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Radio schedule Wednesday 9th August 2023

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

Dot

Series 3, Episode 3 - Dig for Victory!

The Women's Land Army are on the hunt for volunteers, and Dot and the gals are whisked off to the countryside to work the land. It is not long before Dot is planning a great escape.

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 16 - The Wild Man Of The Woods

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)
Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue. Copyright: BBC

Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue

Series 4, Episode 1

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue discuss property, holidays and their hopes for a TV award.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Sue Perkins

Nature Table

Series 3, Episode 1

The nature "show and tell" show returns. Joining Sue Perkins from the Eden Project are zoologist Billy Heaney, ecologist Holly Smith-Baedorf and comedian Anna Keirle.

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

People In Cars

Episode 3 - Sat Love

A businessman spices up his life with excursions to extramarital assignations. But why is his new sat nav directing him back home?

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

Dot

Series 3, Episode 3 - Dig for Victory!

The Women's Land Army are on the hunt for volunteers, and Dot and the gals are whisked off to the countryside to work the land. It is not long before Dot is planning a great escape.

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 16 - The Wild Man Of The Woods

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)
Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue. Copyright: BBC

Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue

Series 4, Episode 1

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue discuss property, holidays and their hopes for a TV award.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Sue Perkins

Nature Table

Series 3, Episode 1

The nature "show and tell" show returns. Joining Sue Perkins from the Eden Project are zoologist Billy Heaney, ecologist Holly Smith-Baedorf and comedian Anna Keirle.

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

People In Cars

Episode 3 - Sat Love

A businessman spices up his life with excursions to extramarital assignations. But why is his new sat nav directing him back home?

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

Dot

Series 3, Episode 3 - Dig for Victory!

The Women's Land Army are on the hunt for volunteers, and Dot and the gals are whisked off to the countryside to work the land. It is not long before Dot is planning a great escape.

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 16 - The Wild Man Of The Woods

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 4

This week's episode will make you feel like a princess, whether you want it to or not - and you can have that, if you like. And, well... since you ask him for another tale of crossing the ocean by horseback...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue. Copyright: BBC

Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue

Series 4, Episode 1

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue discuss property, holidays and their hopes for a TV award.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Sue Perkins

Nature Table

Series 3, Episode 1

The nature "show and tell" show returns. Joining Sue Perkins from the Eden Project are zoologist Billy Heaney, ecologist Holly Smith-Baedorf and comedian Anna Keirle.

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

People In Cars

Episode 3 - Sat Love

A businessman spices up his life with excursions to extramarital assignations. But why is his new sat nav directing him back home?

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 6 - W1A

Peter and Jon talk to Hugh Bonneville and John Morton about W1A, their much loved satire of the BBC.

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 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 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 5 - Carpe Diem

Lind endures a dinner date in a bid to secure the future of Irwell Cars, while Mike's pick-up is on a quest for sexual and personal liberation.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 9, Episode 4

Bunk Bed goes on tour - after a fashion. Peter Curran's old caravan is dragged to a field at this summer's Black Deer Americana festival. Patrick Marber hates every moment. With guests Jane Horrocks and David Morrissey.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Mae Martin. Copyright: Sun Lee

Mae Martin's Guide To 21st Century Sexuality

Episode 1 - What Should We Tell Our Kids?

Mae considers how we should be teaching children about sex and relationships. Hint: possibly not the same way that her own mother Wendy did.

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

The Skewer

Series 9, Episode 8

This week: Fawlty Migrants, You've Been Droned, and Horror of Mogg.

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

A Stuggy Pren

Episode 3: Ivor Cutler and his friends present dark tales, off-beat songs and some tips for aspiring poets.

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 6 - W1A

Peter and Jon talk to Hugh Bonneville and John Morton about W1A, their much loved satire of the BBC.

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

Delve Special

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Shifton Scandal, Part 2

In his town demolition expose, David Lander examines the influence of a holiday company.

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

Dot

Series 3, Episode 3 - Dig for Victory!

The Women's Land Army are on the hunt for volunteers, and Dot and the gals are whisked off to the countryside to work the land. It is not long before Dot is planning a great escape.

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 16 - The Wild Man Of The Woods

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)
Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue. Copyright: BBC

Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue

Series 4, Episode 1

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue discuss property, holidays and their hopes for a TV award.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Sue Perkins

Nature Table

Series 3, Episode 1

The nature "show and tell" show returns. Joining Sue Perkins from the Eden Project are zoologist Billy Heaney, ecologist Holly Smith-Baedorf and comedian Anna Keirle.

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

People In Cars

Episode 3 - Sat Love

A businessman spices up his life with excursions to extramarital assignations. But why is his new sat nav directing him back home?

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