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Radio schedule Friday 23rd August 2013

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
The Right Time

The Right Time

Episode 3.6, There's a Star Trek shock on the sketch show for people growing older disgracefully.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Episode 5, The Economist: Fuming Harold decides the business needs some bite.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Life With The Lyons. Image shows from L to R: Richard (Richard Lyon), Barbara (Barbara Lyon), Ben (Ben Lyon). Copyright: BBC

Life With The Lyons

The Play's the Thing: Barbara is playing Ophelia in the school show. Could this be her big break?

Radio 4 9am (repeat)
Goodness Gracious Me. Image shows from L to R: Nina Wadia, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar. Copyright: BBC

The Reunion

Sue MacGregor gathers some of the key people behind the British Asian sketch show Goodness Gracious Me, including Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Anil Gupta.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
King Street Junior. Copyright: BBC

King Street Junior

Series 10, Episode 4 - Target Practice

A jumble sale and a sponsored swim are among the ideas for a fund-raising event.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Robert Lindsay

Electric Ink

Series 1, Episode 3

Using Twitter as a source, Freddy inadvertently breaks a top story about the Treasury.

BBC Radio Scotland 10:30am
90 min
MacAulay And Co. Image shows from L to R: Fred MacAulay, Susan Calman. Copyright: BBC

MacAulay And Co

Edinburgh 2013, Episode 15

Fred MacAulay is back with another daily dose of news and comedy from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
With Nobbs On. David Nobbs. Copyright: Curtains For Radio

With Nobbs On

Episode 3 - From Rejection To The Rise And Fall... And Rise Of Reggie Perrin

David Nobbs retells his experiences as the success of The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin changes his life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Episode 5, The Economist: Fuming Harold decides the business needs some bite.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Life With The Lyons. Image shows from L to R: Richard (Richard Lyon), Barbara (Barbara Lyon), Ben (Ben Lyon). Copyright: BBC

Life With The Lyons

The Play's the Thing: Barbara is playing Ophelia in the school show. Could this be her big break?

Radio 4 3:45pm
15 min
Comic Fringes. Copyright: BBC

Comic Fringes

Series 9, Episode 1 - The Understudy

Crammed into her tiny dressing room, an actress looks back on the highs and lows - mainly lows - of her life and career. A poignant and funny monologue written and performed by Jenny Éclair.

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

Second Thoughts

Episode 4.2, Short Change: Bill and Faith's dream of riverside luxury is thwarted by her children.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
The Right Time

The Right Time

Episode 3.6, There's a Star Trek shock on the sketch show for people growing older disgracefully.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Mort

Terry Pratchett's Mort

Episode 3

Death has fun in the real world, leaving Mort and his daughter Ysabell in charge of the life collecting business.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm
30 min
Come The Revolution. Chris Corcoran

Come The Revolution

Episode 3 - Jarred Christmas

Could Jarred Christmas lead The People 'Come the Revolution'?

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Rory Bremner

Bremner's One Question Quiz

Episode 2

Rory Bremner presents a topical satire show that blends stand-up, sketch, investigative satire and interviews.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Episode 5, The Economist: Fuming Harold decides the business needs some bite.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Life With The Lyons. Image shows from L to R: Richard (Richard Lyon), Barbara (Barbara Lyon), Ben (Ben Lyon). Copyright: BBC

Life With The Lyons

The Play's the Thing: Barbara is playing Ophelia in the school show. Could this be her big break?

Radio 4 9pm (repeat)
Alistair McGowan

Kind Hearts And Coronets: Like Father, Like Daughter

Radio sequel to the classic murderous comedy. Unity Holland kills her way to dukedom by dispatching members of the Gascoyne family.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Where Did It All Go Wrong?

Where Did It All Go Wrong?

Episode 3, Heinrich Prikk's Considered Conclusions: The world's greatest philosopher conjures all sorts of conundrums and demolishes every philosophy known to man - including his own.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:20pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:55pm (repeat)
I've Never Seen Star Wars. Marcus Brigstocke. Copyright: BBC

I've Never Seen Star Wars

Series 3, Episode 5 - John Lloyd

John Lloyd does his first stand-up gig and watches The Wire.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Flight Of The Conchords. Copyright: BBC

The Flight Of The Conchords

Episode 4, Pop Song: The band want to pen a song for a teen idol without selling out.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
Mort

Terry Pratchett's Mort

Episode 3

Death has fun in the real world, leaving Mort and his daughter Ysabell in charge of the life collecting business.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
King Street Junior. Copyright: BBC

King Street Junior

Series 10, Episode 4 - Target Practice

A jumble sale and a sponsored swim are among the ideas for a fund-raising event.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Robert Lindsay

Electric Ink

Series 1, Episode 3

Using Twitter as a source, Freddy inadvertently breaks a top story about the Treasury.

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

Second Thoughts

Episode 4.2, Short Change: Bill and Faith's dream of riverside luxury is thwarted by her children.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
The Right Time

The Right Time

Episode 3.6, There's a Star Trek shock on the sketch show for people growing older disgracefully.

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