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Radio schedule Friday 10th May 2019

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Laura (Olivia Nixon), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 1, Episode 2

Creative team Joe and Teddy find themselves reduced to working on posters for industrial adhesives, cast iron stoves, and jewellery for dogs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Ruby Wax: Frazzled. Ruby Wax

Ruby Wax: Frazzled

Episode 1 - Two

Ruby Wax returns to talk about mental health and mindfulness in her inimitable style, using comedy and insight to make us laugh and reflect on what it means to be human.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

Episode 12: The former Goon Show star presents his one-man show, in which he plays everything from a ghost-hunter to a hole collector.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Robbery with Violence: Comedy, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Hugo Rifkind

Hugo Rifkind's Search For Power

Episode 2

Hugo looks at the influence of journalists, speaking to Owen Jones, Sam Coates and James Ball as he attempts to determine what level of power they wield.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

Episode 12: The former Goon Show star presents his one-man show, in which he plays everything from a ghost-hunter to a hole collector.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Robbery with Violence: Comedy, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Julia Sutherland

The Funny Life Of...

Series 2, Episode 1 - Iain Stirling

Julia Sutherland is joined in conversation by Iain Stirling, one of Scotland's most successful stand-up comedians, to find out what drives him to succeed.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Laura (Olivia Nixon), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 1, Episode 2

Creative team Joe and Teddy find themselves reduced to working on posters for industrial adhesives, cast iron stoves, and jewellery for dogs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Ruby Wax: Frazzled. Ruby Wax

Ruby Wax: Frazzled

Episode 1 - Two

Ruby Wax returns to talk about mental health and mindfulness in her inimitable style, using comedy and insight to make us laugh and reflect on what it means to be human.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 99, Episode 5

The EU Election, the birth of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, and the fall in the number of GPs working in the UK. Miles Jupp is joined by Bugler Andy Zaltzman, stand-ups Desiree Burch and Andrew Maxwell, and star of The Mash Report, Rachel Parris.

Union Jack 7pm
30 min
Josh Berry

Josh Berry's Fake News

Series 2, Episode 4

Join impressionist Josh Berry as he says - forget the facts - it's fake news!

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Michael Bentine Show

The Best Of Bentine

Episode 12: The former Goon Show star presents his one-man show, in which he plays everything from a ghost-hunter to a hole collector.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Robbery with Violence: Comedy, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Ruby Wax: Frazzled. Ruby Wax

Ruby Wax: Frazzled

Episode 1 - Two

Ruby Wax returns to talk about mental health and mindfulness in her inimitable style, using comedy and insight to make us laugh and reflect on what it means to be human.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This?. Andrew Lawrence. Copyright: BBC

Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This?

Episode 5 - Money

Comic explanation of human development via stand-up, song and sketch.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
John Finnemore's Double Acts. John Finnemore. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

John Finnemore's Double Acts

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Goliath Window

It is the year 1820, and Mark and Luke have agreed to meet in the vestry of St Anne's church in the village of Mayton Chennett. Starring Simon Kane and John Finnemore.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler. Tim Fitzhigham. Copyright: BBC

Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler

Series 2, Episode 3

Can Tim FitzHigham cook a pudding underneath ten feet of water?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Laura (Olivia Nixon), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 1, Episode 2

Creative team Joe and Teddy find themselves reduced to working on posters for industrial adhesives, cast iron stoves, and jewellery for dogs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Ruby Wax: Frazzled. Ruby Wax

Ruby Wax: Frazzled

Episode 1 - Two

Ruby Wax returns to talk about mental health and mindfulness in her inimitable style, using comedy and insight to make us laugh and reflect on what it means to be human.

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