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Radio schedule Wednesday 10th August 2011

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue logo. Copyright: BBC

I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue

ISIHAC is a self-styled antidote to panel games, in which players are given silly things to do.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
The Pickerskill Reports. Image shows from L to R: Harry Hindle-Rand (Thomas Sangster), Dr Henry Pickerskill (Ian McDiarmid). Copyright: Curtains For Radio

The Pickerskill Reports

Series 2, Episode 3 - Timothy Spoontz

When the new progressive headmaster Mike Poulson Jabby decides to impose an austerity drive, the quality of the school's food is compromised, but the inventive agricultural talents of young boarder Timothy Spoontz provide a solution.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 7, Episode 6 - Summer Of '76

Ed finds himself befriended online by an old flame. Should he renew the acquaintance or leave well enough alone?

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The National Theatre Of Brent's Iconic Icons. Image shows from L to R: Raymond Box (John Ramm), Desmond Olivier Dingle (Patrick Barlow). Copyright: CPL Productions

The National Theatre Of Brent's Iconic Icons

Episode 3 - The Dalai Lama Or How The West Was Won

Desmond and Raymond trace His Holiness's journey from two-year-old yak boy to disaffected teenage Dalai to the mature Lama, exiled from his country, separated from his people, but spiritually at one with himself and the world. They also present Buddhism in a Nutshell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
And Another Thing...

And Another Thing...

Episode 8

Part eight of the sixth book in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy 'trilogy', in which an immortal battle is waged.

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 2, Episode 6 - The Whisky Priest

Hacker is told that a bomb made in Britain is being used by Italian red terrorist groups. He thinks that the Prime Minister should know about, but Sir Humphrey claims that it is the sort of thing that the PM shouldn't know about.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 7, Episode 6 - Summer Of '76

Ed finds himself befriended online by an old flame. Should he renew the acquaintance or leave well enough alone?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Nebulous. Image shows from L to R: Paula Breeze (Rosie Cavaliero), Rory Lawson (Graham Duff), Professor Nebulous (Mark Gatiss). Copyright: BBC / Baby Cow Productions

Nebulous

Series 1, Episode 1 - Holofile 117: The Night Of The Vegetarians

After a series of deaths in Weston-Hyper-Mare, Nebulous travels to the last vegetarian colony on Earth, run by Doctor Klench.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Mordrin McDonald: 21st-Century Wizard. Mordrin McDonald (David Kay). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Mordrin McDonald: 21st-Century Wizard

Series 2, Episode 1 - Billirock The Black

Mordrin is recruited to help re-capture evil sorcerer Billirock the Black, who has escaped from his prison under Stirling Castle and is hell-bent on exacting his revenge.

Radio 4 11:30pm (repeat)
Rory Bremner

Rory Bremner's International Satirists

Episode 2 - Barry Murphy

Rory Bremner meets Barry Murphy, dubbed the "Don of Irish comedy" by the Irish Times. Rory also meets impressionist Mario Rosenstock.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Castle. Image shows from L to R: Sir William De Warenne (Neil Dudgeon), Lady Anne Woodstock (Martha Howe-Douglas), Lady Charlotte (Ingrid Oliver), Sir John Woodstock (James Fleet). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

The Castle

Series 1, Episode 4

Sir John decides to open a theme castle and Sam Tree decides to save Unicorn Forest. Meanwhile, Anne and Charlotte are looking out for flying sheep.

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