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Radio schedule Wednesday 24th 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

Comedy panel game chaired by Humphrey Lyttelton, with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer and Willie Rushton. First aired in 1977.

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 8 - Wednesday 24th

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 3 - Radio Shuttleworth

John starts a new station for Sheffield, but can he count on Mary and Ken?

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 3 - The Idol

Bill and Moira hire a swathe of girls from a local factory to mob Hancock, in order to teach him a lesson about his big-headedness. Unfortunately, they neglect to pay the 200-strong group, who promptly turn on the three, Sid, and his heavies!

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 3

As dead don Peter's sordid side is made public, Simon struggles with his day job.

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

Comic Fringes

Series 7, Episode 2 - Spooky And The Van

The summer before starting university, young blogger Julian muses on his future and wonders what his odd neighbour is getting up to. By Joe Lycett.

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

The Shuttleworths

Series 3, Episode 3 - Radio Shuttleworth

John starts a new station for Sheffield, but can he count on Mary and Ken?

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 3 - The Idol

Bill and Moira hire a swathe of girls from a local factory to mob Hancock, in order to teach him a lesson about his big-headedness. Unfortunately, they neglect to pay the 200-strong group, who promptly turn on the three, Sid, and his heavies!

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 8 - The Moral Dimension

The DAA visit the Islamic nation of Qumran, where during a secretly drunken gathering Bernard learns that an oil contract was won by bribery. When he tells Hacker, the minister plans to expose the deal, but Sir Humphrey has other ideas.

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 3

As dead don Peter's sordid side is made public, Simon struggles with his day job.

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 8 - Wednesday 24th

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Acropolis Now

Acropolis Now

Series 1, Episode 1 - Fish

A chorus of ancient Greek fish delivery men bring disturbing news for Aristophanes. The Oracle predicts Aristophanes is in danger, but is it a "dung thing"?

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 3 - The Dating Wizard

Mordrin decides to join a wizard dating website, after being convinced by Bernard the Blue, but fails to read the full terms and conditions.

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 6

Featuring an art exhibition, a strolling footpad, a dodgy flat-pack scaffold and a lawnmower.

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