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Radio schedule Thursday 1st December 2016

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

Bristow

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Power of the Press

The Chester-Perry buying clerk crusades to improve conditions for cleaning ladies.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
The Fair Intellectual Club. Image shows from L to R: Alison (Jessica Hardwick), Marjory (Samara Maclaren), Ishbel (Caroline Deyga). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

The Fair Intellectual Club

Episode 4 - A Sojourn with Mr Swift

Young Irish clergyman Jonathan Swift wants help with his tales, and the members of the Fair Intellectual Club are keen to help him win the So You Think You're Holy competition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Ken Dodd: In His Own Words. Ken Dodd. Copyright: Alamy

The Ken Dodd Show

Doddy sets out in search of normality and looks at the life and works of Shakespeare.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

From playing Dame Nellie Drongo to a prehistoric caveman, it's the ultimate one-man show, written by the host.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The Personality Test. Copyright: BBC

The Personality Test

Series 2, Episode 4 - Antony Worrall Thompson

The host this week is Antony Worrall Thompson. Guest Mark Dolan joins regulars Robin Ince, Lucy Porter and Will Smith to try and learn more about him.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
The Atkinson People

The Atkinson People

Episode 2, Sir Benjamin Fletcher: Rowan Atkinson's satirical investigation into the life of the fictional master orator.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Ken Dodd: In His Own Words. Ken Dodd. Copyright: Alamy

The Ken Dodd Show

Doddy sets out in search of normality and looks at the life and works of Shakespeare.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

From playing Dame Nellie Drongo to a prehistoric caveman, it's the ultimate one-man show, written by the host.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
The Personality Test. Copyright: BBC

The Personality Test

Series 2, Episode 4 - Antony Worrall Thompson

The host this week is Antony Worrall Thompson. Guest Mark Dolan joins regulars Robin Ince, Lucy Porter and Will Smith to try and learn more about him.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
The Atkinson People

The Atkinson People

Episode 2, Sir Benjamin Fletcher: Rowan Atkinson's satirical investigation into the life of the fictional master orator.

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

Bristow

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Power of the Press

The Chester-Perry buying clerk crusades to improve conditions for cleaning ladies.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
The Fair Intellectual Club. Image shows from L to R: Alison (Jessica Hardwick), Marjory (Samara Maclaren), Ishbel (Caroline Deyga). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

The Fair Intellectual Club

Episode 4 - A Sojourn with Mr Swift

Young Irish clergyman Jonathan Swift wants help with his tales, and the members of the Fair Intellectual Club are keen to help him win the So You Think You're Holy competition.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Fair Intellectual Club. Image shows from L to R: Alison (Jessica Hardwick), Marjory (Samara Maclaren), Ishbel (Caroline Deyga). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

The Fair Intellectual Club

Episode 5 - An Engagement with Mr Hogarth

Public and private morality come under the spotlight when the society meet a young painter named William Hogarth.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Ken Dodd: In His Own Words. Ken Dodd. Copyright: Alamy

The Ken Dodd Show

Doddy sets out in search of normality and looks at the life and works of Shakespeare.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

From playing Dame Nellie Drongo to a prehistoric caveman, it's the ultimate one-man show, written by the host.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Fair Intellectual Club. Image shows from L to R: Alison (Jessica Hardwick), Marjory (Samara Maclaren), Ishbel (Caroline Deyga). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

The Fair Intellectual Club

Episode 4 - A Sojourn with Mr Swift

Young Irish clergyman Jonathan Swift wants help with his tales, and the members of the Fair Intellectual Club are keen to help him win the So You Think You're Holy competition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Creme De La Crime. Copyright: BBC

Creme De La Crime

Series 1, Episode 4 - A Bowl Full of Serial Killers

Michael Feydeau and David Pershore's melange of multi-murderers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
One. David Quantick. Copyright: Random Entertainment

One

Series 1, Episode 6

The sketch show where no sketch features more than one voice.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Thom Tuck

Thom Tuck Goes Straight To DVD

Episode 3 - The Olsens

Thom unearths the work of American twins the Olsens and compares the journey of their success with the wise (and not so wise) choices he has made in his life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Old Harry's Game. Image shows from L to R: Satan (Andy Hamilton), Gary (Steven O'Donnell). Copyright: BBC

Old Harry's Game

Series 6, Episode 5 - Investigation

Satan deals with a surge of new arrivals, with Scumspawn using Thomas as a 'supply demon'. He also believes to have found Edith's killer - her own best friend, Rosemary. Edith then talks to Satan about Jesus, and learns how he punched Christ in the mouth because of his 'holier-than-thou' attitude.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Masterson Inheritance. Image shows from L to R: Phelim McDermott, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Caroline Quentin, Lee Simpson, Paul Merton. Copyright: BBC

The Masterson Inheritance

Series 3, Episode 6 - The St Valentine's Day Masterson

Budding starlette Genevieve hits seedy 1920s Hollywood.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
The Personality Test. Copyright: BBC

The Personality Test

Series 2, Episode 4 - Antony Worrall Thompson

The host this week is Antony Worrall Thompson. Guest Mark Dolan joins regulars Robin Ince, Lucy Porter and Will Smith to try and learn more about him.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
The Atkinson People

The Atkinson People

Episode 2, Sir Benjamin Fletcher: Rowan Atkinson's satirical investigation into the life of the fictional master orator.

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

Bristow

Series 2, Episode 2 - The Power of the Press

The Chester-Perry buying clerk crusades to improve conditions for cleaning ladies.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
The Fair Intellectual Club. Image shows from L to R: Alison (Jessica Hardwick), Marjory (Samara Maclaren), Ishbel (Caroline Deyga). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

The Fair Intellectual Club

Episode 4 - A Sojourn with Mr Swift

Young Irish clergyman Jonathan Swift wants help with his tales, and the members of the Fair Intellectual Club are keen to help him win the So You Think You're Holy competition.

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