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On BBC Radio 4 today
10:4515 min
The Country Girls
Girls In Their Married Bliss, Episode 3
Baba embarks upon a liaison with a drummer, whilst Kate finds being separated from her child unbearable.
11:3030 min
Lemn Sissay's Social Enterprise
Episode 3
This time, he explores what charity means when it comes to presents.
18:3030 min
Susan Calman Makes Me Happy
Episode 4 - Animals
This week, aided and abetted by her studio audience and her wife Lee, Susan waxes lyrical about her love for animals. She may have previously mentioned (once or twice) that she's quite partial to cats, but her affections aren't limited to the feline world. From the dogs in her local park, via the birds that visit her garden, to grumpy Icelandic Ponies (well, sort of), Susan adores them all.
23:00(Repeat)
Bunk Bed
Series 4, Episode 1
Patrick Marber and Peter Curran wonder what services were on offer after hearing rare archive of H. G Wells admitting that he used to earn his living as 'a prostitute', grapple with one of the most ferociously bad pop singles of all time - Cinderella Rockerfella - and get to the heart of the British aristocracy's perverse attitude to dogs. The unlikely bedfellows also deal with the emotional scars left by seeing a father wearing trousers made from horizontal corduroy.
Current BBC Radio 4 comedies
Alex Edelman's Peer Group
Austentatious
Conversations From A Long Marriage
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
Couples
Dead Ringers
Fags, Mags And Bags
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Jake Yapp Saves Humanity In 28 Minutes
James Veitch's Contractual Obligation
Jeeves Live!
Joe Lycett's Obsessions
John Kearns
Just A Minute
Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian
Lemn Sissay's Social Enterprise
Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life
Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics
Rhys James Is...
Sindhustan
Sketchtopia
Sophie Willan's Guide To Normality
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Susan Calman Makes Me Happy
Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!
That Mitchell & Webb Sound
The Break
The Casebook Of Max And Ivan
The Cold Swedish Winter
The Country Girls
The Infinite Monkey Cage
The Lentil Sorters
The Missing Hancocks
The Museum Of Curiosity
The News Quiz
The Now Show
The Penny Dreadfuls Present...
The Shuttleworths
The Tim Vine Chat Show
The Unbelievable Truth
Tom Allen Is Actually Not Very Nice
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups
Two Episodes Of Mash
Where's The F In News
Woof - Chris Neill
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Latest BBC Radio 4 news stories
BBC Radio reveals festive comedy highlights 2019
Monday 25th November 2019
Austentatious, The Shuttleworths, The Museum Of Curiosity, Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!, Neil Gaiman's Chivalry, Puckoon and Jeeves Live are amongst the comedy shows on Radio 4 this festive season.
Comedies shortlisted for BBC Audio Awards 2020
Tuesday 19th November 2019
Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off, Mark Steel's In Town, Phil Ellis Is Trying, Phil Wang: Wangsplaining and Suggs: Love Letters To London are amongst the nominees in the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2020.
Little Britain to return for Brexit special
Sunday 27th October 2019
David Walliams and Matt Lucas have reunited to record a new Little Britain episode for Radio 4. The special will be themed around Brexit.
Sue Perkins to host Radio 4 comedy about nature
Thursday 19th September 2019
Sue Perkins is to host Nature Table, a Radio 4 pilot which aims to celebrate "the natural world and all its funny eccentricities".
Michael Legge to record stand-up show for Radio 4
Thursday 29th August 2019
Michael Legge is to make his debut on Radio 4 with his stand-up show The Days Of Michael Legge.