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Radio schedule Friday 16th May 2014

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Prunella Scales

Smelling Of Roses

Series 3, Episode 4 - Leading A Merry Dance

Rosie's no expert on Russian folk music but when she's asked to promote The Gulbekistan Dance Ensemble, she's sure she'll be equal to the challenge...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Bird Island. Image shows from L to R: Jane (Katy Wix), Ben (Reece Shearsmith), Graham (Julian Rhind-Tutt), Mother (Alison Steadman). Copyright: BBC

Bird Island

Series 2, Episode 2

Ben tests out a new coat, suitable for the cold climate and Jane celebrates her birthday.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:45am (repeat)
Don't Start. Image shows from L to R: Kim (Katherine Parkinson), Neil (Frank Skinner). Copyright: Avalon Television

Don't Start

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Toenail

Frank's attempts at recycling strike Kim as an unhealthy obsession with death.

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 5.6, Men of Letters: Albert butts in on Harold's church magazine article.

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

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 3, The Picture: The small-time crime writer and his wife have a clear-out to try and make some cash.

Radio 4 9am (repeat)
Desert Island Discs. Image shows from L to R: Jack Dee, Kirsty Young

Desert Island Discs

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Jack Dee.

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

Act Your Age

Series 2, Episode 6

Team captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker are joined by Hils Barker, Rufus Hound and Cannon & Ball.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Coming Alive

Coming Alive

Episode 2.2, Just One Night: Terry and Sandra come to blows when his ex winds up staying at the community centre.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Image shows from L to R: Tim McInnerny, Haydn Gwynne

Guests Are Like Fish

Episode 2

Joan and Colin arrive to visit Jim and Anna at impossibly short notice.

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 5.6, Men of Letters: Albert butts in on Harold's church magazine article.

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

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 3, The Picture: The small-time crime writer and his wife have a clear-out to try and make some cash.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Second Holmes

Second Holmes

Episode 5, The Case of the Neglected Farm: The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go to Dorset, where a wife is in danger.

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

Smelling Of Roses

Series 3, Episode 4 - Leading A Merry Dance

Rosie's no expert on Russian folk music but when she's asked to promote The Gulbekistan Dance Ensemble, she's sure she'll be equal to the challenge...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 2, Episode 6

Team captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker are joined by Hils Barker, Rufus Hound and Cannon & Ball.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm (repeat)
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 2

This episode may well include sugar obsession, convenient shopping and hippos.

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 5

From football to Eurovision, taxes, Twitter and something hidden in Game Of Thrones - Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by David Quantick, Nathan Caton, Mitch Benn and Pippa Evans for a comic look at some 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 5.6, Men of Letters: Albert butts in on Harold's church magazine article.

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

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 3, The Picture: The small-time crime writer and his wife have a clear-out to try and make some cash.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Bird Island. Image shows from L to R: Jane (Katy Wix), Ben (Reece Shearsmith), Graham (Julian Rhind-Tutt), Mother (Alison Steadman). Copyright: BBC

Bird Island

Series 2, Episode 2

Ben tests out a new coat, suitable for the cold climate and Jane celebrates her birthday.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:15pm (repeat)
Don't Start. Image shows from L to R: Kim (Katherine Parkinson), Neil (Frank Skinner). Copyright: Avalon Television

Don't Start

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Toenail

Frank's attempts at recycling strike Kim as an unhealthy obsession with death.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 2, Episode 3 - Julian Clary

Rufus Hound invites Julian Clary to read embarrassing extracts from his teenage diary.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (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

Episode 4.1: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt, Rob Newman and David Baddiel scrutinise horse racing and party conferences.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World. Image shows from L to R: Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Rebecca Front. Copyright: BBC

Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World

Series 1, Episode 2 - Creation

Free your life from philosophical anxieties in the second of the series that answers the questions other programmes dare not ask. Heretical, confusing, illogical, biased, and a laugh a minute.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 2, Episode 6

Team captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker are joined by Hils Barker, Rufus Hound and Cannon & Ball.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Second Holmes

Second Holmes

Episode 5, The Case of the Neglected Farm: The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go to Dorset, where a wife is in danger.

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

Smelling Of Roses

Series 3, Episode 4 - Leading A Merry Dance

Rosie's no expert on Russian folk music but when she's asked to promote The Gulbekistan Dance Ensemble, she's sure she'll be equal to the challenge...

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