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Radio schedule Wednesday 2nd August 2023

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Dot. Dot (Fenella Woolgar). Copyright: BBC

Dot

Series 3, Episode 2 - Dial M for Myrtle

A suspicious death leaves the gals from personnel with no options other than to investigate.

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 15 - The Old School Reunion

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 6 - Bleak Horse

As dawn rises on St James's, members of the oddest club in London fear the jig is up. There is but one tale to tell. The Stranger has sent Mr Tamperton to murder the evil Joshua Farley who may be at large in Dickensian London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Joe Lycett

It's Not What You Know

Series 3, Episode 6

Miles Jupp discovers how well a panel of celebrity guests know their nearest and dearest.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
People In Cars. Copyright: BBC

People In Cars

Episode 2 - Miles On The Clock

An elderly woman reviews her marriage through the vehicles in their lives.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Dot. Dot (Fenella Woolgar). Copyright: BBC

Dot

Series 3, Episode 2 - Dial M for Myrtle

A suspicious death leaves the gals from personnel with no options other than to investigate.

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 15 - The Old School Reunion

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 6 - Bleak Horse

As dawn rises on St James's, members of the oddest club in London fear the jig is up. There is but one tale to tell. The Stranger has sent Mr Tamperton to murder the evil Joshua Farley who may be at large in Dickensian London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Joe Lycett

It's Not What You Know

Series 3, Episode 6

Miles Jupp discovers how well a panel of celebrity guests know their nearest and dearest.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
People In Cars. Copyright: BBC

People In Cars

Episode 2 - Miles On The Clock

An elderly woman reviews her marriage through the vehicles in their lives.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Dot. Dot (Fenella Woolgar). Copyright: BBC

Dot

Series 3, Episode 2 - Dial M for Myrtle

A suspicious death leaves the gals from personnel with no options other than to investigate.

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 15 - The Old School Reunion

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 (repeat)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. Image shows from L to R: Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Lawry Lewin, John Finnemore, Carrie Quinlan, Simon Kane. Copyright: BBC

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

Series 8, Episode 3

This episode, contains some handy mnemonics, an unilluminating interview, and a de-illuminating editor's note. Support for John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme comes from all the usual companies who support podcasts.

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

The Mausoleum Club

The Fall Of The Mausoleum Club, Episode 6 - Bleak Horse

As dawn rises on St James's, members of the oddest club in London fear the jig is up. There is but one tale to tell. The Stranger has sent Mr Tamperton to murder the evil Joshua Farley who may be at large in Dickensian London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Joe Lycett

It's Not What You Know

Series 3, Episode 6

Miles Jupp discovers how well a panel of celebrity guests know their nearest and dearest.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
People In Cars. Copyright: BBC

People In Cars

Episode 2 - Miles On The Clock

An elderly woman reviews her marriage through the vehicles in their lives.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9pm (repeat)
What's Funny About.... Image shows from L to R: Jon Plowman, Peter Fincham

What's Funny About...

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Vicar Of Dibley

Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to Dawn French and Richard Curtis about their much-loved sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley. They discuss how to make a fundamentally nice character funny, Richard's curious appetite for writing quite so many weddings, and Dawn's strangest ever Vicar Of Dibley gig.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. Image shows from L to R: Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Lawry Lewin, John Finnemore, Carrie Quinlan, Simon Kane. Copyright: BBC

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

Series 8, Episode 2

We don't know much about this episode, but it contains some merry names, an epiphany, and, well... since you ask him for a story of the biter bit...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Pick Ups. Image shows from L to R: Dave (Phil Rowson), Lind (Sally Lindsay), Mike (John Thomson), Alan (Ash Tandon). Copyright: BBC

Pick Ups

Series 2, Episode 4 - All Bar Nun

Alan and Lind reveal hidden talents, while Dave seeks a nun's advice on infidelity.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 9, Episode 3

Kathy Burke reflects on winning Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival and fancying Gordon Brown. Peter and Patrick butt heads about the seductive power of politics.

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

The Skewer

Series 9, Episode 7

This week - Bad Blood, Trump's Troubles, and Jordan Henderson of Arabia.

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

A Stuggy Pren

Episode 2: Comic songs, poetry and stories, with Ivor Cutler.

Radio 4 11:30pm (repeat)
What's Funny About.... Image shows from L to R: Jon Plowman, Peter Fincham

What's Funny About...

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Vicar Of Dibley

Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to Dawn French and Richard Curtis about their much-loved sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley. They discuss how to make a fundamentally nice character funny, Richard's curious appetite for writing quite so many weddings, and Dawn's strangest ever Vicar Of Dibley gig.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Delve Special. David Lander (Stephen Fry). Copyright: BBC

Delve Special

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Shifton Scandal, Part 1

Stephen Fry plays spoof undercover investigative reporter David Lander, who begins a four-part expose into irregularities over plans to site a new London airport near Birmingham. With serious allegations aimed at a multi-national giant - what exactly has the government's role been in the plans to demolish the town? And exactly who is the shifty Mr Browncoat?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Dot. Dot (Fenella Woolgar). Copyright: BBC

Dot

Series 3, Episode 2 - Dial M for Myrtle

A suspicious death leaves the gals from personnel with no options other than to investigate.

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 15 - The Old School Reunion

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 6 - Bleak Horse

As dawn rises on St James's, members of the oddest club in London fear the jig is up. There is but one tale to tell. The Stranger has sent Mr Tamperton to murder the evil Joshua Farley who may be at large in Dickensian London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Joe Lycett

It's Not What You Know

Series 3, Episode 6

Miles Jupp discovers how well a panel of celebrity guests know their nearest and dearest.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
People In Cars. Copyright: BBC

People In Cars

Episode 2 - Miles On The Clock

An elderly woman reviews her marriage through the vehicles in their lives.

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