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Radio schedule Tuesday 2nd April 2013

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
The Million Pound Radio Show. Copyright: BBC

The Million Pound Radio Show

Series 3, Episode 5

Eavesdropping on animals and Planet Dull.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Trevor Noah: The Racist. Trevor Noah. Copyright: BBC

Trevor Noah: The Racist

A Radio 4 stand-up special starring top South African comedian Trevor Noah.

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 4.22, The Great Ink Drought of 1902: Sir Bernard Seagoon sets out to corner the world market for writing materials.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 4.4, The Menagerie: The writer's wife Diana attempts a book about animals for children.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 39, Episode 7

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
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 4.22, The Great Ink Drought of 1902: Sir Bernard Seagoon sets out to corner the world market for writing materials.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 4.4, The Menagerie: The writer's wife Diana attempts a book about animals for children.

Radio 4 2:15pm (repeat)
Quartet. Copyright: BBC

Quartet

A moving comedy, by Donna Franceschild, about a musician who, having lost everything, accidentally gains a jazz quartet.

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

Second Thoughts

Episode 2.8, There Goes the Bride: It's Faith and Bill's wedding day - can they manage to tie the knot?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
The Million Pound Radio Show. Copyright: BBC

The Million Pound Radio Show

Series 3, Episode 5

Eavesdropping on animals and Planet Dull.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Thom Tuck

Thom Tuck Goes Straight To DVD

Episode 1 - Steven Seagal

Comedian Thom Tuck unearths 27 sub-masterpieces of straight-to-DVD action films from Steven Seagal, and draws parallels to these underrated gems with tales from his own life.

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 4.22, The Great Ink Drought of 1902: Sir Bernard Seagoon sets out to corner the world market for writing materials.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 4.4, The Menagerie: The writer's wife Diana attempts a book about animals for children.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Trevor Noah: The Racist. Trevor Noah. Copyright: BBC

Trevor Noah: The Racist

A Radio 4 stand-up special starring top South African comedian Trevor Noah.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off. Giles Wemmbley Hogg (Marcus Brigstocke). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off

Series 1, Episode 2 - China

Giles compiles an audio diary on a trip to Beijing for his Duke of Edinburgh Award. He plans to find his Uncle Jeff and mend the Great Wall of China.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Hut 33. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Robert Bathurst), Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall (Alex Macqueen), Archie (Tom Goodman-Hill). Copyright: BBC

Hut 33

Series 1, Episode 3 - Careless Talk

There's a security breach at Bletchley Park and everyone in Hut 33 is under suspicion. Joshua has to try and find out who is leaking information out. Surely it's not the attractive Nancy, who just happens to be spending a lot of time chatting to the codebreakers?

Radio 4 11:30pm
15 min
Richard Marsh: Love And Sweets. Richard Marsh. Copyright: Lucky Giant

Richard Marsh: Love And Sweets

Episode 1

Richard Marsh fuses poetry and prose to tell a heartbreaking and witty tale of finding and losing love. Richard recounts falling in love with Siobhan, who he meets over a shared bag of sweets.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Brian Appleton's History Of Rock 'n' Roll. Brian Appleton (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC

Brian Appleton's History Of Rock 'n' Roll

Episode 2 - Consider Yourself Dumped Upon

Brian performs the first progressive-rock song ever written, reveals he inadvertently encouraged the Who to smash up their equipment and was instrumental in Phil Collins becoming the lead singer in Genesis.

Radio 4 11:45pm (repeat)
The Cornwell Estate. Phil Cornwell. Copyright: Curtains For Radio / BBC

The Cornwell Estate

Series 1, Episode 1 - Dave Kafka

Dave Kafka has just been inside for a stretch and has now moved in with his grandfather, Syd, a big London gangster in the Sixties. However, as Dave swaggers around the estate telling people he's been doing "jobs" that he heard about inside, he gets an unwelcome visit from a job seekers allowance officer threatening to stop his benefit.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
No Tomatoes. Copyright: BBC

No Tomatoes

Episode 2 - Trash Talk

Sketches include the woman who was not alphabetti spaghetti as a child, the land of Confabula, and the word "Skit" undergoes surgery to become an adjective.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 39, Episode 7

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Second Thoughts. Copyright: BBC

Second Thoughts

Episode 2.8, There Goes the Bride: It's Faith and Bill's wedding day - can they manage to tie the knot?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
The Million Pound Radio Show. Copyright: BBC

The Million Pound Radio Show

Series 3, Episode 5

Eavesdropping on animals and Planet Dull.

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