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Radio schedule Thursday 25th October 2012

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Chambers. Image shows from L to R: Hilary Tripping (James Fleet), John Fuller-Carp (John Bird), Ruth Quirke (Sarah Lancashire). Copyright: BBC

Chambers

Series 3, Episode 1 - Rent Arrears

Ruth tries to avoid the question by faking a family; Fuller-Carp cons a student tenant by fiddlling the books and is almost caught out; and Vince acts Jewish.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. Image shows from L to R: Carrie Quinlan, John Finnemore, Simon Kane, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Lawry Lewin. Copyright: BBC

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

Series 2, Episode 6

Sketch show from the writer of Radio 4's Cabin Pressure, John Finnemore, with Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Series 2, Episode 8 - The Moral Dimension

The DAA visit the Islamic nation of Qumran, where during a secretly drunken gathering Bernard learns that an oil contract was won by bribery. When he tells Hacker, the minister plans to expose the deal, but Sir Humphrey has other ideas.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
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Take It From Here

Jimmy Edwards becomes Head of the BBC Research College.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
1834. Copyright: BBC

1834

Episode 2 - The Time Machine

Jason decides that the invention of the toasted sandwich maker will sort out his new 19th century life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Just A Minute. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Episode 12.2: Patrick Moore, Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo and Clement Freud cogitate on bath time and the perfect murder.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Series 2, Episode 8 - The Moral Dimension

The DAA visit the Islamic nation of Qumran, where during a secretly drunken gathering Bernard learns that an oil contract was won by bribery. When he tells Hacker, the minister plans to expose the deal, but Sir Humphrey has other ideas.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
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Take It From Here

Jimmy Edwards becomes Head of the BBC Research College.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Mind Your Own Business!

Mind Your Own Business!

Episode 4, Points of Disagreement: Whiz-kid Jimmy and staid Russell clash over a business takeover.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Chambers. Image shows from L to R: Hilary Tripping (James Fleet), John Fuller-Carp (John Bird), Ruth Quirke (Sarah Lancashire). Copyright: BBC

Chambers

Series 3, Episode 1 - Rent Arrears

Ruth tries to avoid the question by faking a family; Fuller-Carp cons a student tenant by fiddlling the books and is almost caught out; and Vince acts Jewish.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Terry Pratchett's Small Gods. Copyright: BBC

Terry Pratchett's Small Gods

Episode 4

Deacon Vorbis has returned triumphantly to Omnia. He proclaims himself the One True Prophet. But novice priest Brutha knows what really happened in the desert and the Great God Om is still out there, stuck in the body of a tiny tortoise.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This?. Andrew Lawrence. Copyright: BBC

Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This?

Episode 1 - Dietary Practices

Andrew looks at what goes in to making our diet, including a rather different view of fair trade, a comment on road-kill as food and a moving song about the extinction of the mammoth. Sara Pascoe and Marek Larwood assist.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
London

Undone

Series 3, Episode 5 - United

Compelled to visit a hypnotherapist, Edna finds herself recovering forgotten memories as her friends take up the worlds-protecting slack.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Series 2, Episode 8 - The Moral Dimension

The DAA visit the Islamic nation of Qumran, where during a secretly drunken gathering Bernard learns that an oil contract was won by bribery. When he tells Hacker, the minister plans to expose the deal, but Sir Humphrey has other ideas.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
. Copyright: BBC

Take It From Here

Jimmy Edwards becomes Head of the BBC Research College.

Radio 2 logo 9:30pm
30 min
Al Murray's Judgment Day. Al Murray

Al Murray's Judgment Day

Jenny Eclair joins Al Murray to confess her sins.

Radio 2 logo 10pm
60 min
Stand Up For Pudsey. The Pub Landlord (Al Murray). Copyright: BBC

Stand Up For Pudsey

Jon Holmes presents highlights from an evening of comedy and music as part of the BBC's Children In Need broadcasts.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. Image shows from L to R: Carrie Quinlan, John Finnemore, Simon Kane, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Lawry Lewin. Copyright: BBC

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

Series 2, Episode 6

Sketch show from the writer of Radio 4's Cabin Pressure, John Finnemore, with Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm
30 min
Newsjack. Image shows from L to R: Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Justin Edwards, Pippa Evans, Lewis Macleod. Copyright: BBC

Newsjack

Series 7, Episode 6

As it is the last show in the series the Newsjack team bring their toys into the studio, Justin talks to Paul McCartney about being stripped of his Number One's for using drugs, and there is a new Back to the Future about the end of British Summer Time.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Bigipedia. Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Bigipedia

Series 2, Episode 4 - BigiHype!

BigiHype - the best way to raise the profile of a new event or an unpopular charity!

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Million Pound Radio Show. Copyright: BBC

The Million Pound Radio Show

Series 2, Episode 3

Spoofing the royals - and chatty dinosaurs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Penny Dreadfuls Present.... Image shows from L to R: Humphrey Ker, Thom Tuck, David Reed

The Penny Dreadfuls Present...

The Brothers Faversham, Episode 3 - Leonidas

The Penny Dreadfuls present the story of Leonidas, Victorian Britain's most reckless explorer and the third born of the Faversham Brothers.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
Terry Pratchett's Small Gods. Copyright: BBC

Terry Pratchett's Small Gods

Episode 4

Deacon Vorbis has returned triumphantly to Omnia. He proclaims himself the One True Prophet. But novice priest Brutha knows what really happened in the desert and the Great God Om is still out there, stuck in the body of a tiny tortoise.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
London

Undone

Series 3, Episode 5 - United

Compelled to visit a hypnotherapist, Edna finds herself recovering forgotten memories as her friends take up the worlds-protecting slack.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
1834. Copyright: BBC

1834

Episode 2 - The Time Machine

Jason decides that the invention of the toasted sandwich maker will sort out his new 19th century life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Just A Minute. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Episode 12.2: Patrick Moore, Kenneth Williams, Derek Nimmo and Clement Freud cogitate on bath time and the perfect murder.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Mind Your Own Business!

Mind Your Own Business!

Episode 4, Points of Disagreement: Whiz-kid Jimmy and staid Russell clash over a business takeover.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Chambers. Image shows from L to R: Hilary Tripping (James Fleet), John Fuller-Carp (John Bird), Ruth Quirke (Sarah Lancashire). Copyright: BBC

Chambers

Series 3, Episode 1 - Rent Arrears

Ruth tries to avoid the question by faking a family; Fuller-Carp cons a student tenant by fiddlling the books and is almost caught out; and Vince acts Jewish.

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