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Radio schedule Wednesday 8th June 2011

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 1, Episode 5 - Merthyr Tydfil

Mark performs in the Myfanwy Theatre in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, celebrating it's boxers, it's revolutionary past, Donny Osmond's Welsh roots and the local male voice choir.

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 6, Episode 5 - The Gourmet

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)
Party. Image shows from L to R: Simon (Tom Basden), Phoebe (Katy Wix), Mel (Anna Crilly), Duncan (Tim Key), Jared (Jonny Sweet). Copyright: BBC

Party

Series 2, Episode 1 - All Publicity Is Good Publicity

The young aspiring politicians of the new political party attempt to step up a gear and get the recognition and publicity they deserve. All they need to do is sort out the diversity of their group first.

Radio 4 2:15pm
45 min
Binoculars

The 40 Year Twitch

Paula Wilcox and Anne Reid star in this comic drama about birdwatching.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
The Very World Of Milton Jones. Milton Jones. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

The Very World Of Milton Jones

Series 2, Episode 4

The comic is knocked over at the Cannes Film Festival and his life flashes before his eyes.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Party. Image shows from L to R: Simon (Tom Basden), Phoebe (Katy Wix), Mel (Anna Crilly), Duncan (Tim Key), Jared (Jonny Sweet). Copyright: BBC

Party

Series 2, Episode 2 - It's Technology, Stupid

The aspiring politicians get to grips with technology and launch a recruiting campaign on the internet.

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 6, Episode 5 - The Gourmet

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)
Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Series 1, Episode 5 - Jobs For The Boys

Hacker discovers that he is being kept in the dark about a government project. Everyone else seems to know about it mind. Sir Humphrey, Bernard and his own chauffeur know more than he does. Meanwhile, Sir Humphrey tires to get a banker friend of his the chairmanship of a quango.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Party. Image shows from L to R: Simon (Tom Basden), Phoebe (Katy Wix), Mel (Anna Crilly), Duncan (Tim Key), Jared (Jonny Sweet). Copyright: BBC

Party

Series 2, Episode 1 - All Publicity Is Good Publicity

The young aspiring politicians of the new political party attempt to step up a gear and get the recognition and publicity they deserve. All they need to do is sort out the diversity of their group first.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Secret World. Copyright: BBC

The Secret World

Series 1, Episode 4

Arsene Wenger invites Michael Winner to join Arsenal; Gordon Brown has a new 'nice' catchphrase; Morrissey has issues with Microsoft's grammar; and Boy George shares a cell with Sheikh Abu Hamza.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Shedtown. Copyright: Woolyback Productions

Shedtown

Series 1, Episode 2 - Foundations

Colin is all at sea as the foundations of Jimmy's dream take shape on the beach. Wes and Father Michael witness the profits of some not-so-spiritual meat.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Deep Trouble. Image shows from L to R: Commander Alison Fairbanks (Katherine Jakeways), Petty Officer Lucy Radcliffe (Miranda Raison), Lieutenant Jack Trainor (Ben Willbond), Captain Paul Wade (Jim Field Smith). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Deep Trouble

Series 2, Episode 3

An overheating nuclear reactor leads to dangerous encounters for Captain Wade with a lobster, Fairbanks with a laser-guided jet and Trainor with a rather large Prince Albert.

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