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Radio schedule Friday 5th July 2013

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Nineteen Ninety-Four

Nineteen Ninety-Four

Episode 5, Power is Happiness: Edward could be up for promotion, but will it go to his head?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
The Sinha Test. Paul Sinha. Copyright: BBC

The Sinha Test

Comedian Paul Sinha, a very English Indian, examines cricket and national identity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 8, Episode 11 - The PM Papa

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

From duelling kings to a Commons washroom attendant, it's the ultimate one-man show, written by the host.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Alison And Maud

Alison And Maud

Episode 2.3, Golf Is a Four-Letter Word: Landlady Maud seeks solace in Test Match Special, while sister Alison gets in a flap.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Spending My Inheritance. Image shows from L to R: Brian (Kenneth Cranham), Liz (Judy Parfitt), Jess (Antonia Thomas), Harry (Kris Marshall), Jo (Raquel Cassidy). Copyright: BBC

Spending My Inheritance

Episode 2 - Voluntary Service

Harry tries to interest his parents in voluntary work, all part of a plan to try and stop them spending their equity release cash.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters. Tom Wrigglesworth. Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters

Series 1, Episode 4 - Estate Agents

Tom wonders why we still need estate agents.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 8, Episode 11 - The PM Papa

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

From duelling kings to a Commons washroom attendant, it's the ultimate one-man show, written by the host.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Beachcomber... By The Way

Beachcomber... By The Way

Series 1, Episode 1

Humourous tales based on J. B. Morton's popular and whimsical Daily Express column, By The Way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Nineteen Ninety-Four

Nineteen Ninety-Four

Episode 5, Power is Happiness: Edward could be up for promotion, but will it go to his head?

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm
30 min
Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 81, Episode 2

Sandi Toksvig and panellists Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Nathan Caton and Hugo Rifkind take a sideways look at the week's news, with Corrie Corfield reading out the cuttings.

Absolute Radio 7pm
30 min
BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 8, Episode 11 - The PM Papa

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

From duelling kings to a Commons washroom attendant, it's the ultimate one-man show, written by the host.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Sinha Test. Paul Sinha. Copyright: BBC

The Sinha Test

Comedian Paul Sinha, a very English Indian, examines cricket and national identity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Danny Robins Music Therapy. Danny Robins. Copyright: BBC

Danny Robins Music Therapy

Episode 3

Danny helps the worst five-a-side football team in the country and boosts the confidence of a listener who, at under five feet tall, feels that the world is heightist. Also, Danny tries to use music to cure obesity and Isy attempts to help people with phobias. With guest saxophonist Scott Garland and How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? star Connie Fisher.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack. Lucy Montgomery. Copyright: BBC

Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack

Series 1, Episode 3

Sketch show packed with characters from a non-stop chattering public school girl to an 80-year-old diva.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Continuity. Announcer (Alistair McGowan). Copyright: Unique Productions

Continuity

Episode 3

There's a treat in store with the new series of Living By Numbers (about the numbers we live by), a major retrospective of the Volgograd painters' love affair with the colour blue, and a gritty and disturbing report on the Swedish milk crisis. And the series on Philosophical Logic continues to be appointment to listen listening. Obviously.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
Strangers On Trains. Copyright: BBC

Strangers On Trains

Episode 3

Nat asks strange men about sex and dating.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Alison And Maud

Alison And Maud

Episode 2.3, Golf Is a Four-Letter Word: Landlady Maud seeks solace in Test Match Special, while sister Alison gets in a flap.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Spending My Inheritance. Image shows from L to R: Brian (Kenneth Cranham), Liz (Judy Parfitt), Jess (Antonia Thomas), Harry (Kris Marshall), Jo (Raquel Cassidy). Copyright: BBC

Spending My Inheritance

Episode 2 - Voluntary Service

Harry tries to interest his parents in voluntary work, all part of a plan to try and stop them spending their equity release cash.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Beachcomber... By The Way

Beachcomber... By The Way

Series 1, Episode 1

Humourous tales based on J. B. Morton's popular and whimsical Daily Express column, By The Way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Nineteen Ninety-Four

Nineteen Ninety-Four

Episode 5, Power is Happiness: Edward could be up for promotion, but will it go to his head?

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