Radio schedule for 4th January 2021 (full list)

Chris Forbes presents classic radio comedy from around the regions of Scotland. Clips featured include Bob Servant, Velvet Cabaret, The Y-Front, Breaking the News and Naked Radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

4:30pm
(repeat)

Babblewick Hall. Fenton Babblewick (Nicholas Le Prevost). Copyright: BBC

Babblewick Hall

Series 2, Episode 2

Squire Babblewick is determined to buy a workhouse to turn it into a school.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

5pm
(repeat)

Cooking In A Bedsitter. Image shows from L to R: Deepak (Nikesh Patel), Trisha (Beattie Edmondson). Copyright: BBC

Cooking In A Bedsitter

Series 1, Episode 4 - Potato Salad

Trisha introduces Deepak to the delights of the British seaside.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

5:30pm
(repeat)

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue logo. Copyright: BBC

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 73, Episode 5

A special lockdown recording of the programme to feature Tony Hawks, Pippa Evans, Harry Hill, Sandi Toksvig, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden with Jack Dee in the chair.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC

6:30pm
30 min

The Learners. Copyright: Giddy Goat Productions

Jonesy has the unenviable task of teaching Welsh to a group of adult learners. Cathy and Frank are in their third year in the beginners' class, Yara has recently arrived from Syria and is determined to learn the language of her new home, while Liverpudlian Ken seems convinced this is the right place to find another wife.

Radio 4

6:30pm
30 min

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue logo. Copyright: BBC

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 73, Episode 6

A special lockdown recording of the programme to feature Tony Hawks, Pippa Evans, Harry Hill, Sandi Toksvig, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden with Jack Dee in the chair.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

7pm
(repeat)

Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Series 1, Episode 8

Radio adaptation of Galton & Simpson's hit TV sitcom about a father and son rag-and-bone man team.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

7:30pm
(repeat)

Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue. Copyright: BBC

Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue

Series 2, Episode 6 - Education And Money

The lifestyle show hosts focus on "education" and "money".

BBC Radio 4 Extra

10pm
(repeat)

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue logo. Copyright: BBC

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

Series 73, Episode 5

A special lockdown recording of the programme to feature Tony Hawks, Pippa Evans, Harry Hill, Sandi Toksvig, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden with Jack Dee in the chair.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

10:30pm
15 min

Harriet Kemsley

Comedy Catalysts

Series 2, Episode 1 - Jessica Fostekew On Rik Mayall

Jessica Fostekew celebrates her hero, actor, comedian and writer, Rik Mayall, in conversation with Harriet Kemsley.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

10:45pm
(repeat)

Hamish And Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea. Image shows from L to R: Dougal (Graeme Garden), Hamish (Barry Cryer). Copyright: BBC

Hamish And Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea

Series 2, Episode 3 - The Fitness Club

The Laird challenges Dougal to a MacAthlon, the famous Highland endurance test, which involves swimming Loch Crankie, cycling to the bottom of Ben Kingsley then running the length of Glen Close.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

11pm
(repeat)

The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 104, Highlights Special - Best Of 2020

Andy Zaltzman gives 2020 the treatment it deserves in this compilation episode of News Quiz highlights from planet earth's latest annus horribilis.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

11:30pm
(repeat)

At Home With The Snails. George (Geoffrey Palmer)

At Home With The Snails

Series 2, Episode 1

Alex now has a job, his own flat and a girlfriend. He has also overcome his obsession with snails. But he is left traumatised by news of his parents' death, and fears that he may return to his old ways.

BBC Radio 4 Extra

4:30am
(repeat)

Babblewick Hall. Fenton Babblewick (Nicholas Le Prevost). Copyright: BBC