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Radio schedule Tuesday 23rd January 2018

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
1835. Copyright: BBC

1835

Episode 2 - Haircut Sir?

Aristocrat Belport and servant Ned join the police and encounter demon barber Sweeney Todd.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Simon Evans Goes To Market. Simon Evans. Copyright: BBC

Simon Evans Goes To Market

Series 4, Episode 1 - Social Media

Many of the social media technologies look benign and free - but who is getting rich from them? And how? And how are we 'paying' without realising?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Ken Dodd Show. Ken Dodd. Credit: BBC

The Ken Dodd Show

Series 3, Episode 3

Comedy series with sketches, music and stand-up from comedy master Ken Dodd and special guests.

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

The Men From The Ministry

Flushed With Success: The hapless duo direct Trooping the Colour and fix the plumbing.

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

The News Quiz

Series 95, Episode 3

Jeremy Hardy, Kerry Godliman, Daliso Chaponda and Isabel Hardman join Miles Jupp. This week a Carillion carry-on and Bayeux by here?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:45am (repeat)
Hearing With Hegley. John Hegley

Hearing With Hegley

Episode 3: The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, entertains an audience with his book of verse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Ken Dodd Show. Ken Dodd. Credit: BBC

The Ken Dodd Show

Series 3, Episode 3

Comedy series with sketches, music and stand-up from comedy master Ken Dodd and special guests.

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

The Men From The Ministry

Flushed With Success: The hapless duo direct Trooping the Colour and fix the plumbing.

Radio 4 2:15pm
45 min
How Success Ruined Me. Image shows from L to R: Christopher Green, Roy Hudd. Copyright: BBC

How Success Ruined Me

Christopher Green and Roy Hudd tell the story of Fred Barnes, a gay icon and outrageous music hall star who topped the national circuit in 1911, performing with a pet marmoset on his shoulder.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
1835. Copyright: BBC

1835

Episode 2 - Haircut Sir?

Aristocrat Belport and servant Ned join the police and encounter demon barber Sweeney Todd.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Simon Evans Goes To Market. Simon Evans. Copyright: BBC

Simon Evans Goes To Market

Series 4, Episode 1 - Social Media

Many of the social media technologies look benign and free - but who is getting rich from them? And how? And how are we 'paying' without realising?

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Simon Evans Goes To Market. Simon Evans. Copyright: BBC

Simon Evans Goes To Market

Series 4, Episode 2 - Tax Free

As soon as individuals and businesses achieve a certain critical mass they just sort of drift off to some mythical island whose co-ordinates are unknown to common folk, where they erect a giant tax-repellant rainbow over them to protect them from the tiresome responsibility of paying their way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Ken Dodd Show. Ken Dodd. Credit: BBC

The Ken Dodd Show

Series 3, Episode 3

Comedy series with sketches, music and stand-up from comedy master Ken Dodd and special guests.

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

The Men From The Ministry

Flushed With Success: The hapless duo direct Trooping the Colour and fix the plumbing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Simon Evans Goes To Market. Simon Evans. Copyright: BBC

Simon Evans Goes To Market

Series 4, Episode 1 - Social Media

Many of the social media technologies look benign and free - but who is getting rich from them? And how? And how are we 'paying' without realising?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World. Image shows from L to R: Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, Rebecca Front. Copyright: BBC

Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World

Series 2, Episode 4 - The Sea

Why did Turner paint it so often - was it its timeless majesty, or because he couldn't draw hands properly?

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
The Infinite Monkey Cage. Image shows from L to R: Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Copyright: BBC

The Infinite Monkey Cage

Series 17, Episode 3 - Antibiotics

Brian and Robin are joined by comedian Chris Addison, chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies and Professor Martha Clokie to look at the future for antibiotics.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Seekers. Image shows from L to R: Terry (Tony Way), Joe (Daniel Mays), Stuart (Mathew Horne), Nicola (Zahra Ahmadi). Copyright: BBC

Seekers

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Diary

Stuart is concerned that the gift he left Nicola in her desk drawer could be misinterpreted. In fact, it's the worst gift in the history of gifts. Joe, uncharacteristically, offers to help and retrieve the gift (during a diversion created by Gary Probert). Joe only manages to make matters worse - or does he? Stuart could actually be finally getting somewhere with Nicola.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Consultants

The Consultants

Episode 4: The team wonder why so many men went to 'mow a meadow'.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
1835. Copyright: BBC

1835

Episode 2 - Haircut Sir?

Aristocrat Belport and servant Ned join the police and encounter demon barber Sweeney Todd.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Simon Evans Goes To Market. Simon Evans. Copyright: BBC

Simon Evans Goes To Market

Series 4, Episode 1 - Social Media

Many of the social media technologies look benign and free - but who is getting rich from them? And how? And how are we 'paying' without realising?

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