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Radio schedule Friday 29th July 2016

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Peter Tinniswood

Winston

Winston In Europe, Episode 4 - Coping With Urges

Rosie fancies a dishy French estate agent, but Nancy reckons she saw him first.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Sketchorama. Image shows from L to R: Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy, Morwenna Banks, John Sparkes, Pete Baikie. Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Sketchorama

Absolutely Special

Comedian Thom Tuck presents a special reunion performance from classic sketch group Absolutely, featuring new material from characters such as Little Girl and Calum Gilhooley.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Something To Shout About. Copyright: BBC

Something To Shout About

Episode 4: The ad agency must stage a play to try and win an account for blankets.

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 8, Episode 2 - The Junk Affair

Neddie combs the world for junk, hoping to corner the market and make a packet.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 3, Episode 6

Novelist John O'Farrell and comedian and actor Dan Tetsell join team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip supplied by Gyles Brandreth.

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

No Commitments

Episode 10.6, The Ring Cycle: Roger offers a helping hand to his potential son-in-law's career, but how keen is Emily?

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
HighLites. Beverley (Lorraine Ashbourne). Copyright: BBC

HighLites

HighLites: Natural Bounce, Episode 5

The world's worst hairdressers' gym upstairs breaches Health and Safety rules, with disastrous effects.

Radio 4 11:30am
Start/Stop. Barney (Jack Docherty). Copyright: BBC

Start/Stop

Series 3, Episode 1 - The Third Way

Fiona road-tests Barney's theory about how to put the spark back in your marriage, much to Barney's annoyance. Meanwhile, Evan is housebound, sitting in a rubber ring after breaking his coccyx, and David is worried his memory is failing, and he's trying everything under the sun to improve it.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Something To Shout About. Copyright: BBC

Something To Shout About

Episode 4: The ad agency must stage a play to try and win an account for blankets.

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 8, Episode 2 - The Junk Affair

Neddie combs the world for junk, hoping to corner the market and make a packet.

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

Breaking The News

Series 4, Episode 3

Des Clarke is joined by comedians Karen Dunbar, Stuart Mitchell and Jay Lafferty plus journalist Alex Bell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 3, Episode 6

Novelist John O'Farrell and comedian and actor Dan Tetsell join team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip supplied by Gyles Brandreth.

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

No Commitments

Episode 10.6, The Ring Cycle: Roger offers a helping hand to his potential son-in-law's career, but how keen is Emily?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Peter Tinniswood

Winston

Winston In Europe, Episode 4 - Coping With Urges

Rosie fancies a dishy French estate agent, but Nancy reckons she saw him first.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Sketchorama. Image shows from L to R: Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy, Morwenna Banks, John Sparkes, Pete Baikie. Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Sketchorama

Absolutely Special

Comedian Thom Tuck presents a special reunion performance from classic sketch group Absolutely, featuring new material from characters such as Little Girl and Calum Gilhooley.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Noel Fielding. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 9, Episode 1 - Meeting Fifty

Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd is joined by his latest curator Noel Fielding as The Museum of Curiosity opens its ninth gallery. Offering the first donations are comedian Nish Kumar, professor of experimental architecture Rachel Armstrong and the composer Howard Goodall.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Something To Shout About. Copyright: BBC

Something To Shout About

Episode 4: The ad agency must stage a play to try and win an account for blankets.

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 8, Episode 2 - The Junk Affair

Neddie combs the world for junk, hoping to corner the market and make a packet.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Sketchorama. Image shows from L to R: Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy, Morwenna Banks, John Sparkes, Pete Baikie. Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Sketchorama

Absolutely Special

Comedian Thom Tuck presents a special reunion performance from classic sketch group Absolutely, featuring new material from characters such as Little Girl and Calum Gilhooley.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Absolute Power. Image shows from L to R: Charles Prentiss (Stephen Fry), Martin McCabe (John Bird). Copyright: BBC

Absolute Power

Series 4, Episode 1 - BBC Television

Charles and Martin find themselves trying to increase the popularity of BBC television.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed. Nick Mohammed. Copyright: BBC

Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed

Series 1, Episode 1

Comedy by Nick Mohammed set at Tilford Road Police Station. Nick and and his fellow officers attempt to fathom who killed the man with the missing head. With Nick Mohammed, Anna Crilly and Colin Hoult.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Ross Noble Goes Global. Ross Noble. Copyright: BBC

Ross Noble Goes Global

Series 2, Episode 4 - Milan

In Milan, Ross discovers that the people refuse to stop talking into their mobile phones and finds that every impressive building he tries to visit is covered in scaffolding.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 3, Episode 6

Novelist John O'Farrell and comedian and actor Dan Tetsell join team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip supplied by Gyles Brandreth.

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

No Commitments

Episode 10.6, The Ring Cycle: Roger offers a helping hand to his potential son-in-law's career, but how keen is Emily?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Peter Tinniswood

Winston

Winston In Europe, Episode 4 - Coping With Urges

Rosie fancies a dishy French estate agent, but Nancy reckons she saw him first.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Sketchorama. Image shows from L to R: Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy, Morwenna Banks, John Sparkes, Pete Baikie. Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Sketchorama

Absolutely Special

Comedian Thom Tuck presents a special reunion performance from classic sketch group Absolutely, featuring new material from characters such as Little Girl and Calum Gilhooley.

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