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Radio schedule Thursday 22nd May 2025

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Never Too Late

Never Too Late

Sitcom about a group of highly active pensioners, starring Thora Hird.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 2, Episode 8 - The New Level Crossing

When Parsley Sidings gets a new automated level crossing, it is decided by an inspector that Bradshaw is no longer required and thus he is made redundant.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Sisters. Image shows from L to R: Fiona (Ashley Jensen), Susan (Susan Calman). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Sisters

Series 2, Episode 3 - Road Trip

With her five-time convicted criminal mother Annie on day release from prison, Fiona decides it is a good opportunity to rekindle their mother-daughter relationship.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Tough Crowd. Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Tough Crowd

New comedy from the Welsh stand-up.

Radio 4 11:45am (repeat)
Jim Smith

Jim Smith: Me And The Farmer

Episode 4 - Passionate About Potatoes

Jim's dad was passionate about tatties (that's potatoes!) and it's a passion he shared with his son. This episode is all about the folk who came to help pick the tatties and the berries in the local area - with people coming from all over Scotland the fields were full of parties and good banter.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Never Too Late

Never Too Late

Sitcom about a group of highly active pensioners, starring Thora Hird.

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

Parsley Sidings

Series 2, Episode 8 - The New Level Crossing

When Parsley Sidings gets a new automated level crossing, it is decided by an inspector that Bradshaw is no longer required and thus he is made redundant.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Sisters. Image shows from L to R: Fiona (Ashley Jensen), Susan (Susan Calman). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Sisters

Series 2, Episode 3 - Road Trip

With her five-time convicted criminal mother Annie on day release from prison, Fiona decides it is a good opportunity to rekindle their mother-daughter relationship.

Radio 4 1:45pm
15 min
Mary Bourke

Mary Bourke: Who Cares?

Episode 4 - The Carer Relationship

Mary investigates how your relationship with your loved one changes when you become their carer - with stand-up from guests Susan Murray and Imran Yusuf - and we speak to Mary's husband, comedian Simon Clayton, about his experience.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
The Ultimate Choice. Image shows left to right: Ria Lina, Steph McGovern, Russell Kane. Credit: BBC

The Ultimate Choice

Episode 1 - Pilot

Steph McGovern leads a pair of seriously funny minds through some devious Would You Rather dilemmas, to find definitive answers to the great questions of our age. Or not. In this pilot episode, comedians Russell Kane and Ria Lina step up to the plate, with their fates to be decided by the wise and all-powerful studio audience, who will make the ultimate choice.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
King Street Junior. Copyright: BBC

King Street Junior

King Street Junior Revisited 1, Episode 2 - The Real Thing

A big fund-raising concert is planned and there's a Russian supply teacher on the way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Never Too Late

Never Too Late

Sitcom about a group of highly active pensioners, starring Thora Hird.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm
30 min
Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Kiri's Comedy Club

Series 5, Episode 4 - Gulls by Anna Thomas

The debut of a new sitcom pilot, following best friends Bonnie and Llinos have grown up together in the seaside town of Burry Port.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Matt Forde

The Matt Forde Focus Group

Episode 1 - Political Pandering

Can political discussion be funny, er yes! Top political comedian Matt Forde convenes his focus group in front of a live theatre audience with guests comedian Pierre Novellie, Baroness Ayesha Hazarika and former Director of Communications at Number 10, Guto Harri, to see if a few sparks fly as they examine different ways people are pandered to and whether they have ever done any pandering themselves.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 2, Episode 8 - The New Level Crossing

When Parsley Sidings gets a new automated level crossing, it is decided by an inspector that Bradshaw is no longer required and thus he is made redundant.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Sisters. Image shows from L to R: Fiona (Ashley Jensen), Susan (Susan Calman). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Sisters

Series 2, Episode 3 - Road Trip

With her five-time convicted criminal mother Annie on day release from prison, Fiona decides it is a good opportunity to rekindle their mother-daughter relationship.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
The Ultimate Choice. Image shows left to right: Ria Lina, Steph McGovern, Russell Kane. Credit: BBC

The Ultimate Choice

Episode 1 - Pilot

Steph McGovern leads a pair of seriously funny minds through some devious Would You Rather dilemmas, to find definitive answers to the great questions of our age. Or not. In this pilot episode, comedians Russell Kane and Ria Lina step up to the plate, with their fates to be decided by the wise and all-powerful studio audience, who will make the ultimate choice.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
King Street Junior. Copyright: BBC

King Street Junior

King Street Junior Revisited 1, Episode 2 - The Real Thing

A big fund-raising concert is planned and there's a Russian supply teacher on the way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Tough Crowd. Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Tough Crowd

New comedy from the Welsh stand-up.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Paul Sinha

Paul Sinha's History Revision

Series 1, Episode 2 - Food

Paul asks how his own high street in south London ended up being dominated by Chinese and Indian restaurants. His findings start in 1600 and take in trade, invasion, opium, a bloody civil war that left 30 million people dead, giant greenhouses and the cultivation of saffron.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Problem With Adam Bloom. Adam Bloom. Copyright: BBC

The Problem With Adam Bloom

Series 2, Episode 2 - Edinburgh

Adam Bloom has taken a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the last eight years. This is a retrospective in 15 minutes. With Alistair McGowan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
Fabulous. Faye Walters (Daisy Haggard). Copyright: BBC

Fabulous

Series 1, Episode 2

Faye dreams about calling the Make A Dream foundation.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
It's Jocelyn. Jocelyn Jee Esien. Copyright: BBC

It's Jocelyn

Series 1, Episode 4

Characters include Dionne Button MP, a power-hungry traffic warden and a bad-tempered couple running a takeaway.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Never Too Late

Never Too Late

Sitcom about a group of highly active pensioners, starring Thora Hird.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 2, Episode 8 - The New Level Crossing

When Parsley Sidings gets a new automated level crossing, it is decided by an inspector that Bradshaw is no longer required and thus he is made redundant.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
Sisters. Image shows from L to R: Fiona (Ashley Jensen), Susan (Susan Calman). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Sisters

Series 2, Episode 3 - Road Trip

With her five-time convicted criminal mother Annie on day release from prison, Fiona decides it is a good opportunity to rekindle their mother-daughter relationship.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
The Ultimate Choice. Image shows left to right: Ria Lina, Steph McGovern, Russell Kane. Credit: BBC

The Ultimate Choice

Episode 1 - Pilot

Steph McGovern leads a pair of seriously funny minds through some devious Would You Rather dilemmas, to find definitive answers to the great questions of our age. Or not. In this pilot episode, comedians Russell Kane and Ria Lina step up to the plate, with their fates to be decided by the wise and all-powerful studio audience, who will make the ultimate choice.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
King Street Junior. Copyright: BBC

King Street Junior

King Street Junior Revisited 1, Episode 2 - The Real Thing

A big fund-raising concert is planned and there's a Russian supply teacher on the way.

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