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Radio schedule Monday 25th December 2023

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Roger (Roger Allam), Joanna (Joanna Lumley). Copyright: Matt Stronge

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Christmas Special, Episode 1 - Conversations From A Long Marriage At Christmas

We follow the couple's conversations as they prepare for Christmas à deux, open their Christmas cards, dissect their neighbours' relationships - and Joanna reveals she's planned some rather surprising activities for Christmas Day. A late night phone call means that her Christmas wish may not be granted.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Series 3, Episode 5 - Without Prejudice

Harold persuades Albert to move out to suburbia.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Series 1, Christmas Special - A Week Of Sundays

Sarah, Clare and Eleanor bicker over their festive planning.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Sarah Millican

Elephant In The Room

Series 1, Episode 3

Sarah Millican hosts the game show which uses national surveys to find out which of its panellists - Sandi Toksvig, Angela Barnes, Harriet Dyer or Phil Wang - is closest to, and furthest from, the average British person in a series of different subjects.

Radio 4 11am
60 min version
(repeat)
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 28, Episode 7 - The Monkeys meet The Sky At Night

Prof. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by the longest running science show in the world, The Sky At Night, alongside comedian and astronomy enthusiast Dara O Briain for the ultimate guide to studying the stars from your own back garden.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Roger (Roger Allam), Joanna (Joanna Lumley). Copyright: Matt Stronge

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Christmas Special, Episode 1 - Conversations From A Long Marriage At Christmas

We follow the couple's conversations as they prepare for Christmas à deux, open their Christmas cards, dissect their neighbours' relationships - and Joanna reveals she's planned some rather surprising activities for Christmas Day. A late night phone call means that her Christmas wish may not be granted.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Series 3, Episode 5 - Without Prejudice

Harold persuades Albert to move out to suburbia.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:30pm (repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Series 1, Christmas Special - A Week Of Sundays

Sarah, Clare and Eleanor bicker over their festive planning.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Sarah Millican

Elephant In The Room

Series 1, Episode 3

Sarah Millican hosts the game show which uses national surveys to find out which of its panellists - Sandi Toksvig, Angela Barnes, Harriet Dyer or Phil Wang - is closest to, and furthest from, the average British person in a series of different subjects.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Roger (Roger Allam), Joanna (Joanna Lumley). Copyright: Matt Stronge

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Christmas Special, Episode 1 - Conversations From A Long Marriage At Christmas

We follow the couple's conversations as they prepare for Christmas à deux, open their Christmas cards, dissect their neighbours' relationships - and Joanna reveals she's planned some rather surprising activities for Christmas Day. A late night phone call means that her Christmas wish may not be granted.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Series 3, Episode 5 - Without Prejudice

Harold persuades Albert to move out to suburbia.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop. Alfie Moore. Copyright: BBC

Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop

Christmas Special - Crime at Christmas

Alfie Moore takes us through the ins and outs of crime at Christmas, sharing stories of a gas station Grinch, an inebriated Mary and Joseph, and a Christmas Eve saviour.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Series 1, Christmas Special - A Week Of Sundays

Sarah, Clare and Eleanor bicker over their festive planning.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Sarah Millican

Elephant In The Room

Series 1, Episode 3

Sarah Millican hosts the game show which uses national surveys to find out which of its panellists - Sandi Toksvig, Angela Barnes, Harriet Dyer or Phil Wang - is closest to, and furthest from, the average British person in a series of different subjects.

Radio 4 8pm
60 min
You're Dead To Me

You're Dead To Me

Episode 1 - Medieval Ghost Stories

Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Michael Carter and Ghosts star Mathew Baynton to learn all about ghost stories in the European Middle Ages.

Radio 4 9:30pm (repeat)
The Tim Vine Chat Show. Tim Vine. Copyright: BBC

The Tim Vine Chat Show

2018 Specials, Christmas Special

Tim Vine hears the Christmas stories of the British public and offers up a sack full of seasonal one-liners, definitely not traditional songs and fiendishly silly seasonal games. Featuring a seasonal lawn-mowing song and a man who lost his Christmas dinner.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue logo. Copyright: BBC

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 80, Episode 6

The antidote to panel games makes a return visit to the Dorking Halls, with Jack Dee in the chair. Fred Macaulay, Milton Jones, Lucy Porter and Omid Djalili play, with Colin Sell on the piano.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
BBC Audio Drama Awards 2015. Lenny Henry. Copyright: BBC

Lenny Henry: Rogue's Gallery

The Rogue's Gallery At Christmas, Christmas Special - Kobbolovski's Little Helper

This warming winter tale sees Lenny playing a migrant of restricted height, who battles his way to the UK and finds himself in a strange old people's home in Kent, where the secrets of Christmas are gradually revealed.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
The Shuttleworths. John Shuttleworth (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC

The Shuttleworths

Early Specials, Christmas Special - Christmas Eve With The Shuttleworths

John's plans for a festive gathering go awry.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
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 11:30pm (repeat)
The Masterson Inheritance. Image shows from L to R: Phelim McDermott, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Caroline Quentin, Lee Simpson, Paul Merton. Copyright: BBC

The Masterson Inheritance

1993 Christmas Special - The Stuffing of the Mastersons

The family face repercussions from a child's innocent gift.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Conversations From A Long Marriage. Image shows from L to R: Roger (Roger Allam), Joanna (Joanna Lumley). Copyright: Matt Stronge

Conversations From A Long Marriage

Christmas Special, Episode 1 - Conversations From A Long Marriage At Christmas

We follow the couple's conversations as they prepare for Christmas à deux, open their Christmas cards, dissect their neighbours' relationships - and Joanna reveals she's planned some rather surprising activities for Christmas Day. A late night phone call means that her Christmas wish may not be granted.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Series 3, Episode 5 - Without Prejudice

Harold persuades Albert to move out to suburbia.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Series 1, Christmas Special - A Week Of Sundays

Sarah, Clare and Eleanor bicker over their festive planning.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Sarah Millican

Elephant In The Room

Series 1, Episode 3

Sarah Millican hosts the game show which uses national surveys to find out which of its panellists - Sandi Toksvig, Angela Barnes, Harriet Dyer or Phil Wang - is closest to, and furthest from, the average British person in a series of different subjects.

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