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BBC Radio 4 Extra

BBC Radio 4 Extra

The new name for Radio 7. Broadcasts comedy daily at various times, particularly in its 'Comedy Zone' - from 10pm to midnight each weeknight. Original commissions include Newsjack.

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7am (repeat)
Nineteen Ninety-Eight

Nineteen Ninety-Eight

Episode 3

A repeat of this 1987 radio.

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 4, Episode 20 - The Last Of The McHancocks

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.

8am (repeat)
Dot. Dot (Fenella Woolgar). Copyright: BBC

Dot

Series 1, Episode 3 - The Mystery At St. Horribly-Vulture's School For Boys

Dot is sent to back to school to enlist a teacher for 'Shhh Bletchley Park', but is he of sound material?

9am (repeat)
Laura Smyth: Your Mum. Laura Smyth. Credit: Jiksaw

Laura Smyth: Your Mum

Episode 1 - Janine Harouni and Russell Kane

Laura Smyth talks to her guests about their relationships with their mothers. Janine Harouni tells us what happened when she was swapped at birth, why her brother has a bunker in Arizona and how her mum rules the roost with her 'feminine guile'. Russell Kane gives his hot male take on childbirth, makes a case against toddler food and thanks his mum for putting up with his extraordinary amount of energy.

12pm (repeat)
Nineteen Ninety-Eight

Nineteen Ninety-Eight

Episode 3

A repeat of this 1987 radio.

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 4, Episode 20 - The Last Of The McHancocks

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.

1pm (repeat)
Dot. Dot (Fenella Woolgar). Copyright: BBC

Dot

Series 1, Episode 3 - The Mystery At St. Horribly-Vulture's School For Boys

Dot is sent to back to school to enlist a teacher for 'Shhh Bletchley Park', but is he of sound material?

2pm (repeat)
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Sally Phillips. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 12, Episode 3 - Meeting Seventy

Joining John Lloyd and Sally Phillips are comic Stephen K. Amos, chemist Dr. Suze Kundu and author Victoria Hislop.

2:30pm (repeat)
Acropolis Now

Acropolis Now

Series 2, Episode 2 - Love

It's Eros night and despite the hunger, all thoughts turn to love. But the recipients of that love aren't the expected choice.

6pm (repeat)
Nineteen Ninety-Eight

Nineteen Ninety-Eight

Episode 3

A repeat of this 1987 radio.

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 4, Episode 20 - The Last Of The McHancocks

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.

7pm (repeat)
Dot. Dot (Fenella Woolgar). Copyright: BBC

Dot

Series 1, Episode 3 - The Mystery At St. Horribly-Vulture's School For Boys

Dot is sent to back to school to enlist a teacher for 'Shhh Bletchley Park', but is he of sound material?

8pm (repeat)
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Sally Phillips. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 12, Episode 3 - Meeting Seventy

Joining John Lloyd and Sally Phillips are comic Stephen K. Amos, chemist Dr. Suze Kundu and author Victoria Hislop.

8:30pm (repeat)
Acropolis Now

Acropolis Now

Series 2, Episode 2 - Love

It's Eros night and despite the hunger, all thoughts turn to love. But the recipients of that love aren't the expected choice.

10pm (repeat)
Laura Smyth: Your Mum. Laura Smyth. Credit: Jiksaw

Laura Smyth: Your Mum

Episode 1 - Janine Harouni and Russell Kane

Laura Smyth talks to her guests about their relationships with their mothers. Janine Harouni tells us what happened when she was swapped at birth, why her brother has a bunker in Arizona and how her mum rules the roost with her 'feminine guile'. Russell Kane gives his hot male take on childbirth, makes a case against toddler food and thanks his mum for putting up with his extraordinary amount of energy.

10:30pm (repeat)
Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting. Linda (Linda Smith). Copyright: BBC

Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting

Series 2, Episode 4

With London house prices going stratospheric in the East End, Linda gets a valuation.

11pm (repeat)
The Skivers

The Skivers

Series 3, Episode 2

The sketch show written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh, with Peter Bradshaw and Sally Phillips. With guest star Michael Fish.

11:30pm (repeat)
Robert Webb

Concrete Cow

Series 1, Episode 1

Sketches include a reunion of cannibals, a voice-over for nuclear disasters and the disturbing balloon-modelling man.

2am (repeat)
Nineteen Ninety-Eight

Nineteen Ninety-Eight

Episode 3

A repeat of this 1987 radio.

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 4, Episode 20 - The Last Of The McHancocks

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.

3am (repeat)
Dot. Dot (Fenella Woolgar). Copyright: BBC

Dot

Series 1, Episode 3 - The Mystery At St. Horribly-Vulture's School For Boys

Dot is sent to back to school to enlist a teacher for 'Shhh Bletchley Park', but is he of sound material?

4am (repeat)
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Sally Phillips. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 12, Episode 3 - Meeting Seventy

Joining John Lloyd and Sally Phillips are comic Stephen K. Amos, chemist Dr. Suze Kundu and author Victoria Hislop.

4:30am (repeat)
Acropolis Now

Acropolis Now

Series 2, Episode 2 - Love

It's Eros night and despite the hunger, all thoughts turn to love. But the recipients of that love aren't the expected choice.

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