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Radio schedule Tuesday 29th August 2023

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Bad Salsa. Image shows from L to R: Chippy (Jessie Cave), Jill (Natasha Little), Terri (Camille Coduri). Copyright: BBC

Bad Salsa

Series 2, Episode 3 - Last Call for Cuba

One of the women gets some devastating news, Chippy's lie comes back to haunt her, and Gordon cannot cope with any of it.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 9, Episode 8 - Queen Anne's Rain

Minnie is counting rain drops, but why is everyone so wet? Is royalty to blame?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Galton & Simpson

Little Blighty On The Down

Series 5, Episode 2

A repeat of this 1988 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Series 10, Episode 4 - A Bride Too Far

Charlotte is miffed that no one is interested in anything except Emily and Nick's wedding. What can a girl do to get herself some attention?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Bad Salsa. Image shows from L to R: Chippy (Jessie Cave), Jill (Natasha Little), Terri (Camille Coduri). Copyright: BBC

Bad Salsa

Series 2, Episode 3 - Last Call for Cuba

One of the women gets some devastating news, Chippy's lie comes back to haunt her, and Gordon cannot cope with any of it.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 9, Episode 8 - Queen Anne's Rain

Minnie is counting rain drops, but why is everyone so wet? Is royalty to blame?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:30pm (repeat)
Galton & Simpson

Little Blighty On The Down

Series 5, Episode 2

A repeat of this 1988 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Series 10, Episode 4 - A Bride Too Far

Charlotte is miffed that no one is interested in anything except Emily and Nick's wedding. What can a girl do to get herself some attention?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Bad Salsa. Image shows from L to R: Chippy (Jessie Cave), Jill (Natasha Little), Terri (Camille Coduri). Copyright: BBC

Bad Salsa

Series 2, Episode 3 - Last Call for Cuba

One of the women gets some devastating news, Chippy's lie comes back to haunt her, and Gordon cannot cope with any of it.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 9, Episode 8 - Queen Anne's Rain

Minnie is counting rain drops, but why is everyone so wet? Is royalty to blame?

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
The Ultimate Choice. Steph McGovern

The Ultimate Choice

Series 1, Episode 6

Seriously funny minds offer definitive answers to the great questions of our age. Or not. With guests Chris Cantrill and Kiri Pritchard-McLean.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Galton & Simpson

Little Blighty On The Down

Series 5, Episode 2

A repeat of this 1988 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Series 10, Episode 4 - A Bride Too Far

Charlotte is miffed that no one is interested in anything except Emily and Nick's wedding. What can a girl do to get herself some attention?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Ultimate Choice. Steph McGovern

The Ultimate Choice

Series 1, Episode 6

Seriously funny minds offer definitive answers to the great questions of our age. Or not. With guests Chris Cantrill and Kiri Pritchard-McLean.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Alice's Wunderland. Alice Lowe. Copyright: BBC

Alice's Wunderland

Series 3, Episode 2

A child ghost from the 1970s teams up with the narrator on a journey through Wunderland to try and track down the person who bumped him off.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Call Jonathan Pie. Image shows left to right: Roger (Nick Revell), Jonathan Pie (Tom Walker), Jules (Lucy Pearman), Sam (Aqib Khan)

Call Jonathan Pie

Episode 1 - The BBC

Jonathan Pie is roped in last minute to host BBC radio's most popular phone-in show. Basically there's no one else available. Out of his depth and up to his neck in it, Pie manages to just about hold it together. He muses on the state of the BBC and in one breath is singing its praises and in the next he tears into it with his usual gusto.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Meet David Sedaris. David Sedaris

Meet David Sedaris

Series 8, Episode 1 - Instalment 1

The American humorist who has written seven autobiographical short story collections reads from some of his comedy essays, including previously unpublished material. This week: Recipe For Disaster, Nailed and Must Everything Go? plus diary.

Radio 4 11:30pm
30 min
Call Jonathan Pie. Image shows left to right: Roger (Nick Revell), Jonathan Pie (Tom Walker), Jules (Lucy Pearman), Sam (Aqib Khan)

Call Jonathan Pie

Episode 2 - Money

It's Pie's last night as guest host of the BBC's flagship radio phone-in show. Pie is worried about money as he faces a moral and financial dilemma. He hijacks the show and uses the platform to air his frank views on the privately educated elite. He causes quite a stir, much to Roger's (Pie's boss's) delight. Jules's day however is about to get a lot worse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Think The Unthinkable. Image shows from L to R: Owen (David Mitchell), Daisy de Vere (Catherine Shepherd), Ryan Packer (Marcus Brigstocke), Sophie Stott (Emma Kennedy). Copyright: BBC

Think The Unthinkable

Series 2, Episode 3 - Barrington Comprehensive

Unthinkable Solutions offer to help St. Vitus Comprehensive in the rough area of Barrington. Before long the pupils are eating from Burger Baron and signed up to some dodgy drug trials in an attempt to make the school some cash.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Bad Salsa. Image shows from L to R: Chippy (Jessie Cave), Jill (Natasha Little), Terri (Camille Coduri). Copyright: BBC

Bad Salsa

Series 2, Episode 3 - Last Call for Cuba

One of the women gets some devastating news, Chippy's lie comes back to haunt her, and Gordon cannot cope with any of it.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 9, Episode 8 - Queen Anne's Rain

Minnie is counting rain drops, but why is everyone so wet? Is royalty to blame?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
Galton & Simpson

Little Blighty On The Down

Series 5, Episode 2

A repeat of this 1988 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Series 10, Episode 4 - A Bride Too Far

Charlotte is miffed that no one is interested in anything except Emily and Nick's wedding. What can a girl do to get herself some attention?

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