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Radio schedule Tuesday 4th October 2011

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

Napoleon's Piano: Comedy, with Spike Milligan, Peter Sellars and Harry Secombe. First aired in 1955.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Stairs

Oneira

Episode 2 - Sleight Of Mind

Oneira is interrogated by a man from the Electrical Company - but is he trying to help her, or is he an alien?

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Alok (Susheel Kumar), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Sanjay (Omar Raza). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Series 3, Episode 6 - The Fall Of Phallon And The Rise Of Bugatox

Ramesh takes it upon himself to reunite a local couple who've split up, and he has to get busy after the latest kids toy craze sweeps Lenzie.

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

Napoleon's Piano: Comedy, with Spike Milligan, Peter Sellars and Harry Secombe. First aired in 1955.

Radio 2 logo 10pm
60 min
Barbara Windsor's Funny Girls. Barbara Windsor. Copyright: Just Radio / Made In Manchester Productions

Barbara Windsor's Funny Girls

Series 2, Episode 1 - Lucille Ball

Barbara Windsor returns to celebrate three funny icons from across the pond and begins with Lucille Ball. She pays tribute to a great performer and studio boss.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Alok (Susheel Kumar), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Dave (Donald Mcleary), Sanjay (Omar Raza). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Series 3, Episode 5 - Bacon Punctuation

The future of the shop's much loved Wall of Crisps comes under threat after someone from the EU visits the shop. The wall is contravening European Crisp regulations by stocking corn and maize based snacks alongside potato based 'crisps' and has to be dismantled which causes outrage amongst the Lenzidens.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Absolute Power. Image shows from L to R: Charles Prentiss (Stephen Fry), Martin McCabe (John Bird). Copyright: BBC

Absolute Power

Series 3, Episode 5 - Relaunching Men

Prentiss McCabe face one of their biggest challenges to date - a commission to boost public opinion of men.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Old Harry's Game. Image shows from L to R: Satan (Andy Hamilton), Gary (Steven O'Donnell). Copyright: BBC

Old Harry's Game

Series 7, Episode 6

Satan has worked how to return Baby Patrick to Earth behind God's back. But God has eyes in his back and is now feeling pretty wrathful.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Laura Solon

Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking

Series 1, Episode 5

Support is not exactly forthcoming for 2, a play based on TV series 24; dynofreaks.com, a website for dinosaur enthusiasts, is explained; and Greg returns from Japan with ... no karate skills whatsoever.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Lenny Henry

Rudy's Rare Records

Series 2, Episode 4 - Ride With Me

Adam takes his mortality a little too seriously, and finds himself confronted with a little too much Lycra.

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