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Radio schedule Wednesday 8th November 2023

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Shush!. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Shush!

Series 1, Episode 2 - Mobile Library

An intruder, an ice-cream van and Daniel Barenboim make life difficult for Snoo and Alice as Simon constructs a deadly cornflakes-based trap.

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 5, Episode 10 - The Election Candidate

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)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Ballylenon

Series 1, Episode 2

A "gramophone record recital" is the Irish town's cultural highlight of 1953 - the start of something big?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
The Right Time

The Right Time

Series 3, Episode 5

Sketch show about modern life "for people old enough to know better".

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Shush!. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Shush!

Series 1, Episode 2 - Mobile Library

An intruder, an ice-cream van and Daniel Barenboim make life difficult for Snoo and Alice as Simon constructs a deadly cornflakes-based trap.

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 5, Episode 10 - The Election Candidate

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)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Ballylenon

Series 1, Episode 2

A "gramophone record recital" is the Irish town's cultural highlight of 1953 - the start of something big?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
The Right Time

The Right Time

Series 3, Episode 5

Sketch show about modern life "for people old enough to know better".

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Shush!. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Shush!

Series 1, Episode 2 - Mobile Library

An intruder, an ice-cream van and Daniel Barenboim make life difficult for Snoo and Alice as Simon constructs a deadly cornflakes-based trap.

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 5, Episode 10 - The Election Candidate

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
30 min
Laura Smyth. Credit: Jigsaw

Laura Smyth: I Don't Know What To Say

An engaging, moving and funny stand up special about grief and people's responses to traumatic news, from award-winning comedian Laura Smyth.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Ballylenon

Series 1, Episode 2

A "gramophone record recital" is the Irish town's cultural highlight of 1953 - the start of something big?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
The Right Time

The Right Time

Series 3, Episode 5

Sketch show about modern life "for people old enough to know better".

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Daliso Chaponda: Citizen Of Nowhere. Daliso Chaponda

Daliso Chaponda: Citizen Of Nowhere

Series 4, Episode 4 - '...I've started writing a will...'

A family discussion about his father's health gets Daliso contemplating his own mortality, so in this final episode he leaves us with his thoughts on ageing, how he'd like to be remembered and what he'll leave behind.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Marc Wootton

Date Night

Series 1, Episode 1

Semi-improvised comedy show written and performed by Marc Wootton and others. Together they portray a series of couples who are all embracing the modern phenomenon of date night.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Delightful Sausage: Big Little Questions. Image shows left to right: Amy Gledhill, Chris Cantrill

Delightful Sausage: Big Little Questions

Episode 1 - Freddie Asks...

An inventive question from Freddie. Comedians Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill learn all about Thomas Edison and find out the consequences of eating way too many boiled eggs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Harpoon

The Harpoon

Episode 2.2: Broadcasting secrets are revealed in the spoof boys' magazine from yesteryear.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
The Skewer. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

The Skewer

Series 10, Episode 5

This week - the HamM&S Christmas advert, Matt Hancock: Infinity War, and Ray Mears goes camping with Suella Braverman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Skewer. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

The Skewer

Series 10, Episode 4

This week - The Ghost of Cummings Past, high level Governmental swearing, and God meets Guns.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
The Problem With Adam Bloom. Adam Bloom. Copyright: BBC

The Problem With Adam Bloom

Series 2, Episode 4 - Comedy

Want to write comedy? Adam Bloom unveils the six steps to success. With Alistair McGowan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Shush!. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Shush!

Series 1, Episode 2 - Mobile Library

An intruder, an ice-cream van and Daniel Barenboim make life difficult for Snoo and Alice as Simon constructs a deadly cornflakes-based trap.

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 5, Episode 10 - The Election Candidate

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)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Ballylenon

Series 1, Episode 2

A "gramophone record recital" is the Irish town's cultural highlight of 1953 - the start of something big?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
The Right Time

The Right Time

Series 3, Episode 5

Sketch show about modern life "for people old enough to know better".

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