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Radio schedule Tuesday 11th October 2011

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

Series 2, Episode 2 - Just A Minute

The BBC invites the former variety star to take part in a panel game, but he can't find his team mates or a bell or buzzer. Arthur experiences confusing altercations at the supermarket with a customer, the checkout girl and a double glazing salesman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (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 7:30am (repeat)
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: Dave Gorman, John Lloyd. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 4, Episode 1 - Meeting Nineteen

John Lloyd (Professor of Ignorance at the University of Buckingham) and his new curator Dave Gorman try and fill up their empty fourth gallery with some interesting exhibits. Donations come from stand-up Jimmy Carr, mathematician Alex Bellos and atheist theologian Francesca Stavrakopoulou.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Curb Your Judaism. David Schneider. Copyright: Unique Productions

Curb Your Judaism

David Schneider investigates why British Jewish comedy has never been quite as successful as its American counterpart.

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 Case of the Missing CD Plates: Neddie Seagoon is run over by a steamroller diplomat Moriarty.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Jonny Sweet

Hard To Tell

Series 1, Episode 1

A bike accident lands Tom Sheffield in A&E... leading to a pizza with Ellen... and her dad.

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 Case of the Missing CD Plates: Neddie Seagoon is run over by a steamroller diplomat Moriarty.

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 2 - Betty Hutton

Barbara Windsor celebrates the colourful life of Betty Hutton, whose dynamic performances on stage, screen, radio and records earned her the nickname 'The Blonde Bombshell'.

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 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 10:30pm (repeat)
Miranda Hart's Joke Shop. Miranda (Miranda Hart). Copyright: BBC

Miranda Hart's Joke Shop

Episode 1 - What A Flirt

Miranda flirts with Gary, but is mistaken for a man by passers-by when she un-knowingly buys clothes from a shop for transvestites. Other mix-ups scare Gary away, as they make Miranda look like she is desperate for a baby.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Laura Solon

Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking

Series 1, Episode 6

David is flustered as he discovers his own homosexual tendencies whilst preparing for a camping expedition; China Lion goes on a train journey; and it seems that Enid Blyton may have scrapped some particularly early versions of her work. Plus, the Northampton Women's Centre reject a courier delivery as it is representative of the penis.

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