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Radio schedule Tuesday 12th May 2020

BBC Radio 4 Extra
7am
(repeat)
Stanley Baxter

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse

Series 8, Episode 1 - The Boy Who Ran Away From The Circus

On a Glasgow rooftop, a former circus trapeze artist and a sad and misunderstood young man become connected by circumstance and a shared experience of life, as each tells his story.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
7:30am
(repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 9, Episode 1 - Shazia Mirza

Rufus Hound returns for another series of honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. For the start of the ninth series, comedian Shazia Mirza reads from her diary, from when she grew up as a Muslim girl in 90s Birmingham.

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 6, Episode 4 - Napoleon's Piano

Neddie Seagoon is conned into pinching the keyboard played at the Battle of Waterloo.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
8:30am
(repeat)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

The Rich Brothers: The veteran of many parts recalls a slapstick act, and reveals all on showbiz cliches.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
9am
(repeat)
The News Quiz. Angela Barnes

The News Quiz

Series 102, Episode 4

Helen Lewis, Andy Parsons, Kerry Godliman and Simon Evans join host Angela Barnes for the topical comedy panel game, featuring cryptic questions, acerbic satire and humorous cuttings sent in by listeners.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
9:30am
(repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Such Rotten Luck

Episode 2.5, Hunting, Shooting and Wishing: Woodhouse arrives at the Pomeroys' country house hoping to find a patron.

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 6, Episode 4 - Napoleon's Piano

Neddie Seagoon is conned into pinching the keyboard played at the Battle of Waterloo.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
12:30pm
(repeat)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

The Rich Brothers: The veteran of many parts recalls a slapstick act, and reveals all on showbiz cliches.

Radio 4
2:15pm
(repeat)
Holbein's Skull. Copyright: BBC

Holbein's Skull

Comedy drama about Hans Holbein and his painting The Ambassadors.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
2:30pm
(repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Such Rotten Luck

Episode 2.5, Hunting, Shooting and Wishing: Woodhouse arrives at the Pomeroys' country house hoping to find a patron.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
5pm
(repeat)
Stanley Baxter

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse

Series 8, Episode 1 - The Boy Who Ran Away From The Circus

On a Glasgow rooftop, a former circus trapeze artist and a sad and misunderstood young man become connected by circumstance and a shared experience of life, as each tells his story.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
5:30pm
(repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 9, Episode 1 - Shazia Mirza

Rufus Hound returns for another series of honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. For the start of the ninth series, comedian Shazia Mirza reads from her diary, from when she grew up as a Muslim girl in 90s Birmingham.

Radio 4
6:30pm
30 min
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 9, Episode 2 - Jenny Murray

Rufus Hound talks to Jenni Murray about her teenage years in 1960s Barnsley. The first entry in her diary deals with the surprising news that her parents are moving to India.

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 6, Episode 4 - Napoleon's Piano

Neddie Seagoon is conned into pinching the keyboard played at the Battle of Waterloo.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
7:30pm
(repeat)
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook

The Rich Brothers: The veteran of many parts recalls a slapstick act, and reveals all on showbiz cliches.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10pm
(repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 9, Episode 1 - Shazia Mirza

Rufus Hound returns for another series of honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. For the start of the ninth series, comedian Shazia Mirza reads from her diary, from when she grew up as a Muslim girl in 90s Birmingham.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:30pm
(repeat)
Life: An Idiot's Guide. Stephen K Amos. Copyright: BBC

Life: An Idiot's Guide

Series 3, Episode 5 - Penny Pinching And Austerity

Stephen K Amos and his comedy friends compile a guide to life. Stephen is joined by comedians Suzi Ruffell, Tom Rhodes and Andy Zaltzman to present a guide to penny pinching and austerity.

Radio 4
11pm
30 min
You'll Do. Image shows from L to R: Catherine Bohart, Sarah Keyworth. Copyright: Whistledown

You'll Do

Episode 2 - Ageing with Zoe Lyons and Sindy De Jong

Comedian Zoe Lyons and nurse Sindy De Jong join Catherine Bohart and Sarah Keyworth to talk about their marriage, falling in love and out of vans.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11pm
(repeat)
Nurse. Herbert (Paul Whitehouse). Copyright: Down The Line Productions

Nurse

Series 2, Episode 1

Nurse returns to BBC Radio 4 for a second series. This bittersweet comedy drama, created by Paul Whitehouse and David Cummings, is about a community mental health nurse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
11:15pm
(repeat)
The In Crowd

The In Crowd

Episode 2.1: Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward.

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 3, Episode 5 - Barrington Zoo

Barrington Zoo is given the full consultant treatment. Some of the ideas for new uses for a zoo, especially those from Sophie, really are unthinkable.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
2:30am
(repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Such Rotten Luck

Episode 2.5, Hunting, Shooting and Wishing: Woodhouse arrives at the Pomeroys' country house hoping to find a patron.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
5am
(repeat)
Stanley Baxter

The Stanley Baxter Playhouse

Series 8, Episode 1 - The Boy Who Ran Away From The Circus

On a Glasgow rooftop, a former circus trapeze artist and a sad and misunderstood young man become connected by circumstance and a shared experience of life, as each tells his story.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
5:30am
(repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 9, Episode 1 - Shazia Mirza

Rufus Hound returns for another series of honest, intimate and hilarious interviews, with famous guests reading from their genuine teenage diaries. For the start of the ninth series, comedian Shazia Mirza reads from her diary, from when she grew up as a Muslim girl in 90s Birmingham.

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