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Radio schedule Thursday 31st December 2009

Radio 4 2:15pm
45 min
Fireworks At The Villa Lucia. Pete (Philip Whitchurch)

Fireworks At The Villa Lucia

Comedy drama by Paul Mendelson about a struggling TV writer who tries to sell his dog-eared screenplay to a cult movie director.

Radio 4 6:15pm
15 min
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 6

Mary Mary has shocking news of an egg on a wall.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Andy Zaltzman's History Of The Third Millennium. Andy Zaltzman. Copyright: Avalon Television

Andy Zaltzman's History Of The Third Millennium

Episode 4

As the decade teeters on the edge of its own existence, Andy looks at the planet we live on and the people who live on it and judges whether or not the world is still fit for purpose.

Radio 7 7pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

The Affair of the Lone Banana: Neddie tracks young Fred Nurke, who's vanished from his banana growing family's home. From October 1954.

BBC Radio 5 Live 9pm
60 min
Web 2010 With Helen And Olly. Image shows from L to R: Helen Zaltzman, Olly Mann. Copyright: Somethin' Else

Web 2010 With Helen And Olly

Episode 1 - Web 2009 with Helen and Olly

Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann present an alternative review of the year by dishing out their expense-spared awards to the cream of weblebrity from the past twelve months.

Radio 7 11pm (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, New Year Special - Hamish And Dougal's Hogmanay Frolic

Hamish and Dougal, two elderly Scotsmen made internationally quite well known from their appearances on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, find themselves celebrating Hogmanay (normally they prefer not to as it clashes with New Year) after a bus-load of celebrities gets stuck in a snowdrift on its way to the BBC's Hogmanay Cavalcade in Edinburgh.

Radio 7 11:30pm (repeat)
Absolute Power. Image shows from L to R: Charles Prentiss (Stephen Fry), Martin McCabe (John Bird). Copyright: BBC

Absolute Power

Series 1, Episode 5 - Radio 3

Prentiss McCabe take on the ultimate challenge - to achieve a substantial increase in Radio 3's listening figures.

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