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Radio schedule Tuesday 17th May 2016

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

Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting

Series 2, Episode 3

A new museum of East End Life, shaped like an enormous upturned whelk cup, means more structural damage to Linda's laid-back lifestyle.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Isy Suttie

Isy Suttie's Love Letters

Series 2, Episode 2 - Rosa And Matthew

The tale of Rosa and Matthew, a hypnotherapist and an osteopath who find it difficult to express their feelings for each other.

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 4.14: Englishman 'Beau' joins the Foreign Legion, and Julian and Sandy look for BBC efficiencies.

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

The Men From The Ministry

Vipers in the Bosom: Whitehall gets worried. Could the bungling duo be secret spies?

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

The News Quiz

Series 90, Episode 5

Miles Jupp is joined in the Corn Exchange in Ipswich by Susan Calman, Zoe Lyons, Hugo Rifkind and Jeremy Hardy.

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

Singular Women

Stewart Permutt's four bittersweet comedies.

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 4.14: Englishman 'Beau' joins the Foreign Legion, and Julian and Sandy look for BBC efficiencies.

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

The Men From The Ministry

Vipers in the Bosom: Whitehall gets worried. Could the bungling duo be secret spies?

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

Flying The Flag

Episode 3.5, Cool Heads: The diplomats take action as a hijack hits their wives' fact-finding shopping trip.

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

Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting

Series 2, Episode 3

A new museum of East End Life, shaped like an enormous upturned whelk cup, means more structural damage to Linda's laid-back lifestyle.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Isy Suttie

Isy Suttie's Love Letters

Series 2, Episode 2 - Rosa And Matthew

The tale of Rosa and Matthew, a hypnotherapist and an osteopath who find it difficult to express their feelings for each other.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Isy Suttie

Isy Suttie's Love Letters

Series 2, Episode 3 - Crank

The tale of the Crank, a Matlock oddball who Isy's mother has roped into helping Isy study the Welsh language.

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

Palace Of Laughter

Series 2, Episode 6 - Ayr Gaiety Theatre

The uniquely Scottish theatre has staying power and connections to Robbie Burns. Geoffrey Wheeler discovers how.

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 4.14: Englishman 'Beau' joins the Foreign Legion, and Julian and Sandy look for BBC efficiencies.

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

The Men From The Ministry

Vipers in the Bosom: Whitehall gets worried. Could the bungling duo be secret spies?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Isy Suttie

Isy Suttie's Love Letters

Series 2, Episode 2 - Rosa And Matthew

The tale of Rosa and Matthew, a hypnotherapist and an osteopath who find it difficult to express their feelings for each other.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Guns Of Adam Riches. Image shows from L to R: Cariad Lloyd, Adam Riches, Katharine Bennett-Fox, Jim Johnson. Copyright: BBC

The Guns Of Adam Riches

Series 1, Episode 2 - Timecop

Timecops visit the BBC to try and prevent Adam from making an offensive radio programme.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
What Does The K Stand For?. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC

What Does The K Stand For?

Series 2, Episode 3 - Balham's Got Talent

Sitcom about comedian Stephen K Amos's teenage years in 1980s South London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Vent. Ben (Neil Pearson). Copyright: BBC

Vent

Series 1, Episode 4 - Switching Off

Ben's doctors wonder if lying in a coma might be making him depressed, and they send in the hospital psychiatrist to see him. This has a surprising effect on Ben, Mary and Mum.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Wilson Dixon Line. Jesse Griffin. Copyright: BBC

The Wilson Dixon Line

Episode 3 - When Love Comes To Town... And Then Leaves Again

Wilson discusses love and affairs of the heart. Hard done by in love, he talks about his ex-wife, Maureen, who pulled at Wilson's heart like he pulls on his guitar strings. Hold onto your Stetson and get ready for the rocky ride of romance.

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

Palace Of Laughter

Series 2, Episode 6 - Ayr Gaiety Theatre

The uniquely Scottish theatre has staying power and connections to Robbie Burns. Geoffrey Wheeler discovers how.

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

Flying The Flag

Episode 3.5, Cool Heads: The diplomats take action as a hijack hits their wives' fact-finding shopping trip.

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

Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting

Series 2, Episode 3

A new museum of East End Life, shaped like an enormous upturned whelk cup, means more structural damage to Linda's laid-back lifestyle.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Isy Suttie

Isy Suttie's Love Letters

Series 2, Episode 2 - Rosa And Matthew

The tale of Rosa and Matthew, a hypnotherapist and an osteopath who find it difficult to express their feelings for each other.

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