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Radio schedule Tuesday 29th September 2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Arrested Development. Penny (Letitia Dean). Copyright: BBC

Arrested Development

Episode 1

Penny and Dave are getting married, but there are a few hiccups - Penny's hair being just one of them. She wanted the Julia Roberts look but has ended up with a Mrs Merton instead.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Laura (Olivia Nixon), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 1, Episode 2

Creative team Joe and Teddy find themselves reduced to working on posters for industrial adhesives, cast iron stoves, and jewellery for dogs.

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 3.1: Kenneth Horne stars in war romp The Plastic Max, and Jules and Sandy bewail their parts.

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 8

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

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

The News Quiz

Series 88, Episode 2

A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp. Samira Ahmed, Jeremy Hardy, Lucy Porter and Hugo Rifkind are the panellists joining Miles to dissect the week's big (and not so big) news stories.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:45am (repeat)
Timothy Spall

Living With Mother

Series 1, Episode 2 - Home Time

A keen golfer, about to take early retirement and begin a tour of some of the best courses in the country, thinks it is time for his mother to go into a home.

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 3.1: Kenneth Horne stars in war romp The Plastic Max, and Jules and Sandy bewail their parts.

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 8

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 6

Guest starring Jon Glover and Rory Bremner.

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

Old Dog And The Partridge

Episode 2: As she settles back into the pub, Nicola struggles to bond with her father Jack.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Arrested Development. Penny (Letitia Dean). Copyright: BBC

Arrested Development

Episode 1

Penny and Dave are getting married, but there are a few hiccups - Penny's hair being just one of them. She wanted the Julia Roberts look but has ended up with a Mrs Merton instead.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Laura (Olivia Nixon), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 1, Episode 2

Creative team Joe and Teddy find themselves reduced to working on posters for industrial adhesives, cast iron stoves, and jewellery for dogs.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Laura (Olivia Nixon), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 1, Episode 3

Amanda Brook finds herself reduced to pleading for the business of old friend/nemesis, India.

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

That Reminds Me

Series 1, Episode 5 - Bill Pertwee

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 3.1: Kenneth Horne stars in war romp The Plastic Max, and Jules and Sandy bewail their parts.

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 8

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Laura (Olivia Nixon), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 1, Episode 2

Creative team Joe and Teddy find themselves reduced to working on posters for industrial adhesives, cast iron stoves, and jewellery for dogs.

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

Twenty Players

Episode 1, Gentleman Jack Perkins: Des Lynam tells the story a turn-of-the-century boxing toff who never quite made it.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows. Gus Murdoch (Stephen Carlin). Copyright: BBC

Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows

Episode 1 - Pubs

Gus Murdoch looks at the sacred cow that is the Great British pub.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Alice's Wunderland. Alice Lowe. Copyright: BBC

Alice's Wunderland

Series 3, Episode 3

Will Caroline, daughter of cricket billionaire Clive Spoon, be allowed to take the leading role?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
On The Hour. Image shows from L to R: Chris Morris, David Schneider, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan, Steve Coogan. Copyright: BBC

On The Hour

Series 1, Episode 4

Christopher Morris reports on the theft of the M25, there is a special report on the recession from a match factory, and gold is found in the River Trent.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Ectoplasm

Ectoplasm

Episode 1, The Curse of Tutancommon: Egypt, where Edwardian adventurer Lord Zimbabwe swashes a buckle or two.

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

That Reminds Me

Series 1, Episode 5 - Bill Pertwee

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 6

Guest starring Jon Glover and Rory Bremner.

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

Old Dog And The Partridge

Episode 2: As she settles back into the pub, Nicola struggles to bond with her father Jack.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Arrested Development. Penny (Letitia Dean). Copyright: BBC

Arrested Development

Episode 1

Penny and Dave are getting married, but there are a few hiccups - Penny's hair being just one of them. She wanted the Julia Roberts look but has ended up with a Mrs Merton instead.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Laura (Olivia Nixon), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 1, Episode 2

Creative team Joe and Teddy find themselves reduced to working on posters for industrial adhesives, cast iron stoves, and jewellery for dogs.

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