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Radio schedule Tuesday 1st March 2016

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Hugh Bonneville

A Short Gentleman

Episode 4

Hugh Bonneville stars as Robert Purcell QC, a perfect specimen of the British Establishment, who applies faultless legal logic to his disastrous personal life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting. Linda (Linda Smith). Copyright: BBC

Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting

Series 1, Episode 3

When Linda's neighbour Betty invites the Ground Force team round, some unlikely gardeners arrive.

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 4.3: Monstrous goings on for Kenneth Horne, while Julian and Sandy hit the bona ski slopes.

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

The Men From The Ministry

Don't Let Them Needle You: The truth will out with the bureaucrats' mix-up over a flu vaccine.

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

The News Quiz

Series 89, Episode 8

The final show of Series 89 features panellists Jeremy Hardy, Lucy Porter, Hugo Rifkind and Kerry Godliman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:45am (repeat)
Hamish And Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea. Image shows from L to R: Dougal (Graeme Garden), Hamish (Barry Cryer). Copyright: BBC

Hamish And Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Shooting Party

Hamish and Dougal assist the Laird in summoning up the heavy armaments for an afternoon's shooting on the moors.

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 4.3: Monstrous goings on for Kenneth Horne, while Julian and Sandy hit the bona ski slopes.

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

The Men From The Ministry

Don't Let Them Needle You: The truth will out with the bureaucrats' mix-up over a flu vaccine.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
It's Your Round. Angus Deayton. Copyright: BBC

It's Your Round

Series 1, Episode 4

Russell Kane, Josie Long, Alun Cochrane and Milton Jones battle it out to see who can beat each other at their own games.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Flying The Flag

Flying The Flag

Episode 2.8, Submarine Diplomacy: The Embassy faces tough questions back home, with the spirit of the Armada bubbling up.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Hugh Bonneville

A Short Gentleman

Episode 4

Hugh Bonneville stars as Robert Purcell QC, a perfect specimen of the British Establishment, who applies faultless legal logic to his disastrous personal life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting. Linda (Linda Smith). Copyright: BBC

Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting

Series 1, Episode 3

When Linda's neighbour Betty invites the Ground Force team round, some unlikely gardeners arrive.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 10, Episode 4 - Joan Of The Junction

While wandering along the canal looking for somewhere to live, Ed finds the inspiration for a perfect Sunday night TV drama.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Palace Of Laughter. Copyright: BBC

Palace Of Laughter

Series 1, Episode 3 - Manchester Playhouse

Geoffrey Wheeler tells the theatre's story plus that of its neighbour, the Hulme Hippodrome. With Morecambe & Wise and Ken Dodd.

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 4.3: Monstrous goings on for Kenneth Horne, while Julian and Sandy hit the bona ski slopes.

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

The Men From The Ministry

Don't Let Them Needle You: The truth will out with the bureaucrats' mix-up over a flu vaccine.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting. Linda (Linda Smith). Copyright: BBC

Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting

Series 1, Episode 3

When Linda's neighbour Betty invites the Ground Force team round, some unlikely gardeners arrive.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler. Tim Fitzhigham. Copyright: BBC

Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler

Series 2, Episode 1

Adventurer and comedian Tim FitzHigham recreates another 18th century bet: can he walk blindfolded from London's Royal Academy to the Royal Exchange building in under an hour?

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Andrew O'Neill: Pharmacist Baffler. Andrew O'Neill. Copyright: BBC

Andrew O'Neill: Pharmacist Baffler

Episode 1

Andrew discusses gender identity from a transvestite's point of view and talks about his own experiences growing up.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
World Of Pub

World Of Pub

Episode 2.1: Dodgy Phil comes up with another scheme to fill the East End boozer with punters.

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 2, Episode 3 - Barrington Comprehensive

Unthinkable Solutions offer to help St. Vitus Comprehensive in the rough area of Barrington. Before long the pupils are eating from Burger Baron and signed up to some dodgy drug trials in an attempt to make the school some cash.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
Palace Of Laughter. Copyright: BBC

Palace Of Laughter

Series 1, Episode 3 - Manchester Playhouse

Geoffrey Wheeler tells the theatre's story plus that of its neighbour, the Hulme Hippodrome. With Morecambe & Wise and Ken Dodd.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
It's Your Round. Angus Deayton. Copyright: BBC

It's Your Round

Series 1, Episode 4

Russell Kane, Josie Long, Alun Cochrane and Milton Jones battle it out to see who can beat each other at their own games.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Flying The Flag

Flying The Flag

Episode 2.8, Submarine Diplomacy: The Embassy faces tough questions back home, with the spirit of the Armada bubbling up.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Hugh Bonneville

A Short Gentleman

Episode 4

Hugh Bonneville stars as Robert Purcell QC, a perfect specimen of the British Establishment, who applies faultless legal logic to his disastrous personal life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting. Linda (Linda Smith). Copyright: BBC

Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting

Series 1, Episode 3

When Linda's neighbour Betty invites the Ground Force team round, some unlikely gardeners arrive.

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