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Radio schedule Friday 4th April 2025

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

Bodgers, Banks And Sparkes

Episode 6 - No Theme

A repeat of this 1986 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
The Ken Dodd Show. Ken Dodd. Credit: BBC

The Ken Dodd Show

Series 4, Episode 1

Comedy series with sketches, music and stand-up from comedy master Ken Dodd and special guests.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile. Image shows from L to R: David Suchet, Michael Frayn, Susannah Fielding, Martin Jarvis. Copyright: Jarvis and Ayres Productions

Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile

Episode 1

Martin Jarvis directs a star cast in Michael Frayn's latest comic pieces. This week, a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Nonclementure Committee, an article asks if everything is alright with itself, and we wait for Godot.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Gossip And Goddesses With Granny Kumar. Image shows from L to R: Geeta Bhandari (Harvey Virdi), Granny Kumar (Meera Syal), Maya Kumar (Ambreen Razia)

Gossip And Goddesses With Granny Kumar

Series 1, Episode 1

Granny Kumar is back! Meera Syal's glorious comedy creation returns, with her great granddaughter Maya and arch nemesis "frenemy" Geeta to chat with the sisters. This week she is joined by multi-award winning journalist Samira Ahmed and BAFTA winning actress Thandie Newton.

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

Bodgers, Banks And Sparkes

Episode 6 - No Theme

A repeat of this 1986 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
The Ken Dodd Show. Ken Dodd. Credit: BBC

The Ken Dodd Show

Series 4, Episode 1

Comedy series with sketches, music and stand-up from comedy master Ken Dodd and special guests.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile. Image shows from L to R: David Suchet, Michael Frayn, Susannah Fielding, Martin Jarvis. Copyright: Jarvis and Ayres Productions

Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile

Episode 1

Martin Jarvis directs a star cast in Michael Frayn's latest comic pieces. This week, a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Nonclementure Committee, an article asks if everything is alright with itself, and we wait for Godot.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Motion Show

Series 2, Episode 3

Dr Phil Hammond watches over proceedings in the quirky debating game, with guests Tony Hawks, Simon Fanshawe, Steve Punt and Arthur Smith.

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

Bodgers, Banks And Sparkes

Episode 6 - No Theme

A repeat of this 1986 radio.

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

The Naked Week

Series 2, Episode 5

The topical comedy presented by Andrew Hunter Murray returns.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
The Ken Dodd Show. Ken Dodd. Credit: BBC

The Ken Dodd Show

Series 4, Episode 1

Comedy series with sketches, music and stand-up from comedy master Ken Dodd and special guests.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile. Image shows from L to R: David Suchet, Michael Frayn, Susannah Fielding, Martin Jarvis. Copyright: Jarvis and Ayres Productions

Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile

Episode 1

Martin Jarvis directs a star cast in Michael Frayn's latest comic pieces. This week, a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Nonclementure Committee, an article asks if everything is alright with itself, and we wait for Godot.

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

The Motion Show

Series 2, Episode 3

Dr Phil Hammond watches over proceedings in the quirky debating game, with guests Tony Hawks, Simon Fanshawe, Steve Punt and Arthur Smith.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Call Jonathan Pie. Image shows left to right: Roger (Nick Revell), Jonathan Pie (Tom Walker), Jules (Lucy Pearman), Sam (Aqib Khan)

Call Jonathan Pie

Series 2, Episode 1 - An Abusive Auntie

Pie is back along with his trusted team - all as disillusioned with the world as he is. An on-air discussion about the BBC quickly becomes a time of reckoning for past mistakes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Trevor's World Of Sport. Image shows from L to R: Trevor Heslop (Neil Pearson), Sammy (Paul Reynolds). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Trevor's World Of Sport

Series 2, Episode 5 - Marathon

The sports agent tries persuading a veteran rugby player with cauliflower ears to quit.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Sarah Keyworth

Sarah Keyworth - Are You A Boy Or A Girl?

Series 1, Episode 2 - Nedved

In part two we go back to Sarah's school days as she gets mistaken for a footballer and looks closer at the reality of androgyny in early 2000s Nottingham...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
Tom Mayhew

Tom Mayhew Is Benefit Scum

Series 2, Episode 2 - Man Of The Match

Tom Mayhew takes his grandpa to the match. This episode is all about the beautiful game and its working-class roots.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Talking To Strangers. Image shows from L to R: Sally Phillips, Lily Bevan. Copyright: BBC

Talking To Strangers

Episode 1

A woman phones up a man she slept with, some people are stuck in a lift, and a music lesson.

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

Bodgers, Banks And Sparkes

Episode 6 - No Theme

A repeat of this 1986 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
The Ken Dodd Show. Ken Dodd. Credit: BBC

The Ken Dodd Show

Series 4, Episode 1

Comedy series with sketches, music and stand-up from comedy master Ken Dodd and special guests.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile. Image shows from L to R: David Suchet, Michael Frayn, Susannah Fielding, Martin Jarvis. Copyright: Jarvis and Ayres Productions

Michael Frayn's Magic Mobile

Episode 1

Martin Jarvis directs a star cast in Michael Frayn's latest comic pieces. This week, a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Nonclementure Committee, an article asks if everything is alright with itself, and we wait for Godot.

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

The Motion Show

Series 2, Episode 3

Dr Phil Hammond watches over proceedings in the quirky debating game, with guests Tony Hawks, Simon Fanshawe, Steve Punt and Arthur Smith.

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