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Radio schedule Tuesday 3rd December 2013

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
That Mitchell & Webb Sound. Image shows from L to R: Robert Webb, David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

That Mitchell & Webb Sound

Series 5, Episode 1

This week's sketches include the future of farming - battery penguins; Thomas Hardy's exciting idea to make his books even sadder; and the very confusing goings on in a cash-register shop.

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

Series 6, Episode 8 - Shangri-La Again

Neddie, Eccles and Bloodnok visit the mysetrious land of Shangri-La, where everyone seems to live forever.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Harry Worth

Thirty Minutes Worth

Episode 2 - The Doctor

The comedian's doctor prescribes him a sunshine holiday.

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

The News Quiz

A long-running satirical Radio 4 panel show that takes a look at the week's more humorous news stories.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:45am (repeat)
Hearing With Hegley. John Hegley

Hearing With Hegley

Episode 4: The Luton laureate visits the Cheltenham Literary Festival, and finds that some poems just don't want to be read.

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
HighLites. Beverley (Lorraine Ashbourne). Copyright: BBC

HighLites

HighLites: Split Ends, Episode 2

Bev's plans to muscle in on the arrangements for Theresa and Nigel's wedding are moving forward. But whether Lois, the wedding planner, is delighted with this prospect is another matter.

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

Series 6, Episode 8 - Shangri-La Again

Neddie, Eccles and Bloodnok visit the mysetrious land of Shangri-La, where everyone seems to live forever.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Harry Worth

Thirty Minutes Worth

Episode 2 - The Doctor

The comedian's doctor prescribes him a sunshine holiday.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
A Whole New Ball Game

A Whole New Ball Game

Episode 5, Found Wanting: Robert decides to save Barbara from biker Andy, so enlists Father Benedict as an avenger.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
That Mitchell & Webb Sound. Image shows from L to R: Robert Webb, David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

That Mitchell & Webb Sound

Series 5, Episode 2

Comedy sketches from the quirky world of David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

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

Series 6, Episode 8 - Shangri-La Again

Neddie, Eccles and Bloodnok visit the mysetrious land of Shangri-La, where everyone seems to live forever.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Harry Worth

Thirty Minutes Worth

Episode 2 - The Doctor

The comedian's doctor prescribes him a sunshine holiday.

Radio 4 7:45pm (repeat)
HighLites. Beverley (Lorraine Ashbourne). Copyright: BBC

HighLites

Comedy drama following the world's worst hairdressers, Bev and her assistant, Shirley.

Radio 2 logo 10pm
30 min
BBC New Comedy Award. Steve Bugeja. Copyright: BBC

BBC New Comedy Award

2013, Episode 11 - Semi Final 2

Patrick Kielty is in Birmingham for the second of the two semi-finals of the BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2013.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
That Mitchell & Webb Sound. Image shows from L to R: Robert Webb, David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

That Mitchell & Webb Sound

Series 5, Episode 1

This week's sketches include the future of farming - battery penguins; Thomas Hardy's exciting idea to make his books even sadder; and the very confusing goings on in a cash-register shop.

Radio 2 logo 10:30pm (repeat)
The Blagger's Guide. David Quantick. Copyright: Unique Productions

The Blagger's Guide

Blagger's Guide To Bob Dylan, Special - The Blagger's Guide To Bob Dylan

To coincide with Bob Dylan's European tour dates, this one-off programme takes a light-hearted look at the 50-year career of one of rock's most enigmatic singer-songwriters.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Castle. Image shows from L to R: Sir William De Warenne (Neil Dudgeon), Lady Anne Woodstock (Martha Howe-Douglas), Lady Charlotte (Ingrid Oliver), Sir John Woodstock (James Fleet). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

The Castle

Series 1, Episode 6

Featuring an art exhibition, a strolling footpad, a dodgy flat-pack scaffold and a lawnmower.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Delve Special. David Lander (Stephen Fry). Copyright: BBC

Delve Special

Series 3, Episode 1 - A Rocket For Defence

Reporter David Lander investigates whether we really need the new 'Sea Snake' torpedo.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Mordrin McDonald: 21st-Century Wizard. Mordrin McDonald (David Kay). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Mordrin McDonald: 21st-Century Wizard

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Root Of All Evil

This week Mordrin recruits ally and former Wizard activist Ben The Brown to settle a garden dispute with his neighbour Jill.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
Date With Fate

Date With Fate

Episode 3, Nice Little Number: Vernon Hedges sets out to prove that Lady Luck does not exist.

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

The News Quiz

A long-running satirical Radio 4 panel show that takes a look at the week's more humorous news stories.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:45am (repeat)
Hearing With Hegley. John Hegley

Hearing With Hegley

Episode 4: The Luton laureate visits the Cheltenham Literary Festival, and finds that some poems just don't want to be read.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
A Whole New Ball Game

A Whole New Ball Game

Episode 5, Found Wanting: Robert decides to save Barbara from biker Andy, so enlists Father Benedict as an avenger.

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