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Radio schedule Friday 2nd May 2014

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Prunella Scales

Smelling Of Roses

Series 3, Episode 2 - Promises, Promises

Tasked with organising an auction of promises for a posh school, Rosie finds that it's not the parents who are upper-crust so much as the pupils...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler. Tim Fitzhigham. Copyright: BBC

Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler

Series 1, Episode 4

Tim FitzHigham recreates an 18th Century bet, attempting to travel 25mph on water using only the means available to a gentleman in 1765. History books record of the original attempt, "Something snapped, there was a fatality and the wager was abandoned."

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 5.4, A Winter's Tale: Harold wants a holiday but without his father Albert.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 1, The Birthday Present: The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic crime writer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Millport. Copyright: BBC

Millport

Series 3, Episode 6 - The End Of The Beginning

The island make-over has turned horribly sour and with Irene gone, the only person to save the island from being bulldozed is Bunty Pierce. But with her ailing health and hermit ways, will she leave her vegetables to rescue the island's integrity? And will Irene change her mind about mainland life and return to the island for good?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 4

With Holly Walsh in the Up-And-Comers, Justin Moorhouse in the Current Crop and Barry Cryer in the Old Guard.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
PCSO Hat

Hobby Bobbies

Series 1, Episode 4 - Dangerous Dogs

Our heroes are dispatched to investigate a nuisance caller and her dangerous dog - but stumble into the local drugs racket.

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 5.4, A Winter's Tale: Harold wants a holiday but without his father Albert.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 1, The Birthday Present: The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic crime writer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Second Holmes

Second Holmes

Episode 3, The Case of the Reading Undertaker: The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the death of a man by crossbow.

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

Smelling Of Roses

Series 3, Episode 2 - Promises, Promises

Tasked with organising an auction of promises for a posh school, Rosie finds that it's not the parents who are upper-crust so much as the pupils...

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 43, Episode 3

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Marcus Brigstocke, John Finnemore, Laura Shavin and Grace Petrie for a comic round up of the week's news.

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 5.4, A Winter's Tale: Harold wants a holiday but without his father Albert.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 1, The Birthday Present: The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic crime writer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler. Tim Fitzhigham. Copyright: BBC

Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler

Series 1, Episode 4

Tim FitzHigham recreates an 18th Century bet, attempting to travel 25mph on water using only the means available to a gentleman in 1765. History books record of the original attempt, "Something snapped, there was a fatality and the wager was abandoned."

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:35pm (repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 2, Episode 1 - Sheila Hancock

Rufus Hound invites Sheila Hancock to read extracts from her teenage diaries.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:10pm (repeat)
That Mitchell & Webb Sound. Image shows from L to R: Robert Webb, David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

That Mitchell & Webb Sound

Series 4, Episode 5

Sketches include how to leave your body to evil, a date with a slightly disappointing superhero, the perils of compulsory workplace drinking, and the god of Easter Island puts a brave face on an unwanted gift.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
Julian Fox: On A Lonely Planet. Copyright: BBC

Julian Fox: On A Lonely Planet

Episode 1, Herne Hill: Herne Hill resident Julian Fox decides to make a travel programme, without leaving his flat in South London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Millport. Copyright: BBC

Millport

Series 3, Episode 6 - The End Of The Beginning

The island make-over has turned horribly sour and with Irene gone, the only person to save the island from being bulldozed is Bunty Pierce. But with her ailing health and hermit ways, will she leave her vegetables to rescue the island's integrity? And will Irene change her mind about mainland life and return to the island for good?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 4

With Holly Walsh in the Up-And-Comers, Justin Moorhouse in the Current Crop and Barry Cryer in the Old Guard.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Second Holmes

Second Holmes

Episode 3, The Case of the Reading Undertaker: The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the death of a man by crossbow.

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

Smelling Of Roses

Series 3, Episode 2 - Promises, Promises

Tasked with organising an auction of promises for a posh school, Rosie finds that it's not the parents who are upper-crust so much as the pupils...

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