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Radio schedule Tuesday 22nd July 2014

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Safety Catch. Simon McGrath (Darren Boyd). Copyright: BBC

Safety Catch

Series 3, Episode 1 - Better The Devil You Know

Reluctant arms dealer Simon McGrath finally has the opportunity to leave his dubious line of employment when an American company puts in a takeover bid.

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

Beauty Of Britain

Series 2, Episode 4 - The Delegate

Beauty is sent to the 'End of Life' care conference, where she struggles to understand the peculiar behaviour of the British at a conference.

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 8, Episode 1 - Spon

A brown terror awaits Dick Emery, who's filling Harry Secombe's shoes, but not his trousers.

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

The Al Read Show

A look at the fire brigade and the morning after the night before.

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

The News Quiz

Series 84, Episode 7

Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and guest panellists David Mitchell, Andy Hamilton and Rebecca Front.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:45am (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

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 8, Episode 1 - Spon

A brown terror awaits Dick Emery, who's filling Harry Secombe's shoes, but not his trousers.

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

The Al Read Show

A look at the fire brigade and the morning after the night before.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Lewis Macleod's Wired News. Image shows from L to R: Scarlett Mack, Gerry MacLaughlin, Anita Corduroy (Gabriel Quigley), Lewis (Lewis Macleod). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Lewis Macleod's Wired News

Episode 1 - Games Special

Comic voice actor and mimic Lewis Macleod takes a satirical look at the build up to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, with guest stars Gabriel Quigley, Gerry Mclaughlin and Scarlett Mack.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Huddwinks

Huddwinks

Episode 2, Henry the Vee: His Majesty fights the French at Agincourt, but will the Bard or Barbara Cartland win the day?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Safety Catch. Simon McGrath (Darren Boyd). Copyright: BBC

Safety Catch

Series 3, Episode 1 - Better The Devil You Know

Reluctant arms dealer Simon McGrath finally has the opportunity to leave his dubious line of employment when an American company puts in a takeover bid.

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

Life: An Idiot's Guide

Series 3, Episode 5 - Penny Pinching And Austerity

Stephen K Amos and his comedy friends compile a guide to life. Stephen is joined by comedians Suzi Ruffell, Tom Rhodes and Andy Zaltzman to present a guide to penny pinching and austerity.

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 8, Episode 1 - Spon

A brown terror awaits Dick Emery, who's filling Harry Secombe's shoes, but not his trousers.

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

The Al Read Show

A look at the fire brigade and the morning after the night before.

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

Beauty Of Britain

Series 2, Episode 4 - The Delegate

Beauty is sent to the 'End of Life' care conference, where she struggles to understand the peculiar behaviour of the British at a conference.

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

Concrete Cow

Series 1, Episode 6

Sketches include the rude train announcement, Thomas Hardy meeting his agent and the theft of Hitler's ball.

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 6 - Lives Lost, Ruined, Wrecked And Redeemed

Pip and Ripely find themselves facing a vast and evil undead army. England has only one hope - that Miss Sweetly Delightful can melt Mr Benevolent's cruel, undead heart.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
And Now, In Colour

And Now, In Colour

Series 1, Episode 2 - Mike's House

Comedy series starring Tim Firth, Tim de Jongh, Michael Marshall Smith and William Vandyck.

BBC Radio Scotland 5am (repeat)
Lewis Macleod's Wired News. Image shows from L to R: Scarlett Mack, Gerry MacLaughlin, Anita Corduroy (Gabriel Quigley), Lewis (Lewis Macleod). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Lewis Macleod's Wired News

Episode 1 - Games Special

Comic voice actor and mimic Lewis Macleod takes a satirical look at the build up to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, with guest stars Gabriel Quigley, Gerry Mclaughlin and Scarlett Mack.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Huddwinks

Huddwinks

Episode 2, Henry the Vee: His Majesty fights the French at Agincourt, but will the Bard or Barbara Cartland win the day?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Safety Catch. Simon McGrath (Darren Boyd). Copyright: BBC

Safety Catch

Series 3, Episode 1 - Better The Devil You Know

Reluctant arms dealer Simon McGrath finally has the opportunity to leave his dubious line of employment when an American company puts in a takeover bid.

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