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Radio schedule Tuesday 29th May 2012

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6am (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 2, Episode 6

The fellows are busy with entrance exams and Roisin is struggling with the marking system - what exactly is a Catherine Beta minus Zeta Jones? Meanwhile Simon is convinced he knows who the killer is, but can he find the evidence to prove it, and prevent another murder?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Two Doors Down

Two Doors Down

Episode 4, The Height of the Iguana: Horrified Marlborough Road residents don't want cleaner Sally to leave them.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Episode 7.19, The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker: A mysterious nose assailant must be caught.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

Sketches include a spoof Paul Temple and wires getting crossed on the telephone.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am
45 min version (repeat)
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 77, Episode 8

Sandi Toksvig is in the chair as panellists Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus, Ed Byrne and Francis Wheen examine the funnier aspects of the week's news. Corrie Corfield reads out cuttings sent in by listeners.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:45am (repeat)
Hearing With Hegley. John Hegley

Hearing With Hegley

Episode 2: The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley entertains an audience with his book of verse.

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
Rebecca Front

Incredible Women

Series 2, Episode 2 - Lucy Winterton

Jeremy meets Lucy Winterton, rent-a-gob journalist. She churns out bestsellers, loosely based on her long-suffering husband Rollo, saying all men are useless.

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

Episode 7.19, The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker: A mysterious nose assailant must be caught.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

Sketches include a spoof Paul Temple and wires getting crossed on the telephone.

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 2, Episode 6

The fellows are busy with entrance exams and Roisin is struggling with the marking system - what exactly is a Catherine Beta minus Zeta Jones? Meanwhile Simon is convinced he knows who the killer is, but can he find the evidence to prove it, and prevent another murder?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Flying The Flag

Flying The Flag

Episode 3.1, Whose Rubbish Is It Anyway?: Toxic waste is a challenge for Ambassador Mackenzie on his Eastern Bloc posting.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Two Doors Down

Two Doors Down

Episode 4, The Height of the Iguana: Horrified Marlborough Road residents don't want cleaner Sally to leave them.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Cabin Pressure. Image shows from L to R: Arthur (John Finnemore), Douglas (Roger Allam), Carolyn (Stephanie Cole), Martin (Benedict Cumberbatch). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Cabin Pressure

Series 3, Episode 3 - Newcastle

Love is in the air, but also unfortunately in a small airport in Birmingham - and Martin has to choose between career, romance and fixing a very small tail-light. With special guests Anthony Head and Mark Williams.

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

Episode 7.19, The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker: A mysterious nose assailant must be caught.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

Sketches include a spoof Paul Temple and wires getting crossed on the telephone.

Radio 4 7:45pm (repeat)
Rebecca Front

Incredible Women

Series 2, Episode 2 - Lucy Winterton

Jeremy meets Lucy Winterton, rent-a-gob journalist. She churns out bestsellers, loosely based on her long-suffering husband Rollo, saying all men are useless.

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 2, Episode 6

The fellows are busy with entrance exams and Roisin is struggling with the marking system - what exactly is a Catherine Beta minus Zeta Jones? Meanwhile Simon is convinced he knows who the killer is, but can he find the evidence to prove it, and prevent another murder?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Cabin Pressure. Image shows from L to R: Arthur (John Finnemore), Douglas (Roger Allam), Carolyn (Stephanie Cole), Martin (Benedict Cumberbatch). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Cabin Pressure

Series 3, Episode 2 - Paris

When a bottle of highly-expensive whisky goes missing, Martin becomes the Miss Marple of MJN Air with Arthur assisting as his trusty Doctor Watson.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Hut 33. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Robert Bathurst), Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall (Alex Macqueen), Archie (Tom Goodman-Hill). Copyright: BBC

Hut 33

Series 3, Episode 1 - Know Thyne Enemy

It's 1942, the war is not going well, and the codebreakers of Bletchley Park are under even more pressure than before.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
The Pickerskill Reports. Image shows from L to R: Harry Hindle-Rand (Thomas Sangster), Dr Henry Pickerskill (Ian McDiarmid). Copyright: Curtains For Radio

The Pickerskill Reports

Series 2, Episode 2 - Patrick Trumball

Patrick Trumball's strange fascination for thunderstorms, lightening and other epic forces of nature appear to mark him out as an unusual, otherworldly child confirmed by Pickerskill when he discovers that the boy also possesses a perfect photographic memory.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Deep Trouble. Image shows from L to R: Commander Alison Fairbanks (Katherine Jakeways), Petty Officer Lucy Radcliffe (Miranda Raison), Lieutenant Jack Trainor (Ben Willbond), Captain Paul Wade (Jim Field Smith). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Deep Trouble

Series 2, Episode 2

When Trainor meets up with an old friend, it's time for a snowball fight, a French telephonist, some spinach and a heavy machine gun.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Trevor's World Of Sport. Image shows from L to R: Trevor Heslop (Neil Pearson), Sammy (Paul Reynolds). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

Trevor's World Of Sport

Series 3, Episode 2 - Beards

Tensions rise as a potential problematic future client seeks representation, and Sammy's hatred of beards is explained.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (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 2, Episode 6

The fellows are busy with entrance exams and Roisin is struggling with the marking system - what exactly is a Catherine Beta minus Zeta Jones? Meanwhile Simon is convinced he knows who the killer is, but can he find the evidence to prove it, and prevent another murder?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am
45 min version (repeat)
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 77, Episode 8

Sandi Toksvig is in the chair as panellists Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus, Ed Byrne and Francis Wheen examine the funnier aspects of the week's news. Corrie Corfield reads out cuttings sent in by listeners.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:45am (repeat)
Hearing With Hegley. John Hegley

Hearing With Hegley

Episode 2: The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley entertains an audience with his book of verse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Flying The Flag

Flying The Flag

Episode 3.1, Whose Rubbish Is It Anyway?: Toxic waste is a challenge for Ambassador Mackenzie on his Eastern Bloc posting.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Two Doors Down

Two Doors Down

Episode 4, The Height of the Iguana: Horrified Marlborough Road residents don't want cleaner Sally to leave them.

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