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Radio schedule Tuesday 30th October 2012

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Babblewick Hall. Fenton Babblewick (Nicholas Le Prevost). Copyright: BBC

Babblewick Hall

Series 1, Episode 6

Fenton's father arrives with plans for his wayward son - not least that he should marry the insipid and bewhiskered Harriet. Meanwhile, Augustus makes a dramatic discovery

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Lenny Henry

Rudy's Rare Records

Series 4, Episode 3 - Let it Grow

Adam hopes to bond with dad Rudy, while they till the earth on an allotment. However, Rudy only takes an interest when he spots a rare and illegal plant in the greenhouse.

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 8.23, The Spon Plague: Britain's gripped by a strange epidemic - leaving a path of bare knees in its wake.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Listen To Les

Listen To Les

Lugubrious Les Dawson with a tale of when the worm turned, and Cosmo discusses modern art.

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

The News Quiz

Series 78, Episode 8

Sandi Toksvig is in the chair as panellists Jeremy Hardy, Hugo Rifkind, Kevin Day and Roisin Conaty examine the funnier aspects of the week's news. Charlotte Green reads out cuttings sent in by listeners.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:45am (repeat)
Creme De La Crime. Copyright: BBC

Creme De La Crime

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Cheese Killer

Michael Feydeau and David Pershore review the murderous case of Charles Sparrow.

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 8.23, The Spon Plague: Britain's gripped by a strange epidemic - leaving a path of bare knees in its wake.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Listen To Les

Listen To Les

Lugubrious Les Dawson with a tale of when the worm turned, and Cosmo discusses modern art.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Second Thoughts. Copyright: BBC

Second Thoughts

Episode 1, Found and Lost: The battles of divorcees Bill and Faith to forge a relationship.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Babblewick Hall. Fenton Babblewick (Nicholas Le Prevost). Copyright: BBC

Babblewick Hall

Series 1, Episode 6

Fenton's father arrives with plans for his wayward son - not least that he should marry the insipid and bewhiskered Harriet. Meanwhile, Augustus makes a dramatic discovery

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Lenny Henry

Rudy's Rare Records

Series 4, Episode 4 - It's Grim Up North

Adam attends a business conference to network and is determined to leave his dad behind. He fails. Not only does Rudy attend but he knows the guest speaker.

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 8.23, The Spon Plague: Britain's gripped by a strange epidemic - leaving a path of bare knees in its wake.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Listen To Les

Listen To Les

Lugubrious Les Dawson with a tale of when the worm turned, and Cosmo discusses modern art.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Lenny Henry

Rudy's Rare Records

Series 4, Episode 3 - Let it Grow

Adam hopes to bond with dad Rudy, while they till the earth on an allotment. However, Rudy only takes an interest when he spots a rare and illegal plant in the greenhouse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Such Rotten Luck

Episode 1, The Little Grey Man: The ups and downs of a second-class writer.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Arthur Smith's Balham Bash. Arthur Smith. Copyright: BBC

Arthur Smith's Balham Bash

Series 1, Episode 2

Benjamin Zephaniah, Stephen K Amos and Matt Holness join regular contributor Pippa Evans in Arthur's house.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Acropolis Now

Acropolis Now

Series 2, Episode 2 - Love

It's Eros night and despite the hunger, all thoughts turn to love. But the recipients of that love aren't the expected choice.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World. Image shows from L to R: Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Rebecca Front. Copyright: BBC

Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World

Series 1, Episode 2 - Creation

Free your life from philosophical anxieties in the second of the series that answers the questions other programmes dare not ask. Heretical, confusing, illogical, biased, and a laugh a minute.

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

The News Quiz

Series 78, Episode 8

Sandi Toksvig is in the chair as panellists Jeremy Hardy, Hugo Rifkind, Kevin Day and Roisin Conaty examine the funnier aspects of the week's news. Charlotte Green reads out cuttings sent in by listeners.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:45am (repeat)
Creme De La Crime. Copyright: BBC

Creme De La Crime

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Cheese Killer

Michael Feydeau and David Pershore review the murderous case of Charles Sparrow.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Second Thoughts. Copyright: BBC

Second Thoughts

Episode 1, Found and Lost: The battles of divorcees Bill and Faith to forge a relationship.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Babblewick Hall. Fenton Babblewick (Nicholas Le Prevost). Copyright: BBC

Babblewick Hall

Series 1, Episode 6

Fenton's father arrives with plans for his wayward son - not least that he should marry the insipid and bewhiskered Harriet. Meanwhile, Augustus makes a dramatic discovery

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