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Radio schedule Tuesday 21st February 2017

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Control Group Six

Episode 2: In singles bars, Dr Heaven continues his search for love. And Frank. Though not simultaneously.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life. Image shows from L to R: Mark Watson, Tim Key, Tom Basden. Copyright: Impatient Productions

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Series 1, Episode 1 - Success

Mark, Tim and Tom ask how we measure success. They draw on modern definitions of success and decide which ones are worthwhile.

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

The Colour Problem: Albert and Harold argue over buying a TV or a car.

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

The Men From The Ministry

A Testing Time: Times are changing - can the bungling duo pass new civil service exams?

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

The News Quiz

Series 92, Episode 7

This week Miles presides over a panel of news hounds in the form of Jeremy Hardy, Romesh Ranganathan, Simon Evans and Gina Yashere. All the week's big political goings-on with a story about horses and tequila at the end to take the edge off.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:45am (repeat)
Creme De La Crime. Copyright: BBC

Creme De La Crime

Series 2, Episode 2 - A Pyramid Scheme

Michael Feydeau and David Pershore probe the mysterious curse of a mummy.

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

The Colour Problem: Albert and Harold argue over buying a TV or a car.

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

The Men From The Ministry

A Testing Time: Times are changing - can the bungling duo pass new civil service exams?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Puzzle Panel

Episode 3: More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Anne Bradford, Professor David Singmaster and William Harston.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Babblewick Hall. Fenton Babblewick (Nicholas Le Prevost). Copyright: BBC

Babblewick Hall

Series 1, Episode 1

When idealistic Fenton Babblewick inherits his uncle's Yorkshire estate, it's the perfect opportunity to realise his utopian dreams. But for his manservant, August Snipe, the move to Babblewick Hall is a nightmare - the house is cold, full of farm animals and worst of all "it's in the north" - a lifetime away from the comforts of London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Control Group Six

Episode 2: In singles bars, Dr Heaven continues his search for love. And Frank. Though not simultaneously.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life. Image shows from L to R: Mark Watson, Tim Key, Tom Basden. Copyright: Impatient Productions

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Series 1, Episode 1 - Success

Mark, Tim and Tom ask how we measure success. They draw on modern definitions of success and decide which ones are worthwhile.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life. Image shows from L to R: Mark Watson, Tim Key, Tom Basden. Copyright: Impatient Productions

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Series 1, Episode 2 - Health And Beauty

Mark asks why it is so hard to get to the bottom of what makes people look and feel good, and if this eternal quest will ever end.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
How Tickled Am I?. Mark Radcliffe. Copyright: BBC

How Tickled Am I?

Series 2, Episode 5 - Robb Wilton

Mark Radcliffe on the man who gave us Mr Muddlecombe JP and 'The Day War Broke Out'.

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

The Colour Problem: Albert and Harold argue over buying a TV or a car.

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

The Men From The Ministry

A Testing Time: Times are changing - can the bungling duo pass new civil service exams?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life. Image shows from L to R: Mark Watson, Tim Key, Tom Basden. Copyright: Impatient Productions

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Series 1, Episode 1 - Success

Mark, Tim and Tom ask how we measure success. They draw on modern definitions of success and decide which ones are worthwhile.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Two Thousand Years Of Radio. Marcus Brigstocke

Two Thousand Years Of Radio

Series 2, Episode 5 - Sherwood FM

It is the year 1206, and DJ Suzanne Canker has fallen for new hero on the block Robin the Hood.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
The Problem With Adam Bloom. Adam Bloom. Copyright: BBC

The Problem With Adam Bloom

Series 1, Episode 5 - Lending Things

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. Adam Bloom explores what happens when you give something to someone and then ask for it back. With stand-up reconstructions and help from Rob Rouse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Nick Revell Show

The Nick Revell Show

Episode 4: The writer has quit smoking and is jetting off, but the geraniums don't want him to go.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Arthur Smith's Balham Bash. Arthur Smith. Copyright: BBC

Arthur Smith's Balham Bash

Series 1, Episode 1

Paul Sinha in the lounge, Milton Jones in the bedroom and Glenn Tilbrook in the kitchen provide music and nourishment in the shape of Welsh rarebit. Pippa Evans, as singer-songwriter Loretta Maine, lends a hand too.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
How Tickled Am I?. Mark Radcliffe. Copyright: BBC

How Tickled Am I?

Series 2, Episode 5 - Robb Wilton

Mark Radcliffe on the man who gave us Mr Muddlecombe JP and 'The Day War Broke Out'.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Puzzle Panel

Episode 3: More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Anne Bradford, Professor David Singmaster and William Harston.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Babblewick Hall. Fenton Babblewick (Nicholas Le Prevost). Copyright: BBC

Babblewick Hall

Series 1, Episode 1

When idealistic Fenton Babblewick inherits his uncle's Yorkshire estate, it's the perfect opportunity to realise his utopian dreams. But for his manservant, August Snipe, the move to Babblewick Hall is a nightmare - the house is cold, full of farm animals and worst of all "it's in the north" - a lifetime away from the comforts of London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Control Group Six

Episode 2: In singles bars, Dr Heaven continues his search for love. And Frank. Though not simultaneously.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life. Image shows from L to R: Mark Watson, Tim Key, Tom Basden. Copyright: Impatient Productions

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Series 1, Episode 1 - Success

Mark, Tim and Tom ask how we measure success. They draw on modern definitions of success and decide which ones are worthwhile.

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