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Radio schedule Monday 7th October 2013

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Married. Robin Lightfoot (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC

Married

Series 3, Episode 1

To his horror, Robin is going through a phase of being nice. But 'wife' Lesley is now an artist and doesn't want to know him. So Robin is left holding the baby - well, two teenagers and three babies.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: Humphrey Ker, John Lloyd. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 6, Episode 1 - Meeting Thirty-One

Humphrey Ker joins John Lloyd as the Museum opens up the sixth gallery. This week's generous donors are Egyptologist Prof. Joann Fletcher, who is presenting us with a hugely significant Roman coin; explorer Col. John Blashford-Snell, who brings a compass that led its owner the greatest one-liner in history; and the comedian Mark Watson, who is offering us something rather small and personal.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Episode 3.14: Trouble at sea for Kenneth Horne, and Julian and Sandy go trolling on a bona fox hunt.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Ray's A Laugh

Ray's A Laugh

Ted's wife Kitty goes to the sales, while George chases a film star around Waterloo.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Cowards. Image shows from L to R: Tim Key, Stefan Golaszewski, Lloyd Woolf, Tom Basden. Copyright: BBC

Cowards

Series 1, Episode 6

Sketch comedy from Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf. Moustaches and job interviews in the bizarre world of the comedy sketch show team.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Beauty Of Britain. Beauty Olonga (Jocelyn Jee Esien). Copyright: BBC

Beauty Of Britain

Series 1, Episode 3 - Girl With A Polycotton Tabard

Beauty wonders why so many British men get stuck in the emotional wilderness and find it hard to communicate with each other, as she deals with an elderly gentleman and his son.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Reception. Image shows from L to R: Clarissa (Morwenna Banks), Brian (Adrian Scarborough), Danny (Amit Shah). Copyright: Avalon Television

Reception

Episode 6 - Just The Job

A brash new employee at the ad agency gives Danny hope that he finally has a chance of getting a job upstairs, but Brian and Clarissa have other ideas.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Episode 3.14: Trouble at sea for Kenneth Horne, and Julian and Sandy go trolling on a bona fox hunt.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Ray's A Laugh

Ray's A Laugh

Ted's wife Kitty goes to the sales, while George chases a film star around Waterloo.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Ladies Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Irene (Prunella Scales), Vera (Patricia Routledge). Copyright: BBC

Ladies Of Letters

Episode 3.6: The mystery stalker is a headache for both Vera and Irene. Just who is he?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Anything Legal

Anything Legal

Episode 4: George and Charles tackle a horrid child and a bizarre giant.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Married. Robin Lightfoot (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC

Married

Series 3, Episode 1

To his horror, Robin is going through a phase of being nice. But 'wife' Lesley is now an artist and doesn't want to know him. So Robin is left holding the baby - well, two teenagers and three babies.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: Humphrey Ker, John Lloyd. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 6, Episode 2 - Meeting Thirty-Two

Donations this week come from evolutionary anthropologist Prof. Volker Sommer, singer and pianist Amanda Palmer and comedian, steampunk guitarist and occult transvestite Andrew O'Neill.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Episode 3.14: Trouble at sea for Kenneth Horne, and Julian and Sandy go trolling on a bona fox hunt.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Ray's A Laugh

Ray's A Laugh

Ted's wife Kitty goes to the sales, while George chases a film star around Waterloo.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: Humphrey Ker, John Lloyd. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 6, Episode 1 - Meeting Thirty-One

Humphrey Ker joins John Lloyd as the Museum opens up the sixth gallery. This week's generous donors are Egyptologist Prof. Joann Fletcher, who is presenting us with a hugely significant Roman coin; explorer Col. John Blashford-Snell, who brings a compass that led its owner the greatest one-liner in history; and the comedian Mark Watson, who is offering us something rather small and personal.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Cowards. Image shows from L to R: Tim Key, Stefan Golaszewski, Lloyd Woolf, Tom Basden. Copyright: BBC

Cowards

Series 1, Episode 6

Sketch comedy from Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf. Moustaches and job interviews in the bizarre world of the comedy sketch show team.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a mix of stand-up, sketches and songs in this popular topical comedy show for Radio 4.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Warhorses Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Marengo (Stephen Fry), Copenhagen (Daniel Rigby). Copyright: BBC

Warhorses Of Letters

Series 2, Episode 2

The Duke of Wellington's horse Copenhagen's romance with Marengo (Napoleon's horse) has lead to a proposal of marriage. But planning a wedding is fraught with arguments for our gay horses...church or wood? Should people be invited or just horses? And which of them is the groom?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?. Micky Flanagan. Copyright: BBC

Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?

Episode 2 - 1980s

In this episode Micky takes us through his 1980's, spent running away to New York and being the "international lover and player of the East End."

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Cowards. Image shows from L to R: Tim Key, Stefan Golaszewski, Lloyd Woolf, Tom Basden. Copyright: BBC

Cowards

Series 1, Episode 6

Sketch comedy from Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf. Moustaches and job interviews in the bizarre world of the comedy sketch show team.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Beauty Of Britain. Beauty Olonga (Jocelyn Jee Esien). Copyright: BBC

Beauty Of Britain

Series 1, Episode 3 - Girl With A Polycotton Tabard

Beauty wonders why so many British men get stuck in the emotional wilderness and find it hard to communicate with each other, as she deals with an elderly gentleman and his son.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Anything Legal

Anything Legal

Episode 4: George and Charles tackle a horrid child and a bizarre giant.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Married. Robin Lightfoot (Hugh Bonneville). Copyright: BBC

Married

Series 3, Episode 1

To his horror, Robin is going through a phase of being nice. But 'wife' Lesley is now an artist and doesn't want to know him. So Robin is left holding the baby - well, two teenagers and three babies.

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