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Radio schedule Monday 20th August 2018

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Ayres On The Air. Pam Ayres. Copyright: BBC

Ayres On The Air

Series 5, Episode 3 - Self-Sufficiency

Pam talks about her love of allotments, beekeeping and knitting.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 82, Episode 2

Paul Merton, Pam Ayres, Josie Lawrence and Julian Clary attempt to speak for 60 seconds on a variety of subjects without hesitation, repetition or deviation.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 4, Episode 10 - The Expresso Bar

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile. Image shows from L to R: Frank Pike (Ian Lavender), Arthur Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Miss Perkins (Vivienne Martin), Bert Hodges (Bill Pertwee). Copyright: BBC

It Sticks Out Half A Mile

Episode 6 - The Friends Of Frambourne Pier

Voluntary work is required if the pier is to open up again, so Pike and Hodges canvas Frambourne's populace.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 2, Episode 2

Katy Brand and Alex Horne compete against Richard Herring and Natalie Haynes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Spangles 'n' Tights

Episode 4, Medieval Banquet: Dublin's theatrical costumiers dress a medieval banquet in a ghostly castle.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Dot. Dot (Fenella Woolgar). Copyright: BBC

Dot

Series 3, Episode 3 - Dig for Victory!

The Women's Land Army are on the hunt for volunteers, and Dot and the gals are whisked off to the countryside to work the land. It is not long before Dot is planning a great escape.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 4, Episode 10 - The Expresso Bar

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile. Image shows from L to R: Frank Pike (Ian Lavender), Arthur Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Miss Perkins (Vivienne Martin), Bert Hodges (Bill Pertwee). Copyright: BBC

It Sticks Out Half A Mile

Episode 6 - The Friends Of Frambourne Pier

Voluntary work is required if the pier is to open up again, so Pike and Hodges canvas Frambourne's populace.

Radio 4 4pm
30 min
Natalie Haynes

Natalie Haynes Stands Up For The Classics

Series 4, Episode 4 - Livy

Natalie Haynes stands up in the name of Roman historian Livy, with guests comedian and history buff Al Murray and classicist Professor Llewelyn Morgan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 2, Episode 2

Katy Brand and Alex Horne compete against Richard Herring and Natalie Haynes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Spangles 'n' Tights

Episode 4, Medieval Banquet: Dublin's theatrical costumiers dress a medieval banquet in a ghostly castle.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Ayres On The Air. Pam Ayres. Copyright: BBC

Ayres On The Air

Series 5, Episode 3 - Self-Sufficiency

Pam talks about her love of allotments, beekeeping and knitting.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 82, Episode 2

Paul Merton, Pam Ayres, Josie Lawrence and Julian Clary attempt to speak for 60 seconds on a variety of subjects without hesitation, repetition or deviation.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm
30 min
Beth Granville. Copyright: Alex Brenner

Foiled

Series 2, Episode 3 - Everything's Queues

New tickets for Boyzone Live have been released, and Sabrina is determined to be first in line.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 82, Episode 3

Nicholas Parsons presents the iconic panel show.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 4, Episode 10 - The Expresso Bar

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile. Image shows from L to R: Frank Pike (Ian Lavender), Arthur Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Miss Perkins (Vivienne Martin), Bert Hodges (Bill Pertwee). Copyright: BBC

It Sticks Out Half A Mile

Episode 6 - The Friends Of Frambourne Pier

Voluntary work is required if the pier is to open up again, so Pike and Hodges canvas Frambourne's populace.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 82, Episode 2

Paul Merton, Pam Ayres, Josie Lawrence and Julian Clary attempt to speak for 60 seconds on a variety of subjects without hesitation, repetition or deviation.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Start/Stop. Barney (Jack Docherty). Copyright: BBC

Start/Stop

Series 2, Episode 3 - Pregnancy

Cathy reveals to a shocked Barney that she is pregnant. Fiona suggests to a shocked Evan that he get a vasectomy. And David suggests to a shocked Alice that they adopt.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Boswell's Lives. Image shows from L to R: Alan Bennett (Alistair McGowan), Karl Marx (Julian Rhind-Tutt), James Boswell (Miles Jupp), Muhammad Ali (Lenny Henry), Madonna (Debra Stephenson). Copyright: BBC

Boswell's Lives

Series 2, Episode 3 - Boswell's Life of Madonna

Boswell meets Madonna (Debra Stephenson) and lives to tell the tale.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Jo Bunting

Where's The F In News?

Series 1, Episode 5

A lively show with a female panel taking current events and lifestyle trends as a starting point for a series of fresh and funny challenges.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Tom Wrigglesworth Utterly At Odds With The Universe. Tom Wrigglesworth. Copyright: BBC

Tom Wrigglesworth Utterly At Odds With The Universe

Stand-up show in which Tom Wrigglesworth talks about the relationship with his granddad.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 2, Episode 2

Katy Brand and Alex Horne compete against Richard Herring and Natalie Haynes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Spangles 'n' Tights

Episode 4, Medieval Banquet: Dublin's theatrical costumiers dress a medieval banquet in a ghostly castle.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Ayres On The Air. Pam Ayres. Copyright: BBC

Ayres On The Air

Series 5, Episode 3 - Self-Sufficiency

Pam talks about her love of allotments, beekeeping and knitting.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 82, Episode 2

Paul Merton, Pam Ayres, Josie Lawrence and Julian Clary attempt to speak for 60 seconds on a variety of subjects without hesitation, repetition or deviation.

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