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Radio schedule Saturday 15th August 2020

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8:30am
(repeat)
An Actor's Life For Me. Robert Wilson (John Gordon Sinclair). Copyright: BBC

An Actor's Life For Me

Series 3, Episode 5 - Fatal Distraction

Robert Wilson encounters a young flame.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10am
(repeat)
In And Out Of The Kitchen. Damien Trench (Miles Jupp). Copyright: BBC

In And Out Of The Kitchen

Series 2, Episode 4 - The Wedding

Anthony is cock-a-hoop when asked out of the blue to be best man at a friend's wedding. Problem is, he hasn't seen this friend since they were at school together and Damien isn't entirely convinced that Anthony has been invited purely because of his 'excellent presentation skills'.

Radio 4
10:30am
30 min
You're Dead To Me

You're Dead To Me

Series 1, Episode 2 - Josephine Baker

Greg Jenner is joined by historical expert Dr Michell Chresfield and comedian Desiree Burch to travel to 1920s Paris to meet the phenomenal Josephine Baker, a renowned performer and entertainer in Paris, a civil rights activist and even a spy during the German occupation of France.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:30am
(repeat)
Simon Evans Goes To Market. Simon Evans. Copyright: BBC

Simon Evans Goes To Market

Series 3, Episode 2 - Marriage

Is it all romance and flowers and living in harmony? Or is it in fact the most commercial of transactions, riddled with economic calculations from beginning to end. And talking of the end, what are the economic effects of divorce on the ex-happy couple?

BBC Radio 4 Extra
12pm
(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 5, Episode 10 - The Election Candidate

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.

Radio 4
12:30pm
(repeat)
Jayde Adams

Summer Comedy Festival

Episode 4 - Jayde Adams

Joining Jayde Adams in a glittery line-up for JaydeFest, including Le Gateau Chocolat, Kathy Burke, Glyn Fussell, Sarah Millican, Rhys Nicholson and Kyran Wheatley.

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

Control Group Six

Episode 2.1: With President Frank dead and the chippy wrecked, Dr Heaven finds himself unexpectedly promoted.

The Musical Life Of.... Copyright: BBC

The Musical Life Of...

Series 1, Episode 1 - Aneurin Bevan

This week, Mike Bubbins takes us through the trials and tribulations and Tredegarising times of Aneurin Bevan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
6pm
(repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Hexagonal Phase, Episode 3 - Fit The Twenty-Ninth

Zaphod travels to Valhalla to meet up with Thor, Arthur learns that there is a colony of humans on the planet Nano, and Constant Mown keeps a diary expressing is un-Vogonness.

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

Undone

Series 2, Episode 3 - Unrelated

Edna and Ida team up to stop the Undone threat of public information porn films while Tankerton is more concerned with the backyard panto scene. A meeting with the Prince, however, gives Edna more to think about.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8pm
(repeat)
In And Out Of The Kitchen. Damien Trench (Miles Jupp). Copyright: BBC

In And Out Of The Kitchen

Series 2, Episode 4 - The Wedding

Anthony is cock-a-hoop when asked out of the blue to be best man at a friend's wedding. Problem is, he hasn't seen this friend since they were at school together and Damien isn't entirely convinced that Anthony has been invited purely because of his 'excellent presentation skills'.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8:30pm
(repeat)
Simon Evans Goes To Market. Simon Evans. Copyright: BBC

Simon Evans Goes To Market

Series 3, Episode 2 - Marriage

Is it all romance and flowers and living in harmony? Or is it in fact the most commercial of transactions, riddled with economic calculations from beginning to end. And talking of the end, what are the economic effects of divorce on the ex-happy couple?

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10pm
(repeat)
Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar. Alexei Sayle. Copyright: BBC

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Financial Crash

Alexei considers the causes and fallout of the 2008 financial crash, the appeal of Donald Trump, and laments his lack of mainstream success.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:30pm
(repeat)
Agendum. Alexandra Palisades (Carrie Quinlan). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Agendum

Series 1, Episode 2 - Crisis

A cotton-based crisis, a row about dimensionality and the ethics of the whoopee cushion are analysed with forensic skill by a team of paid voices, chaired by chairperson-in-chief Alexandra Palisades. This weel we follow the collapse of Britain's space rocket makers following the rest of the world's refusal to go imperial, the army using new humiliation tactics, and the latest TV hit - a show all about stairs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11:30pm
(repeat)
Sarah Millican

Sarah Millican's Support Group

Series 2, Episode 5

Agony aunt Sarah dishes out real advice for real people, solving the nations problems with her Support Group.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
Midnight
(repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Hexagonal Phase, Episode 3 - Fit The Twenty-Ninth

Zaphod travels to Valhalla to meet up with Thor, Arthur learns that there is a colony of humans on the planet Nano, and Constant Mown keeps a diary expressing is un-Vogonness.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
12:30am
(repeat)
London

Undone

Series 2, Episode 3 - Unrelated

Edna and Ida team up to stop the Undone threat of public information porn films while Tankerton is more concerned with the backyard panto scene. A meeting with the Prince, however, gives Edna more to think about.

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