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Radio schedule Friday 11th August 2023

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Ankle Tag. Image shows from L to R: Bob (Steve Speirs), Alice (Katy Wix), Gruff (Elis James). Copyright: BBC

Ankle Tag

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Nappy Advert

The family are trying to earn more money, so Big Bob gets a job.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Marriage Lines. Image shows from L to R: George Starling (Richard Briers), Kate Starling (Prunella Scales). Copyright: BBC

Marriage Lines

Series 1, Episode 2 - Trial Separation

Will a night out with old friends get George in hot water with Kate?

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

Rent

Series 1, Episode 4

It is time to party for students Paul and Ruby, but grown-ups Maria and Richard hit a posh hotel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Susan Calman

Listomania

Episode 3

Susan Calman challenges James Acaster, Sara Cox, Jocelyn Jee Esien and Miles Jupp with some list-based questions.

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 5 - A Terrifying Life Made Even Scarier A Bit Some More

A new and terrible danger threatens Victorian Britain, as Harry Biscuit becomes possessed by the evil Pen of Penrith, which turns his heart to inky black.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Ashley Blaker: 6.5 Children

Ashley Blaker: 6.5 Children

Series 2, Episode 2 - School

Ashley considers the many issues surrounding sending his kids to school.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Ankle Tag. Image shows from L to R: Bob (Steve Speirs), Alice (Katy Wix), Gruff (Elis James). Copyright: BBC

Ankle Tag

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Nappy Advert

The family are trying to earn more money, so Big Bob gets a job.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Marriage Lines. Image shows from L to R: George Starling (Richard Briers), Kate Starling (Prunella Scales). Copyright: BBC

Marriage Lines

Series 1, Episode 2 - Trial Separation

Will a night out with old friends get George in hot water with Kate?

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

Breaking The News

Series 25, Episode 8

This week from the Edinburgh Festival, Des and guests Susie McCabe, Marcus Brigstocke, Susan Riddell & Connor Burns take a look at spending by civil servants in Scotland, a return to the office after the pandemic, how many steps you should do in a day, wedding drama in the US, Liz Truss and a new search for the Loch Ness Monster.

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

Rent

Series 1, Episode 4

It is time to party for students Paul and Ruby, but grown-ups Maria and Richard hit a posh hotel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Susan Calman

Listomania

Episode 3

Susan Calman challenges James Acaster, Sara Cox, Jocelyn Jee Esien and Miles Jupp with some list-based questions.

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 5 - A Terrifying Life Made Even Scarier A Bit Some More

A new and terrible danger threatens Victorian Britain, as Harry Biscuit becomes possessed by the evil Pen of Penrith, which turns his heart to inky black.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Ankle Tag. Image shows from L to R: Bob (Steve Speirs), Alice (Katy Wix), Gruff (Elis James). Copyright: BBC

Ankle Tag

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Nappy Advert

The family are trying to earn more money, so Big Bob gets a job.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Marriage Lines. Image shows from L to R: George Starling (Richard Briers), Kate Starling (Prunella Scales). Copyright: BBC

Marriage Lines

Series 1, Episode 2 - Trial Separation

Will a night out with old friends get George in hot water with Kate?

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Trigger Happy. Dom Joly

Dom Joly Breaks The News

In a satirical mash-up of prank calls, interviews and features, Dom Joly offers his mischievously surreal take on the people and stories that are hitting the week's headlines

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

Rent

Series 1, Episode 4

It is time to party for students Paul and Ruby, but grown-ups Maria and Richard hit a posh hotel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Susan Calman

Listomania

Episode 3

Susan Calman challenges James Acaster, Sara Cox, Jocelyn Jee Esien and Miles Jupp with some list-based questions.

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 5 - A Terrifying Life Made Even Scarier A Bit Some More

A new and terrible danger threatens Victorian Britain, as Harry Biscuit becomes possessed by the evil Pen of Penrith, which turns his heart to inky black.

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 2 - The Thick Of It

Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to Armando Iannucci and Rebecca Front about the satirical sitcom. Was Nicola Murray just a nice (if hapless) person, thrust into a nest of political vipers, or was she just as bad as the rest of them? Who came up with the line "about as much use as a marzipan dildo"? And who was Malcolm Tucker really based on (it's probably not who you think).

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy. Sarah Kendall. Copyright: BBC

Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy

Series 1, Episode 2 - Touchdown

"This show is a story, and our story starts at the end. My parents came to see one of my shows, and I would end this particular show by telling a story about the time I swore at a teacher..."

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Neil Pearson

Brian Gulliver's Travels

Series 1, Episode 4 - Sham

Brian talks to his daughter Rachel about Sham, a country in which alternative therapies are abound, and things such as inventing the broom are illegal.

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 2 - The Thick Of It

Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to Armando Iannucci and Rebecca Front about the satirical sitcom. Was Nicola Murray just a nice (if hapless) person, thrust into a nest of political vipers, or was she just as bad as the rest of them? Who came up with the line "about as much use as a marzipan dildo"? And who was Malcolm Tucker really based on (it's probably not who you think).

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Richard Herring's Objective. Richard Herring. Copyright: BBC

Richard Herring's Objective

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Hoodie

How has a tracksuit top with a hood attached to it come to inspire fear in modern Britain and is it actually used as an excuse to demonise the young?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
Ankle Tag. Image shows from L to R: Bob (Steve Speirs), Alice (Katy Wix), Gruff (Elis James). Copyright: BBC

Ankle Tag

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Nappy Advert

The family are trying to earn more money, so Big Bob gets a job.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Marriage Lines. Image shows from L to R: George Starling (Richard Briers), Kate Starling (Prunella Scales). Copyright: BBC

Marriage Lines

Series 1, Episode 2 - Trial Separation

Will a night out with old friends get George in hot water with Kate?

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

Rent

Series 1, Episode 4

It is time to party for students Paul and Ruby, but grown-ups Maria and Richard hit a posh hotel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Susan Calman

Listomania

Episode 3

Susan Calman challenges James Acaster, Sara Cox, Jocelyn Jee Esien and Miles Jupp with some list-based questions.

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 5 - A Terrifying Life Made Even Scarier A Bit Some More

A new and terrible danger threatens Victorian Britain, as Harry Biscuit becomes possessed by the evil Pen of Penrith, which turns his heart to inky black.

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