HighLites is the last thing she needs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Inspector Calls

Percy decides to play a few pranks on Horace as an act of revenge when a railway inspector visits Parsley Sidings.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Peter Tinniswood

Winston

Christmas Special - Winston At Christmas

Nancy's keen for the family to enjoy a festive celebration, but the old rogue has other ideas.

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

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 4

With Holly Walsh in the Up-And-Comers, Justin Moorhouse 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 6 - Happy Life Broken And Then Mended A Bit

The planet is in deadly peril when Gently Benevolent summons a massive Martian invasion. Is this the end for Pip, Harry and the rest of the human race, not to mention Pippa's goose sanctuary?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10am (repeat)
Lena Marsh, Live And Shticking!. Image shows from L to R: Michael Ball, Samantha Spiro, Jeremy Front, Lena Marsh (Rebecca Front), Kevin Whately, Jenny Bede. Copyright: BBC

Lena Marsh, Live And Shticking!

Rebecca Front plays a Broadway star.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Roger (Roger Allam), Joanna (Joanna Lumley). Copyright: Matt Stronge

Conversations From A Long Marriage

2021 Christmas Special, Episode 1 - Conversations From A Long Marriage At Christmas Again

The audience joins them as Joanna breathily compliments Roger, "How do you get it so perfect every time?" His reply - "Hot goose fat and regular tossing" - reveals that they are enjoying his signature roast potatoes. They're spending a quiet Christmas with Peter and Sally, but this snowballs into an extravagant house party when Peter is offered a rich friend's country pile and invites other couples.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:15pm (repeat)
HighLites. Beverley (Lorraine Ashbourne). Copyright: BBC

HighLites

HighLites: Split Ends, Episode 5

It's already been quite a week for bride to be, Tess. Maybe a visit to HighLites is the last thing she needs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Inspector Calls

Percy decides to play a few pranks on Horace as an act of revenge when a railway inspector visits Parsley Sidings.

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

Breaking The News

Series 23, Out-takes - The Best Of Unbroadcast

Join Des Clarke for all the hilarious previously unbroadcast material from this year's Breaking The News. It's your chance to get the full live recording experience, as we present to you the finest quips, songs and epic stories that for various reasons never made the cut first time around.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:30pm (repeat)
Peter Tinniswood

Winston

Christmas Special - Winston At Christmas

Nancy's keen for the family to enjoy a festive celebration, but the old rogue has other ideas.

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

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 4

With Holly Walsh in the Up-And-Comers, Justin Moorhouse in the Current Crop and Barry Cryer 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 6 - Happy Life Broken And Then Mended A Bit

The planet is in deadly peril when Gently Benevolent summons a massive Martian invasion. Is this the end for Pip, Harry and the rest of the human race, not to mention Pippa's goose sanctuary?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3pm (repeat)
Lena Marsh, Live And Shticking!. Image shows from L to R: Michael Ball, Samantha Spiro, Jeremy Front, Lena Marsh (Rebecca Front), Kevin Whately, Jenny Bede. Copyright: BBC

Lena Marsh, Live And Shticking!

Rebecca Front plays a Broadway star.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:15pm (repeat)
HighLites. Beverley (Lorraine Ashbourne). Copyright: BBC

HighLites

HighLites: Split Ends, Episode 5

It's already been quite a week for bride to be, Tess. Maybe a visit to HighLites is the last thing she needs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Inspector Calls

Percy decides to play a few pranks on Horace as an act of revenge when a railway inspector visits Parsley Sidings.

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

Could Theresa May make a comeback? Who could be Twitter's new CEO? And what will King Charles say in his first Christmas message? All these questions are answered in the final Dead Ringers of the year.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Peter Tinniswood

Winston

Christmas Special - Winston At Christmas

Nancy's keen for the family to enjoy a festive celebration, but the old rogue has other ideas.

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

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 4

With Holly Walsh in the Up-And-Comers, Justin Moorhouse in the Current Crop and Barry Cryer 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 6 - Happy Life Broken And Then Mended A Bit

The planet is in deadly peril when Gently Benevolent summons a massive Martian invasion. Is this the end for Pip, Harry and the rest of the human race, not to mention Pippa's goose sanctuary?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Stephen Mangan

The Confessional

Series 3, Episode 2 - Neil Dudgeon

Actor and, it turns out, born story-teller Neil Dudgeon tells Stephen stories by turns innocently hapless, toe curling and eye-wateringly funny.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Harpoon

The Harpoon

Winter Special: Spoof boys' magazine, with Alistair McGowan and Peter Baynham.

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 3 - Leonidas

The Penny Dreadfuls present the story of Leonidas, Victorian Britain's most reckless explorer and the third born of the Faversham Brothers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (repeat)
Lena Marsh, Live And Shticking!. Image shows from L to R: Michael Ball, Samantha Spiro, Jeremy Front, Lena Marsh (Rebecca Front), Kevin Whately, Jenny Bede. Copyright: BBC

Lena Marsh, Live And Shticking!

Rebecca Front plays a Broadway star.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:15am (repeat)
HighLites. Beverley (Lorraine Ashbourne). Copyright: BBC

HighLites

HighLites: Split Ends, Episode 5

It's already been quite a week for bride to be, Tess. Maybe a visit to HighLites is the last thing she needs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Inspector Calls

Percy decides to play a few pranks on Horace as an act of revenge when a railway inspector visits Parsley Sidings.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Peter Tinniswood

Winston

Christmas Special - Winston At Christmas

Nancy's keen for the family to enjoy a festive celebration, but the old rogue has other ideas.

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

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 4

With Holly Walsh in the Up-And-Comers, Justin Moorhouse in the Current Crop and Barry Cryer 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 6 - Happy Life Broken And Then Mended A Bit

The planet is in deadly peril when Gently Benevolent summons a massive Martian invasion. Is this the end for Pip, Harry and the rest of the human race, not to mention Pippa's goose sanctuary?

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