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Radio schedule Wednesday 16th August 2023

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

Dot

Series 3, Episode 4 - London Can Take It

Can Dot use her resemblance to Vera Lynn to get one over on Millicent as the they seek to ingratiate themselves with the PM?

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 17 - Agricultural 'Ancock

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 2

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue discuss children in the workplace and threadbare toffs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Sue Perkins

Nature Table

Series 3, Episode 2

Joining Sue Perkins are zoologist Lucy Cooke, conservationist Megan McCubbin and comedian Felicity Ward.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Inside Alan Francis. Alan (Alan Francis)

Inside Alan Francis

Episode 1

Alan realises he must have done something wrong to annoy his long-suffering girlfriend, Jane, but cannot remember what it is.

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

Dot

Series 3, Episode 4 - London Can Take It

Can Dot use her resemblance to Vera Lynn to get one over on Millicent as the they seek to ingratiate themselves with the PM?

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 17 - Agricultural 'Ancock

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 2

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue discuss children in the workplace and threadbare toffs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Sue Perkins

Nature Table

Series 3, Episode 2

Joining Sue Perkins are zoologist Lucy Cooke, conservationist Megan McCubbin and comedian Felicity Ward.

Radio 4 2:15pm (repeat)
Radio 4

The Third Pill

A comedy about finding that elusive elixir of youth.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Inside Alan Francis. Alan (Alan Francis)

Inside Alan Francis

Episode 1

Alan realises he must have done something wrong to annoy his long-suffering girlfriend, Jane, but cannot remember what it is.

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

Dot

Series 3, Episode 4 - London Can Take It

Can Dot use her resemblance to Vera Lynn to get one over on Millicent as the they seek to ingratiate themselves with the PM?

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 17 - Agricultural 'Ancock

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 5

This episode contains some helpful guidance on the etiquette of "Thank Yous", and looks into the devastating consequences of World Peace.

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 2

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue discuss children in the workplace and threadbare toffs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Sue Perkins

Nature Table

Series 3, Episode 2

Joining Sue Perkins are zoologist Lucy Cooke, conservationist Megan McCubbin and comedian Felicity Ward.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Inside Alan Francis. Alan (Alan Francis)

Inside Alan Francis

Episode 1

Alan realises he must have done something wrong to annoy his long-suffering girlfriend, Jane, but cannot remember what it is.

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 2, Episode 1 - The Office

Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to Ricky Gervais, the man who created, wrote, directed, and starred in what is, by any metric you'd care to measure it by, quite simply the most influential sitcom of the 21st century: The Office.

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 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 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 6 - Heroes and Villains

It's decision time - will Simon De Vere call time on Irwell Cars, and will Dave choose Milan over Lower Broughton Working Men's Club?

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 9, Episode 5

Patrick Marber and Peter Curran wonder about the legacy of being big in the 1990s, about Toyah and Robert Fripp, finding death in the countryside, and Patrick winning a Tony Award in New York.

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

Mae Martin's Guide To 21st Century Sexuality

Episode 2 - What Should We Call Ourselves?

Mae is single and ready to mingle regardless of your gender, as she looks at how labels might help or hinder people when it comes to defining their sexual identity, or if that's something that we should be trying to define it at all.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Sarah Keyworth

Sarah Keyworth - Are You A Boy Or A Girl?

Series 2, Episode 1 - Where Are We Now?

Sarah talks us through how their gender is perceived throughout their daily life; from when they walk out the door, to being in a changing room, to getting a coffee; and we find out why they sometimes have to hum 'call me maybe' in a public toilet.

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

A Stuggy Pren

Episode 4: Poet and composer Ivor Cutler presents comic songs and stories on bargain hunting and water flowers.

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

What's Funny About...

Series 2, Episode 1 - The Office

Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to Ricky Gervais, the man who created, wrote, directed, and starred in what is, by any metric you'd care to measure it by, quite simply the most influential sitcom of the 21st century: The Office.

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

Delve Special

Series 1, Episode 3 - The Shifton Scandal, Part 3

In his town demolition expose, David Lander examines the link to a government sex scandal.

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

Dot

Series 3, Episode 4 - London Can Take It

Can Dot use her resemblance to Vera Lynn to get one over on Millicent as the they seek to ingratiate themselves with the PM?

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 17 - Agricultural 'Ancock

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 2

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue discuss children in the workplace and threadbare toffs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Sue Perkins

Nature Table

Series 3, Episode 2

Joining Sue Perkins are zoologist Lucy Cooke, conservationist Megan McCubbin and comedian Felicity Ward.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Inside Alan Francis. Alan (Alan Francis)

Inside Alan Francis

Episode 1

Alan realises he must have done something wrong to annoy his long-suffering girlfriend, Jane, but cannot remember what it is.

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