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Radio schedule Wednesday 23rd April 2014

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
Rebecca Front

Incredible Women

Series 3, Episode 3 - Rita Rayner

Jeremy meets singing legend Rita Rayner. She and her sisters are reforming the Rayner Sisters close harmony group, to record a song for a new album of 50s hits with the likes of Michael Buble, Rod Stewart and Ozzy Osborne.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Gloomsbury. Image shows from L to R: Henry Mickleton (Jonathan Coy), Vera Sackcloth-Vest (Miriam Margolyes), DH Lollipop (John Sessions), Lionel Fox (Nigel Planer), Venus Traduces (Morwenna Banks), Ginny Fox (Alison Steadman). Copyright: Little Brother Productions

Gloomsbury

Series 2, Episode 4 - Ever Decreasing Literary Circles

Flushed with success, Ginny holds a literary salon at Vera's castle. Disappointingly the glitterati stay away. Only Venus turns up and she has never read a book in her life.

Radio 4 2:15pm
45 min
Radio 4

The Surprising Effect Of Miss Scarlett Rosebud

Two retired women teachers share a house but little else. Then a former student, now a rock-star, bursts into their lives. The effect is devastating.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Susan Calman Is Convicted. Susan Calman. Copyright: BBC

Susan Calman Is Convicted

Series 2, Episode 4 - What Makes Humans Human?

Susan asks if you can really describe a person by simply stating their genetic code.

Radio 4 7:45pm (repeat)
Rebecca Front

Incredible Women

Series 3, Episode 3 - Rita Rayner

Jeremy meets singing legend Rita Rayner. She and her sisters are reforming the Rayner Sisters close harmony group, to record a song for a new album of 50s hits with the likes of Michael Buble, Rod Stewart and Ozzy Osborne.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
It Is Rocket Science!. Helen Keen. Copyright: BBC

It Is Rocket Science!

Series 3, Episode 4 - Astronomical Errors

A whistlestop tour of the history of astronomy and the mistakes that have taught us lessons and lead us out into the stars. Also Isaac Newton's x-rated teenage diary.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Bunk Bed

Bunk Bed

Series 1, Episode 4

Patrick Marber and Peter Curran find refuge from the hurly burly of life in a bunk bed late at night, where they talk through the darkness.

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