Radio
Radio schedule Monday 31st December 2012
7am
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Country Matters
Episode 1: Dave and Cathy leave the city for Drayton Warlock's pastoral idyll.
7:30am
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I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Series 58, Christmas SpecialTo celebrate its 40th anniversary this year, Radio 4's perennial antidote to panel games presents a specially-extended Christmas show, with Stephen Fry joining the team regulars.
8am
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Round The Horne
Episode 3: Kenneth Horne meets BBC sound effects men and a pantomime horse in The Clissold Saga.
8:30am
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Jim The Great
Episode 0 - PilotBack in England's days of feudal fiefdoms, one particular chieftain was very hard up.
9am
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Heresy
Series 5, Episode 3With Sue Perkins, Euan Ferguson and Richard Herring. The topics include dating, politicians and the reputation of the Scots.
9:30am
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11am
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The Flight Of The Conchords
Episode 2: The Kiwi parody band aim for UK fame.
1pm
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Radio Active
Episode 5.4, Big Down Under Show: The team are broadcasting down under with Mike Flex in Sydney and Anne Adaptor in Adelaide.
2pm30 min
The Joke Float
Janey Godley tells the story of how a canal boat packed with comedians sailed from London to Edinburgh to help launch the Olympics.
2pm
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Educating Archie
Series 6, Special - Archie In AustraliaArchie in Australia: Archie and his mentor Peter Brough in a comedy show from Down Under. With harmonica wizard Ronald Chesney.
4pm
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Lifestyles Of The Trapped And Cabbaged
Roy Boulter's comedy finds two holidaying accountants locked inside a Shanghai warehouse.
5pm
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Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
Series 1, Episode 6 - ThailandGiles' audio diary from Thailand, where he hopes to emerge spiritually. He does at least emerge physically, thanks to a sarong.
6:15pm15 min
15 Minute Musical
Series 7, Episode 5 - Licence to KilSean Connery is Special Agent Ond, Alex Salm-Ond, pitted against his old foe Dr No Vote, Alistair Darling.
6:30pm30 min
The Unbelievable Truth
Series 10, Episode 1David Mitchell returns as the panel game built on truth and lies reaches double figures in Series 10. This week semi-regulars Tony Hawks and Lucy Porter are joined by Ed Byrne and Charlie Higson as they lie about pies, worms, dancing and James Bond.
6:30pm
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Just A Minute
Series 62, Special - India Special 1The first of two episodes of Just A Minute recorded in Mumbai, hosted by Nicholas Parsons, and featuring regulars Paul Merton and Marcus Brigstocke alongside Indian comedians Cyrus Broacha and Anuvab Pal.
10pm
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Ectoplasm
Episode 1, The Curse of Tutancommon: Edwardian adventurer Lord Zimbabwe swashes a buckle or two.
10:30pm
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Acropolis Now
Series 1, Episode 1 - FishA chorus of ancient Greek fish delivery men bring disturbing news for Aristophanes. The Oracle predicts Aristophanes is in danger, but is it a "dung thing"?
11pm
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Cabin Pressure
Series 2, Episode 4 - JohannesburgWhen Carolyn makes a daring bet with her pilots, what better place for a race against time than a sleepy Spanish airfield?
11:30pm
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The History Plays
Episode 1 - Jagger in JailIn 1967, Mick Jagger spent a night in prison for drug possession. This is an imagined conversation between Mick and his cell-mate Jim. With Fonejacer star Kayvan Novak and The Inbetweeners's Blake Harrison.
11:30pm
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Ross Noble Goes Global
Series 2, Episode 1 - BrusselsRoss travels to Brussels... a city with a reputation a little on the dull side. But he soon finds out that with chocolate on every corner, a puzzling statue of an incontinent child, and the honour of being associated with the always-exciting Jean-Claude Van Damme, Brussels might be his kind of city after all...
Midnight45 min version
The News Quiz
Series 79, Highlights SpecialCompilation of the best bits of The News Quiz from 2012, presented by Sandi Toksvig.
12:45am
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The Shuttleworths
Early Specials, New Year Special - New Year With The ShuttleworthsCelebrate the New Year with The Shuttleworths.
4:45am
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Peacefully In Their Sleeps
Episode 6 - Sister Cecilia Of CaracasRoydon Postlethwaite was meant to chart the many munificent achievements of the lifelong humanitarian peace worker Sister Cecilia of Caracas who campaigned tirelessly against landmines yet smoked like a chimney. However, there is a change to the advertised show because of the death of... Roydon Postlethwaite.