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Radio schedule Tuesday 5th January 2016

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Gareth Corke

Fat Chance

Episode 1 - Weigh In With Wendy

Graham joins the members of a slimming club run by Wendy Bottomley.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!

Series 2, Episode 1 - Financial Advisor

Milton becomes a responsible sober-suited financial adviser, and fights off a Swedish invasion with the aid of his trusty hamster.

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 3.15: Kenneth Horne's got a big top, and your actual cob is on Julian and Sandy's bona menu.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

The Conference Trick: Not keen to secure plots on planet Venus, the government enlist the clumsy civil servants.

Radio 4 9am
30 min
Radio 4

Behaving Ourselves: David Mitchell On Manners

Episode 2 - Manners In Public Places

David Mitchell explores the idea of civility and good public manners and asks how the digital age is changing our idea of public space.

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

2015 Christmas Specials, New Year Special - A Look Back at the Year 2020: The New Year's Edition

Special episode of the award-winning topical comedy, set in the year 2020. Who will be prime minister, who will be president and will anyone have decided about London's extra runway by then?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Peter Jones. Copyright: BBC

Capital Gains

Series 2, Episode 4 - Political Capital

At last Julius Hutch has the answer, but is it too late? If a desperate mission succeeds, Julius can make his first speech in Parliament.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15am (repeat)
Lesley Sharp

Have Your Cake

Episode 2 - Private Parkin

A mysterious man gatecrashes the cake club. Is he the chef he claims to be or something more sinister?

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 3.15: Kenneth Horne's got a big top, and your actual cob is on Julian and Sandy's bona menu.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

The Conference Trick: Not keen to secure plots on planet Venus, the government enlist the clumsy civil servants.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 2

With Sarah Millican in the Up-And-Comers, Milton Jones in the Current Crop and Adrian Walsh in the Old Guard.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Peter Jones. Copyright: BBC

Capital Gains

Series 2, Episode 4 - Political Capital

At last Julius Hutch has the answer, but is it too late? If a desperate mission succeeds, Julius can make his first speech in Parliament.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Gareth Corke

Fat Chance

Episode 1 - Weigh In With Wendy

Graham joins the members of a slimming club run by Wendy Bottomley.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!

Series 2, Episode 1 - Financial Advisor

Milton becomes a responsible sober-suited financial adviser, and fights off a Swedish invasion with the aid of his trusty hamster.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!

Series 2, Episode 2 - Winemaker

When Milton finally decides to empty his bins, he accidentally makes both a delicious sparkling wine and a deadly enemy.

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

That Reminds Me

Series 3, Episode 5 - Warren Mitchell

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 3.15: Kenneth Horne's got a big top, and your actual cob is on Julian and Sandy's bona menu.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

The Conference Trick: Not keen to secure plots on planet Venus, the government enlist the clumsy civil servants.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:15pm (repeat)
Lesley Sharp

Have Your Cake

Episode 2 - Private Parkin

A mysterious man gatecrashes the cake club. Is he the chef he claims to be or something more sinister?

Radio 4 9:30pm (repeat)
Radio 4

Behaving Ourselves: David Mitchell On Manners

Episode 2 - Manners In Public Places

David Mitchell explores the idea of civility and good public manners and asks how the digital age is changing our idea of public space.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!

Series 2, Episode 1 - Financial Advisor

Milton becomes a responsible sober-suited financial adviser, and fights off a Swedish invasion with the aid of his trusty hamster.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Show What You Wrote. Image shows from L to R: Helen Moon, John Thomson, Fiona Clarke, Gavin Webster. Copyright: BBC

The Show What You Wrote

Series 1, Episode 1 - Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Some otherworldly sketch comedy what you wrote, on the themes of science fiction and fantasy. With a special appearance by Gyles Brandreth.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section. Image shows from L to R: Drums (Ben Reynolds), Saxophone (Mark Brown), Alex Horne, Bass (Will Collier), Trumpet (Joe Auckland), Ed Sheldrake. Copyright: BBC

Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section

Series 2, Episode 3

Alex Horne and his five-piece band explore the theme of love, including songs on chat up lines and romance in Bognor. Guest starring Charlie Baker, who deconstructs a classic love song.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Twenty Players

Episode 2.5, Mr Wellesley Fagge: Forgotten sporting heroes. Jonathan Agnew tells the story of a nearly great amateur cricketer, Wellesley Fagge.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
Sir Henry At Rawlinson End

Sir Henry At Rawlinson End

Episode 5, Diplodocus v Concreton: Surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of sanity.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Think The Unthinkable. Image shows from L to R: Owen (David Mitchell), Daisy de Vere (Catherine Shepherd), Ryan Packer (Marcus Brigstocke), Sophie Stott (Emma Kennedy). Copyright: BBC

Think The Unthinkable

Series 1, Episode 5 - London Transport

With London's transport system in a shambles, the consultants ride to the rescue.

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

That Reminds Me

Series 3, Episode 5 - Warren Mitchell

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

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 1, Episode 2

With Sarah Millican in the Up-And-Comers, Milton Jones in the Current Crop and Adrian Walsh in the Old Guard.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Peter Jones. Copyright: BBC

Capital Gains

Series 2, Episode 4 - Political Capital

At last Julius Hutch has the answer, but is it too late? If a desperate mission succeeds, Julius can make his first speech in Parliament.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Gareth Corke

Fat Chance

Episode 1 - Weigh In With Wendy

Graham joins the members of a slimming club run by Wendy Bottomley.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!

Series 2, Episode 1 - Financial Advisor

Milton becomes a responsible sober-suited financial adviser, and fights off a Swedish invasion with the aid of his trusty hamster.

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