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Radio schedule Wednesday 30th August 2023

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters. Tom Wrigglesworth. Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters

Series 1, Episode 2 - Utilities Companies

Tom finds himself bemused by the peculiar practices of utilities companies. You can get your gas from the electricity company, and your electricity from the gas company.

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 19 - The Emigrant

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 4

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue Mike take a look at the flipside of fame, Mike meets his biggest fan and the week's good cause is Charity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Sue Perkins

Nature Table

Series 3, Episode 4

Recorded at ZSL London Zoo, this week Sue Perkins is joined by Lucy Cooke (Zoologist), James Wong (Ethnobotanist) and comedian Felicity Ward.

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

Inside Alan Francis

Episode 3

Alan and Jane are due to meet at the solicitors but Alan is having a bit of trouble getting there on time.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters. Tom Wrigglesworth. Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters

Series 1, Episode 2 - Utilities Companies

Tom finds himself bemused by the peculiar practices of utilities companies. You can get your gas from the electricity company, and your electricity from the gas company.

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 19 - The Emigrant

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 4

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue Mike take a look at the flipside of fame, Mike meets his biggest fan and the week's good cause is Charity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Sue Perkins

Nature Table

Series 3, Episode 4

Recorded at ZSL London Zoo, this week Sue Perkins is joined by Lucy Cooke (Zoologist), James Wong (Ethnobotanist) and comedian Felicity Ward.

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

Inside Alan Francis

Episode 3

Alan and Jane are due to meet at the solicitors but Alan is having a bit of trouble getting there on time.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters. Tom Wrigglesworth. Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters

Series 1, Episode 2 - Utilities Companies

Tom finds himself bemused by the peculiar practices of utilities companies. You can get your gas from the electricity company, and your electricity from the gas company.

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 19 - The Emigrant

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)
Lucy Porter

Lucy Porter In The Family Way

Episode 1 - Back In The Family Way

Lucy Porter returns with another examination of domestic life, covering everything from the dramatic to the dreary.

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 4

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue Mike take a look at the flipside of fame, Mike meets his biggest fan and the week's good cause is Charity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Sue Perkins

Nature Table

Series 3, Episode 4

Recorded at ZSL London Zoo, this week Sue Perkins is joined by Lucy Cooke (Zoologist), James Wong (Ethnobotanist) and comedian Felicity Ward.

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

Inside Alan Francis

Episode 3

Alan and Jane are due to meet at the solicitors but Alan is having a bit of trouble getting there on time.

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 6

In this clinically efficient episode, John does the voice, and we also hear what sort of song he could have had on the show if he'd wanted. And, well... since you ask him for a story of a breakneck race against time...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
World Of Pub

World Of Pub

Series 2, Episode 2

The Red Lion is almost bankrupt, can Dodgy Phil get the punters back?

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Influencers. Image shows left to right: Ruth (Katherine Parkinson), Carla (Katy Brand)

Influencers

Episode 1 - Gratitude

Ruth and Carla are worrying about company finances, plotting their next big move to give their shared business a boost and desperately thinking of things to add to their new Gratitude Diary.

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

Mae Martin's Guide To 21st Century Sexuality

Episode 4 - Are We Asking The Right Questions?

Mae considers how vigilant we still need to be as a society when it comes to tackling intolerance. And also talks about Pompeii, because guys, seriously, what a disaster that was.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Sarah Keyworth

Sarah Keyworth - Are You A Boy Or A Girl?

Series 2, Episode 3 - Think Of The Women

Sarah talks about their experience on what it means to be considered a woman, whilst not particularly feeling like one.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
Creme De La Crime. Copyright: BBC

Creme De La Crime

Series 1, Episode 1 - 20,000 Leaks Under the Sea

Michael Feydeau and David Pershore unravel a case of wartime spying skullduggery.

Radio 4 11:30pm (repeat)
Mark Watson

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Series 3, Episode 3 - Autumn

Mark focuses on the season of autumn - the season of falling leaves and (in some cases) falling expectations of life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Guns Of Adam Riches. Image shows from L to R: Cariad Lloyd, Adam Riches, Katharine Bennett-Fox, Jim Johnson. Copyright: BBC

The Guns Of Adam Riches

Series 2, Episode 1 - Bean's Odyssey

An epic journey which follows Sean Bean's attempts to save his castle, his wife and his O2 contract from the ever-growing threat of the McGann brothers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters. Tom Wrigglesworth. Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters

Series 1, Episode 2 - Utilities Companies

Tom finds himself bemused by the peculiar practices of utilities companies. You can get your gas from the electricity company, and your electricity from the gas company.

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 19 - The Emigrant

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 4

Sofa-bound TV presenters Mike and Sue Mike take a look at the flipside of fame, Mike meets his biggest fan and the week's good cause is Charity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Sue Perkins

Nature Table

Series 3, Episode 4

Recorded at ZSL London Zoo, this week Sue Perkins is joined by Lucy Cooke (Zoologist), James Wong (Ethnobotanist) and comedian Felicity Ward.

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

Inside Alan Francis

Episode 3

Alan and Jane are due to meet at the solicitors but Alan is having a bit of trouble getting there on time.

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