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Radio schedule Thursday 19th July 2012

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Kay Stonham

Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends

Series 1, Episode 3 - A Cavalier Attitude

Away from their model village, the duo tackle a civil war recreation.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Old Harry's Game. Image shows from L to R: Satan (Andy Hamilton), Gary (Steven O'Donnell). Copyright: BBC

Old Harry's Game

Olympic Special

The 2012 Olympics coming to London. Edith strongly believes in the ideas the Olympic movement stood for, but Satan tried to prove her wrong by taking her to the some famous Ancient Greeks.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (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 1, Episode 2 - Big Brother

Hacker's department has been put in charge of a massive database containing information on every citizen in the country. He wants to put forward safeguards, but Sir Humphrey is less keen.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 3, Episode 13 - Asleep In The Deep

A bomb hits Walmington's pumping station, which is being patrolled by Walker and Godfrey. The efforts to free them from the wreckage are somewhat wasted after Mainwaring, Wilson, Pike, Frazer and Hodges are trapped with them... and the room they are in starts flooding.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Any Other Business

Any Other Business

Episode 6

Episode 6: Star Trek fever erupts as a German delegation tours the cultural delights of Chesbury.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Clive Anderson

The Guessing Game

Series 1, Episode 4

Clive Anderson is joined by guests Imran Yusuf, Des Clarke and Keith Farnan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (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 1, Episode 2 - Big Brother

Hacker's department has been put in charge of a massive database containing information on every citizen in the country. He wants to put forward safeguards, but Sir Humphrey is less keen.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 3, Episode 13 - Asleep In The Deep

A bomb hits Walmington's pumping station, which is being patrolled by Walker and Godfrey. The efforts to free them from the wreckage are somewhat wasted after Mainwaring, Wilson, Pike, Frazer and Hodges are trapped with them... and the room they are in starts flooding.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Peter Jones. Copyright: BBC

Capital Gains

Series 1, Episode 4 - Capital Return

Home at last, how will Julius Hutch come to terms with the bank that made him rich?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Kay Stonham

Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends

Series 1, Episode 3 - A Cavalier Attitude

Away from their model village, the duo tackle a civil war recreation.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters. Copyright: BBC

Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters

Episode 3

A wife is on the warpath and after the witches' blood.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Old Harry's Game. Image shows from L to R: Satan (Andy Hamilton), Gary (Steven O'Donnell). Copyright: BBC

Old Harry's Game

Olympic Special

Satan transports historian Edith from the chaos of Hell up to the London Olympics in 2012, so she can appreciate real chaos.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (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 1, Episode 2 - Big Brother

Hacker's department has been put in charge of a massive database containing information on every citizen in the country. He wants to put forward safeguards, but Sir Humphrey is less keen.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 3, Episode 13 - Asleep In The Deep

A bomb hits Walmington's pumping station, which is being patrolled by Walker and Godfrey. The efforts to free them from the wreckage are somewhat wasted after Mainwaring, Wilson, Pike, Frazer and Hodges are trapped with them... and the room they are in starts flooding.

Radio 2 logo 9:30pm
30 min
Ian D Montfort Is: Unbelievable. Ian D. Montfort (Tom Binns). Copyright: BBC

Ian D Montfort Is: Unbelievable

Episode 0 - Pilot

Ian channels conversations from 'the other side', reveals the deepest darkest secrets of the audience, and is joined by celebrity guest Melanie Sykes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Old Harry's Game. Image shows from L to R: Satan (Andy Hamilton), Gary (Steven O'Donnell). Copyright: BBC

Old Harry's Game

Olympic Special

The 2012 Olympics coming to London. Edith strongly believes in the ideas the Olympic movement stood for, but Satan tried to prove her wrong by taking her to the some famous Ancient Greeks.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Bleak Expectations. Image shows from L to R: Hardthrasher (Geoffrey Whitehead), Aunt Lily (Celia Imrie), Young Pip (Tom Allen), Mr Gently Benevolent (Anthony Head), Sir Philip Bin (Richard Johnson), Harry Biscuit (James Bachman). Copyright: BBC

Bleak Expectations

Series 3, Episode 4 - A Horrible Life Un-Ruined And Then Re-Ruined A Lot

Pip, Harry, Pippa and Ripely are reduced to abject poverty on the banks of the Thames. Will Pip and Harry be able to find work, or will they have to end their days eating mud and listening to the gloating of Mr Benevolent?

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Alice's Wunderland. Alice Lowe. Copyright: BBC

Alice's Wunderland

Series 1, Episode 2

A trip round Wunderland, the Poundland of magical realms.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Goodness Gracious Me

Goodness Gracious Me

Episode 3: A phone-in to matchmake partners, and an Asian Babe fancies a job on TV's Newsnight.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
A Wet Handle

A Wet Handle

Episode 1: Ivor Cutler and friends with poems and songs, including 'I Am a Yellow Fly' and the tale of a greasy button.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
Spats. John-Luke Roberts. Copyright: BBC

Spats

Pilot, Episode 1 - Mankind v Nature

Fourteen minutes of perfectly adequate sketch comedy written by and starring BBC New Comedy Award finalist John-Luke Roberts. This pilot decides which is better: Mankind or Nature.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters. Copyright: BBC

Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters

Episode 3

A wife is on the warpath and after the witches' blood.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Any Other Business

Any Other Business

Episode 6

Episode 6: Star Trek fever erupts as a German delegation tours the cultural delights of Chesbury.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Clive Anderson

The Guessing Game

Series 1, Episode 4

Clive Anderson is joined by guests Imran Yusuf, Des Clarke and Keith Farnan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Peter Jones. Copyright: BBC

Capital Gains

Series 1, Episode 4 - Capital Return

Home at last, how will Julius Hutch come to terms with the bank that made him rich?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Kay Stonham

Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends

Series 1, Episode 3 - A Cavalier Attitude

Away from their model village, the duo tackle a civil war recreation.

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