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Radio schedule Tuesday 30th August 2016

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Two Doors Down

Two Doors Down

Comedy about the residents of a single Belfast road.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Mark Watson

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Series 2, Episode 1 - Work And Play

Watson and his team consider work and play. How can we find the right balance between them? Do we get more out of life from flogging ourselves at the coalface, or messing about at the coalface, or do we not even have to go to the coalface at all?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Radio adaptation of Galton & Simpson's hit TV sitcom about a father and son rag-and-bone man team.

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

The Men From The Ministry

Satrical sitcom about the bungling civil servants at the General Assistance Department.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Noel Fielding. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 9, Episode 5 - Meeting Fifty-Four

John Lloyd and Noel Fielding are joined by the romantic and sci-fi author Jenny Colgan, historian Dr. Janina Ramirez and history writer Peter Frankopan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Chambers. Image shows from L to R: Hilary Tripping (James Fleet), John Fuller-Carp (John Bird), Ruth Quirke (Sarah Lancashire). Copyright: BBC

Chambers

Series 1, Episode 4 - Trial By Television

With his colleagues busy on the box, John Fuller-Carp wants to make a bigger TV splash.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Radio adaptation of Galton & Simpson's hit TV sitcom about a father and son rag-and-bone man team.

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

The Men From The Ministry

Satrical sitcom about the bungling civil servants at the General Assistance Department.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Chambers. Image shows from L to R: Hilary Tripping (James Fleet), John Fuller-Carp (John Bird), Ruth Quirke (Sarah Lancashire). Copyright: BBC

Chambers

Series 1, Episode 4 - Trial By Television

With his colleagues busy on the box, John Fuller-Carp wants to make a bigger TV splash.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Two Doors Down

Two Doors Down

Comedy about the residents of a single Belfast road.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Mark Watson

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Series 2, Episode 1 - Work And Play

Watson and his team consider work and play. How can we find the right balance between them? Do we get more out of life from flogging ourselves at the coalface, or messing about at the coalface, or do we not even have to go to the coalface at all?

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Mark Watson

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Series 2, Episode 2 - Possessions

We spend a lot of life accruing stuff. Does it really make us happy? Would we be better off throwing it all in the river? Is there a middle ground where we can throw most of it in the lake, but keep our car because it's useful?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Radio adaptation of Galton & Simpson's hit TV sitcom about a father and son rag-and-bone man team.

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

The Men From The Ministry

Satrical sitcom about the bungling civil servants at the General Assistance Department.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Mark Watson

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Series 2, Episode 1 - Work And Play

Watson and his team consider work and play. How can we find the right balance between them? Do we get more out of life from flogging ourselves at the coalface, or messing about at the coalface, or do we not even have to go to the coalface at all?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Dave Podmore. Dave 'Pod' Podmore (Christopher Douglas)

Dave Podmore

Dave Podmore's Cricket Night, Episode 1

For cricket's medium-paced trundler, every problem is an opportunity so pod turns his community service, teaching the basics of the game to kids, into a way of promoting his testimonial dinner. But his money spinning ideas are scuppered by divorce proceedings and kids.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Image shows from L to R: Marc Wootton, Julia Davis

Couples

Episode 1

Dr Tanya meets American therapy-addicts Trudi and Brandon.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC

Clare In The Community

Series 2, Episode 3 - Meet The Press

Clare is delighted to accept an invitation to be interviewed for Women's Hour. But her colleagues are less than delighted that Clare alone will represent social workers. Meanwhile, Brian is having his own problems dealing with a disgruntled drama student.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Delve Special. David Lander (Stephen Fry). Copyright: BBC

Delve Special

Series 2, Episode 2 - Whose Baby?

David Lander reports on the implications of revolutionary methods of baby production.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Chambers. Image shows from L to R: Hilary Tripping (James Fleet), John Fuller-Carp (John Bird), Ruth Quirke (Sarah Lancashire). Copyright: BBC

Chambers

Series 1, Episode 4 - Trial By Television

With his colleagues busy on the box, John Fuller-Carp wants to make a bigger TV splash.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Two Doors Down

Two Doors Down

Comedy about the residents of a single Belfast road.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Mark Watson

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Series 2, Episode 1 - Work And Play

Watson and his team consider work and play. How can we find the right balance between them? Do we get more out of life from flogging ourselves at the coalface, or messing about at the coalface, or do we not even have to go to the coalface at all?

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