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Radio schedule Wednesday 5th July 2023

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30am (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 2.5, The Wizard of Evesham: Agatha becomes suspicious of her new hairdresser - and it soon transpires that everyone in his salon harbours a dark secret.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Roger (Roger Allam), Joanna (Joanna Lumley)

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a couple who have been married for over 40 years.

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 4, Episode 9 - The Stolen Petrol

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)
The Mausoleum Club. Copyright: BBC

The Mausoleum Club

The Fall Of The Mausoleum Club, Episode 2 - The Charge Of The Boys' Brigade

The Stranger is holding the Club to ransom. He has given Miss Primrose orders to travel to South Africa and murder General Cheeseman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Joe Lycett

It's Not What You Know

Series 3, Episode 2

With guests Seann Walsh, Dane Baptiste and Sara Cox.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
The Right Time

The Right Time

Series 2, Episode 3

Sketch show about modern life "for people old enough to know better".

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30am (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 2.5, The Wizard of Evesham: Agatha becomes suspicious of her new hairdresser - and it soon transpires that everyone in his salon harbours a dark secret.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Roger (Roger Allam), Joanna (Joanna Lumley)

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a couple who have been married for over 40 years.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (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 4, Episode 9 - The Stolen Petrol

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 1:30pm (repeat)
The Mausoleum Club. Copyright: BBC

The Mausoleum Club

The Fall Of The Mausoleum Club, Episode 2 - The Charge Of The Boys' Brigade

The Stranger is holding the Club to ransom. He has given Miss Primrose orders to travel to South Africa and murder General Cheeseman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Joe Lycett

It's Not What You Know

Series 3, Episode 2

With guests Seann Walsh, Dane Baptiste and Sara Cox.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
The Right Time

The Right Time

Series 2, Episode 3

Sketch show about modern life "for people old enough to know better".

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 2.5, The Wizard of Evesham: Agatha becomes suspicious of her new hairdresser - and it soon transpires that everyone in his salon harbours a dark secret.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Roger (Roger Allam), Joanna (Joanna Lumley)

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a couple who have been married for over 40 years.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (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 4, Episode 9 - The Stolen Petrol

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.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Robin Ince. Copyright: Steve Best, Cosmic Shambles Network

Robin Ince's Reality Tunnel

Series 2, Episode 1 - Fossils Of The Mind

In the first of his two-part series Robin talks about love, books, and his love of books. He explores how we sometimes find it difficult to express our love and shares stories of the delight he's experienced on his travels. It is also a cautionary tale, warning of the dangers of not sharing praise and admiration before it's too late.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
The Mausoleum Club. Copyright: BBC

The Mausoleum Club

The Fall Of The Mausoleum Club, Episode 2 - The Charge Of The Boys' Brigade

The Stranger is holding the Club to ransom. He has given Miss Primrose orders to travel to South Africa and murder General Cheeseman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Joe Lycett

It's Not What You Know

Series 3, Episode 2

With guests Seann Walsh, Dane Baptiste and Sara Cox.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
The Right Time

The Right Time

Series 2, Episode 3

Sketch show about modern life "for people old enough to know better".

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Room 101. Paul Merton. Credit: BBC, Hat Trick Productions

Room 101

Series 1, Episode 6 - Julian Clary

Julian Clary's choices include wild swimmers and Love Your Garden With Alan Titchmarsh for Room 101.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler. Tim Fitzhigham. Copyright: BBC

Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler

Series 1, Episode 4

Tim FitzHigham recreates an 18th Century bet, attempting to travel 25mph on water using only the means available to a gentleman in 1765. History books record of the original attempt, "Something snapped, there was a fatality and the wager was abandoned."

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Maisie Adam: The Beautiful Game. Maisie Adam

Maisie Adam: The Beautiful Game

Episode 3 - 'It's Coming Home!'

Maisie looks back on the best day of her life - the Lionesses winning the Euros 2022 in front of a home crowd. We also hear from some of her own football team who tell us what football means to them.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
The Skewer. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

The Skewer

Series 9, Episode 3

This week - Jacob Rees Mogwai, My Sweet KGB Lord, and It's A Wonderful Nige.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
Roger McGough's Other Half. Roger McGough

Roger McGough's Other Half

Episode 2

Quirky sketches and poems with merriment and melancholy in equal measures.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Young Postmen

The Young Postmen

Episode 2

A repeat of this 1992 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:30am (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 2.5, The Wizard of Evesham: Agatha becomes suspicious of her new hairdresser - and it soon transpires that everyone in his salon harbours a dark secret.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Roger (Roger Allam), Joanna (Joanna Lumley)

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a couple who have been married for over 40 years.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (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 4, Episode 9 - The Stolen Petrol

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 3:30am (repeat)
The Mausoleum Club. Copyright: BBC

The Mausoleum Club

The Fall Of The Mausoleum Club, Episode 2 - The Charge Of The Boys' Brigade

The Stranger is holding the Club to ransom. He has given Miss Primrose orders to travel to South Africa and murder General Cheeseman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Joe Lycett

It's Not What You Know

Series 3, Episode 2

With guests Seann Walsh, Dane Baptiste and Sara Cox.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
The Right Time

The Right Time

Series 2, Episode 3

Sketch show about modern life "for people old enough to know better".

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