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Radio schedule Friday 20th December 2024

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30am (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 5, The Walkers of Dembley: Agatha joins James's walking group, but ends up embroiled in a saga of lust, murder and wellies.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Series 2, Episode 4 - The View from the Bridge

When confused Izzy meets fiance Charles's friend Bill, they hit it off straight away.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Doctor In The House

Doctor In The House

Episode 8 - Happy Christmas

The Dean asks Sparrow, Evans and Benskin to organise St Swithin's festivities.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Train At Platform 4

The Train At Platform 4

Series 1, Episode 3 - Bag

Sam and the rest of the crew struggle to contain an anarchic party of seditious school children. But Dev sees a golden business opportunity in profiting from the kids' snack money. Meanwhile a bag falls from the luggage rack, injuring a passenger, who turns out to work for the rail regulator. Sam struggles to appease him, in order to avoid a damning report.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:45am (repeat)
The Debrief. Image shows from L to R: Mark Chadwick (Tom Basden), Hannah Chadwick (Rebecca Humphries)

The Debrief

Episode 5

In the aftermath of Hannah's 40th birthday party, Hannah and Mark assess the carnage, huddled up high in the family treehouse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30am (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 5, The Walkers of Dembley: Agatha joins James's walking group, but ends up embroiled in a saga of lust, murder and wellies.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Series 2, Episode 4 - The View from the Bridge

When confused Izzy meets fiance Charles's friend Bill, they hit it off straight away.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Doctor In The House

Doctor In The House

Episode 8 - Happy Christmas

The Dean asks Sparrow, Evans and Benskin to organise St Swithin's festivities.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
The Train At Platform 4

The Train At Platform 4

Series 1, Episode 3 - Bag

Sam and the rest of the crew struggle to contain an anarchic party of seditious school children. But Dev sees a golden business opportunity in profiting from the kids' snack money. Meanwhile a bag falls from the luggage rack, injuring a passenger, who turns out to work for the rail regulator. Sam struggles to appease him, in order to avoid a damning report.

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

Breaking The News

Series 29, Highlights Special - Best Of Unbroadcast

Join Des Clarke for all the hilarious, previously unheard material from this year's Breaking The News. It's a chance to get the live recording experience as we present quips, bloopers and epic stories from from the last 12 months.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:45pm (repeat)
The Debrief. Image shows from L to R: Mark Chadwick (Tom Basden), Hannah Chadwick (Rebecca Humphries)

The Debrief

Episode 5

In the aftermath of Hannah's 40th birthday party, Hannah and Mark assess the carnage, huddled up high in the family treehouse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
The Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

The Unbelievable Truth

Series 27, Episode 6

Richard Osman, Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh and Ria Lina are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as glasses, squirrels, Alexander the Great and China. David Mitchell hosts.

Radio 4 3:45pm
15 min
The Doghouse. Credit: BBC

Not Even A Mouse

A new, specially-commissioned short story for Christmas written by John Finnemore, in which someone discovers that it's never too late to change. Adrian Scarborough narrates.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 5, The Walkers of Dembley: Agatha joins James's walking group, but ends up embroiled in a saga of lust, murder and wellies.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Series 2, Episode 4 - The View from the Bridge

When confused Izzy meets fiance Charles's friend Bill, they hit it off straight away.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Naked Week. Andrew Hunter Murray

The Naked Week

Episode 4

The team give the news a hard stare as they try to recruit a spy and steal some of the Uncanny podcast's listening figures by contacting Nigel Farage with a ouija board.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Doctor In The House

Doctor In The House

Episode 8 - Happy Christmas

The Dean asks Sparrow, Evans and Benskin to organise St Swithin's festivities.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Train At Platform 4

The Train At Platform 4

Series 1, Episode 3 - Bag

Sam and the rest of the crew struggle to contain an anarchic party of seditious school children. But Dev sees a golden business opportunity in profiting from the kids' snack money. Meanwhile a bag falls from the luggage rack, injuring a passenger, who turns out to work for the rail regulator. Sam struggles to appease him, in order to avoid a damning report.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:45pm (repeat)
The Debrief. Image shows from L to R: Mark Chadwick (Tom Basden), Hannah Chadwick (Rebecca Humphries)

The Debrief

Episode 5

In the aftermath of Hannah's 40th birthday party, Hannah and Mark assess the carnage, huddled up high in the family treehouse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
The Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

The Unbelievable Truth

Series 27, Episode 6

Richard Osman, Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh and Ria Lina are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as glasses, squirrels, Alexander the Great and China. David Mitchell hosts.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries. Alasdair Beckett-King

Wing It

Episode 2 - The Nightmare Commuter Train

Alasdair Beckett-King plays host to a panel of improv comedy all stars in this new spontaneous series, full of ridiculous challenges & completely made up games.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 2, Episode 2 - Wilmslow

Mark performs from the Green Room Theatre in Wilmslow, Cheshire where he gets to grips with footballers mansions, 3D eyelashes and the rhyming Wizard of Alderley Edge.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Clayton Grange. Image shows from L to R: Professor Saunders (Anthony Head), Alice Jameson (Stephanie Racine), Lionel (Don Gilet), Geoff Prowse (Neil Warhurst), Roger Bucks (Paul Barnhill). Copyright: BBC

Clayton Grange

Series 1, Episode 3

The team attempt to make war just a bit more gentle. Meet the scientists who are a bit rubbish at life. And not much better at science.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Sean Lock: 15 Storeys High. Sean (Sean Lock). Copyright: BBC

Sean Lock: 15 Storeys High

Series 1, Episode 3 - Jolly Shopper

Sean wins the trip of a lifetime and Errol gets a job working with wet fish.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:30am (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 5, The Walkers of Dembley: Agatha joins James's walking group, but ends up embroiled in a saga of lust, murder and wellies.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Series 2, Episode 4 - The View from the Bridge

When confused Izzy meets fiance Charles's friend Bill, they hit it off straight away.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Doctor In The House

Doctor In The House

Episode 8 - Happy Christmas

The Dean asks Sparrow, Evans and Benskin to organise St Swithin's festivities.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
The Train At Platform 4

The Train At Platform 4

Series 1, Episode 3 - Bag

Sam and the rest of the crew struggle to contain an anarchic party of seditious school children. But Dev sees a golden business opportunity in profiting from the kids' snack money. Meanwhile a bag falls from the luggage rack, injuring a passenger, who turns out to work for the rail regulator. Sam struggles to appease him, in order to avoid a damning report.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:45am (repeat)
The Debrief. Image shows from L to R: Mark Chadwick (Tom Basden), Hannah Chadwick (Rebecca Humphries)

The Debrief

Episode 5

In the aftermath of Hannah's 40th birthday party, Hannah and Mark assess the carnage, huddled up high in the family treehouse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
The Unbelievable Truth. David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC / Random Entertainment

The Unbelievable Truth

Series 27, Episode 6

Richard Osman, Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh and Ria Lina are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as glasses, squirrels, Alexander the Great and China. David Mitchell hosts.

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