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Radio schedule Wednesday 12th February 2025

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30am (repeat)
High Table, Lower Orders. Image shows from L to R: Dean (Michael Maloney), Patricia (Rebecca Front), Simon Harrison (Samuel West), Zoe Templeton (Sharon Small), Gilbert (Geoffrey Palmer), Bernard (Jonathan Coy). Copyright: BBC

High Table, Lower Orders

Series 1, Episode 4

Simon achieves the impossible feat of hanging onto his job. But is Zoe the next target?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Richard Griffiths

Mr Finchley

Mr Finchley Takes The Road, Episode 1

Mr Finchley falls in love with a gypsy caravan and a rather stubborn horse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
The Missing Hancocks. Tony Hancock (Kevin McNally)

The Missing Hancocks

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Newspaper

Tony inherits a newspaper and sets about changing the world.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups. Tom (Tom Wrigglesworth). Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups

Series 4, Episode 2 - Big Tom And The Hendersons

Dad tries to fight off an unwanted invasion while Granny turns to smuggling.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30am (repeat)
High Table, Lower Orders. Image shows from L to R: Dean (Michael Maloney), Patricia (Rebecca Front), Simon Harrison (Samuel West), Zoe Templeton (Sharon Small), Gilbert (Geoffrey Palmer), Bernard (Jonathan Coy). Copyright: BBC

High Table, Lower Orders

Series 1, Episode 4

Simon achieves the impossible feat of hanging onto his job. But is Zoe the next target?

Radio 4 11:45am
15 min
Sunil Patel

Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide To Bagging An Heiress

Episode 3 - How To Be A Pretty Woman

On his quest to marry rich, Sunil Patel dusts off his CV and searches for an upper-class job in a stately home.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Richard Griffiths

Mr Finchley

Mr Finchley Takes The Road, Episode 1

Mr Finchley falls in love with a gypsy caravan and a rather stubborn horse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
The Missing Hancocks. Tony Hancock (Kevin McNally)

The Missing Hancocks

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Newspaper

Tony inherits a newspaper and sets about changing the world.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups. Tom (Tom Wrigglesworth). Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups

Series 4, Episode 2 - Big Tom And The Hendersons

Dad tries to fight off an unwanted invasion while Granny turns to smuggling.

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 6 - Meeting Sixty-One

Joining John Lloyd and Jo Brand are American comedian Michelle Wolf, food writer Bee Wilson and literary walker Henry Eliot.

Radio 4 2:15pm
45 min
When Alan Met Ray. Image shows left to right: Alan Simpson (Paul Whitehouse), Andrew McGibbon, Ray Galton (Harry Enfield)

When Alan Met Ray

Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield star in a new drama set in 1948 in Milford Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Surrey - where future comedy writing legends Alan Galton and Ray Simpson first met.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Millport. Copyright: BBC

Millport

Series 1, Episode 3 - Ardour

The Minister reveals to Irene a secret yearning for Moira. After the initial shock, she realises this unlikely romance could prove advantageous.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
High Table, Lower Orders. Image shows from L to R: Dean (Michael Maloney), Patricia (Rebecca Front), Simon Harrison (Samuel West), Zoe Templeton (Sharon Small), Gilbert (Geoffrey Palmer), Bernard (Jonathan Coy). Copyright: BBC

High Table, Lower Orders

Series 1, Episode 4

Simon achieves the impossible feat of hanging onto his job. But is Zoe the next target?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Richard Griffiths

Mr Finchley

Mr Finchley Takes The Road, Episode 1

Mr Finchley falls in love with a gypsy caravan and a rather stubborn horse.

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

ReincarNathan

Series 4, Episode 1 - Rat

In this first episode of the final trilogy, Nathan is brought back to life as a rat in a London sewer. As usual, Nathan has a mission to complete - this time he needs to save an abandoned terrapin who's lost in the sewers from the clutches of a disgruntled crocodile. And Nathan also has his own demons to battle - can he come to terms with the failed pop career he had as a human?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
The Missing Hancocks. Tony Hancock (Kevin McNally)

The Missing Hancocks

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Newspaper

Tony inherits a newspaper and sets about changing the world.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups. Tom (Tom Wrigglesworth). Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups

Series 4, Episode 2 - Big Tom And The Hendersons

Dad tries to fight off an unwanted invasion while Granny turns to smuggling.

