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Radio schedule Wednesday 17th July 2024

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

Ballylenon

Series 4, Episode 1

Phonsie gets excited by the discovery linked to a ramshackle cottage. It's 1955 in the sleepy Irish town.

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 1, Episode 14 - The Sheikh

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. Copyright: BBC

Boswell's Lives

Series 3, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Ghandi

Boswell meets Ghandi and attempts, for not entirely selfless reasons, to become a better man under Ghandi's guidance.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Geoff Norcott

Geoff Norcott's Working Men's Club

Episode 1

Geoff at men's reluctance to put on sunscreen. Why not take a simple, basic precaution against the hottest and largest thing in the entire solar system? Vanity? Bravado? Or something else? With the help of his studio audience, Geoff looks at whether this is connected to men's reluctance to seek medical advice and their habit of dying early.

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

Ballylenon

Series 4, Episode 1

Phonsie gets excited by the discovery linked to a ramshackle cottage. It's 1955 in the sleepy Irish town.

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 1, Episode 14 - The Sheikh

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. Copyright: BBC

Boswell's Lives

Series 3, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Ghandi

Boswell meets Ghandi and attempts, for not entirely selfless reasons, to become a better man under Ghandi's guidance.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 2, Episode 3

This week Lloyd Langford, Susie Dent, Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes compete to find out who has the most word know-how.

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

Elephants To Catch Eels

Series 2, Episode 3 - France

Tamsyn has been captured by the revolutionaries, and faces an excruciating torture involving a shuttlecock, some badminton rackets, and two fat naked Germans.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Ballylenon

Series 4, Episode 1

Phonsie gets excited by the discovery linked to a ramshackle cottage. It's 1955 in the sleepy Irish town.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Geoff Norcott

Geoff Norcott's Working Men's Club

Episode 2

This week, Geoff looks at the sometimes problematic phrase "man up". Is it sexist, or is it just shorthand for taking some responsibility for the greater benefit? With the help of his studio audience, Geoff looks at language men need to change.

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 1, Episode 14 - The Sheikh

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. Copyright: BBC

Boswell's Lives

Series 3, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Ghandi

Boswell meets Ghandi and attempts, for not entirely selfless reasons, to become a better man under Ghandi's guidance.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 2, Episode 3

This week Lloyd Langford, Susie Dent, Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes compete to find out who has the most word know-how.

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

Elephants To Catch Eels

Series 2, Episode 3 - France

Tamsyn has been captured by the revolutionaries, and faces an excruciating torture involving a shuttlecock, some badminton rackets, and two fat naked Germans.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Geoff Norcott

Geoff Norcott's Working Men's Club

Episode 1

Geoff at men's reluctance to put on sunscreen. Why not take a simple, basic precaution against the hottest and largest thing in the entire solar system? Vanity? Bravado? Or something else? With the help of his studio audience, Geoff looks at whether this is connected to men's reluctance to seek medical advice and their habit of dying early.

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 3, Episode 5 - The Expo

Marvel at the meerkats, visit a new theme park... and one man must face 'The Curator'.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Jim Smith

Jim Smith: Me And The Farmer

Episode 3 - Mucking In And Mucking Out

In-fighting, in-laws and (a lack of) iIndependence. Comedian and farmer Jim Smith discusses family farming and the thorny issue of succession.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Bussmann And Quantick Kingsize

Bussmann And Quantick Kingsize

Episode 3

A fraudulently fat sack of sketches, monologues and weird soup, featuring a puritan vet who dishes out tough love to poorly pets.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Maisie Adam: The Beautiful Game. Maisie Adam

Maisie Adam: The Beautiful Game

Episode 1 - 'You've got your own sports anyway'

Stand-up comedian Maisie Adam presents her stand-up special where she discusses her love of football and her experience of the women's game ahead of the Women's World Cup 2023. She begins by looking at fondness for the game as a child, always being the "girl" football fan, and how it felt when she could not play at school.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Party. Image shows from L to R: Simon (Tom Basden), Phoebe (Katy Wix), Mel (Anna Crilly), Duncan (Tim Key), Jared (Jonny Sweet). Copyright: BBC

Party

Series 1, Episode 3

The Party clarifies its policies on climate change, while Duncan deals with the aftermath of under-cooked chicken sausages from a BBQ. Before long, murder is committed and the young idealists are placed in a compromising position.

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

Ballylenon

Series 4, Episode 1

Phonsie gets excited by the discovery linked to a ramshackle cottage. It's 1955 in the sleepy Irish town.

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 1, Episode 14 - The Sheikh

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. Copyright: BBC

Boswell's Lives

Series 3, Episode 4 - Boswell's Life of Ghandi

Boswell meets Ghandi and attempts, for not entirely selfless reasons, to become a better man under Ghandi's guidance.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 2, Episode 3

This week Lloyd Langford, Susie Dent, Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes compete to find out who has the most word know-how.

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

Elephants To Catch Eels

Series 2, Episode 3 - France

Tamsyn has been captured by the revolutionaries, and faces an excruciating torture involving a shuttlecock, some badminton rackets, and two fat naked Germans.

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