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Radio schedule Wednesday 5th December 2012

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
One Foot In The Grave. Image shows from L to R: Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson), Margaret Meldrew (Annette Crosbie). Copyright: BBC

One Foot In The Grave

Episode 1 - Alive And Buried

Grumpy Victor Meldrew is set to lose his job. Adapted from TV.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 4, Episode 1 - Whitehaven

Mark performs from the Rosehill Theatre in Whitehaven, Cumbria, where he talks about surrealist pirates, rum butter and the link between rugby and nuclear power.

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 6, Episode 6 - The Elopement

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)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 4, Episode 4

Can Tim escape the villains? Will Jo do a love scene with King Harold?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Peter Tinniswood

Winston

Winston, Episode 2 - Weaving The Spells

Thrown out by his wife, the cordon bleu scoundrel moves into Nancy's house uninvited.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
The Party Line. Copyright: BBC

The Party Line

Series 2, Episode 5

MP Duncan Stonebridge's hopes of taking part in a gentle sponsored walk are dashed.

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 6, Episode 6 - The Elopement

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)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 4, Episode 4

Can Tim escape the villains? Will Jo do a love scene with King Harold?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Ring Around The Bath

Ring Around The Bath

Episode 6, New House: Patrick and Stella find their dream house, but will the children scupper their move?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
One Foot In The Grave. Image shows from L to R: Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson), Margaret Meldrew (Annette Crosbie). Copyright: BBC

One Foot In The Grave

Episode 1 - Alive And Buried

Grumpy Victor Meldrew is set to lose his job. Adapted from TV.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 4, Episode 2 - Tobermory

Mark performs from the Mull Theatre in Tobermory (aka Balamory), on the Isle of Mull, in the Inner Hebrides to discuss kid's TV-rage, underwear odysseys, and supercilious sea eagles.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Red Dwarf. Copyright: BBC

Red Dwarf

Better Than Life Episode 3: Rimmer makes a daring jailbreak in a woman's body. Holly is almost out of time when he makes a discovery.

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 6, Episode 6 - The Elopement

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)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 4, Episode 4

Can Tim escape the villains? Will Jo do a love scene with King Harold?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 4, Episode 1 - Whitehaven

Mark performs from the Rosehill Theatre in Whitehaven, Cumbria, where he talks about surrealist pirates, rum butter and the link between rugby and nuclear power.

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

Just Plain Gardening

Series 1, Episode 4 - Iris Discovers Her Roots

Delving into unfamiliar ground.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
The Consultants

The Consultants

Episode 4: The team wonder why so many men went to 'mow a meadow'.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Warhorses Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Marengo (Stephen Fry), Copenhagen (Daniel Rigby). Copyright: BBC

Warhorses Of Letters

Series 2, Episode 2

The Duke of Wellington's horse Copenhagen's romance with Marengo (Napoleon's horse) has lead to a proposal of marriage. But planning a wedding is fraught with arguments for our gay horses...church or wood? Should people be invited or just horses? And which of them is the groom?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Hare Lane Diaries

Episode 6: Jobless Rex is hiding at home, but Jessica thinks she's got a ghost and holds a seance.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Mission Improbable. Image shows from L to R: Lucy (Lizzie Bates), Jane (Catriona Knox), Amelia (Anna Emerson). Copyright: Top Dog Productions

Mission Improbable

Series 1, Episode 2 - Splash!

A fast-paced tale of rowing, wooing and dolphin-watching with the binoculars round the wrong way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Laura Solon

Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking

Series 1, Episode 5

Support is not exactly forthcoming for 2, a play based on TV series 24; dynofreaks.com, a website for dinosaur enthusiasts, is explained; and Greg returns from Japan with ... no karate skills whatsoever.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
Red Dwarf. Copyright: BBC

Red Dwarf

Better Than Life Episode 3: Rimmer makes a daring jailbreak in a woman's body. Holly is almost out of time when he makes a discovery.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Peter Tinniswood

Winston

Winston, Episode 2 - Weaving The Spells

Thrown out by his wife, the cordon bleu scoundrel moves into Nancy's house uninvited.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
The Party Line. Copyright: BBC

The Party Line

Series 2, Episode 5

MP Duncan Stonebridge's hopes of taking part in a gentle sponsored walk are dashed.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Ring Around The Bath

Ring Around The Bath

Episode 6, New House: Patrick and Stella find their dream house, but will the children scupper their move?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
One Foot In The Grave. Image shows from L to R: Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson), Margaret Meldrew (Annette Crosbie). Copyright: BBC

One Foot In The Grave

Episode 1 - Alive And Buried

Grumpy Victor Meldrew is set to lose his job. Adapted from TV.

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