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Radio schedule Friday 2nd June 2023

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Phil Hammond

Dr Phil's Bedside Manner

Episode 2

Dr Phil Hammond visits and performs for the staff and patients at Birmingham City Hospital.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Series 1, Episode 11 - The Lead Man Cometh

The rag and bone men get an irresistible offer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Flying The Flag

Flying The Flag

Series 4, Episode 7 - The Pretenders

Ambassador Mackenzie faces an aristocratic revival in the Federated People's Republic.

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

Act Your Age

Series 3, Episode 3

Holly Walsh is joined by Seann Walsh, Lucy Porter teams up with Hal Cruttenden and Tom O'Connor is paired with Dave Spikey.

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 4, Episode 5 - A Now Tricky Life Woefully Miseried Up

Pip and Harry pursue the evil Mister Benevolent to France, to a dark and pungent fate awaits them. Guest starring David Mitchell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10am (repeat)
Ray Quinn

The Believers

Saturday Play that follows a Merseybeat Christian pop band. Stars X Factor star Ray Quinn.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 14, Episode 6 - Platinum Writer

Once more on his uppers, Ed finds himself having to choose between a project with Jaz Milvain, or with Maggie.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Phil Hammond

Dr Phil's Bedside Manner

Episode 2

Dr Phil Hammond visits and performs for the staff and patients at Birmingham City Hospital.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Series 1, Episode 11 - The Lead Man Cometh

The rag and bone men get an irresistible offer.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Mark Nelson

The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Series 14, Episode 6

Joining Mark Nelson this week is a man with over two billion views online, for his 'innocent' viral video as Hacker T Dog, Phil Fletcher, who shares stories of being on TV for fourteen years and sharing a flat with his co-host Iain Stirling. Alongside him is the saxophonist from Spandau Ballet, Steve Norman, who remembers playing with one of punk's all time greats and tries to remember what happened at Live Aid. Completing the line up is the unstoppable stand-up Sammy Dobson, whose devotion to a band changed her life for the better, and a wedding in room ended with unexpected results.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:30pm (repeat)
Flying The Flag

Flying The Flag

Series 4, Episode 7 - The Pretenders

Ambassador Mackenzie faces an aristocratic revival in the Federated People's Republic.

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

Act Your Age

Series 3, Episode 3

Holly Walsh is joined by Seann Walsh, Lucy Porter teams up with Hal Cruttenden and Tom O'Connor is paired with Dave Spikey.

Radio 4 2:15pm (repeat)
The Attendant. Image shows from L to R: Ella (Patricia Allison), Alex (Will Merrick), Keith and the 'How To' Tapes (Kenneth Collard)

The Attendant

Episode 1 - Frankenstein

Alex is desperate to find someone to share his life with, but too scared to do anything about it. A film obsessive, he works the night shift at an isolated petrol station on the outskirts of a two-bit town. Awkward, and with no real friends to speak of, he confides in his only 'colleague' - a smiley-faced vacuum cleaner named Keith, whose voice only Alex can hear.

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 4, Episode 5 - A Now Tricky Life Woefully Miseried Up

Pip and Harry pursue the evil Mister Benevolent to France, to a dark and pungent fate awaits them. Guest starring David Mitchell.

Radio 4 2:45pm
15 min
Jayde Adams in Welcome To The Neighbourhood. Jayde Adams. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

Welcome To The Neighbourhood

Series 2, Episode 2 - Kiell Smith-Bynoe

Jayde Adams and her guest Kiell Smith-Bynoe dive into the world of community apps and messageboards. This week - a naked man in Hampstead divides opinion.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3pm (repeat)
Ray Quinn

The Believers

Saturday Play that follows a Merseybeat Christian pop band. Stars X Factor star Ray Quinn.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Phil Hammond

Dr Phil's Bedside Manner

Episode 2

Dr Phil Hammond visits and performs for the staff and patients at Birmingham City Hospital.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Series 1, Episode 11 - The Lead Man Cometh

The rag and bone men get an irresistible offer.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 111, Episode 6

Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. Providing the answers, hopefully, are Ian Smith, Alice Fraser, Anushka Asthana, and Andy Hamilton.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Flying The Flag

Flying The Flag

Series 4, Episode 7 - The Pretenders

Ambassador Mackenzie faces an aristocratic revival in the Federated People's Republic.

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

Act Your Age

Series 3, Episode 3

Holly Walsh is joined by Seann Walsh, Lucy Porter teams up with Hal Cruttenden and Tom O'Connor is paired with Dave Spikey.

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 4, Episode 5 - A Now Tricky Life Woefully Miseried Up

Pip and Harry pursue the evil Mister Benevolent to France, to a dark and pungent fate awaits them. Guest starring David Mitchell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 9, Episode 6 - Malta

Mark travels a little further afield than usual as he visits Malta, performing a stand-up show based on the things he finds out about the island.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm
30 min
DMs Are Open

DMs Are Open

Series 2, Episode 3 - Stranded!

Hosts Ali Official and Athena Kugblenu are joined by Toussaint Douglass, Adam Flood and Holly Hall, for an episode of the sketch show written by public submissions. Well if they can get out of the basement that is. And this week, all sketches, voicenotes and one-liners are all on the topic of "Stranded!" Expect a forgetful woman fleeing the Titanic, a reluctant phone-a-friend on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and a new service to help fragile men with broken down cars.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme. Key (Tim Key). Copyright: BBC

Tim Key's Poetry Programme

Series 3, Episode 4 - Space

Tim broadcasts from a space simulator in St Albans while grappling with the concept of space. Musical accompaniment is provided by Tom Basden.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
Clipboard

Knocker

Episode 4 - Confidentialitydence

Ian tries some product placement around a block of flats, and finds himself embroiled with a love-starved woman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Les Kelly's Britain. Les Kelly (Kevin Bishop). Copyright: BBC

Les Kelly's Britain

Episode 4

Les talks to Britain's only male nun, a man who speaks using only sound effects, and answers the question 'What is the world coming to?'

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (repeat)
Ray Quinn

The Believers

Saturday Play that follows a Merseybeat Christian pop band. Stars X Factor star Ray Quinn.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
Phil Hammond

Dr Phil's Bedside Manner

Episode 2

Dr Phil Hammond visits and performs for the staff and patients at Birmingham City Hospital.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Series 1, Episode 11 - The Lead Man Cometh

The rag and bone men get an irresistible offer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Flying The Flag

Flying The Flag

Series 4, Episode 7 - The Pretenders

Ambassador Mackenzie faces an aristocratic revival in the Federated People's Republic.

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

Act Your Age

Series 3, Episode 3

Holly Walsh is joined by Seann Walsh, Lucy Porter teams up with Hal Cruttenden and Tom O'Connor is paired with Dave Spikey.

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 4, Episode 5 - A Now Tricky Life Woefully Miseried Up

Pip and Harry pursue the evil Mister Benevolent to France, to a dark and pungent fate awaits them. Guest starring David Mitchell.

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