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Radio schedule Thursday 27th March 2025

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Coming Alive

Coming Alive

Series 3, Episode 1 - Good Sports

Sandra's mother starts meddling over Terry - and there's a surprising sporting challenge.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Series 1, Episode 6 - The Promotion

The author and his wife compete to publicise their new books.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Simon Callow

Plum House

Series 3, Episode 1 - Better The Devil

With manager Tom off on leave, the arrival of Roger from Head Office - sent to reform the operation, is a shock to them all. How will they get rid of him and entice Tom back?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
What's Funny About.... Image shows from L to R: Jon Plowman, Peter Fincham

What's Funny About...

Series 4, Episode 5 - Comic Relief

Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman are joined by Richard Curtis and Sir Lenny Henry to hear the inside story of the charity they founded 1985, Comic Relief.

Radio 4 11am
45 min
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 32, Episode 6 - Nature's Shapes

Prof. Brian Cox and Robin Ince unpick the hidden codes behind the shapes we see in nature with mathematicians Sarah Hart & Thomas Woolley and comedian Dave Gorman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Coming Alive

Coming Alive

Series 3, Episode 1 - Good Sports

Sandra's mother starts meddling over Terry - and there's a surprising sporting challenge.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Series 1, Episode 6 - The Promotion

The author and his wife compete to publicise their new books.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Simon Callow

Plum House

Series 3, Episode 1 - Better The Devil

With manager Tom off on leave, the arrival of Roger from Head Office - sent to reform the operation, is a shock to them all. How will they get rid of him and entice Tom back?

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

Who Goes There

Episode 3.5: Biographical quiz show chaired by Martin Young, with Francis Wheen, Amanda Foreman, Fred Housego and Maria McErlane.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Series 13, Episode 2 - Old School

Victoria's now very excited about Emily's pregnancy, but is Roger being premature to think about the unborn child's education?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Coming Alive

Coming Alive

Series 3, Episode 1 - Good Sports

Sandra's mother starts meddling over Terry - and there's a surprising sporting challenge.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm (repeat)
Beena And Amrit. Image shows from L to R: Amrit (Shobna Gulati), Beena (Priya Hall)

Beena And Amrit

Series 2, Episode 4 - The Pregnancy Test

Beena is feeling under the weather so her friends persuade her to do a pregnancy test. In an act of motherly solidarity, Amrit does a pregnancy test at the same time, with rather surprising results.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Dan Tiernan

Dan Tiernan: Going Under

Dan Tiernan doesn't just perform stand up - he attacks it. In Going Under, he debuts his unique brand of furious, unpredictable and wildly entertaining comedy on the radio, covering living with dyspraxia, becoming a dinner lady, and his sister's cancer diagnosis.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Series 1, Episode 6 - The Promotion

The author and his wife compete to publicise their new books.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Simon Callow

Plum House

Series 3, Episode 1 - Better The Devil

With manager Tom off on leave, the arrival of Roger from Head Office - sent to reform the operation, is a shock to them all. How will they get rid of him and entice Tom back?

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

Who Goes There

Episode 3.5: Biographical quiz show chaired by Martin Young, with Francis Wheen, Amanda Foreman, Fred Housego and Maria McErlane.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Series 13, Episode 2 - Old School

Victoria's now very excited about Emily's pregnancy, but is Roger being premature to think about the unborn child's education?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
What's Funny About.... Image shows from L to R: Jon Plowman, Peter Fincham

What's Funny About...

Series 4, Episode 5 - Comic Relief

Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman are joined by Richard Curtis and Sir Lenny Henry to hear the inside story of the charity they founded 1985, Comic Relief.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Problem With Adam Bloom. Adam Bloom. Copyright: BBC

The Problem With Adam Bloom

Series 1, Episode 3 - Street Crime

Is there an etiquette to being mugged? Adam Bloom explores the social awkwardness of petty crime. Rob Rouse helps Adam solve these criminal dilemmas.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Clipboard

Knocker

Episode 3 - Obselejectivitysence

Ian tries to test out a new electronic system for entering his data on a street where all of the houses are being demolished.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Lee Mack Show. Lee Mack. Copyright: BBC

The Lee Mack Show

Series 1, Episode 1

The quick-fire comic presents stand-up, sketches and music. With guest star Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet - or was it Duran Duran?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Beauty Of Britain. Beauty Olonga (Jocelyn Jee Esien). Copyright: BBC

Beauty Of Britain

Series 2, Episode 2 - Laurelmead

'A British care home is basically a big house named after a tree,' observes Beauty, as she decides to work at Laurelmead. A change from her usual live-in work, but working for the care home brings its own difficulties. Meanwhile there is some good news - her church choir is through to the regional finals of 'Go for Gospel'.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Coming Alive

Coming Alive

Series 3, Episode 1 - Good Sports

Sandra's mother starts meddling over Terry - and there's a surprising sporting challenge.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Series 1, Episode 6 - The Promotion

The author and his wife compete to publicise their new books.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
Simon Callow

Plum House

Series 3, Episode 1 - Better The Devil

With manager Tom off on leave, the arrival of Roger from Head Office - sent to reform the operation, is a shock to them all. How will they get rid of him and entice Tom back?

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

Who Goes There

Episode 3.5: Biographical quiz show chaired by Martin Young, with Francis Wheen, Amanda Foreman, Fred Housego and Maria McErlane.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Series 13, Episode 2 - Old School

Victoria's now very excited about Emily's pregnancy, but is Roger being premature to think about the unborn child's education?

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