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Radio schedule Saturday 4th July 2020

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8:30am
(repeat)
Rent. Copyright: BBC

Rent

Series 1, Episode 5

It's a full moon, Ruby is away and Paul is lovelorn. Will Maria's matchmaking succeed?

BBC Radio 4 Extra
9am
(repeat)
Absolute Power. Image shows from L to R: Charles Prentiss (Stephen Fry), Martin McCabe (John Bird). Copyright: BBC

Absolute Power

Series 3, Episode 5 - Relaunching Men

Prentiss McCabe face one of their biggest challenges to date - a commission to boost public opinion of men.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
9:30am
(repeat)
Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Sanjay (Omar Raza), Alok (Kayvan Novak). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Series 1, Episode 1 - Raising Keenan

Ramesh is keen that young tearaway Keenan has good male role models. His solution is to engineer a meeting with potential suitors for Keenan's mum.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10am
(repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Sunday Format

Episode 3.1: Celebrity eaters choose 'Desert Island Biscs'.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:30am
(repeat)
Chain Reaction. Copyright: BBC

Chain Reaction

Series 1, Episode 2 - Jimmy Carr interviews Matt Lucas

Jimmy Carr talks to Matt Lucas about Shooting Stars, Little Britain and his ambition to open a chocolate shop.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11am
(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 2

Linda Smith's life of Riley is interrupted by an idle poltergeist after a Psychic Fayre, and live-in builder Chris reveals an unwanted Gift.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11:30am
(repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra
12pm
(repeat)
Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Series 1, Episode 6 - The Right To Know

After Sir Humphrey admits to not telling Hacker things on the basis that "there are certain things it is best for a minister not to know", Hacker demands that he is told everything. Sir Humphrey complies, and soon gives him everything - including details of stationary requisitions.

Radio 4
12:30pm
(repeat)
Dead Ringers. Image shows from L to R: Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson, Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey. Copyright: BBC

Dead Ringers

Series 20, Episode 4

We hear from Leicester's oldest resident about the lockdown restrictions, the real reasons for the Covid-19 outbreaks in meat factories, and a former Prime Minister performs in Alan Bennett's latest Talking Head.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
12:30pm
(repeat)
Bristow. Copyright: BBC

Bristow

Series 1, Episode 1 - Fair Shares

Takeover tangles as Bristow learns Chester-Perry is making a takeover bid for Miles and Rudge, the firm across the street. He thinks that if he surreptitiously invests in Miles and Rudge, he can make a mint...

Radio 4
3pm
60 min
A number of microphones in stands

Tristram Shandy: In Development

We're in the studios of Awesome Sauce, where an audio drama workshop - and podcast - is being recorded to thrash out a way of telling the bawdy, iconoclastic and impossibly digressive eighteenth century novel Tristram Shandy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
6pm
(repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Image shows from L to R: Ford Prefect (Geoffrey McGivern), Zarniwoop (Jonathan Pryce), Eddie (Roger Gregg). Copyright: BBC / Above The Title Productions

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Quintessential Phase, Episode 1 - Fit The Twenty-Third

In which the tenth planet in the solar system is discovered, an American Trillian has trouble with her handbag, and Ford Prefect discovers something horrible at The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy offices.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
7pm
(repeat)
Absolute Power. Image shows from L to R: Charles Prentiss (Stephen Fry), Martin McCabe (John Bird). Copyright: BBC

Absolute Power

Series 3, Episode 5 - Relaunching Men

Prentiss McCabe face one of their biggest challenges to date - a commission to boost public opinion of men.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
7:30pm
(repeat)
Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Sanjay (Omar Raza), Alok (Kayvan Novak). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Series 1, Episode 1 - Raising Keenan

Ramesh is keen that young tearaway Keenan has good male role models. His solution is to engineer a meeting with potential suitors for Keenan's mum.

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

The Sunday Format

Episode 3.1: Celebrity eaters choose 'Desert Island Biscs'.

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

Chain Reaction

Series 1, Episode 2 - Jimmy Carr interviews Matt Lucas

Jimmy Carr talks to Matt Lucas about Shooting Stars, Little Britain and his ambition to open a chocolate shop.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
9pm
(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 2

Linda Smith's life of Riley is interrupted by an idle poltergeist after a Psychic Fayre, and live-in builder Chris reveals an unwanted Gift.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
9:30pm
(repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra
10pm
(repeat)
Mark Watson

Mark Watson's Live Address To The Nation

Episode 3 - Intelligence

Mark Watson continues his quest to improve the world, nimbly assisted by Tim Key and Tom Basden. Broadcast live from the BBC Radio Theatre. Can intelligence sometimes be a curse?

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:30pm
(repeat)
Chain Reaction. Image shows from L to R: Harry Hill, Tim Vine. Copyright: BBC

Chain Reaction

Series 12, Episode 5 - Harry Hill interviews Tim Vine

Harry Hill takes on interviewing duties and invites his chosen guest Tim Vine into the hot seat. Together they discuss Tim's teenage dreams of being a pop star, giant moths and the roots of Tim's act.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11pm
(repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters. Tom Wrigglesworth. Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters

Series 2, Episode 1 - Insurance Industry

This week, Tom Wrigglesworth's letter is addressed to the insurance industry, as he asks why everything has to be so confusing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11:30pm
(repeat)
Ectoplasm

Ectoplasm

Episode 3, The Affair of the Baddie's Niece: Lord Zimbabwe and Dr Lilac hit the Wild West to thwart an evil Waffle Baron.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
Midnight
(repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Image shows from L to R: Ford Prefect (Geoffrey McGivern), Zarniwoop (Jonathan Pryce), Eddie (Roger Gregg). Copyright: BBC / Above The Title Productions

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Quintessential Phase, Episode 1 - Fit The Twenty-Third

In which the tenth planet in the solar system is discovered, an American Trillian has trouble with her handbag, and Ford Prefect discovers something horrible at The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy offices.

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