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Radio schedule Tuesday 18th February 2020

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
HR. Image shows from L to R: Sam (Nicholas Le Prevost), Peter (Jonathan Pryce). Copyright: BBC

HR

Series 1, Episode 5 - A Leaving Party

Peter and Sam meet on their way to a leaving party.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Henry Normal. Copyright: BBC

Henry Normal

Episode 1 - A Normal Love

Henry Normal returns for the third programme in an occasional series of poetry, storytelling and comedy. In a show for Valentine's Day, he explores love, romance and other unreasonable expectations.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 5, Episode 16 - The Case of the Missing Heir

As a Dimberger, Neddie Seagoon sets out to dethrone a Heidelberger.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Series 3, Episode 13

Kenneth Horne blows his own trumpet, plus Julian and Sandy's psychic gift of a second vada.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:45am (repeat)
What To Do If You're Not Like Everybody Else. Andrew Lawrence. Copyright: BBC

What To Do If You're Not Like Everybody Else

Series 1, Episode 3

This week, Andrew Lawrence explores the pressure we all face to do a full-time job and earn sufficient money to live a respectable life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 5, Episode 16 - The Case of the Missing Heir

As a Dimberger, Neddie Seagoon sets out to dethrone a Heidelberger.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Series 3, Episode 13

Kenneth Horne blows his own trumpet, plus Julian and Sandy's psychic gift of a second vada.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Holly Walsh, David Bramwell, Sarah Millican, Stephen J. Dubner. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 8, Episode 2 - Meeting Forty-Five

Joining John Lloyd and Sarah Millican this week are mathematician Hannah Fry, Horrible Histories resident historian Greg Jenner, and the tattyfilarious Ken Dodd.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
Hopes And Desires

Hopes And Desires

Episode 3 - Toad Squad

Reg, bitter at being retired prematurely, finds a toad crushed on the road as it was crossing to mate. Now Reg has a mission. In future, none of the toad's fellow creatures will end up looking like flattened gardening gloves.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
HR. Image shows from L to R: Sam (Nicholas Le Prevost), Peter (Jonathan Pryce). Copyright: BBC

HR

Series 1, Episode 5 - A Leaving Party

Peter and Sam meet on their way to a leaving party.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Henry Normal. Copyright: BBC

Henry Normal

Episode 1 - A Normal Love

Henry Normal returns for the third programme in an occasional series of poetry, storytelling and comedy. In a show for Valentine's Day, he explores love, romance and other unreasonable expectations.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Hexagonal Phase, Episode 2 - Fit The Twenty-Eighth

After being rescued by Zaphod, he and the gang are in turn rescued by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged, after Zaphod says that he could grant him his death wish.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 5, Episode 16 - The Case of the Missing Heir

As a Dimberger, Neddie Seagoon sets out to dethrone a Heidelberger.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Round The Horne. Image shows left to right: Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden, Kenneth Horne, June Ellis. Credit: BBC

Round The Horne

Series 3, Episode 13

Kenneth Horne blows his own trumpet, plus Julian and Sandy's psychic gift of a second vada.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Henry Normal. Copyright: BBC

Henry Normal

Episode 1 - A Normal Love

Henry Normal returns for the third programme in an occasional series of poetry, storytelling and comedy. In a show for Valentine's Day, he explores love, romance and other unreasonable expectations.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Irish Micks And Legends. Image shows from L to R: Aisling Bea, Yasmine Akram. Copyright: Green Dragon Media

Irish Micks And Legends

Series 2, Episode 3 - Diarmuid And Grainne

Aisling and Yasmine tell the tale of famous young lovers Diarmuid and Grainne. It is an affair that ended like most Irish stories - terribly.

BBC Radio 3 10:45pm
15 min
Susan Calman

Top Of The Bill

Episode 2 - Susan Calman on Victoria Wood

Susan Calman first saw An Audience with Victoria Wood at the age of 14. It was almost by accident, but by the end of the show she had come to realise what she was destined to be. Yet Susan's career took a curious path to the comedy success that is now hers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Terry Alderton

Terry Alderton: Crazy Now

Terry Alderton: More Crazy Now, Episode 3 - Who's Dr Vet?

Featuring some careless hunters, a nonsense song and a long and baffling list of animals from Dr Vet.

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 21, Special - UFO Special

Brian Cox and Robin Ince host a close encounter of the 1st kind with comedian Lucy Beaumont, astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Director of Jodrell Bank Professor Tim O'Brien, and science presenter Dallas Campbell to ask if UFOs and aliens have visited Earth?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Lenny Henry

Rudy's Rare Records

Series 1, Episode 3 - Get Up, Stand Up

When local pub The White Horse is turned into a posh gastropub, Rudy's monthly DJing spot is cancelled. Whilst an enraged community grows via Facebook, Adam attempts to arrange a date at the refreshed venue with Alison. Meanwhile, Tasha gets engaged and Richie awaits exam results.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
John Shuttleworth. Graham Fellows

John Shuttleworth's Lounge Music

Series 2, Episode 2 - Clare Grogan

John Shuttleworth invites musical guests to his Sheffield home to sing one of his songs and one of their own, if they are lucky.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
The Museum Of Curiosity. Image shows from L to R: John Lloyd, Holly Walsh, David Bramwell, Sarah Millican, Stephen J. Dubner. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Gallery 8, Episode 2 - Meeting Forty-Five

Joining John Lloyd and Sarah Millican this week are mathematician Hannah Fry, Horrible Histories resident historian Greg Jenner, and the tattyfilarious Ken Dodd.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
Hopes And Desires

Hopes And Desires

Episode 3 - Toad Squad

Reg, bitter at being retired prematurely, finds a toad crushed on the road as it was crossing to mate. Now Reg has a mission. In future, none of the toad's fellow creatures will end up looking like flattened gardening gloves.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
HR. Image shows from L to R: Sam (Nicholas Le Prevost), Peter (Jonathan Pryce). Copyright: BBC

HR

Series 1, Episode 5 - A Leaving Party

Peter and Sam meet on their way to a leaving party.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Henry Normal. Copyright: BBC

Henry Normal

Episode 1 - A Normal Love

Henry Normal returns for the third programme in an occasional series of poetry, storytelling and comedy. In a show for Valentine's Day, he explores love, romance and other unreasonable expectations.

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