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Radio schedule Tuesday 23rd August 2011

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
The Personality Test. Copyright: BBC

The Personality Test

Series 1, Episode 1 - John Sergeant

Former BBC and ITN Chief Political Correspondent John Sergeant is at the helm for the first edition of this new comedy panel game show where all the questions are based on the host's own life. With Sue Perkins, Lucy Porter, Robin Ince and Alan Carr.

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 7 - Tuesday 23rd

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45am (repeat)
The Shuttleworths. John Shuttleworth (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC

The Shuttleworths

Series 3, Episode 2 - Ping Pong Pangs

John tackles a testing table tennis trauma.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

The Sinking of Westminster Pier: Comedy, with Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. First aired in 1955.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack. Lucy Montgomery. Copyright: BBC

Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack

Series 2, Episode 4

Variety-packed sketch show with comedian Lucy Montgomery, featuring her vocal athletics and characters from a deluded teen to a nonagenarian diva.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
High Table, Lower Orders. Image shows from L to R: Dean (Michael Maloney), Patricia (Rebecca Front), Simon Harrison (Samuel West), Zoe Templeton (Sharon Small), Gilbert (Geoffrey Palmer), Bernard (Jonathan Coy). Copyright: BBC

High Table, Lower Orders

Series 1, Episode 2

Another mysterious death causes Health and Safety executive Simon to consider cruets.

Radio 4 2:15pm
45 min
Higher. Copyright: BBC

Higher

Series 2, Episode 3 - Rebrand, Relaunch

To Jim's dismay, Roland becomes Vice Chancellor and image consultants are hired to rebrand the university. Jim feels he's being forced out. Will he find an ally in Karen?

Radio 4 3:30pm
15 min
Comic Fringes. Copyright: BBC

Comic Fringes

Series 7, Episode 1 - Stairlift Us Up Where We Belong

Poignant and funny monologue exploring that tricky turning point in a woman's life when she goes from being thought of as useful to becoming invisible. By Sarah Millican.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:45pm (repeat)
The Shuttleworths. John Shuttleworth (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC

The Shuttleworths

Series 3, Episode 2 - Ping Pong Pangs

John tackles a testing table tennis trauma.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

Series 1, Episode 5

From haggling over the price of a scouring pad and the difficulties of opening a door via an intercom to a day late audition. All Tourettic tics, false starts and nervous fumbling, badly covered up by a delicate sheen of bravado and self assurance.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Richard Herring's Objective. Richard Herring. Copyright: BBC

Richard Herring's Objective

Edinburgh Festival Special

Richard Herring reclaims the ginger hair wig widely available for sale in Scotland, as he looks at the roots of red hair from the vantage point of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

The Sinking of Westminster Pier: Comedy, with Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. First aired in 1955.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
High Table, Lower Orders. Image shows from L to R: Dean (Michael Maloney), Patricia (Rebecca Front), Simon Harrison (Samuel West), Zoe Templeton (Sharon Small), Gilbert (Geoffrey Palmer), Bernard (Jonathan Coy). Copyright: BBC

High Table, Lower Orders

Series 1, Episode 2

Another mysterious death causes Health and Safety executive Simon to consider cruets.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9pm (repeat)
MacAulay And Co. Image shows from L to R: Fred MacAulay, Susan Calman. Copyright: BBC

MacAulay And Co

Edinburgh 2011, Episode 7 - Tuesday 23rd

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack. Lucy Montgomery. Copyright: BBC

Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack

Series 2, Episode 4

Variety-packed sketch show with comedian Lucy Montgomery, featuring her vocal athletics and characters from a deluded teen to a nonagenarian diva.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Life: An Idiot's Guide. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC

Life: An Idiot's Guide

Pilot, Episode 1 - Getting Away

Stephen K Amos hosts a selection of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival's best stand-up comedians to present an Idiot's Guide to "Getting Away". With guest stand-up from W. Kamau Bell, Susan Calman, Tim FitzHigham, Josie Long and Simon Munnery.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Old Boats

Elephants To Catch Eels

Series 1, Episode 1

Tamsyn Trelawny's existence as a smuggler is threatened by the arrival of a new customs inspector.

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