OK before we get a list of device that might do What I can't find yet is one that can do all these

learning existing remote codes.
macro facility
timer functions that work from a real time clock

Sony have an RM AV 2500 which says it does these but the timer/clock is a lie, ditto Marantz/Philips

We are talking devices upto £200 pounds that lie on the page.

this is to record TV and Radio - terrestial/satellite/anybox (radio has no program listing) and anway the satbox has no timer and no progs past 1 week - thats progress/Rupert Murdock (tick any of above) for you.

Having just discovered the Garison Keiler Radio Show - while it is fresh and alive - I just can't miss it right now.