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Radio schedule Tuesday 1st July 2014

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Snap. Copyright: BBC

Snap

Series 3, Episode 4

With Doug's mother milking her accident for all its worth and their two teenage children suffering from being dumped after their first forays into romance, there's no time for Molly and Doug to spend time with each other.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Beauty Of Britain. Beauty Olonga (Jocelyn Jee Esien). Copyright: BBC

Beauty Of Britain

Series 2, Episode 1 - Citroen UXB

Beauty is sent to look after Sarah, who lives with both her mother and daughter - a perfect, happy modern family, like the kind Beauty has seen in feel-good British movies. With her own famly being very demanding, it is understandable when Beauty begins to get too close.

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 7, Episode 21 - Insurance, The White Man's Burden

Neddie Seagoon tries to set fire to the English Channel to claim the insurance.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
The Al Read Show

The Al Read Show

Arriving home late, Al's wife thwarts his efforts to relax.

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

The News Quiz

Series 84, Episode 4

Listen in (with full permission) on Sandi Toksvig and the teams saying funny things about the week's news. The panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Bob Mills, Sara Pascoe and Justin Moorhouse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:45am (repeat)
Foley And McColl: The Interview

Foley And McColl: The Interview

Episode 4, Hereford Hop: The duo tell Parky about diversifying into cheese.

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 7, Episode 21 - Insurance, The White Man's Burden

Neddie Seagoon tries to set fire to the English Channel to claim the insurance.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
The Al Read Show

The Al Read Show

Arriving home late, Al's wife thwarts his efforts to relax.

Radio 2 logo 5pm
Image shows from L to R: Michael Palin, John Cleese

Simon Mayo

Simon Mayo's show comes live from the O2 Arena in London ahead of the opening live show by the legendary Monty Python team. Simon speaks to John Cleese and Michael Palin, as well as Python fans, just before the show starts.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Episode 2.7, The More the Merrier: Charles learns of Izzy's torrid past when her friends join them for a holiday.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Snap. Copyright: BBC

Snap

Series 3, Episode 4

With Doug's mother milking her accident for all its worth and their two teenage children suffering from being dumped after their first forays into romance, there's no time for Molly and Doug to spend time with each other.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (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 6:30pm
30 min
Life: An Idiot's Guide. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC

Life: An Idiot's Guide

Series 3, Episode 2 - Breaking Up

Stephen K Amos is joined by comedians Susan Murray, Tom Craine and Josie Long to present a guide to breaking up.

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 7, Episode 21 - Insurance, The White Man's Burden

Neddie Seagoon tries to set fire to the English Channel to claim the insurance.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
The Al Read Show

The Al Read Show

Arriving home late, Al's wife thwarts his efforts to relax.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Beauty Of Britain. Beauty Olonga (Jocelyn Jee Esien). Copyright: BBC

Beauty Of Britain

Series 2, Episode 1 - Citroen UXB

Beauty is sent to look after Sarah, who lives with both her mother and daughter - a perfect, happy modern family, like the kind Beauty has seen in feel-good British movies. With her own famly being very demanding, it is understandable when Beauty begins to get too close.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Robert Webb

Concrete Cow

Series 1, Episode 3

Sketches include the Sodom Town Council, unlucky tarot reading and the lesser known novels (The First of the Mochicans).

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Clayton Grange. Image shows from L to R: Professor Saunders (Anthony Head), Alice Jameson (Stephanie Racine), Lionel (Don Gilet), Geoff Prowse (Neil Warhurst), Roger Bucks (Paul Barnhill). Copyright: BBC

Clayton Grange

Series 2, Episode 4

Spurred on by Saunders, the weary scientific team tries to impress a visiting Nobel Prize judge with their self-replicating killer robo-ants.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Bleak Expectations. Image shows from L to R: Hardthrasher (Geoffrey Whitehead), Aunt Lily (Celia Imrie), Young Pip (Tom Allen), Mr Gently Benevolent (Anthony Head), Sir Philip Bin (Richard Johnson), Harry Biscuit (James Bachman). Copyright: BBC

Bleak Expectations

Series 3, Episode 3 - A Sort Of Fine Life De-Niced Completely

Pip Bin strives to improve working conditions in his Bin factory, and to end poverty once and for all using Harry Biscuit's anti-poverty cannon. But will his quest distract him from a dastardly plan to steal London and sell it to the French?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Son Of Cliché

Son Of Cliché

Episode 4, Austin Dernoid: Spoofing David Coleman and radio continuity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (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)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Episode 2.7, The More the Merrier: Charles learns of Izzy's torrid past when her friends join them for a holiday.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Snap. Copyright: BBC

Snap

Series 3, Episode 4

With Doug's mother milking her accident for all its worth and their two teenage children suffering from being dumped after their first forays into romance, there's no time for Molly and Doug to spend time with each other.

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