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 6 - Meeting Sixty-One

Joining John Lloyd and Jo Brand are American comedian Michelle Wolf, food writer Bee Wilson and literary walker Henry Eliot.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
Millport. Copyright: BBC

Millport

Series 1, Episode 3 - Ardour

The Minister reveals to Irene a secret yearning for Moira. After the initial shock, she realises this unlikely romance could prove advantageous.

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

ReincarNathan

Series 3, Episode 6 - Snowshoe Hare

Nathan is brought back to life as a Showshoe Hare in the Rocky Mountains. And this time he's got a friend - a hare called Gary Grape, a reincarnation of Nathan's arch nemesis from his human days. Can Nathan get Gary to forgive him for being such a terrible human being? Will he ever learn to do the right thing and make it back to human again?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Lawrence Sweeney Mix. Image shows from L to R: Jim Sweeney, Josie Lawrence

The Lawrence Sweeney Mix

Series 1, Episode 3

Josie tries to introduce this episode, but Jim takes over to explain the format of the show. The short opening sketch about sudoku shows the pair at their best and they continue to try and outdo one another with 'Fesco', 'Chaitrose' and 'Ainsburys'! The sketches continue to outdo the one before with two naked strangers jumping out of a wardrobe to surprise someone.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 10, Episode 1 - Eviction

Start of the final series, with late night musings from Peter Curran and Patrick Marber - a horizontal gigglefest on the subject of creeping Cycle Paths, misunderstood clowns, what you leave the kids if you're a hoarder, the uneasy looks of chart-topping duos and, of course, death - what to wear in your open casket.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Skivers

The Skivers

Series 1, Episode 2

A chance to feast your ears on a sumptuous half-hour of highly smoked comedy, written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh, with Peter Bradshaw, Melanie Giedroyc and this week's special guest, Ken Campell.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Jamie MacDonald

Jamie MacDonald: Life On The Blink

Series 1, Episode 1 - The First Hurdle

Stand-up comedian Jamie MacDonald's unique and hilarious take on his rapid descent into blindness. Jokes, stories and revelations about life without sight.

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

This Is Craig Brown

Episode 4 - Travel

The Pedants' Association are off to the seaside, whilst the Good Hotel Guide recommends the Bates Motel as a holiday destination.

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

Twenty Players

Episode 2.1, "Ample" Arthur Cartwright: John Motson tells the story of football tactician and part-time archaeologist 'Ample' Arthur Cartwright.

Radio 4 12:30am (repeat)
Sunil Patel

Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide To Bagging An Heiress

Episode 3 - How To Be A Pretty Woman

On his quest to marry rich, Sunil Patel dusts off his CV and searches for an upper-class job in a stately home.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:30am (repeat)
High Table, Lower Orders. Image shows from L to R: Dean (Michael Maloney), Patricia (Rebecca Front), Simon Harrison (Samuel West), Zoe Templeton (Sharon Small), Gilbert (Geoffrey Palmer), Bernard (Jonathan Coy). Copyright: BBC

High Table, Lower Orders

Series 1, Episode 4

Simon achieves the impossible feat of hanging onto his job. But is Zoe the next target?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Richard Griffiths

Mr Finchley

Mr Finchley Takes The Road, Episode 1

Mr Finchley falls in love with a gypsy caravan and a rather stubborn horse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
The Missing Hancocks. Tony Hancock (Kevin McNally)

The Missing Hancocks

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Newspaper

Tony inherits a newspaper and sets about changing the world.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups. Tom (Tom Wrigglesworth). Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups

Series 4, Episode 2 - Big Tom And The Hendersons

Dad tries to fight off an unwanted invasion while Granny turns to smuggling.

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 6 - Meeting Sixty-One

Joining John Lloyd and Jo Brand are American comedian Michelle Wolf, food writer Bee Wilson and literary walker Henry Eliot.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Millport. Copyright: BBC

Millport

Series 1, Episode 3 - Ardour

The Minister reveals to Irene a secret yearning for Moira. After the initial shock, she realises this unlikely romance could prove advantageous.

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