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Radio schedule Tuesday 16th April 2013

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
On Baby Street

On Baby Street

Episode 3.1: The babies are now toddlers and their parents' lives are changing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Thom Tuck

Thom Tuck Goes Straight To DVD

Episode 2 - Faith Films

Thom is fascinated by the strangely lucrative straight-to-DVD faith films.

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 4.30, The Siege of Fort Knight: Seagoon sets off to ask Henry Crun to invent a waterproof gas stove.

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

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 4.6, The VIPs: With the writer's publisher and his wife due for summer drinks, the sprinkler comes out.

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

The News Quiz

Series 80, Episode 1

The News Quiz returns for its 80th series. Jeremy Hardy, Andrew Maxwell, Daniel Finkelstein and Roisin Conaty are the guests.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:45am (repeat)
Facts And Fancies. Armando Iannucci

Facts And Fancies

Episode 1 - A Switch In Time

Tackling time-wasting and greetings cards, the producer, writer and performer presents his own collection of humorous essays.

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 4.30, The Siege of Fort Knight: Seagoon sets off to ask Henry Crun to invent a waterproof gas stove.

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

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 4.6, The VIPs: With the writer's publisher and his wife due for summer drinks, the sprinkler comes out.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Anita And Me

Anita And Me

Episode 2: During the long summer break from school, Meena is desperate to be accepted by her peers.

Radio 4 4:30pm
Kenny Everett

Great Lives: Kenny Everett

Chris Tarrant chooses one of the great pioneers of modern radio - a man born Maurice Cole in Liverpool in 1944, who became famous on television as Gizzard Puke, Cupid Stunt and Sid Snot. Kenny Everett's life was almost as bizarre as the characters he played, but it is for his work as a deejay that Chris Tarrant selects him.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket. Image shows from L to R: Dame Hilda Bracket (Patrick Fyffe), Dr Evadne Hinge (George Logan)

The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket

Episode 4.2, Brought to Book: The dear ladies battle woodworm and the housekeeper's sister.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
On Baby Street

On Baby Street

Episode 3.1: The babies are now toddlers and their parents' lives are changing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:15pm (repeat)
And Another Thing...

And Another Thing...

Episode 2

Part two of the sixth book in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy 'trilogy', in which an old friend reappears.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Thom Tuck

Thom Tuck Goes Straight To DVD

Episode 3 - The Olsens

Thom unearths the work of American twins the Olsens and compares the journey of their success with the wise (and not so wise) choices he has made in his 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 4.30, The Siege of Fort Knight: Seagoon sets off to ask Henry Crun to invent a waterproof gas stove.

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

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 4.6, The VIPs: With the writer's publisher and his wife due for summer drinks, the sprinkler comes out.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Thom Tuck

Thom Tuck Goes Straight To DVD

Episode 2 - Faith Films

Thom is fascinated by the strangely lucrative straight-to-DVD faith films.

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 4 - The Arctic

Frozen fiascos are afoot, as the dim student traveller sails with Greenpeace after winning a cereal packet competition.

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 5 - Food

Convoys are being sunk at an alarming rate by U-boats, so the men of Hut 33 are struggling to concentrate on code-breaking when all they can think about is a hot meal made from food that wasn't powdered.

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 4 - Kajaboohoo

Brian plays one of his forgotten songs and tells the story of how he gave Boy George the idea for one of his biggest hits.

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

No Tomatoes

Episode 4 - World Weary

Sketches include a documentary on the Arctic, an advert starring William Blake and the radio bloopers show.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:15am (repeat)
And Another Thing...

And Another Thing...

Episode 2

Part two of the sixth book in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy 'trilogy', in which an old friend reappears.

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

The News Quiz

Series 80, Episode 1

The News Quiz returns for its 80th series. Jeremy Hardy, Andrew Maxwell, Daniel Finkelstein and Roisin Conaty are the guests.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:45am (repeat)
Facts And Fancies. Armando Iannucci

Facts And Fancies

Episode 1 - A Switch In Time

Tackling time-wasting and greetings cards, the producer, writer and performer presents his own collection of humorous essays.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket. Image shows from L to R: Dame Hilda Bracket (Patrick Fyffe), Dr Evadne Hinge (George Logan)

The Random Jottings Of Hinge And Bracket

Episode 4.2, Brought to Book: The dear ladies battle woodworm and the housekeeper's sister.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
On Baby Street

On Baby Street

Episode 3.1: The babies are now toddlers and their parents' lives are changing.

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