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Radio schedule Thursday 17th October 2013

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
The Galton And Simpson Playhouse. Copyright: BBC

The Galton And Simpson Playhouse

Episode 2 - Naught For Thy Comfort

If, having been dumped by your wife, you decide to commit suicide, you would think somebody would try to stop you.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Alok (Susheel Kumar), Sanjay (Omar Raza), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Dave (Donald Mcleary). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Series 5, Episode 6 - Meter Reading Chic

Ramesh thinks it is time to ponder retirement from the corner shop game but has to decide who will carry on his shop's legacy and take over the Fags, Mags and Bags empire.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 2, Episode 5 - Sergeant Save My Boy

Pike gets caught in the barbed wire on Walmington's beach, so it is up to Mainwaring and Wilson to save him before the tide comes in.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Hello Cheeky. Image shows from L to R: Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin, Barry Cryer. Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Hello Cheeky

Series 2, Episode 2

Sketches and jokes from Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and John Junkin.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Boogie Up The River

Boogie Up The River

Episode 1, I'll See You on Tower Pier at 11: Mark Wallington and hellish hound Boogie quest to find the source of the Thames.

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

Tickets Please

Episode 3

Love among the train-staff on the 9.27 London to Exeter flourishes. But with the unwelcome addition of Diana's amorous mum. And why is her Dad squashing Carol's muffins?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 2, Episode 5 - Sergeant Save My Boy

Pike gets caught in the barbed wire on Walmington's beach, so it is up to Mainwaring and Wilson to save him before the tide comes in.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Hello Cheeky. Image shows from L to R: Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin, Barry Cryer. Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Hello Cheeky

Series 2, Episode 2

Sketches and jokes from Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and John Junkin.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Ring Around The Bath

Ring Around The Bath

Episode 3.3, Loophole: Patrick gets a TV presenting job, but filming at home puts Stella's garden at risk.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
The Galton And Simpson Playhouse. Copyright: BBC

The Galton And Simpson Playhouse

Episode 2 - Naught For Thy Comfort

If, having been dumped by your wife, you decide to commit suicide, you would think somebody would try to stop you.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Clare In The Community. Copyright: BBC

Clare In The Community

Series 8, Episode 1 - Hot Desk

Social Worker Clare Barker and her colleagues have to move offices and embrace hot desking. All this while Clare has a new student to wet nurse. Meanwhile, Brian is struggling to keep control in the classroom.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 2, Episode 5 - Sergeant Save My Boy

Pike gets caught in the barbed wire on Walmington's beach, so it is up to Mainwaring and Wilson to save him before the tide comes in.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Hello Cheeky. Image shows from L to R: Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin, Barry Cryer. Copyright: Yorkshire Television

Hello Cheeky

Series 2, Episode 2

Sketches and jokes from Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and John Junkin.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Fags, Mags And Bags. Image shows from L to R: Alok (Susheel Kumar), Sanjay (Omar Raza), Ramesh (Sanjeev Kohli), Dave (Donald Mcleary). Copyright: The Comedy Unit

Fags, Mags And Bags

Series 5, Episode 6 - Meter Reading Chic

Ramesh thinks it is time to ponder retirement from the corner shop game but has to decide who will carry on his shop's legacy and take over the Fags, Mags and Bags empire.

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

Newsjack

Series 9, Episode 5

This week we hear a school which examines the parents, a look in the archive reveals what happened when wartime celebrities travelled on the tube, and we hear some of the audition tapes for the title role in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Seekers. Image shows from L to R: Terry (Tony Way), Joe (Daniel Mays), Stuart (Mathew Horne), Nicola (Zahra Ahmadi). Copyright: BBC

Seekers

Series 1, Episode 3 - That Bloke Keeps Looking At Us

A man sitting at the other end of the job centre waiting room keeps looking at Joe, Terry and Stuart. They refuse to be intimidated and bravely stare back.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Armando Iannucci. Armando Iannucci. Copyright: BBC

Armando Iannucci

Series 1, Episode 1

Armando Iannucci is joined by David Schneider, Rebecca Front and Peter Baynham in a series of anarchic sketches.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Arthur Smith's Last Hangover

Arthur Smith talks to Caroline Quentin one year on after giving up drinking, when an alcohol-related illness nearly killed him.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Boogie Up The River

Boogie Up The River

Episode 1, I'll See You on Tower Pier at 11: Mark Wallington and hellish hound Boogie quest to find the source of the Thames.

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

Tickets Please

Episode 3

Love among the train-staff on the 9.27 London to Exeter flourishes. But with the unwelcome addition of Diana's amorous mum. And why is her Dad squashing Carol's muffins?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Ring Around The Bath

Ring Around The Bath

Episode 3.3, Loophole: Patrick gets a TV presenting job, but filming at home puts Stella's garden at risk.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
The Galton And Simpson Playhouse. Copyright: BBC

The Galton And Simpson Playhouse

Episode 2 - Naught For Thy Comfort

If, having been dumped by your wife, you decide to commit suicide, you would think somebody would try to stop you.

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