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Radio schedule Wednesday 22nd September 2021

BBC Radio 4 Extra
7am
(repeat)
Rob Newman

Rob Newman's Neuropolis

Episode 1 - Love on the Brain

Rob Newman offers an alternative to some of the more bizarre claims in modern popular science, as well as rejigging theories of our brains in light of what we know about nature, artificial intelligence and Belinda Carlisle.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
7:30am
(repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 10, Episode 5 - Sofie Hagen

Rufus Hound's guest is comedian, writer and campaigner Sofie Hagen, whose teenage diaries are full of Westlife, dodgy poetry and finding out about boys.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8am
(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 3, Episode 20 - The Test Match

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.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8:30am
(repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Give Or Take

Episode 3

Sam gets a visit from a man from the football pools. So how much has he won?

BBC Radio 4 Extra
9am
(repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Motion Show

Series 5, Episode 1

Comic debating show, hosted first by Dr Phil Hammond and later by Graeme Garden.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
9:30am
(repeat)
Snap. Copyright: BBC

Snap

Series 3, Episode 5

Annie wants Molly to sue the council because one of their paving stones tripped her up. And Doug expects Molly to help look after Annie as she convalesces. Molly feels she's getting back in too deep and too quickly.

Radio 4
11:30am
30 min
What's Funny About.... Image shows from L to R: Jon Plowman, Peter Fincham

What's Funny About...

Series 2, Episode 1 - The Office

Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to Ricky Gervais, the man who created, wrote, directed, and starred in what is, by any metric you'd care to measure it by, quite simply the most influential sitcom of the 21st century: The Office.

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 3, Episode 20 - The Test Match

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.

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

Give Or Take

Episode 3

Sam gets a visit from a man from the football pools. So how much has he won?

BBC Radio 4 Extra
2:15pm
(repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

House Rules

Series 1, Episode 3

Two meetings down and things aren't looking up for Amelia. Now an emergency meeting has been called.

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

The Motion Show

Series 5, Episode 1

Comic debating show, hosted first by Dr Phil Hammond and later by Graeme Garden.

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

Snap

Series 3, Episode 5

Annie wants Molly to sue the council because one of their paving stones tripped her up. And Doug expects Molly to help look after Annie as she convalesces. Molly feels she's getting back in too deep and too quickly.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
5pm
(repeat)
Rob Newman

Rob Newman's Neuropolis

Episode 1 - Love on the Brain

Rob Newman offers an alternative to some of the more bizarre claims in modern popular science, as well as rejigging theories of our brains in light of what we know about nature, artificial intelligence and Belinda Carlisle.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
5:30pm
(repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 10, Episode 5 - Sofie Hagen

Rufus Hound's guest is comedian, writer and campaigner Sofie Hagen, whose teenage diaries are full of Westlife, dodgy poetry and finding out about boys.

Radio 4
6:30pm
30 min
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 10, Episode 6 - Tim Downie

Rufus Hound's guest is star of Outlander and Paddington, Tim Downie. Tim's diary takes us back to his drama school days in North London in 1994 - reading Chekhov by candlelight, becoming a vegetarian and wearing a lot of collarless shirts.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
7pm
(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 3, Episode 20 - The Test Match

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.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
7:30pm
(repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Give Or Take

Episode 3

Sam gets a visit from a man from the football pools. So how much has he won?

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10pm
(repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 10, Episode 5 - Sofie Hagen

Rufus Hound's guest is comedian, writer and campaigner Sofie Hagen, whose teenage diaries are full of Westlife, dodgy poetry and finding out about boys.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:30pm
(repeat)
Sam Simmons

Sam Simmons Is Not A People Person

Episode 2 - Magicians

Sam and Henry are on the island of Patos, trying to find a very rare heron.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:45pm
(repeat)
Mae Martin. Copyright: Sun Lee

Mae Martin's Guide To 21st Century Sexuality

Episode 2 - What Should We Call Ourselves?

Mae is single and ready to mingle regardless of your gender, as she looks at how labels might help or hinder people when it comes to defining their sexual identity, or if that's something that we should be trying to define it at all.

Absolute Radio
11pm
5 min
Shaun Keaveny

Rockanory

Episode 11 - The Kiss And The Cow, Part 3

Gene Simmons from the rock band Kiss has everything: fame, money, success, a guitar that shoots flames and boots with spikes on. But he craves more, which is why he wants a cow's tongue, grafted onto his own. It's quite a story. This is that story.

Radio 4
11pm
15 min
Njambi McGrath

Njambi McGrath: Becoming Njambi

Episode 1 - Who Am I?

Njambi explores the history of British colonisation of her home country and how it directly impacted her father's life, and subsequently her own. Njambi shares the story of meeting her husband, starting a family and moving to the UK and becoming the talk of the town.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11pm
(repeat)
Radio Active. Image shows left to right: Angus Deayton, Philip Pope, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens

Radio Active

Series 5, Episode 4 - In Australia

Meet Craig Stevens the Ripper Drongo, as the team head down under to Sydney and Adelaide.

Radio 4
11:15pm
(repeat)
Rhys James

Rhys James Is...

Series 1, Episode 3 - Wise

In this episode, Rhys explores the topic of wisdom.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11:30pm
(repeat)
And Now, In Colour

And Now, In Colour

Series 1, Episode 2 - Mike's House

Comedy series starring Tim Firth, Tim de Jongh, Michael Marshall Smith and William Vandyck.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
2:15am
(repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

House Rules

Series 1, Episode 3

Two meetings down and things aren't looking up for Amelia. Now an emergency meeting has been called.

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

The Motion Show

Series 5, Episode 1

Comic debating show, hosted first by Dr Phil Hammond and later by Graeme Garden.

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

Snap

Series 3, Episode 5

Annie wants Molly to sue the council because one of their paving stones tripped her up. And Doug expects Molly to help look after Annie as she convalesces. Molly feels she's getting back in too deep and too quickly.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
5am
(repeat)
Rob Newman

Rob Newman's Neuropolis

Episode 1 - Love on the Brain

Rob Newman offers an alternative to some of the more bizarre claims in modern popular science, as well as rejigging theories of our brains in light of what we know about nature, artificial intelligence and Belinda Carlisle.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
5:30am
(repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 10, Episode 5 - Sofie Hagen

Rufus Hound's guest is comedian, writer and campaigner Sofie Hagen, whose teenage diaries are full of Westlife, dodgy poetry and finding out about boys.

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