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Radio schedule Wednesday 18th March 2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Richard Wilson

Believe It!

Series 2, Episode 4

After a near-death experience with his beloved cat, Richard decides to arrange his own fantasy funeral.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Chain Reaction. Copyright: BBC

Chain Reaction

Series 10, Episode 4 - Vic Reeves interviews Olivia Colman

Vic Reeves, one half of comedy double act Vic & Bob, talks to three-time Bafta Award-winning actress Olivia Colman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 2, Episode 11 - Strike Up The Band

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 4, Episode 7

Making movie news this week, The Lone Hydrangea and The Sound of Monks.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
So Wrong It's Right. Charlie Brooker. Copyright: Zeppotron

So Wrong It's Right

Series 2, Episode 6

Comics Lee Mack, Sarah Millican and writer Graham Linehan battle to supply the finest wrong answers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Educated Evans

Educated Evans

Episode 2, The Snout: Can the skint 1920s tipster plot revenge on a local informant and end up a winner too?

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Dot. Dot (Fenella Woolgar). Copyright: BBC

Dot

Episode 1 - Pilot

Dot's had enough of making tea in the Cabinet War Rooms. When she finds a cryptic message in the newspaper she enlists the help of her friends, Myrtle and Pearl, to catch the spy. Can they do it? And will it prove to be the big break Dot's been waiting for?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 2, Episode 11 - Strike Up The Band

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 4, Episode 7

Making movie news this week, The Lone Hydrangea and The Sound of Monks.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Lunch. Image shows from L to R: Bill (Stephen Mangan), Bella (Claire Skinner). Copyright: BBC

Lunch

Series 2, Episode 3 - The Spotlight

Bill is in a state, as he has been invited on Newsnight to debate the economy. Bella decides to give him a mock interview.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Flying The Flag

Flying The Flag

Episode 4, Compromising Positions: The British ambassador is suspicious over an embarrassing photo of William.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Richard Wilson

Believe It!

Series 2, Episode 4

After a near-death experience with his beloved cat, Richard decides to arrange his own fantasy funeral.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
So Wrong It's Right. Charlie Brooker. Copyright: Zeppotron

So Wrong It's Right

Series 2, Episode 6

Comics Lee Mack, Sarah Millican and writer Graham Linehan battle to supply the finest wrong answers.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Chain Reaction. Copyright: BBC

Chain Reaction

Series 10, Episode 5 - Olivia Colman interviews Sharon Horgan

Olivia Colman, star of Broadchurch and Twenty Twelve, talks to Sharon Horgan, writer and star of Bafta-nominated sitcom Pulling.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Navy Lark. Copyright: BBC

The Navy Lark

Series 2, Episode 11 - Strike Up The Band

Classic radio sitcom about life aboard a British Royal Navy frigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 4, Episode 7

Making movie news this week, The Lone Hydrangea and The Sound of Monks.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Chain Reaction. Copyright: BBC

Chain Reaction

Series 10, Episode 4 - Vic Reeves interviews Olivia Colman

Vic Reeves, one half of comedy double act Vic & Bob, talks to three-time Bafta Award-winning actress Olivia Colman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

Series 3, Episode 5 - 2001 A Space Idiocy

Arthur invests in a mobile phone. Although this proves rather more of a problem than first anticipated, it leads to Arthur taking on a hospital radio show engagement. A case of mistaken identity, however, means all does not go as planned.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
Hannah Gadsby: Arts Clown. Hannah Gadsby. Copyright: BBC

Hannah Gadsby: Arts Clown

Episode 3 - Michelangelo's David

Hannah shares her affection for and knowledge of David, with all his imperfections.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Maltby Collection. Copyright: BBC

The Maltby Collection

Series 3, Episode 1

The credit crunch is hitting the museum and Walter announces that there is likely to be redundancies.

Radio 4 11:15pm
15 min
Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme. Key (Tim Key). Copyright: BBC

Tim Key's Poetry Programme

Series 3, Episode 5 - Sleep

Tim broadcasts from the bedroom of his long-suffering guitarist Tom Basden. Tim hopes Tom's wife Megan will wake up so he can interview her about her dreams.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Penny Dreadfuls Present.... Image shows from L to R: Humphrey Ker, Thom Tuck, David Reed

The Penny Dreadfuls Present...

The Brothers Faversham, Episode 4 - Augustus

The Penny Dreadfuls present the story of Augustus, the greatest illusionist in the history of Victorian Britain and the fourth born of the Faversham Brothers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
Lunch. Image shows from L to R: Bill (Stephen Mangan), Bella (Claire Skinner). Copyright: BBC

Lunch

Series 2, Episode 3 - The Spotlight

Bill is in a state, as he has been invited on Newsnight to debate the economy. Bella decides to give him a mock interview.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (repeat)
So Wrong It's Right. Charlie Brooker. Copyright: Zeppotron

So Wrong It's Right

Series 2, Episode 6

Comics Lee Mack, Sarah Millican and writer Graham Linehan battle to supply the finest wrong answers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Flying The Flag

Flying The Flag

Episode 4, Compromising Positions: The British ambassador is suspicious over an embarrassing photo of William.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Richard Wilson

Believe It!

Series 2, Episode 4

After a near-death experience with his beloved cat, Richard decides to arrange his own fantasy funeral.

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