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Radio schedule Wednesday 21st May 2025

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?

If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?

Series 1, Episode 3 - Nothing But The Truth

Underachiever David makes the most of jury service, while Giles is fighting the law.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 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 14 - Almost A Gentlemen

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 8am (repeat)
Ankle Tag. Image shows from L to R: Bob (Steve Speirs), Alice (Katy Wix), Gruff (Elis James). Copyright: BBC

Ankle Tag

Series 3, Episode 4 - The Bike

Alice gets assertive while Gruff gets on his bike and Bob aims to breakfast like a king.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Angela Barnes. Credit: Matt Crockett

Live From The UK

Episode 1

This week you can hear Mark Nelson at The Stand, Glasgow; Louise Young at The Stand, Newcastle; Hayley Ellis at the Frog and Bucket, Manchester; and headliner Josh Pugh at the Glee Club, Birmingham.

Radio 4 11:45am (repeat)
Jim Smith

Jim Smith: Me And The Farmer

Episode 3 - Mucking In And Mucking Out

In-fighting, in-laws and (a lack of) iIndependence. Comedian and farmer Jim Smith discusses family farming and the thorny issue of succession.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?

If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?

Series 1, Episode 3 - Nothing But The Truth

Underachiever David makes the most of jury service, while Giles is fighting the law.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 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 14 - Almost A Gentlemen

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 1pm (repeat)
Ankle Tag. Image shows from L to R: Bob (Steve Speirs), Alice (Katy Wix), Gruff (Elis James). Copyright: BBC

Ankle Tag

Series 3, Episode 4 - The Bike

Alice gets assertive while Gruff gets on his bike and Bob aims to breakfast like a king.

Radio 4 1:45pm
15 min
Mary Bourke

Mary Bourke: Who Cares?

Episode 3 - The Professional Caring Industry

Mary learns about the professional care system from Pope Lonergan and Michael Akadiri.

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

Who Goes There

Episode 4.3: Biographical quiz show, hosted by Martin Young. Team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego are joined by Vivienne Parry and Jonathan Meades.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
June Whitfield

Like They've Never Been Gone

Series 4, Episode 3

Tommy and Sheila's nightmare stay at a posh hotel isn't quite what it seems.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?

If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?

Series 1, Episode 3 - Nothing But The Truth

Underachiever David makes the most of jury service, while Giles is fighting the law.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Angela Barnes. Credit: Matt Crockett

Live From The UK

Episode 2

This week you can hear Lindsey Santoro at the Glee Club, Birmingham; Jay Lafferty at The Stand, Glasgow; Barry Dodds from The Stand, Newcastle; and headliner Brennan Reece at the Frog and Bucket, Manchester.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 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 14 - Almost A Gentlemen

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 7pm (repeat)
Ankle Tag. Image shows from L to R: Bob (Steve Speirs), Alice (Katy Wix), Gruff (Elis James). Copyright: BBC

Ankle Tag

Series 3, Episode 4 - The Bike

Alice gets assertive while Gruff gets on his bike and Bob aims to breakfast like a king.

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

Who Goes There

Episode 4.3: Biographical quiz show, hosted by Martin Young. Team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego are joined by Vivienne Parry and Jonathan Meades.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
June Whitfield

Like They've Never Been Gone

Series 4, Episode 3

Tommy and Sheila's nightmare stay at a posh hotel isn't quite what it seems.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Angela Barnes. Credit: Matt Crockett

Live From The UK

Episode 1

This week you can hear Mark Nelson at The Stand, Glasgow; Louise Young at The Stand, Newcastle; Hayley Ellis at the Frog and Bucket, Manchester; and headliner Josh Pugh at the Glee Club, Birmingham.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Alice's Wunderland. Alice Lowe. Copyright: BBC

Alice's Wunderland

Series 3, Episode 2

A child ghost from the 1970s teams up with the narrator on a journey through Wunderland to try and track down the person who bumped him off.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Michael Spicer: No Room. Michael Spicer. Credit: BBC

Michael Spicer: No Room

Series 2, Episode 4 - This Is A Case For Inspector Sands

With no more murder mystery book series to adapt, a crisis has hit TV drama. Time for Inspector Sands to come to the rescue, but who will play the lead? Quake beneath the intellect of the Guardian Columnist who understands culture better than you and isn't afraid to tell you.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Million Pound Radio Show. Copyright: BBC

The Million Pound Radio Show

Series 4, Episode 2

It's Your BBC, a feature on the evolution - or otherwise - of music and Snow White runs into a few little problems.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
The Skewer. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

The Skewer

Series 13, Episode 6 - Liability Lineker and The Eurovision Fishing Rights Contest

This week - Liability Lineker and The Eurovision Fishing Rights Contest.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Skewer. Credit: BBC, Unusual Productions

The Skewer

Series 13, Episode 5 - Starmer Turns Right, and a Mission from God

This week - we're on a Mission From God, Starmer Turns Right, and the Tragedy of Donald Caesar.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
The News At Bedtime. Image shows from L to R: Jim Tweedledee (Peter Capaldi), John Tweedledum (Jack Dee). Copyright: BBC

The News At Bedtime

Episode 1

John Tweedledum and Jim Tweedledee report on the scandal of Jack and his genetically-modified beanstalk.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?

If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?

Series 1, Episode 3 - Nothing But The Truth

Underachiever David makes the most of jury service, while Giles is fighting the law.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 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 14 - Almost A Gentlemen

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 3am (repeat)
Ankle Tag. Image shows from L to R: Bob (Steve Speirs), Alice (Katy Wix), Gruff (Elis James). Copyright: BBC

Ankle Tag

Series 3, Episode 4 - The Bike

Alice gets assertive while Gruff gets on his bike and Bob aims to breakfast like a king.

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

Who Goes There

Episode 4.3: Biographical quiz show, hosted by Martin Young. Team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego are joined by Vivienne Parry and Jonathan Meades.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
June Whitfield

Like They've Never Been Gone

Series 4, Episode 3

Tommy and Sheila's nightmare stay at a posh hotel isn't quite what it seems.

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