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Radio schedule Wednesday 22nd February 2012

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Ayres On The Air. Pam Ayres. Copyright: BBC

Ayres On The Air

Series 2, Episode 5 - The Old Days

Pam Ayres presents poetry, anecdotes and sketches on the topic of 'The Old Days', with the help of Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Mark Thomas - The Manifesto. Mark Thomas. Copyright: BBC

Mark Thomas - The Manifesto

Series 4, Episode 2

Mark is in Sheffield, where this week's agenda covers community gardening, homelessness and education.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (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 4, Episode 2 - The Bolshoi Ballet

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

Featuring duelling kings and a Commons washroom attendant.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Nineteen Ninety-Eight

Nineteen Ninety-Eight

Episode 3: While on the run, Edward meets the Leopard.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
HR. Image shows from L to R: Peter (Jonathan Pryce), Sam (Nicholas Le Prevost). Copyright: BBC

HR

Series 3, Episode 4 - Disinherited

Sam and Peter resort to desperate measures, which now include visiting an aged aunt, who just happens to be writing her will.

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 4, Episode 2 - The Bolshoi Ballet

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

Featuring duelling kings and a Commons washroom attendant.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
A car on a country line. Copyright: BBC

Uncle Mort's North Country

Series 2, Episode 5 - 2084

Carter Brandon takes his uncle off to ponder growing old over a pint.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile. Image shows from L to R: Frank Pike (Ian Lavender), Arthur Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Miss Perkins (Vivienne Martin), Bert Hodges (Bill Pertwee). Copyright: BBC

It Sticks Out Half A Mile

Episode 10 - The Builder

Frank and Hodges are determined to get the pier up and running. It completely needs rebuilding. Will they manage it?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Ayres On The Air. Pam Ayres. Copyright: BBC

Ayres On The Air

Series 2, Episode 5 - The Old Days

Pam Ayres presents poetry, anecdotes and sketches on the topic of 'The Old Days', with the help of Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Mark Thomas - The Manifesto. Mark Thomas. Copyright: BBC

Mark Thomas - The Manifesto

Series 4, Episode 3

Mark aims to compile more policies for his manifesto.

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 4, Episode 2 - The Bolshoi Ballet

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

Featuring duelling kings and a Commons washroom attendant.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Mark Thomas - The Manifesto. Mark Thomas. Copyright: BBC

Mark Thomas - The Manifesto

Series 4, Episode 2

Mark is in Sheffield, where this week's agenda covers community gardening, homelessness and education.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Ross Noble Goes Global. Ross Noble. Copyright: BBC

Ross Noble Goes Global

Series 2, Episode 1 - Brussels

Ross travels to Brussels... a city with a reputation a little on the dull side. But he soon finds out that with chocolate on every corner, a puzzling statue of an incontinent child, and the honour of being associated with the always-exciting Jean-Claude Van Damme, Brussels might be his kind of city after all...

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme. Key (Tim Key). Copyright: BBC

Tim Key's Poetry Programme

Series 1, Episode 1 - Family

Edinburgh comedy award-winner Tim Key grapples with the idea of family via his narrative poem, The Godfather.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Edge Falls

Edge Falls

Series 1, Episode 1

Join Sarah Lancashire and Mark Benton for some consumer therapy as we enter the world of Edge Falls Retail Village.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing. Nathan Caton. Copyright: BBC

Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing

Series 1, Episode 1 - About Nightmare Relatives

The story of young up-and-coming comedian Nathan Caton, who becomes the first in his family to graduate from university, only to opt for a career in comedy - much to his family's annoyance.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Rubbish

Rubbish

Series 1, Episode 6 - Outsourcing

Episode 6, Outsourcing: An FBI sting leads to Roger's computer being seized and its owner being suspended - leaving Martin as acting head of waste and recycling. Unfortunately, he doesn't rise to the occasion, and the arrival of an 'outsourcing' expert just makes matters worse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Nineteen Ninety-Eight

Nineteen Ninety-Eight

Episode 3: While on the run, Edward meets the Leopard.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile. Image shows from L to R: Frank Pike (Ian Lavender), Arthur Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Miss Perkins (Vivienne Martin), Bert Hodges (Bill Pertwee). Copyright: BBC

It Sticks Out Half A Mile

Episode 10 - The Builder

Frank and Hodges are determined to get the pier up and running. It completely needs rebuilding. Will they manage it?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Ayres On The Air. Pam Ayres. Copyright: BBC

Ayres On The Air

Series 2, Episode 5 - The Old Days

Pam Ayres presents poetry, anecdotes and sketches on the topic of 'The Old Days', with the help of Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead.

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