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Radio schedule Friday 22nd December 2023

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

2019 Christmas Special - Good King Senseless

Arthur sets about launching Malcom's singing career. Starting with some Christmas caroling, a bigger stage awaits as the much loved radio sitcom returns to Radio 4 on Christmas Day. The attempted musical festivities are served up by Count Arthur Strong's Radio Repertory Company and their host of regular characters.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Richard Beckinsale. Copyright: BBC

Albert And Me

Series 1, Christmas Special - Family Christmas

Single dad Bryan finds himself double-booked for the festivities...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Rent. Copyright: BBC

Rent

Series 2, Episode 6

Paul and Ruby are thinking of moving out, and Maria needs more space.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 10, Christmas Special

With Rev Richard Coles, Chris Hadfield, Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Brian Blessed.

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

The Right Time

Series 4, Episode 2

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

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Disordered

Disordered

Episode 3 - Haddock and Charlette with an E

Hector is stung into action, with help from William, when Susan finds herself an online admirer who she thinks might be "the one". Can Hector find his "one"?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

2019 Christmas Special - Good King Senseless

Arthur sets about launching Malcom's singing career. Starting with some Christmas caroling, a bigger stage awaits as the much loved radio sitcom returns to Radio 4 on Christmas Day. The attempted musical festivities are served up by Count Arthur Strong's Radio Repertory Company and their host of regular characters.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Richard Beckinsale. Copyright: BBC

Albert And Me

Series 1, Christmas Special - Family Christmas

Single dad Bryan finds himself double-booked for the festivities...

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Breaking The News. Des Clarke. Copyright: BBC Studios

Breaking The News

Series 26, Out-takes - The Best of Unbroadcast

Some of the best bits of Breaking The News that failed to make the cut first time around.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:30pm (repeat)
Rent. Copyright: BBC

Rent

Series 2, Episode 6

Paul and Ruby are thinking of moving out, and Maria needs more space.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 10, Christmas Special

With Rev Richard Coles, Chris Hadfield, Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Brian Blessed.

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

The Right Time

Series 4, Episode 2

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

Radio 4 2:45pm (repeat)
Tom Neenan. Copyright: Idil Sukan

The Hauntening

Series 4, Episode 1 - Star Struck

Travel through the bad gateway in this modern ghost story as writer and performer Tom Neenan discovers what horrors lurk in our apps and gadgets. In this episode, a celebrity birthday message from Joanna Lumley turns into a terrifying gift for Tom.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

2019 Christmas Special - Good King Senseless

Arthur sets about launching Malcom's singing career. Starting with some Christmas caroling, a bigger stage awaits as the much loved radio sitcom returns to Radio 4 on Christmas Day. The attempted musical festivities are served up by Count Arthur Strong's Radio Repertory Company and their host of regular characters.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Richard Beckinsale. Copyright: BBC

Albert And Me

Series 1, Christmas Special - Family Christmas

Single dad Bryan finds himself double-booked for the festivities...

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Dead Ringers. Image shows from L to R: Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson, Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey. Copyright: BBC

Dead Ringers

2023 Christmas Specials, Episode 2

Baroness Bone and her husband get their just deserts, Rishi Sunak and King Charles give their end of year speeches, and there is a surprise guest on Naked Attraction.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Rent. Copyright: BBC

Rent

Series 2, Episode 6

Paul and Ruby are thinking of moving out, and Maria needs more space.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 10, Christmas Special

With Rev Richard Coles, Chris Hadfield, Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Brian Blessed.

Radio 4 7:15pm
45 min
Screenshot: Latitude Festival 2023. Image shows left to right: Mark Kermode, Ellen E Jones. Credit: BBC

Screenshot: Double Acts

Ellen E Jones & Mark Kermode explore the origins, legacy, and evolution of the double act across film and TV, both in front of and behind the camera, with guests including Stephen Fry.

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

The Right Time

Series 4, Episode 2

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Jon Long

Carbon Lifeforms

Christmas Special

It's the most wonderful - and most wasteful - time of the year so Jon and Dr Tara bring us fun facts and practical advice to help us all cut down the amount of food, drink, and packaging that gets thrown away over the Christmas period.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Steven Appleby's Normal Life

Steven Appleby's Normal Life

Steven Appleby's Normal Christmas: The cartoonist's mum and dad fake their own deaths to avoid spending yuletide with him, so he turns to Father Christmas for help - but he finds the festive spirit lacking at the North Pole, where Mrs Santa has run off with Frosty the Snowman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Alexander Armstrong

Weak At The Top

Series 1, Episode 2 - Smoked Meat

Sir Marcus wants a global web presence by the end of the week. Mean marketing director John Weak descends to the IT netherworld to do battle with Gavin Smedley, an IT director grown from the sweat of a techie's armpit.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

2019 Christmas Special - Good King Senseless

Arthur sets about launching Malcom's singing career. Starting with some Christmas caroling, a bigger stage awaits as the much loved radio sitcom returns to Radio 4 on Christmas Day. The attempted musical festivities are served up by Count Arthur Strong's Radio Repertory Company and their host of regular characters.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Richard Beckinsale. Copyright: BBC

Albert And Me

Series 1, Christmas Special - Family Christmas

Single dad Bryan finds himself double-booked for the festivities...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Rent. Copyright: BBC

Rent

Series 2, Episode 6

Paul and Ruby are thinking of moving out, and Maria needs more space.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 10, Christmas Special

With Rev Richard Coles, Chris Hadfield, Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Brian Blessed.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
The Right Time

The Right Time

Series 4, Episode 2

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

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