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Radio schedule Wednesday 3rd January 2024

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

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 8, Episode 6 - Ventnor

Mark Steel heads to Ventnor on the Isle Of Wight.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Missing Hancocks. Tony Hancock (Kevin McNally)

The Missing Hancocks

New Year Special - New Year Resolutions

Hancock announces his list of New Year Resolutions, and is confident he can stick to them. Bill Kerr is equally confident that this is a money-making opportunity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Lip Service

Lip Service

Episode 4

Concerto for clarinet and iron, and a three-minute version of Lady Chatterley's Lover.

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

The Elephant Man

Episode 1 - Endangered Species

As Southwood Zoo faces bankruptcy, what future for assistant head keeper Terry Lyon?

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Bob Servant Says Cheerio. Bob Servant (Brian Cox). Credit: Oliver Bowring

Bob Servant Says Cheerio

Episode 2 - Lulu's Coming!

Dundee's burger van Svengali Bob Servant (Brian Cox) sensationally retires from public life, paving the way for the reunion of a lifetime. With very special guest, Lulu.

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

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 8, Episode 6 - Ventnor

Mark Steel heads to Ventnor on the Isle Of Wight.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
The Missing Hancocks. Tony Hancock (Kevin McNally)

The Missing Hancocks

New Year Special - New Year Resolutions

Hancock announces his list of New Year Resolutions, and is confident he can stick to them. Bill Kerr is equally confident that this is a money-making opportunity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:30pm (repeat)
Lip Service

Lip Service

Episode 4

Concerto for clarinet and iron, and a three-minute version of Lady Chatterley's Lover.

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

The Elephant Man

Episode 1 - Endangered Species

As Southwood Zoo faces bankruptcy, what future for assistant head keeper Terry Lyon?

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

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 8, Episode 6 - Ventnor

Mark Steel heads to Ventnor on the Isle Of Wight.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
The Missing Hancocks. Tony Hancock (Kevin McNally)

The Missing Hancocks

New Year Special - New Year Resolutions

Hancock announces his list of New Year Resolutions, and is confident he can stick to them. Bill Kerr is equally confident that this is a money-making opportunity.

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 4 - They Shoot Film Stars Don't They?

Florence is asked to go on Strictly Come Dancing. Selina is offered a movie but it's not what it seems. And the truth about Lucy's real mother is revealed.

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

Lip Service

Episode 4

Concerto for clarinet and iron, and a three-minute version of Lady Chatterley's Lover.

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

The Elephant Man

Episode 1 - Endangered Species

As Southwood Zoo faces bankruptcy, what future for assistant head keeper Terry Lyon?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
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 3 - Lucy Lassoes The Moon

To Florence's horror, someone has reprinted her first novel. Selina's in EastEnders, as the new landlady of the Vic. And still nobody's interested in Lucy's Moon shot.

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 5, The History of Everything: A bunch of Star Trek fans beam in for a sci-fi convention.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
We Forced A Bot To Write This Show. Credit: BBC

We Forced A Bot To Write This Show

Episode 3 - Perfume, Poe, And Podcast. (And Jools Holland's Hooting Nanny.)

We forced AI to digest massive amounts of media and then write its own versions. We pushed the scripts into the mouths of actors, and the result is, absurdly, joyously hilarious.

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 6

With guest stars comedian Matt Lucas and singer Liane Carroll.

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 5 - The Last Crisp

This week, as well as helping her clients, Nora confronts her own confidence issues... eating the final crisp in a shared packet of crisps.

Radio 4 11:30pm (repeat)
Jon Long

Carbon Lifeforms

Episode 1 - Travel

Jon Long teams up with scientist Dr Tara Shine examine sustainable travel.

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

Little Lifetimes By Jenny Eclair

Series 5, Episode 4 - Greta Doesn't Want to Wait for Godot

Greta is Queen Bee of the local Am Dram society so when some members breakaway to form a rival group she is not best pleased. But can their production of Waiting for Godot really rival her latest triumph, Calendar Girls? With Amelia Bullmore.

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

The Goldfish Bowl

Series 1, Episode 6

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

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

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 8, Episode 6 - Ventnor

Mark Steel heads to Ventnor on the Isle Of Wight.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
The Missing Hancocks. Tony Hancock (Kevin McNally)

The Missing Hancocks

New Year Special - New Year Resolutions

Hancock announces his list of New Year Resolutions, and is confident he can stick to them. Bill Kerr is equally confident that this is a money-making opportunity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
Lip Service

Lip Service

Episode 4

Concerto for clarinet and iron, and a three-minute version of Lady Chatterley's Lover.

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

The Elephant Man

Episode 1 - Endangered Species

As Southwood Zoo faces bankruptcy, what future for assistant head keeper Terry Lyon?

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