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Radio schedule Tuesday 5th March 2019

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Prunella Scales

Smelling Of Roses

Series 2, Episode 3 - The Comeback Kid

Rosie and her team are asked to relaunch the career of an ageing children's TV presenter. Can they prove that old fashioned entertainment can win out over computer games?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Small Scenes. Image shows from L to R: Daniel Rigby, Cariad Lloyd, Henry Paker, Jessica Ransom, Mike Wozniak. Copyright: BBC

Small Scenes

Series 4, Episode 3

Featuring the World Small Talk Championships, and a look at a nationwide drug network that operates along the rambling paths of Great Britain.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 4.6, The VIPs: With the writer's publisher and his wife due for summer drinks, the sprinkler comes out.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?. Copyright: BBC

Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

Episode 1 - Strangers On A Train

Five years have passed; Bob has travelled to London to buy a wedding present and Terry has returned from Cyprus after a spell in the army. By chance, they meet on the last train home and the events of the past few years flood out with Terry playing the bitter man to the hilt.

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 54, Episode 2

This week we look to kick the news can down the road whilst enjoying some unseasonably warm weather. We hear Heidi Regan's take on climate change, Ian Moore takes his French Citizenship test and Jess Robinson pays tribute to our new queen...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Beachcomber... By The Way

Beachcomber... By The Way

Series 1, Episode 2

Humourous tales based on J. B. Morton's popular and whimsical Daily Express column, By The Way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 4.6, The VIPs: With the writer's publisher and his wife due for summer drinks, the sprinkler comes out.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?. Copyright: BBC

Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

Episode 1 - Strangers On A Train

Five years have passed; Bob has travelled to London to buy a wedding present and Terry has returned from Cyprus after a spell in the army. By chance, they meet on the last train home and the events of the past few years flood out with Terry playing the bitter man to the hilt.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Genius. Dave Gorman. Copyright: BBC

Genius

Series 1, Episode 3 - John Fortune

With John Fortune. Ideas include sending old people to Mars, using laughing gas in riots and an anti-Valentines day.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Prunella Scales

Smelling Of Roses

Series 2, Episode 3 - The Comeback Kid

Rosie and her team are asked to relaunch the career of an ageing children's TV presenter. Can they prove that old fashioned entertainment can win out over computer games?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Small Scenes. Image shows from L to R: Daniel Rigby, Cariad Lloyd, Henry Paker, Jessica Ransom, Mike Wozniak. Copyright: BBC

Small Scenes

Series 4, Episode 3

Featuring the World Small Talk Championships, and a look at a nationwide drug network that operates along the rambling paths of Great Britain.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Small Scenes. Image shows from L to R: Daniel Rigby, Cariad Lloyd, Henry Paker, Jessica Ransom, Mike Wozniak. Copyright: BBC

Small Scenes

Series 4, Episode 4

A man's his life starts to spiral into chaos.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 4.6, The VIPs: With the writer's publisher and his wife due for summer drinks, the sprinkler comes out.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?. Copyright: BBC

Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

Episode 1 - Strangers On A Train

Five years have passed; Bob has travelled to London to buy a wedding present and Terry has returned from Cyprus after a spell in the army. By chance, they meet on the last train home and the events of the past few years flood out with Terry playing the bitter man to the hilt.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Small Scenes. Image shows from L to R: Daniel Rigby, Cariad Lloyd, Henry Paker, Jessica Ransom, Mike Wozniak. Copyright: BBC

Small Scenes

Series 4, Episode 3

Featuring the World Small Talk Championships, and a look at a nationwide drug network that operates along the rambling paths of Great Britain.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Boswell's Lives. James Boswell (Miles Jupp). Copyright: BBC

Boswell's Lives

Episode 1 - Boswell's Life Of Johnson

Boswell attempts to write a biography of another famous Johnson - Boris - but finds him a fiendish opponent, especially on the whiff-whaff table.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Marc Wootton

Date Night

Series 1, Episode 1

Semi-improvised comedy show written and performed by Marc Wootton and others. Together they portray a series of couples who are all embracing the modern phenomenon of date night.

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 7, Episode 2

Satan needs to sort stuff out with God but God has gone off to have some 'me-time'. Then Hell receives its strangest visitor yet.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Goodness Gracious Me

Goodness Gracious Me

Episode 2.4: A dizzy Indian ad agency, a lovesick lament to Lahore - and the blundering Bhangra Muffins.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Genius. Dave Gorman. Copyright: BBC

Genius

Series 1, Episode 3 - John Fortune

With John Fortune. Ideas include sending old people to Mars, using laughing gas in riots and an anti-Valentines day.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Prunella Scales

Smelling Of Roses

Series 2, Episode 3 - The Comeback Kid

Rosie and her team are asked to relaunch the career of an ageing children's TV presenter. Can they prove that old fashioned entertainment can win out over computer games?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Small Scenes. Image shows from L to R: Daniel Rigby, Cariad Lloyd, Henry Paker, Jessica Ransom, Mike Wozniak. Copyright: BBC

Small Scenes

Series 4, Episode 3

Featuring the World Small Talk Championships, and a look at a nationwide drug network that operates along the rambling paths of Great Britain.

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