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Radio schedule Friday 28th July 2023

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6am (repeat)
Good Omens. Image shows from L to R: Crowley (Peter Serafinowicz), Aziraphale (Mark Heap). Copyright: BBC

Good Omens

Episode 5

The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse assemble and set off for Lower Tadfield, while Aziraphale finds himself inhabiting a most unexpected host body.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker), Laura (Olivia Nixon). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 3, Episode 6 - Holidays Are Coming

Welcome back to Hardacre's, the worst advertising agency in London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Series 3, Episode 6 - The Clock

The author and his wife Diana hear some bumps in the night.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Rent. Copyright: BBC

Rent

Series 1, Episode 2

Maria and Richard get to know Paul and Ruby just a little too well.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Meet The Huggetts. Copyright: BBC

Meet The Huggetts

Transatlantic Tangle: The family are baffled by a mystery letter from America.

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 5, Episode 3 - An Alrightish Life Savagely Frozen To Bits

Pip races to Antarctica to thwart another fiendish plot by his evil ex-guardian, Mr Gently Benevolent.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 9, Episode 16 - Cuthbert Joins The Navy

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11am (repeat)
Good Omens. Image shows from L to R: Crowley (Peter Serafinowicz), Aziraphale (Mark Heap). Copyright: BBC

Good Omens

Episode 5

The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse assemble and set off for Lower Tadfield, while Aziraphale finds himself inhabiting a most unexpected host body.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Jack & Millie. Image shows from L to R: Jack (Jeremy Front), Millie (Rebecca Front)

Jack & Millie

Series 2, Episode 4 - Street Party

Millie feels like a natural woman while Jack feels like a man grappling with a keyboard, a saucepan and some shonky decking.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker), Laura (Olivia Nixon). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 3, Episode 6 - Holidays Are Coming

Welcome back to Hardacre's, the worst advertising agency in London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Series 3, Episode 6 - The Clock

The author and his wife Diana hear some bumps in the night.

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

Breaking The News

Series 25, Episode 6

Jay Lafferty acts as guest host, as she is joined by Athena Kugblenu, Marc Jennings, Krystal Evans and Billy Kirkwood.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:30pm (repeat)
Rent. Copyright: BBC

Rent

Series 1, Episode 2

Maria and Richard get to know Paul and Ruby just a little too well.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Meet The Huggetts. Copyright: BBC

Meet The Huggetts

Transatlantic Tangle: The family are baffled by a mystery letter from America.

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 5, Episode 3 - An Alrightish Life Savagely Frozen To Bits

Pip races to Antarctica to thwart another fiendish plot by his evil ex-guardian, Mr Gently Benevolent.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 9, Episode 16 - Cuthbert Joins The Navy

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Good Omens. Image shows from L to R: Crowley (Peter Serafinowicz), Aziraphale (Mark Heap). Copyright: BBC

Good Omens

Episode 5

The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse assemble and set off for Lower Tadfield, while Aziraphale finds himself inhabiting a most unexpected host body.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker), Laura (Olivia Nixon). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 3, Episode 6 - Holidays Are Coming

Welcome back to Hardacre's, the worst advertising agency in London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Series 3, Episode 6 - The Clock

The author and his wife Diana hear some bumps in the night.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Rachel Parris. Copyright: Karla Gowlett

The Newsmakers

Host Rachel Parris delivers her views on the week's news and then talks to the people at the centre of those stories, from journalists to MPs to yacht-attacking orcas - all of whom are fictional, and played by comedians. With Rosie Holt, Michael Spicer, Bilal Zafar, Emily Lloyd-Saini and Sam Pamphilon.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Rent. Copyright: BBC

Rent

Series 1, Episode 2

Maria and Richard get to know Paul and Ruby just a little too well.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
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 5, Episode 3 - An Alrightish Life Savagely Frozen To Bits

Pip races to Antarctica to thwart another fiendish plot by his evil ex-guardian, Mr Gently Benevolent.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
Meet The Huggetts. Copyright: BBC

Meet The Huggetts

Transatlantic Tangle: The family are baffled by a mystery letter from America.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 9, Episode 16 - Cuthbert Joins The Navy

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Lawrence Sweeney Mix. Image shows from L to R: Jim Sweeney, Josie Lawrence

The Lawrence Sweeney Mix

Series 1, Episode 4

Jim introduces Josie as his carer and goes on to explain the format. Jim quickly picks up on a couple of slips made by Josie and winds her up during the first sketch. They demonstrate true democracy through a vote, but "you don't get what you want!"

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Neil Pearson

Brian Gulliver's Travels

Series 1, Episode 2 - Juradia

This week Brian talks about his adventures in Juradia, a country where every other person is a lawyer and has more than 16,000,000 laws, and seemingly utopian Incartia, where there is just one law consisting of two words.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Henry Normal's Encyclopaedia Poetica

Episode 4: Henry's concluding volume covers BBC Radio 4, sex and a mime burglary.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Good Omens. Image shows from L to R: Crowley (Peter Serafinowicz), Aziraphale (Mark Heap). Copyright: BBC

Good Omens

Episode 5

The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse assemble and set off for Lower Tadfield, while Aziraphale finds himself inhabiting a most unexpected host body.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
Meet The Huggetts. Copyright: BBC

Meet The Huggetts

Transatlantic Tangle: The family are baffled by a mystery letter from America.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker), Laura (Olivia Nixon). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 3, Episode 6 - Holidays Are Coming

Welcome back to Hardacre's, the worst advertising agency in London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 9, Episode 16 - Cuthbert Joins The Navy

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Series 3, Episode 6 - The Clock

The author and his wife Diana hear some bumps in the night.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Rent. Copyright: BBC

Rent

Series 1, Episode 2

Maria and Richard get to know Paul and Ruby just a little too well.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
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 5, Episode 3 - An Alrightish Life Savagely Frozen To Bits

Pip races to Antarctica to thwart another fiendish plot by his evil ex-guardian, Mr Gently Benevolent.

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