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Radio schedule Monday 22nd October 2012

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Safety Catch. Simon McGrath (Darren Boyd). Copyright: BBC

Safety Catch

Series 1, Episode 1 - Show Me You Care

Simon McGrath likes to think of himself as a good citizen. He donates blood, recycles his newspapers and has adopted two tigers. He just also happens to be an arms dealer.

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

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 5, Episode 3 - Meeting Twenty-Seven

This week's donations come from comedian and "Nazi Smasher" Humphrey Ker, therapist and star of Not The Nine O'Clock News Dr Pamela Stephenson Connolly and Nobel Laureate Prof Sir Andre Geim.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Beyond Our Ken. Image shows left to right: Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne. Credit: BBC

Beyond Our Ken

Kenneth Horne goes wine tasting, and a savage sea monster attacks the Isle of Wight.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Episode 3.5, Without Prejudice: Harold persuades Albert to move out to suburbia.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

Series 6, Episode 3 - Tour Guide

When Arthur joins a tour bus for a guided journey around the city, he decides he could do a much better job.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue. Copyright: BBC

Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue

Series 1, Episode 3 - Teenagers

Over half the letters sent to Mike and Sue are about crime. The rest are stolen in the post.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Ayres On The Air. Pam Ayres. Copyright: BBC

Ayres On The Air

Series 4, Episode 2 - Summer

Pam Ayres presents a poetry and sketch series about the seasons. This week: Summer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Beyond Our Ken. Image shows left to right: Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne. Credit: BBC

Beyond Our Ken

Kenneth Horne goes wine tasting, and a savage sea monster attacks the Isle of Wight.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Episode 3.5, Without Prejudice: Harold persuades Albert to move out to suburbia.

Radio 4 4pm (repeat)
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus!

Henning Wehn looks at the story behind Monty Python's attempt to make their sketch show in Germany.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
To The Manor Born. Copyright: BBC

To The Manor Born

Episode 9 - The Honours List

News leaks out that someone in the community is to appear in the New Year's Honours list. Will it be Devere?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Safety Catch. Simon McGrath (Darren Boyd). Copyright: BBC

Safety Catch

Series 1, Episode 1 - Show Me You Care

Simon McGrath likes to think of himself as a good citizen. He donates blood, recycles his newspapers and has adopted two tigers. He just also happens to be an arms dealer.

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

Terry Pratchett's Small Gods

Episode 1

There are gods everywhere on the Discworld but only a few people can see them. Each small god lies in wait, desperately wanting to make someone believe in him. On the Discworld, gods need people more than people need gods.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Jimmy Carr. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 5, Episode 4 - Meeting Twenty-Eight

John Lloyd and temporary curator Humphrey Ker invite screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce, actor/writer/magician Andy Nyman and anatomist Dr Alice Roberts to donate items to the museum.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
London

Undone

Series 3, Episode 2 - Untoward

Edna's planning a trip to the Primary to find out what's happened to Tankerton. There is also an investigation into the oddly Undone-ish Golfer Mackenzie and a possible Undone boardgame.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Beyond Our Ken. Image shows left to right: Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne. Credit: BBC

Beyond Our Ken

Kenneth Horne goes wine tasting, and a savage sea monster attacks the Isle of Wight.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Episode 3.5, Without Prejudice: Harold persuades Albert to move out to suburbia.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Jimmy Carr. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 5, Episode 3 - Meeting Twenty-Seven

This week's donations come from comedian and "Nazi Smasher" Humphrey Ker, therapist and star of Not The Nine O'Clock News Dr Pamela Stephenson Connolly and Nobel Laureate Prof Sir Andre Geim.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

Series 5, Episode 3 - Keep Fit

Not one to turn down a free dinner, when Arthur sees an advert in the paper for free trial membership of a new gym, there's no stopping him. There's just one thing - to qualify he has to get the doctor to give him a clean bill of health.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
BBC at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Copyright: BBC

Fresh From The Fringe

2012, Episode 1 - Fresh From The Fringe: 2012

Jason Cook hosts a showcase of the best new acts from the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm
45 min version
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 78, Episode 7

In the chair is Sandi Toksvig, joined by panellists Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus, Michael Deacon and Susan Calman, for a tongue-in-cheek examination of the week's news while Harriet Cass reads out a selection of cuttings.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
Creme De La Crime. Copyright: BBC

Creme De La Crime

Series 1, Episode 1 - 20,000 Leaks Under the Sea

Michael Feydeau and David Pershore unravel a case of wartime spying skullduggery.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
Terry Pratchett's Small Gods. Copyright: BBC

Terry Pratchett's Small Gods

Episode 1

There are gods everywhere on the Discworld but only a few people can see them. Each small god lies in wait, desperately wanting to make someone believe in him. On the Discworld, gods need people more than people need gods.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
London

Undone

Series 3, Episode 2 - Untoward

Edna's planning a trip to the Primary to find out what's happened to Tankerton. There is also an investigation into the oddly Undone-ish Golfer Mackenzie and a possible Undone boardgame.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

Series 6, Episode 3 - Tour Guide

When Arthur joins a tour bus for a guided journey around the city, he decides he could do a much better job.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue. Copyright: BBC

Life, Death And Sex With Mike And Sue

Series 1, Episode 3 - Teenagers

Over half the letters sent to Mike and Sue are about crime. The rest are stolen in the post.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
To The Manor Born. Copyright: BBC

To The Manor Born

Episode 9 - The Honours List

News leaks out that someone in the community is to appear in the New Year's Honours list. Will it be Devere?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Safety Catch. Simon McGrath (Darren Boyd). Copyright: BBC

Safety Catch

Series 1, Episode 1 - Show Me You Care

Simon McGrath likes to think of himself as a good citizen. He donates blood, recycles his newspapers and has adopted two tigers. He just also happens to be an arms dealer.

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