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Radio schedule Wednesday 13th December 2023

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:15am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

How To Write A Novel In A Week

Episode 3 - Marital Woes

Jim devotes the week to his novel, but realises he must also win back his wife. Can he do both?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 8, Episode 3 - Inverness

Mark visits Inverness in the Highlands and performs for the locals.

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 15 - The Grappling Game

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)
Lip Service

Lip Service

Episode 1

Cough-a-long-a-Bronte, great knitting patterns of the French Revolution, and a rat in the studio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Four Joneses And A Jenkins

Four Joneses And A Jenkins

Episode 4 - April - All Hands to the Pump

Megan is still keen to escape the farm and study, but her father is not listening.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:15pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

How To Write A Novel In A Week

Episode 3 - Marital Woes

Jim devotes the week to his novel, but realises he must also win back his wife. Can he do both?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 8, Episode 3 - Inverness

Mark visits Inverness in the Highlands and performs for the locals.

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 15 - The Grappling Game

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)
Lip Service

Lip Service

Episode 1

Cough-a-long-a-Bronte, great knitting patterns of the French Revolution, and a rat in the studio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Four Joneses And A Jenkins

Four Joneses And A Jenkins

Episode 4 - April - All Hands to the Pump

Megan is still keen to escape the farm and study, but her father is not listening.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:15pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

How To Write A Novel In A Week

Episode 3 - Marital Woes

Jim devotes the week to his novel, but realises he must also win back his wife. Can he do both?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 8, Episode 3 - Inverness

Mark visits Inverness in the Highlands and performs for the locals.

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 15 - The Grappling Game

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
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?. Image shows from L to R: Florence Ransom (Dawn French), Selina Mountjoy (Jennifer Saunders). Copyright: CPL Productions

Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?

Series 2, Episode 1 - Mummy Dearest

Lucy, convinced that her mother is Selina, can't take any more - she's going to be an astronaut. Meanwhile, Selina's off to the Palace to collect her OBE, with a jealous Florence in tow. And Mrs Ragnarrok has applied for Danish citizenship.

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

Lip Service

Episode 1

Cough-a-long-a-Bronte, great knitting patterns of the French Revolution, and a rat in the studio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Four Joneses And A Jenkins

Four Joneses And A Jenkins

Episode 4 - April - All Hands to the Pump

Megan is still keen to escape the farm and study, but her father is not listening.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Glenn Moore's Almanac. Glenn Moore

Glenn Moore's Almanac

Episode 4 - Millenium

Glenn Moore looks in his almanac at world events and what he was doing at the time - and as the new Millennium dawns, Glenn has the most catastrophic New Year's Eve ever.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Museum Of Everything. Image shows from L to R: Dan Tetsell, Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins

The Museum Of Everything

Episode 2, A Very Important Visitor: A taste of the Sheriff of Nottingham Medieval Disco Experience.

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 6 - Ben Asks...

Chris' son asks the final question of the series which sends his old man spiralling. Anticipating a big promotion, Amy's ready to leave the low-brow world of sketch comedy behind.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section. Image shows from L to R: Drums (Ben Reynolds), Saxophone (Mark Brown), Alex Horne, Bass (Will Collier), Trumpet (Joe Auckland), Ed Sheldrake. Copyright: BBC

Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section

Series 2, Episode 3

Alex Horne and his five-piece band explore the theme of love, including songs on chat up lines and romance in Bognor. Guest starring Charlie Baker, who deconstructs a classic love song.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Nora Meadows' Week Of Wellness. Nora Meadows (Katy Wix). Credit: BBC, Hat Trick Productions

Nora Meadows' Week Of Wellness

Episode 2 - Bird, Bath and Beyond

Nora Meadows helps her clients with her patented (patent pending) therapy techniques. She deals with a client who won't open up and has to take drastic measures after her offer of an emotional support animal goes wrong. After a busy week, Nora visits a gong bath to try and unwind...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair. Jenny Eclair. Copyright: BBC

Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair

Series 5, Episode 1 - A Long Weekend

Cathy and Allan leave Yorkshire to pay a visit to their son and his wife in London, but nothing is as Cathy would like. She can't visit her other son as he lives in Hong Kong and she can only fly short haul.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Goldfish Bowl

Series 1, Episode 3

Comedy about two goldfish, Liam and Anton, who contemplate life from their bowl and try to understand their owners.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:15am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

How To Write A Novel In A Week

Episode 3 - Marital Woes

Jim devotes the week to his novel, but realises he must also win back his wife. Can he do both?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 8, Episode 3 - Inverness

Mark visits Inverness in the Highlands and performs for the locals.

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 15 - The Grappling Game

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)
Lip Service

Lip Service

Episode 1

Cough-a-long-a-Bronte, great knitting patterns of the French Revolution, and a rat in the studio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Four Joneses And A Jenkins

Four Joneses And A Jenkins

Episode 4 - April - All Hands to the Pump

Megan is still keen to escape the farm and study, but her father is not listening.

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