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Radio schedule Wednesday 17th April 2013

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Two Doors Down

Two Doors Down

Episode 3.1, Tuned to Moan FM: 4 Extra Debut. Marlborough Road resident Clare needs a babysitter while she lectures in Sligo.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Alun Cochrane's Fun House. Alun Cochrane. Copyright: BBC

Alun Cochrane's Fun House

Episode 2 - The Living Room

The second date of Alun's house-wide tour takes place in the living room.

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 1, Episode 16 - The End Of The Series

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 5, Episode 9

A cricket lament, and Wild West drama The Lone Stranger.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Series 4, Episode 1 - Dependent Relatives

Sarah is missing daughter Clare, and her mother Eleanor is still very irritating.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
It's Your Round. Angus Deayton. Copyright: BBC

It's Your Round

Series 1, Episode 2

Andy Parsons, Rebecca Front, Miles Jupp and prog-rock legend Rick Wakeman battle it out to see who can beat each other at their own games.

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 1, Episode 16 - The End Of The Series

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 5, Episode 9

A cricket lament, and Wild West drama The Lone Stranger.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Zombie Rule Number 9. Copyright: BBC

Zombie Rule Number 9

Dark comedy drama from BBC Radio Scotland set during a Zombie invasion.

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

Anita And Me

Episode 3: Twelve-year-old Meena faces racial abuse and is shocked to learn a piece of major family news.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Two Doors Down

Two Doors Down

Episode 3.1, Tuned to Moan FM: 4 Extra Debut. Marlborough Road resident Clare needs a babysitter while she lectures in Sligo.

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

And Another Thing...

Episode 3

Part three of the sixth book in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy 'trilogy', in which a deal is struck and there is some bad Vogon poetry.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Alun Cochrane's Fun House. Alun Cochrane. Copyright: BBC

Alun Cochrane's Fun House

Episode 3 - The Bathroom

Comedian Alun Cochrane has a 25-year mortgage, which he can only pay off by being funny. This week, the third date of his house-wide tour, things take place in the bathroom.

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 1, Episode 16 - The End Of The Series

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 5, Episode 9

A cricket lament, and Wild West drama The Lone Stranger.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Alun Cochrane's Fun House. Alun Cochrane. Copyright: BBC

Alun Cochrane's Fun House

Episode 2 - The Living Room

The second date of Alun's house-wide tour takes place in the living room.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Mark Steel Solution. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

The Mark Steel Solution

Series 1, Episode 4 - Start School At 35

Radical proposals to improve our lives with the comedian's education shake-up.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Matt Berry

I, Regress

Series 2, Episode 3

Matt Berry plays a corrupt and bizarre hypnotherapist taking unsuspecting clients on twisted, misleading journeys through their subconscious.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
We Are Klang. Image shows from L to R: Marek Larwood, Greg Davies, Steve Hall. Copyright: BBC

We Are Klang

Episode 3 - Explorer

Travelling, meeting people, growing beards and dysentry - the show meets two of the UK's most celebrated explorers.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Don't Start. Image shows from L to R: Kim (Katherine Parkinson), Neil (Frank Skinner). Copyright: Avalon Television

Don't Start

Series 1, Episode 4 - Idea

Celery rears its ugly head again as Neil attempts his Androcles and the lion tactic.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
At Home With The Snails. George (Geoffrey Palmer)

At Home With The Snails

Series 2, Episode 4

Alex is now using the internet to connect with other snail lovers - but it only connects him with George and an experimental doctor. Alex's relationships with snails, his parents and his girlfriend reach a tumultuous conclusion.

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

And Another Thing...

Episode 3

Part three of the sixth book in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy 'trilogy', in which a deal is struck and there is some bad Vogon poetry.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Series 4, Episode 1 - Dependent Relatives

Sarah is missing daughter Clare, and her mother Eleanor is still very irritating.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
It's Your Round. Angus Deayton. Copyright: BBC

It's Your Round

Series 1, Episode 2

Andy Parsons, Rebecca Front, Miles Jupp and prog-rock legend Rick Wakeman battle it out to see who can beat each other at their own games.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Two Doors Down

Two Doors Down

Episode 3.1, Tuned to Moan FM: 4 Extra Debut. Marlborough Road resident Clare needs a babysitter while she lectures in Sligo.

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