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Radio schedule Friday 6th December 2013

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Prunella Scales

Smelling Of Roses

Series 1, Episode 3 - Positive Thinking

Rosie's company goes New Age, promoting the Brighton leg of a lecture tour by a Californian positive-thinking guru.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Meet David Sedaris. David Sedaris

Meet David Sedaris

Series of comical essays written and performed for Radio 4 by American-born humourist David Sedaris.

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 2.7, Homes Fit for Heroes: Harold and Albert quarrel over his plans to travel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Series 1, Episode 5 - Jobs For The Boys

Hacker discovers that he is being kept in the dark about a government project. Everyone else seems to know about it mind. Sir Humphrey, Bernard and his own chauffeur know more than he does. Meanwhile, Sir Humphrey tires to get a banker friend of his the chairmanship of a quango.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Girls Will Be Girls

Episode 1: The Bobo girls take to the stage with music and comedy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
The Change. Image shows left to right: Carol (Lynda Bellingham), George (Christopher Ellison)

The Change

Series 1, Episode 6 - When a Man Loves a Woman

Carol receives an unexpected visit from Ken. He knows George's secret and thinks that Carol could do with the attention of a "real" man. Unfortunately, whilst in the throes of passion with Ken, George is getting beaten up by thugs and the guilt leads Carol to the brink of despair. Can she even accept that her husband wants to wear floral two-pieces?

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

HighLites

HighLites: Split Ends, Episode 5

It's already been quite a week for bride to be, Tess. Maybe a visit to HighLites is the last thing she needs.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
On The Rocks. Image shows from L to R: Frank Gunwallow (Joseph Kloska), Mary (Bec Applebee), Morwenna (Alex Tregear), Tregarthan (Peter Marinker), Grace (Christine Absalom), Len (Ed Gaughan). Copyright: BBC

On The Rocks

Series 1, Episode 2 - Omens

Old Grace is convinced that strange things have started to happen since the new telegraph machine was installed.

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 2.7, Homes Fit for Heroes: Harold and Albert quarrel over his plans to travel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Series 1, Episode 5 - Jobs For The Boys

Hacker discovers that he is being kept in the dark about a government project. Everyone else seems to know about it mind. Sir Humphrey, Bernard and his own chauffeur know more than he does. Meanwhile, Sir Humphrey tires to get a banker friend of his the chairmanship of a quango.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Peter Jones. Copyright: BBC

Capital Gains

Series 1, Episode 1 - Risk Capital

Julius Hutch, amateur philosopher, chooses one word to describe the retirement he is looking forward to - "pottering". But one day he finds his life is changed for ever.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Prunella Scales

Smelling Of Roses

Series 1, Episode 3 - Positive Thinking

Rosie's company goes New Age, promoting the Brighton leg of a lecture tour by a Californian positive-thinking guru.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm
30 min
Here Be Dragons. Image shows from L to R: Lloyd Langford, Gareth Gwynn, Cariad Lloyd, Sian Harries, Nadia Kamil, Benjamin Partridge, Elis James. Copyright: John Stanley Productions

Here Be Dragons

Series 1, Episode 6

The show could well include bees, darts, bottle tops and the Large Hadron Collider.

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

The News Quiz

Series 82, Episode 5

A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with guest panellists Susan Calman, Greg Proops and Bob Mills joining regular guest Jeremy Hardy.

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 2.7, Homes Fit for Heroes: Harold and Albert quarrel over his plans to travel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Series 1, Episode 5 - Jobs For The Boys

Hacker discovers that he is being kept in the dark about a government project. Everyone else seems to know about it mind. Sir Humphrey, Bernard and his own chauffeur know more than he does. Meanwhile, Sir Humphrey tires to get a banker friend of his the chairmanship of a quango.

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.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Meet David Sedaris. David Sedaris

Meet David Sedaris

Series of comical essays written and performed for Radio 4 by American-born humourist David Sedaris.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Consultants

The Consultants

Episode 6: Unisex barbers and wrong telephone numbers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Old Harry's Game. Image shows from L to R: Satan (Andy Hamilton), Gary (Steven O'Donnell). Copyright: BBC

Old Harry's Game

Series 2, Episode 5 - G.U.T.

The Professor tells Satan that humans have failed for years in trying to come up with a grand unifying theory behind the universe. Satan, however, knows the answer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Mary Whitehouse Experience. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, David Baddiel, Steve Punt, Rob Newman. Copyright: BBC

The Mary Whitehouse Experience

Manchester's 1996 Olympic bid is mocked.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Girls Will Be Girls

Episode 1: The Bobo girls take to the stage with music and comedy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
The Change. Image shows left to right: Carol (Lynda Bellingham), George (Christopher Ellison)

The Change

Series 1, Episode 6 - When a Man Loves a Woman

Carol receives an unexpected visit from Ken. He knows George's secret and thinks that Carol could do with the attention of a "real" man. Unfortunately, whilst in the throes of passion with Ken, George is getting beaten up by thugs and the guilt leads Carol to the brink of despair. Can she even accept that her husband wants to wear floral two-pieces?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Peter Jones. Copyright: BBC

Capital Gains

Series 1, Episode 1 - Risk Capital

Julius Hutch, amateur philosopher, chooses one word to describe the retirement he is looking forward to - "pottering". But one day he finds his life is changed for ever.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Prunella Scales

Smelling Of Roses

Series 1, Episode 3 - Positive Thinking

Rosie's company goes New Age, promoting the Brighton leg of a lecture tour by a Californian positive-thinking guru.

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