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Radio schedule Wednesday 22nd January 2025

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 3, Episode 14 - The Student Prince

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)
Women Talking About Cars. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Women Talking About Cars

Series 1, Episode 3 - Sarah Millican

Sarah reminisces about her dad's long lost Granada and describes a traffic jam that lead to some desperate measures.

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 3, Episode 14 - The Student Prince

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)
Women Talking About Cars. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Women Talking About Cars

Series 1, Episode 3 - Sarah Millican

Sarah reminisces about her dad's long lost Granada and describes a traffic jam that lead to some desperate measures.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Jo Brand. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 10, Episode 3 - Meeting Fifty-Eight

Joining John Lloyd and Jo Brand are Irish-Australian stand-up Jimeoin, fashion historian Amber Butchart and polymath entrepreneur Jack Waley-Cohen.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Tomorrow, Today!. Nigel Lavery (Peter Bowles). Copyright: BBC

Tomorrow, Today!

Series 1, Episode 4 - What Price Utopia?

The show get sent leaflets from civil defence about atomic bombs. However, they're more concerned about poor reviews from the papers.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Our Friend Victoria. Daniel Rigby. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment

ReincarNathan

Series 3, Episode 4 - Ant

Nathan is brought back to life as queen of a huge leafcutter ant colony. The ants need to find food and, because he is utterly selfish, Nathan leads them on a perilous journey to get a bag of his favourite crisps from a nearby hotel. When will Nathan ever learn to do the right thing?

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 3, Episode 14 - The Student Prince

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)
Women Talking About Cars. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Women Talking About Cars

Series 1, Episode 3 - Sarah Millican

Sarah reminisces about her dad's long lost Granada and describes a traffic jam that lead to some desperate measures.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Jo Brand. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 10, Episode 3 - Meeting Fifty-Eight

Joining John Lloyd and Jo Brand are Irish-Australian stand-up Jimeoin, fashion historian Amber Butchart and polymath entrepreneur Jack Waley-Cohen.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
Tomorrow, Today!. Nigel Lavery (Peter Bowles). Copyright: BBC

Tomorrow, Today!

Series 1, Episode 4 - What Price Utopia?

The show get sent leaflets from civil defence about atomic bombs. However, they're more concerned about poor reviews from the papers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Our Friend Victoria. Daniel Rigby. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment

ReincarNathan

Series 3, Episode 2 - Bower Bird

Nathan is brought back to life as a Bower Bird on the Vogelkop Peninsula. In order to woo the Hen (Sindhu Vee), Nathan must build the most beautiful bower. But it turns out he's utterly uncreative. Can Nathan learn to speak his truth? And will he ever learn to do the right thing and make it back to human again?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Isy Suttie

Isy Suttie's Love Letters

Series 2, Episode 4 - George And Louise

The tale of George and Louise, set against the backdrop of the Matlock Ceilidh over Christmas and New Year 2014.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Alison Spittle. Credit: Karla Gowlett

Alison Spittle: Petty Please

Episode 2 - The Debs Disaster

15 years ago was meant to be the biggest, most romantic day of Alison's (at that point very young) life. The long anticipated debs ball (or as the English and Americans like to call it - prom). But her date didn't show. And now Alison wants to find out why.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Susan Calman Is Convicted. Susan Calman. Copyright: BBC

Susan Calman Is Convicted

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Death Penalty

Susan Calman describes how working on Death Row convinced her that she was absolutely against the death penalty.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
This Is Craig Brown

This Is Craig Brown

Episode 1 - Politics

John Humphrys interviews a Home Office minister about a storm in a teacup and Tony Benn attempts to rebuild the Berlin Wall with a packet of Polo mints.

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

Jelly Mountain

Episode 3: Comic songs and poetry, with Ivor Cutler and Craig Murray-Orr.

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 3, Episode 14 - The Student Prince

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)
Women Talking About Cars. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Women Talking About Cars

Series 1, Episode 3 - Sarah Millican

Sarah reminisces about her dad's long lost Granada and describes a traffic jam that lead to some desperate measures.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Jo Brand. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 10, Episode 3 - Meeting Fifty-Eight

Joining John Lloyd and Jo Brand are Irish-Australian stand-up Jimeoin, fashion historian Amber Butchart and polymath entrepreneur Jack Waley-Cohen.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Tomorrow, Today!. Nigel Lavery (Peter Bowles). Copyright: BBC

Tomorrow, Today!

Series 1, Episode 4 - What Price Utopia?

The show get sent leaflets from civil defence about atomic bombs. However, they're more concerned about poor reviews from the papers.

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