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Radio schedule Wednesday 17th 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

Series 1, Episode 1

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

BBC Radio Scotland 10:30am
90 min
MacAulay And Co. Image shows from L to R: Fred MacAulay, Susan Calman. Copyright: BBC

MacAulay And Co

Edinburgh 2011, Episode 3 - Wednesday 17th

Fred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best comedy from the Edinburgh Festival.

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 4 - Richard And Gregory Severin

In the late 40s, Richard and Gregory, soon to head off to university, become entranced by the in-vogue teachings of Lenin, Marx and Trotsky.

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 1, Episode 1 - The First Night Party

Tony Hancock plans a party to celebrate the launch of his new radio series, and is convinced to rent a posh residence to hold it in. Unfortunately, he goes to Sid James to find the flat - and he has failed to notify the actual owner...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
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 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 1, Episode 1 - The First Night Party

Tony Hancock plans a party to celebrate the launch of his new radio series, and is convinced to rent a posh residence to hold it in. Unfortunately, he goes to Sid James to find the flat - and he has failed to notify the actual owner...

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 7 - The Death List

Hacker learns that he is in charge of all the bugging equipment used by the government. Shocked by this, he decides to do something to curb the use of government surveillance - until he learns that his name is on a death list.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
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.

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 2 - The Root Of All Evil

This week Mordrin recruits ally and former Wizard activist Ben The Brown to settle a garden dispute with his neighbour Jill.

Radio 4 11:30pm (repeat)
Rory Bremner

Rory Bremner's International Satirists

Episode 3 - Viktor Giacobbo

Switzerland's Viktor Giacobbo is Rory Bremner's guest this week, in the concluding part of his International Satirists series.

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 5

The village pub acquires two new mysterious barmaids as Anne and Charlotte plot to ensnare Sam Tree. De Warenne gets in touch with his feminine side whilst Duncan gets in touch with his masculine one.

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