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Radio schedule Tuesday 8th October 2019

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Prunella Scales

Smelling Of Roses

Series 4, Episode 6 - The Comfort Man

Rosie Burns faces a fashion show, a potential romance - and a parting of the ways.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC

Clare In The Community

Series 12, Episode 2 - I Predict A Riot

Clare finds herself at the centre of a riot during a prison visit, and has to prove that she is not the ringleader. Back in the Sparrowhawk office, Joan suspects something strange.

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

Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

An odd romantic tryst and the life of a great Englishman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Beyond Our Ken. Image shows left to right: Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne. Credit: BBC

Beyond Our Ken

Series 3, Episode 9

Long-running, hugely popular sketch show starring Kenneth Horne.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am
45 min version
(repeat)
Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 100, Episode 6

Andy Zaltzman chairs the topical comedy panel game, featuring cryptic questions, acerbic satire and humorous newspaper cuttings sent in by listeners, with guests Danny Finkelstein, Lloyd Langford, Zoe Lyons and Angela Barnes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:45am (repeat)
Life On Egg. Image shows from L to R: Ann (Karen Bartke), Harry (Harry Hill), Peter (Marek Larwood). Copyright: BBC

Life On Egg

Series 2, Episode 4 - Whale

It is all hands to the pump as Harry races to save the prison from a pair of mating whales who are attacking The Egg, his efforts not helped by the arrival of a conservationist.

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

Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

An odd romantic tryst and the life of a great Englishman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Beyond Our Ken. Image shows left to right: Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne. Credit: BBC

Beyond Our Ken

Series 3, Episode 9

Long-running, hugely popular sketch show starring Kenneth Horne.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 3, Episode 2

Jon Richardson is joined by Andi Osho, Rufus Hound teams up with Andrew Maxwell and Ted Robbins is paired with both Roger De Courcey and Nookie Bear.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
The Break. Image shows from L to R: Andy (Tom Palmer), Uncle Jeff (Philip Jackson)

The Break

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Key

Andy Chambers, edgy, sharp-tongued City burn-out, has fled London for his Uncle Jeff's seaside home. When we meet him, all Andy wants to do is sleep, but Jeff is having none of it.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Prunella Scales

Smelling Of Roses

Series 4, Episode 6 - The Comfort Man

Rosie Burns faces a fashion show, a potential romance - and a parting of the ways.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC

Clare In The Community

Series 12, Episode 2 - I Predict A Riot

Clare finds herself at the centre of a riot during a prison visit, and has to prove that she is not the ringleader. Back in the Sparrowhawk office, Joan suspects something strange.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Tony Robinson

Paradise Lost In Space

Episode 2

Norman and Max are welcomed by the incurably friendly Oblivions and are soon offering priceless gifts.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC

Clare In The Community

Series 12, Episode 3 - Questions Questions

Clare's got tickets to Any Questions. This is going to be the best night of her life, even is she does have to take Mrs Singh. Elsewhere, Brian's gone back to Men's Group and discovered there's been some developments.

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

Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead

An odd romantic tryst and the life of a great Englishman.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Beyond Our Ken. Image shows left to right: Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne. Credit: BBC

Beyond Our Ken

Series 3, Episode 9

Long-running, hugely popular sketch show starring Kenneth Horne.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30pm
30 min
How To Burn A Million Quid. Copyright: Holy Mountain

How To Burn A Million Quid

Episode 4 - Rule 4

At the height of their success the KLF can do no wrong. But they really want to. News of their forthcoming BRIT Award confirms their status as music industry establishment - exactly the thing they're fighting against - and so they go in search of an idea so outrageous, so disgusting, that they would succeed in becoming outcast from the industry. At the BRIT Awards ceremony of 1992 they try out their idea...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC

Clare In The Community

Series 12, Episode 2 - I Predict A Riot

Clare finds herself at the centre of a riot during a prison visit, and has to prove that she is not the ringleader. Back in the Sparrowhawk office, Joan suspects something strange.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy. Sarah Kendall. Copyright: BBC

Sarah Kendall: Australian Trilogy

Series 1, Episode 3 - Shaken

"This show is a story, and it's a big story. But it actually starts in one of my therapy sessions..."

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 20, Episode 4 - Anniversary of the Periodic Table

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Katy Brand, Prof Polly Arnold and Prof Andrea Sella to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Periodic Table.

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 2, Episode 3 - I Kissed A Bear And I Liked It

Stuart needs to bond with Vanessa's parents, and Joe and Terry raise an egg.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Think The Unthinkable. Image shows from L to R: Owen (David Mitchell), Daisy de Vere (Catherine Shepherd), Ryan Packer (Marcus Brigstocke), Sophie Stott (Emma Kennedy). Copyright: BBC

Think The Unthinkable

Series 1, Episode 4 - Utiliton

With the help of cynical moaning IT specialist Owen, Unthinkable Solutions try to help gas and electricity supplier Utiliton improve its call centres.

Meanwhile, Ryan moves into a crime-ridden sink estate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
Tony Robinson

Paradise Lost In Space

Episode 2

Norman and Max are welcomed by the incurably friendly Oblivions and are soon offering priceless gifts.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Act Your Age. Simon Mayo. Copyright: BBC

Act Your Age

Series 3, Episode 2

Jon Richardson is joined by Andi Osho, Rufus Hound teams up with Andrew Maxwell and Ted Robbins is paired with both Roger De Courcey and Nookie Bear.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
The Break. Image shows from L to R: Andy (Tom Palmer), Uncle Jeff (Philip Jackson)

The Break

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Key

Andy Chambers, edgy, sharp-tongued City burn-out, has fled London for his Uncle Jeff's seaside home. When we meet him, all Andy wants to do is sleep, but Jeff is having none of it.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Prunella Scales

Smelling Of Roses

Series 4, Episode 6 - The Comfort Man

Rosie Burns faces a fashion show, a potential romance - and a parting of the ways.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC

Clare In The Community

Series 12, Episode 2 - I Predict A Riot

Clare finds herself at the centre of a riot during a prison visit, and has to prove that she is not the ringleader. Back in the Sparrowhawk office, Joan suspects something strange.

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