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Radio schedule Friday 25th March 2016

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
1835. Copyright: BBC

1835

Episode 3 - The Reluctant Aristocrat

Belport tries to prove he's not a toff, but instead starts the world's first rail strike.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 2, Episode 5

Gyles Brandreth chairs the word-obsessed comedy panel show. Milton Jones, Natalie Haynes, Lloyd Langford and Robin Ince show off their knowledge of words.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 6, Episode 12 - Hancock In Hospital

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 7, Episode 2 - Drums Along The Mersey

A newspaper claims Neddie Seagoon is set to inherit a million pounds. Guest stars Valentine Dyall.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 8.4, Wanderlust: Roger is tempted to stray, but he'd be keeping it in the family.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Dilemma. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Dilemma

Series 3, Episode 4

Sue Perkins is joined by comedians Nick Doody and Angela Barnes, actor Cush Jumbo and journalist Dominic Lawson.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 6, Episode 11 - The Poetry Society

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 7, Episode 2 - Drums Along The Mersey

A newspaper claims Neddie Seagoon is set to inherit a million pounds. Guest stars Valentine Dyall.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Breaking The News. Des Clarke. Copyright: BBC Studios

Breaking The News

Series 3, Episode 3

Topical comedy panel show with host Des Clarke and guests comedians Angela Barnes, Karen Dunbar and Julia Sutherland and author Louise Welsh.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Ladies Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Irene (Prunella Scales), Vera (Patricia Routledge). Copyright: BBC

Ladies Of Letters

Episode 6.5: Vera uncovers a sinister scandal, and Irene is on her way home.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 4pm (repeat)
Rhod Gilbert

Jest A Minute

Festival Specials, Episode 2 - Jest A Minute at Green Man Festival

Rhod's at the Green Man Festival, in the Brecon Beacons, to present a special edition of Jest A Minute - with Holly Walsh, Greg Davies, Chris Corcoran and Rob Deering.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 8.4, Wanderlust: Roger is tempted to stray, but he'd be keeping it in the family.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
1835. Copyright: BBC

1835

Episode 3 - The Reluctant Aristocrat

Belport tries to prove he's not a toff, but instead starts the world's first rail strike.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 2, Episode 5

Gyles Brandreth chairs the word-obsessed comedy panel show. Milton Jones, Natalie Haynes, Lloyd Langford and Robin Ince show off their knowledge of words.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm
30 min
The Unexplainers. Image shows from L to R: John Rutledge, Mike Bubbins. Copyright: Zipline Creative

The Unexplainers

Series 2, Episode 1 - Do Monsters Lurk In Welsh Lakes?

Open-minded rap star John Rutledge and sceptic stand-up comedian Mike Bubbins crash land Bala Lake to investigate if a beast lurks under the waters.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 48, Episode 4

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Ellie Taylor, Jon Holmes and Mitch Benn. This week the gang take a look at the fallout from Iain Duncan Smith's surprise resignation, Ellie Taylor explains why Millennials are so anxious, Jon lets his appreciations for the Great British public be known in no uncertain terms, and Punt and Dennis discuss the lack of sound opposition in the House of Commons with the Assistant Editor for The Spectator, Isabel Hardman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 6, Episode 12 - Hancock In Hospital

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 7, Episode 2 - Drums Along The Mersey

A newspaper claims Neddie Seagoon is set to inherit a million pounds. Guest stars Valentine Dyall.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 2, Episode 5

Gyles Brandreth chairs the word-obsessed comedy panel show. Milton Jones, Natalie Haynes, Lloyd Langford and Robin Ince show off their knowledge of words.

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

Rudy's Rare Records

Series 4, Episode 4 - It's Grim Up North

Adam attends a business conference to network and is determined to leave his dad behind. He fails. Not only does Rudy attend but he knows the guest speaker.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Mark Steel Lecture. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

The Mark Steel Lecture

Series 2, Episode 3 - Leonardo Da Vinci

Mark presents the life of Leonardo Da Vinci, arguing that he was a genius because he grew in a time and a place that looked forward, not to mention that he possessed that most genius of qualities: never completing anything.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Jonny Sweet

Hard To Tell

Series 2, Episode 2

It's Valentine's Day, and Tom is determined to protect his relationship from the threat of Ellen's ex-boyfriend. He organises a surprise trip and borrows his Dad's old tour van.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Ladies Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Irene (Prunella Scales), Vera (Patricia Routledge). Copyright: BBC

Ladies Of Letters

Episode 6.5: Vera uncovers a sinister scandal, and Irene is on her way home.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 8.4, Wanderlust: Roger is tempted to stray, but he'd be keeping it in the family.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
1835. Copyright: BBC

1835

Episode 3 - The Reluctant Aristocrat

Belport tries to prove he's not a toff, but instead starts the world's first rail strike.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 2, Episode 5

Gyles Brandreth chairs the word-obsessed comedy panel show. Milton Jones, Natalie Haynes, Lloyd Langford and Robin Ince show off their knowledge of words.

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