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Radio schedule Thursday 14th September 2023

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Empire-ical Evidence. Image shows from L to R: Anuvab Pal, Andy Zaltzman. Copyright: Somethin' Else

Empire-ical Evidence

Episode 1

Andy and Anuvab wander around London, from the docks the trading ships originally departed from in the east of London to the final resting place of Empire in the west, via the central strongholds of power in Westminster and the City.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 1, Episode 15 - Sorry, Wrong Number

Mainwaring tries to improve communications amongst the platoon by giving lessons in using public telephone boxes. Their lessons are needed when a German plane crash lands into the local reservoir.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Peter Jones. Copyright: BBC

Funny You Should Ask

Series 7, Episode 1

Peter Jones puts the questions and Ron Goodwin, Charles Hawtrey and Tommy Trinder provide the answers and reminiscences.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
John Hegley

The Adventures Of John And Tony

Episode 4 - The Hiking Holiday

The duo face dodgy hotels and sinister monks, but love is in the air.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Empire-ical Evidence. Image shows from L to R: Anuvab Pal, Andy Zaltzman. Copyright: Somethin' Else

Empire-ical Evidence

Episode 1

Andy and Anuvab wander around London, from the docks the trading ships originally departed from in the east of London to the final resting place of Empire in the west, via the central strongholds of power in Westminster and the City.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 1, Episode 15 - Sorry, Wrong Number

Mainwaring tries to improve communications amongst the platoon by giving lessons in using public telephone boxes. Their lessons are needed when a German plane crash lands into the local reservoir.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Peter Jones. Copyright: BBC

Funny You Should Ask

Series 7, Episode 1

Peter Jones puts the questions and Ron Goodwin, Charles Hawtrey and Tommy Trinder provide the answers and reminiscences.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
John Hegley

The Adventures Of John And Tony

Episode 4 - The Hiking Holiday

The duo face dodgy hotels and sinister monks, but love is in the air.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Empire-ical Evidence. Image shows from L to R: Anuvab Pal, Andy Zaltzman. Copyright: Somethin' Else

Empire-ical Evidence

Episode 1

Andy and Anuvab wander around London, from the docks the trading ships originally departed from in the east of London to the final resting place of Empire in the west, via the central strongholds of power in Westminster and the City.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 1, Episode 15 - Sorry, Wrong Number

Mainwaring tries to improve communications amongst the platoon by giving lessons in using public telephone boxes. Their lessons are needed when a German plane crash lands into the local reservoir.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 11, Episode 3 - Amy Gledhill

This week's teenage diary features comedian Amy Gledhill, who spills the beans on an action-packed summer of love in Hull, 2004.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Peter Jones. Copyright: BBC

Funny You Should Ask

Series 7, Episode 1

Peter Jones puts the questions and Ron Goodwin, Charles Hawtrey and Tommy Trinder provide the answers and reminiscences.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
John Hegley

The Adventures Of John And Tony

Episode 4 - The Hiking Holiday

The duo face dodgy hotels and sinister monks, but love is in the air.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 11, Episode 2 - Michaela Strachan

Michaela Strachan's diary takes us back to the 80s, when she's starting out as a TV presenter. She has a break up, gets a dog and finds a new job on cult show The Hitman And Her.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?. Micky Flanagan. Copyright: BBC

Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?

Episode 1 - 1970s

In this opening episode Micky talks about growing up in the East End in the 1970s.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme. Key (Tim Key). Copyright: BBC

Tim Key's Poetry Programme

Series 5, Episode 2 - Rome

Tim Key broadcasts live from his trailer in Rome, where he is shooting a film directed by the legendary Sir Hayden Higgins.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Hamish And Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea. Image shows from L to R: Dougal (Graeme Garden), Hamish (Barry Cryer). Copyright: BBC

Hamish And Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea

Series 3, Episode 1 - Gambling Fever

Hamish becomes addicted to gambling, after winning a free Sporran Cosy in the Glen MacLottery.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
The In Crowd

The In Crowd

Episode 2.5: Microwave meals, vacuum cleaners, and the surprising discoveries of a beachcomber.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Rigor Mortis

Rigor Mortis

Series 3, Episode 4

Radio sitcom in whic Peter Davison stars as a pathologist.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Empire-ical Evidence. Image shows from L to R: Anuvab Pal, Andy Zaltzman. Copyright: Somethin' Else

Empire-ical Evidence

Episode 1

Andy and Anuvab wander around London, from the docks the trading ships originally departed from in the east of London to the final resting place of Empire in the west, via the central strongholds of power in Westminster and the City.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 1, Episode 15 - Sorry, Wrong Number

Mainwaring tries to improve communications amongst the platoon by giving lessons in using public telephone boxes. Their lessons are needed when a German plane crash lands into the local reservoir.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
The Break. Image shows from L to R: The Reverend Beverley (Shobna Gulati), Fish Shop Frank (Mark Benton), Andy (James Northcote), Uncle Jeff (Philip Jackson), Max (Rasmus Hardiker), Corinne (Alison Steadman). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

The Break

Series 3, Episode 3 - The Haunting Of Jeffrey Whittaker

Will the Flamford False Phantom Fakers fall victim to the most inexorable power of all - social media?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Peter Jones. Copyright: BBC

Funny You Should Ask

Series 7, Episode 1

Peter Jones puts the questions and Ron Goodwin, Charles Hawtrey and Tommy Trinder provide the answers and reminiscences.

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 7 - There's No Place Like A New Place

George and Kate get itchy feet when their neighbours hint at moving.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
John Hegley

The Adventures Of John And Tony

Episode 4 - The Hiking Holiday

The duo face dodgy hotels and sinister monks, but love is in the air.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 1, Episode 2

Biographer Anthony Holden and actress Stella Duffy are joined by writer and broadcaster Lynne Truss and editor of the Erotic Review Rowan Pelling to dish the dirt on the bad boys and girls in history. Chaired by Gyles Brandreth.

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