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Radio schedule Friday 29th May 2015

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 6 - Michelangelo 'Ancock

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)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 4, Episode 26 - The Silent Bugler

It's 1902 and British secret agent Seagoon is heading to Dresden on a deadly mission.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The National Theatre Of Brent's Iconic Icons. Image shows from L to R: Raymond Box (John Ramm), Desmond Olivier Dingle (Patrick Barlow). Copyright: CPL Productions

The National Theatre Of Brent's Iconic Icons

Episode 3 - The Dalai Lama Or How The West Was Won

Desmond and Raymond trace His Holiness's journey from two-year-old yak boy to disaffected teenage Dalai to the mature Lama, exiled from his country, separated from his people, but spiritually at one with himself and the world. They also present Buddhism in a Nutshell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
On Baby Street

On Baby Street

Episode 4: Yvette's dad takes Kelly out. Unlike Ian, Shona adores Beatrix Potter.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Gloomsbury. Image shows from L to R: Henry Mickleton (Jonathan Coy), Vera Sackcloth-Vest (Miriam Margolyes), DH Lollipop (John Sessions), Lionel Fox (Nigel Planer), Venus Traduces (Morwenna Banks), Ginny Fox (Alison Steadman). Copyright: Little Brother Productions

Gloomsbury

Series 3, Episode 1 - All Very Hush Hush

A security breach at the foreign office means Henry sees spies everywhere at Sizzlinghurst. His paranoia is fuelled by Vera's procession of clandestine visitors.

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 6 - Michelangelo 'Ancock

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)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 4, Episode 26 - The Silent Bugler

It's 1902 and British secret agent Seagoon is heading to Dresden on a deadly mission.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Beverley Lyons

The Fame Game

Radio Scotland panel show pilot hosted by showbiz reporter Beverly Lyons.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
The National Theatre Of Brent's Iconic Icons. Image shows from L to R: Raymond Box (John Ramm), Desmond Olivier Dingle (Patrick Barlow). Copyright: CPL Productions

The National Theatre Of Brent's Iconic Icons

Episode 3 - The Dalai Lama Or How The West Was Won

Desmond and Raymond trace His Holiness's journey from two-year-old yak boy to disaffected teenage Dalai to the mature Lama, exiled from his country, separated from his people, but spiritually at one with himself and the world. They also present Buddhism in a Nutshell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
On Baby Street

On Baby Street

Episode 4: Yvette's dad takes Kelly out. Unlike Ian, Shona adores Beatrix Potter.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm (repeat)
Elis James' Pantheon Of Heroes. Image shows from L to R: Benjamin Partridge, Elis James, Nadia Kamil. Copyright: BBC

Elis James' Pantheon Of Heroes

Series 1, Episode 2 - Religion

More historical heroism - as Saint David, Saint Patrick and Gerald of Wales are put to the Totaliser Test. With guest Henry Widdicombe.

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

The News Quiz

Series 87, Episode 3

Francis Wheen, Helen Zaltzman and Francis Wheen join regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and Sandi Toksvig.

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 6 - Michelangelo 'Ancock

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)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 4, Episode 26 - The Silent Bugler

It's 1902 and British secret agent Seagoon is heading to Dresden on a deadly mission.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Victor Lewis-Smith

Episode 4: Victor has a tiff with his weighing machine, orders a Chinese and advertises 'cremagrams'.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter From Salford

Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter From Salford

Episode 6, Speeches: Sir Ralph hosts a literary lunch at the Munchbox Cafeteria, but there's another poet in town.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
Matt Berry

I, Regress

Series 1, Episode 6

Dr Berry treats some intimidating east-ender twins with unexpected past lives. Can he pull off the double?

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 1am (repeat)
Here Be Dragons. Image shows from L to R: Lloyd Langford, Gareth Gwynn, Cariad Lloyd, Sian Harries, Nadia Kamil, Benjamin Partridge, Elis James. Copyright: John Stanley Productions

Here Be Dragons

Series 1, Episode 6

The show could well include bees, darts, bottle tops and the Large Hadron Collider.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
The National Theatre Of Brent's Iconic Icons. Image shows from L to R: Raymond Box (John Ramm), Desmond Olivier Dingle (Patrick Barlow). Copyright: CPL Productions

The National Theatre Of Brent's Iconic Icons

Episode 3 - The Dalai Lama Or How The West Was Won

Desmond and Raymond trace His Holiness's journey from two-year-old yak boy to disaffected teenage Dalai to the mature Lama, exiled from his country, separated from his people, but spiritually at one with himself and the world. They also present Buddhism in a Nutshell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
On Baby Street

On Baby Street

Episode 4: Yvette's dad takes Kelly out. Unlike Ian, Shona adores Beatrix Potter.

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