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Radio schedule Tuesday 4th April 2017

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

Girlies

Episode 4: Sonal calls on Samina's legal expertise and Jabeen gets welcome news from husband Joe.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
The Missing Hancocks. Copyright: BBC

The Missing Hancocks

Series 3, Episode 3 - The Racehorse

With Tony Hancock indisposed, Harry Secombe has 10 bob left, so Bill decides to spend it on a racehorse. The fact that it only has three legs does not deter Sid from entering it in the Britannia Steeplechase.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

A struggling vicar and a Welsh birthday card poet.

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

The Men From The Ministry

The Big Rocket: The civil servants bungle in Britain's space race with a mix-up over Mildred.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 50, Episode 5

Kiri Pritchard-McLean airs her grievance with the Daily Mail's 'Legs-it' headline, Tudur Owen considers the future for Wales, should Scotland gain independence and broadcaster Peter Curran discusses the early days of the internet with Punt and Dennis.

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
Dead Pan. Image shows from L to R: DS Jason Trotter (John Hollingworth), DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh), CSM Jo Black (Jane Hazlegrove). Copyright: Savvy Productions

Dead Pan

Episode 2

With a body by the bidet in fine dining restaurant Charnock 37, DCI Alma Blair and her partner in crime and life have their romantic dinner for two rudely interrupted.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

A struggling vicar and a Welsh birthday card poet.

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

The Men From The Ministry

The Big Rocket: The civil servants bungle in Britain's space race with a mix-up over Mildred.

Radio 4 2:15pm (repeat)
Higher. Copyright: BBC

Higher

Series 4, Episode 2 - Creative Solutions

Jim has returned from China in triumph and is rewarded by being promoted to Makeshift Vice Chancellor. But a rather shady educational company is working with the board of governors and wants to do a deal with the university.

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

Puzzle Panel

Episode 9: More fiendish brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Tony Buzan, David Singmaster and Robert Eastway.

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

Girlies

Episode 4: Sonal calls on Samina's legal expertise and Jabeen gets welcome news from husband Joe.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
The Missing Hancocks. Copyright: BBC

The Missing Hancocks

Series 3, Episode 3 - The Racehorse

With Tony Hancock indisposed, Harry Secombe has 10 bob left, so Bill decides to spend it on a racehorse. The fact that it only has three legs does not deter Sid from entering it in the Britannia Steeplechase.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Missing Hancocks. Tony Hancock (Kevin McNally)

The Missing Hancocks

Series 3, Episode 4 - A Visit To Swansea

Tony, Bill, Andrée and Sid head to Swansea in search of Harry Secombe.

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

How Tickled Am I?

Series 3, Episode 1 - Arthur Askey

'Big-Hearted' - but also a comedic radical. Mark Radcliffe profiles the Liverpool-born comic.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

A struggling vicar and a Welsh birthday card poet.

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

The Men From The Ministry

The Big Rocket: The civil servants bungle in Britain's space race with a mix-up over Mildred.

Radio 4 7:45pm (repeat)
Dead Pan. Image shows from L to R: DS Jason Trotter (John Hollingworth), DCI Alma Blair (Julie Hesmondhalgh), CSM Jo Black (Jane Hazlegrove). Copyright: Savvy Productions

Dead Pan

Episode 2

With a body by the bidet in fine dining restaurant Charnock 37, DCI Alma Blair and her partner in crime and life have their romantic dinner for two rudely interrupted.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Missing Hancocks. Copyright: BBC

The Missing Hancocks

Series 3, Episode 3 - The Racehorse

With Tony Hancock indisposed, Harry Secombe has 10 bob left, so Bill decides to spend it on a racehorse. The fact that it only has three legs does not deter Sid from entering it in the Britannia Steeplechase.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Cowards. Image shows from L to R: Tim Key, Stefan Golaszewski, Lloyd Woolf, Tom Basden. Copyright: BBC

Cowards

Series 1, Episode 1

Sketch comedy from Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf. Talking coins and cows in the bizarre world of the comedy sketch show team.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Bridget Christie Minds The Gap. Bridget Christie

Bridget Christie Minds The Gap

Series 2, Episode 3

Bridget tries to find a feminist icon who does not want to replace the word 'feminism' with 'bootylicious', discusses how adverts have ruined her sex life and why twitter is a sexist's natural habitat.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Robert Webb

Concrete Cow

Series 1, Episode 4

Sketches include the rabbit line-up, increasing problems with the Greek myths and Ibiza reps at a holiday camp.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
We Are Klang. Image shows from L to R: Marek Larwood, Greg Davies, Steve Hall. Copyright: BBC

We Are Klang

Episode 3 - Explorer

Travelling, meeting people, growing beards and dysentry - the show meets two of the UK's most celebrated explorers.

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

How Tickled Am I?

Series 3, Episode 1 - Arthur Askey

'Big-Hearted' - but also a comedic radical. Mark Radcliffe profiles the Liverpool-born comic.

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

Puzzle Panel

Episode 9: More fiendish brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Tony Buzan, David Singmaster and Robert Eastway.

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

Girlies

Episode 4: Sonal calls on Samina's legal expertise and Jabeen gets welcome news from husband Joe.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
The Missing Hancocks. Copyright: BBC

The Missing Hancocks

Series 3, Episode 3 - The Racehorse

With Tony Hancock indisposed, Harry Secombe has 10 bob left, so Bill decides to spend it on a racehorse. The fact that it only has three legs does not deter Sid from entering it in the Britannia Steeplechase.

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