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Radio schedule Wednesday 1st May 2024

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Never Too Late

Never Too Late

Episode 3 - Down Memory Lane

Hilda organises a holiday for senior citizens and Mildred wants a nostalgic destination.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (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 6, Episode 13 - The Christmas Club

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 8am (repeat)
Boswell's Lives. Image shows from L to R: Alan Bennett (Alistair McGowan), Karl Marx (Julian Rhind-Tutt), James Boswell (Miles Jupp), Muhammad Ali (Lenny Henry), Madonna (Debra Stephenson). Copyright: BBC

Boswell's Lives

Series 2, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Madonna

Boswell meets Madonna (Debra Stephenson) and lives to tell the tale.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Never Too Late

Never Too Late

Episode 3 - Down Memory Lane

Hilda organises a holiday for senior citizens and Mildred wants a nostalgic destination.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (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 6, Episode 13 - The Christmas Club

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 1pm (repeat)
Boswell's Lives. Image shows from L to R: Alan Bennett (Alistair McGowan), Karl Marx (Julian Rhind-Tutt), James Boswell (Miles Jupp), Muhammad Ali (Lenny Henry), Madonna (Debra Stephenson). Copyright: BBC

Boswell's Lives

Series 2, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Madonna

Boswell meets Madonna (Debra Stephenson) and lives to tell the tale.

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

Say The Word

Episode 4: Frank Delaney's language game, with guests Christopher Cook, Miles Kington, Valerie Grove and Carol Boyd.

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

Elephants To Catch Eels

Series 1, Episode 4

The new editor of 'The Times of London' undertakes to boost circulation by turning the respected newspaper into a gossipy rag.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Never Too Late

Never Too Late

Episode 3 - Down Memory Lane

Hilda organises a holiday for senior citizens and Mildred wants a nostalgic destination.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Room 101. Paul Merton. Credit: BBC, Hat Trick Productions

Room 101

Series 2, Episode 5 - Victoria Coren Mitchell

If you had to banish items to Room 101 what would you choose? Victoria Coren Mitchell's wide ranging choices include shops that don't take cash, and cows.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (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 6, Episode 13 - The Christmas Club

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 7pm (repeat)
Boswell's Lives. Image shows from L to R: Alan Bennett (Alistair McGowan), Karl Marx (Julian Rhind-Tutt), James Boswell (Miles Jupp), Muhammad Ali (Lenny Henry), Madonna (Debra Stephenson). Copyright: BBC

Boswell's Lives

Series 2, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Madonna

Boswell meets Madonna (Debra Stephenson) and lives to tell the tale.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Say The Word

Episode 4: Frank Delaney's language game, with guests Christopher Cook, Miles Kington, Valerie Grove and Carol Boyd.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
Old Boats

Elephants To Catch Eels

Series 1, Episode 4

The new editor of 'The Times of London' undertakes to boost circulation by turning the respected newspaper into a gossipy rag.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Room 101. Paul Merton. Credit: BBC, Hat Trick Productions

Room 101

Series 2, Episode 4 - Naga Munchetty

If you had to banish items to Room 101, what would you choose? For Naga Munchetty, it would include people who salt their food without tasting it first and unsolicited advice.

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

Series 2, Episode 4 - The Coach Trip

The Museum's annual away day heads to a medieval fayre in Chaversham.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Gary Little

Gary Little: At Large

Episode 1 - Two Ways Of Looking At It

Glaswegian comedian Gary is more true criminal than true crime. His stand-up show gives a different perspective on life before, behind and beyond his prison bars.

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 3, Episode 5

This week's theme is the Tudors versus the Vikings and the show features a battle, a huge motivational song and a prequel to a Barry Manilow's Copacabana. With special guests Cariad Lloyd and singer Gwyneth Herbert.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Jessica Fostekew

Jessica Fostekew: Sturdy Girl Club

Series 1, Episode 4 - Bodybuilding

In the final episode of Jessica Fostekew's stand up series about big strong girls, we arrive at the most aesthetic and least functional of all the strength sports - Bodybuilding. The Schwarznegger in swimwear one.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
On Baby Street

On Baby Street

Series 2, Episode 3

New mum Geraldine's after a nanny, while Shona's flat out at work.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Never Too Late

Never Too Late

Episode 3 - Down Memory Lane

Hilda organises a holiday for senior citizens and Mildred wants a nostalgic destination.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (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 6, Episode 13 - The Christmas Club

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 3am (repeat)
Boswell's Lives. Image shows from L to R: Alan Bennett (Alistair McGowan), Karl Marx (Julian Rhind-Tutt), James Boswell (Miles Jupp), Muhammad Ali (Lenny Henry), Madonna (Debra Stephenson). Copyright: BBC

Boswell's Lives

Series 2, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Madonna

Boswell meets Madonna (Debra Stephenson) and lives to tell the tale.

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

Say The Word

Episode 4: Frank Delaney's language game, with guests Christopher Cook, Miles Kington, Valerie Grove and Carol Boyd.

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

Elephants To Catch Eels

Series 1, Episode 4

The new editor of 'The Times of London' undertakes to boost circulation by turning the respected newspaper into a gossipy rag.

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