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Radio schedule Tuesday 25th August 2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
HR. Image shows from L to R: Peter (Jonathan Pryce), Sam (Nicholas Le Prevost). Copyright: BBC

HR

Series 2, Episode 3 - Wandering

Sam and Peter wile away their retirement blues with a holiday in Spain. Suddenly Sam, a lifelong virgin, seems to be presented with a life-changing opportunity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
BBC at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Copyright: BBC

Fresh From The Fringe

2015, Episode 1 - Fresh From The Fringe: 2015

Featuring new Scottish comic Larry Dean, sketch group Daphne, character comedian Emma Sidi, Lancashire's Tez Ilyas and experienced stand-up James Acaster. Andrew Maxwell hosts.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Episode 2.9: Dark doings for Kenneth Horne in The Curse of the Blackstumps, plus a very bona ballet.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Hello Cheeky. Image shows from L to R: Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin, Barry Cryer. Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Hello Cheeky

Series 1, Episode 4

Sketches and jokes from Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and John Junkin.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Dead Ringers. Image shows from L to R: Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson, Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey. Copyright: BBC

Dead Ringers

Series 15, Episode 2

Topical impressions show that offers a satirical take on politics, media and celebrity. Featuring Jon Culshaw, Debra Stephenson, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod and Duncan Wisbey.

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

Such Rotten Luck

Episode 2.4, Penny-Pinching Publisher: Can struggling writer Woodhouse deal with disappointment after his trip to Berlin?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11am (repeat)
Comic Fringes. Copyright: BBC

Comic Fringes

Series 7, Episode 2 - Spooky And The Van

The summer before starting university, young blogger Julian muses on his future and wonders what his odd neighbour is getting up to. By Joe Lycett.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Episode 2.9: Dark doings for Kenneth Horne in The Curse of the Blackstumps, plus a very bona ballet.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Hello Cheeky. Image shows from L to R: Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin, Barry Cryer. Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Hello Cheeky

Series 1, Episode 4

Sketches and jokes from Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and John Junkin.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Clive Anderson. Copyright: BBC

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Episode 1

Guest starring Dawn French and Lenny Henry.

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

Such Rotten Luck

Episode 2.4, Penny-Pinching Publisher: Can struggling writer Woodhouse deal with disappointment after his trip to Berlin?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
HR. Image shows from L to R: Peter (Jonathan Pryce), Sam (Nicholas Le Prevost). Copyright: BBC

HR

Series 2, Episode 3 - Wandering

Sam and Peter wile away their retirement blues with a holiday in Spain. Suddenly Sam, a lifelong virgin, seems to be presented with a life-changing opportunity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
BBC at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Copyright: BBC

Fresh From The Fringe

2015, Episode 1 - Fresh From The Fringe: 2015

Featuring new Scottish comic Larry Dean, sketch group Daphne, character comedian Emma Sidi, Lancashire's Tez Ilyas and experienced stand-up James Acaster. Andrew Maxwell hosts.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Mitch Benn Specials. Mitch Benn. Copyright: BBC

Mitch Benn Specials

Episode 1 - The Freewheelin' Mitch Benn

Mitch looks at how Bob Dylan changed what it is to be a songwriter, changed what it is to be a rock star and, more than anyone, changed what it is to be a singer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Radio

That Reminds Me

Series 1, Episode 1 - Barry Cryer

Factually comedic series in which celebrities - mostly comics - share tales and reminisce.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Episode 2.9: Dark doings for Kenneth Horne in The Curse of the Blackstumps, plus a very bona ballet.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Hello Cheeky. Image shows from L to R: Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin, Barry Cryer. Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Hello Cheeky

Series 1, Episode 4

Sketches and jokes from Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and John Junkin.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9pm (repeat)
Comic Fringes. Copyright: BBC

Comic Fringes

Series 7, Episode 2 - Spooky And The Van

The summer before starting university, young blogger Julian muses on his future and wonders what his odd neighbour is getting up to. By Joe Lycett.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
BBC at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Copyright: BBC

Fresh From The Fringe

2015, Episode 1 - Fresh From The Fringe: 2015

Featuring new Scottish comic Larry Dean, sketch group Daphne, character comedian Emma Sidi, Lancashire's Tez Ilyas and experienced stand-up James Acaster. Andrew Maxwell hosts.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Dave Podmore. Dave 'Pod' Podmore (Christopher Douglas)

Dave Podmore

2010 Specials - Dave Podmore's History Of The Ashes In 100 Objects

Pod, England's laziest cricketer, is invited by his faithful sidekick Andy Hamer to compile his own 'History Of The Ashes In 100 Objects' for Andy's radio show.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Gossip From The Garden Pond. Copyright: BBC

Gossip From The Garden Pond

Episode 1

The Tadpole and the Dragonfly reveal the truth about life between the ripples.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Rubbish

Rubbish

Series 2, Episode 5 - Couples

Episode 2.5, Couples: Recycling officer Martin has turned into some kind of agony aunt and he is less than happy about it.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Radio 9. Copyright: BBC

Radio 9

Series 1, Episode 1

Dark comedy from the radio station that offers alternative lifestyles and unusual help.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
Radio

That Reminds Me

Series 1, Episode 1 - Barry Cryer

Factually comedic series in which celebrities - mostly comics - share tales and reminisce.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Clive Anderson. Copyright: BBC

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Episode 1

Guest starring Dawn French and Lenny Henry.

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

Such Rotten Luck

Episode 2.4, Penny-Pinching Publisher: Can struggling writer Woodhouse deal with disappointment after his trip to Berlin?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
HR. Image shows from L to R: Peter (Jonathan Pryce), Sam (Nicholas Le Prevost). Copyright: BBC

HR

Series 2, Episode 3 - Wandering

Sam and Peter wile away their retirement blues with a holiday in Spain. Suddenly Sam, a lifelong virgin, seems to be presented with a life-changing opportunity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
BBC at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Copyright: BBC

Fresh From The Fringe

2015, Episode 1 - Fresh From The Fringe: 2015

Featuring new Scottish comic Larry Dean, sketch group Daphne, character comedian Emma Sidi, Lancashire's Tez Ilyas and experienced stand-up James Acaster. Andrew Maxwell hosts.

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