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Radio schedule Wednesday 19th 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 3 - In Luton Airport No One Can Hear You Scream

The Meldrews' holiday homecoming proves eventful. 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 3 - Handsworth

Mark performs in the Drum Centre in Handsworth, Birmingham, to explore reggae and riots, white supremacist gardening, and how takeaway food affects the space-time continuum.

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 13 - The Christmas Club

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 6

Music for schools, and the Curse of the Flying Wombat.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Peter Tinniswood

Winston

Winston, Episode 4 - What Do You Reckon?

Rosie's plan to live in London suits the old rogue, but where is Father plotting to go?

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 13 - The Christmas Club

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 6

Music for schools, and the Curse of the Flying Wombat.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Ladies Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Irene (Prunella Scales), Vera (Patricia Routledge). Copyright: BBC

Ladies Of Letters

Series 11 - Ladies Of Letters Go Crackers, Episode 3

The women have a major falling out after Vera's theories about Irene's relations cause family uproar.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
What Ho, Jeeves!. Copyright: BBC

What Ho, Jeeves!

What Ho! Jeeves: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, Episode 2 - Upstairs, Downstairs And Bumps In The Night

Bertie tries to play peacemaker when he arrives at Totleigh Towers.

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 3 - In Luton Airport No One Can Hear You Scream

The Meldrews' holiday homecoming proves eventful. Adapted from TV.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
The Spaceship. Captain Gordon Taylor (James Fleet). Copyright: BBC

The Spaceship

Series 2, Episode 3 - Rude

The crew have some space tourists on board, but it turns into a holiday from hell.

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

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 4, Episode 4 - Ottery St. Mary

Mark performs at the King's School in Ottery St. Mary, Devon, to discuss Coleridge's embarrassing childhood, pixies, and what happens when you put 5000 people in a square with a lit tar barrel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Tony Robinson

Paradise Lost In Space

Episode 3

Surely it couldn't hurt for Norman and Max to introduce the Oblivions to tennis, could it?

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 13 - The Christmas Club

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 6

Music for schools, and the Curse of the Flying Wombat.

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

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 4, Episode 3 - Handsworth

Mark performs in the Drum Centre in Handsworth, Birmingham, to explore reggae and riots, white supremacist gardening, and how takeaway food affects the space-time continuum.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows. Gus Murdoch (Stephen Carlin). Copyright: BBC

Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows

Episode 1 - Pubs

Gus Murdoch looks at the sacred cow that is the Great British pub.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Jelly Mountain

Jelly Mountain

Episode 2: Ivor Cutler's unique views on how to promote a child's growth.

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 4

It is the eve of Waterloo and our two heroes face the prospect of seeing each other face to face, if only it was not across a battlefield. And is Marengo's life at risk from another more immediate enemy?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music

Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music

Episode 2, Death: The funny musician discovers how death for a rock star can be the start of a whole new career.

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 4 - Ice!

Jane finds herself trying to beat famous adventurer Marcus Wolfton across the arctic tundra, in a bid to be the first journalist to record the voice of the last speaker of a dying language.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?

If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich?

Episode 3.1, Happy New Year: The London flatmates throw a party, with dates to impress - and a sandwich-maker to mend.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
The Spaceship. Captain Gordon Taylor (James Fleet). Copyright: BBC

The Spaceship

Series 2, Episode 3 - Rude

The crew have some space tourists on board, but it turns into a holiday from hell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
Tony Robinson

Paradise Lost In Space

Episode 3

Surely it couldn't hurt for Norman and Max to introduce the Oblivions to tennis, could it?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Peter Tinniswood

Winston

Winston, Episode 4 - What Do You Reckon?

Rosie's plan to live in London suits the old rogue, but where is Father plotting to go?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
What Ho, Jeeves!. Copyright: BBC

What Ho, Jeeves!

What Ho! Jeeves: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, Episode 2 - Upstairs, Downstairs And Bumps In The Night

Bertie tries to play peacemaker when he arrives at Totleigh Towers.

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 3 - In Luton Airport No One Can Hear You Scream

The Meldrews' holiday homecoming proves eventful. Adapted from TV.

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