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Radio schedule Tuesday 1st September 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 4 - Surfing

Peter has created a flattering but deeply inaccurate online profile for himself and now has a date. Sam is determined to go along.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
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 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 2.10: Suspense in Kenneth Horne's 'The Portrait of Florian Thrust', plus a bout of bona wrestling.

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 5

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 3

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 2.5, Hunting, Shooting and Wishing: Woodhouse arrives at the Pomeroys' country house hoping to find a patron.

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
Bindi Business. Image shows from L to R: Raj (Chris Nayak), Bindi (Meera Syal), Anu (Krupa Pattani), Uncle Bash (Vincent Ebrahim). Copyright: BBC

Bindi Business

Series 1, Episode 2

Bindi's Beauty Box is really taking off but Bindi must get her reluctant children on board if she is going to succeed.

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 2.10: Suspense in Kenneth Horne's 'The Portrait of Florian Thrust', plus a bout of bona wrestling.

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 5

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 2

Guest starring Hugh Laurie and Enn Reitel.

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

Such Rotten Luck

Episode 2.5, Hunting, Shooting and Wishing: Woodhouse arrives at the Pomeroys' country house hoping to find a patron.

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 4 - Surfing

Peter has created a flattering but deeply inaccurate online profile for himself and now has a date. Sam is determined to go along.

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

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

Mitch Benn Specials

Episode 2 - Mitch Benn Is The Fat Pink Duke

David Bowie was the first rock star Mitch can remember being aware of. He was two, David was Ziggy Stardust and he remembers feeling that while he liked him, he didn't really get him. As he's grown up - and David Bowie has grown up right alongside - Mitch realises that 'not really getting David Bowie' is the whole point.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
With Nobbs On. David Nobbs. Copyright: Curtains For Radio

With Nobbs On

Episode 2 - From Howerd's End To Pebble Mill

David Nobbs has trouble explaining why he's impersonating Frankie Howerd in public to the police. Meanwhile Pebble Mill reject a short story about a man battling with his identity as a successful middle class, middle management manager called Reginald Iolanthe Perrin.

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 2.10: Suspense in Kenneth Horne's 'The Portrait of Florian Thrust', plus a bout of bona wrestling.

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 5

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

Radio 4 7:45pm (repeat)
Bindi Business. Image shows from L to R: Raj (Chris Nayak), Bindi (Meera Syal), Anu (Krupa Pattani), Uncle Bash (Vincent Ebrahim). Copyright: BBC

Bindi Business

Series 1, Episode 2

Bindi's Beauty Box is really taking off but Bindi must get her reluctant children on board if she is going to succeed.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
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 10:30pm (repeat)
Bigipedia. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Bigipedia

Series 2, Episode 1 - What's New In Bigipedia 2.0?

The long-awaited release of Bigipedia 2.0 - the infallible, ever-present cyberfriend!

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

Gossip From The Garden Pond

Episode 2

The Water Boatman and Great Diving Beetle reveal the truth about life between the ripples.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Rubbish

Rubbish

Series 2, Episode 6 - Phobic

Episode 2.6, Phobic: Unable to look at his own reflection in a mirror, Martin enlists local artist Dan to help him before it's too late.

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

Radio 9

Series 1, Episode 2

More from the Gay Board Game Olympics, plus Radiohead's happy single.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
With Nobbs On. David Nobbs. Copyright: Curtains For Radio

With Nobbs On

Episode 2 - From Howerd's End To Pebble Mill

David Nobbs has trouble explaining why he's impersonating Frankie Howerd in public to the police. Meanwhile Pebble Mill reject a short story about a man battling with his identity as a successful middle class, middle management manager called Reginald Iolanthe Perrin.

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

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Episode 2

Guest starring Hugh Laurie and Enn Reitel.

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

Such Rotten Luck

Episode 2.5, Hunting, Shooting and Wishing: Woodhouse arrives at the Pomeroys' country house hoping to find a patron.

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 4 - Surfing

Peter has created a flattering but deeply inaccurate online profile for himself and now has a date. Sam is determined to go along.

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

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