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Radio schedule Thursday 30th October 2014

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Stockport, So Good They Named It Once

Stockport, So Good They Named It Once

Series 2, Episode 4 - Siege

The comic goings on of the Conroy family in the Greater Manchester town of Stockport.

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

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

Series 4, Episode 2

Featuring a sketch that you will never really own, the rudest of awakenings for one particular pet and a look at the often ignored positive side of stereotyping.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile. Image shows from L to R: Frank Pike (Ian Lavender), Arthur Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Miss Perkins (Vivienne Martin), Bert Hodges (Bill Pertwee). Copyright: BBC

It Sticks Out Half A Mile

Episode 2 - The Bank Loan

Hodges and Pike have persuaded Wilson to loan them £2,500 to renovate the pier in Frambourne. Uncle Arthur decides to call off the loan to them, but will 'Nephew' Frank show a vicious streak and try blackmail?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Listen To Les

Listen To Les

Les Dawson presents the debut of comic discovery Justin Jest and a wonky piano sing-along.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
How to Be Bohemian. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Heresy

Series 5, Episode 1

Victoria Coren takes over as host, with old host David Baddiel as one of the panellists. The other guests are Richard Coles and David Mitchell. Topics include The Queen, social networking websites and Barbara and Margot from The Good Life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Alison And Maud

Alison And Maud

Episode 2, Lame Ducks: How can landlady Alison avoid a courtship display without hastily inventing a hubby?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile. Image shows from L to R: Frank Pike (Ian Lavender), Arthur Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Miss Perkins (Vivienne Martin), Bert Hodges (Bill Pertwee). Copyright: BBC

It Sticks Out Half A Mile

Episode 2 - The Bank Loan

Hodges and Pike have persuaded Wilson to loan them £2,500 to renovate the pier in Frambourne. Uncle Arthur decides to call off the loan to them, but will 'Nephew' Frank show a vicious streak and try blackmail?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Listen To Les

Listen To Les

Les Dawson presents the debut of comic discovery Justin Jest and a wonky piano sing-along.

Radio 4 2:15pm
45 min
Tony Hancock

Hancock's Ashes

Play imagining behind-the-scenes as Willie Rushton brings Tony Hancock's ashes back to Britain.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Stockport, So Good They Named It Once

Stockport, So Good They Named It Once

Series 2, Episode 4 - Siege

The comic goings on of the Conroy family in the Greater Manchester town of Stockport.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
How to Be Bohemian. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Heresy

Series 5, Episode 1

Victoria Coren takes over as host, with old host David Baddiel as one of the panellists. The other guests are Richard Coles and David Mitchell. Topics include The Queen, social networking websites and Barbara and Margot from The Good Life.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. Image shows from L to R: Carrie Quinlan, Simon Kane, John Finnemore, Lawry Lewin, Margaret Cabourn-Smith. Copyright: BBC

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

Series 4, Episode 3

Featuring updates from some ongoing political negotiations, an awkward encounter at an interfaith conference and a curious tale of a young man who heads to Canada to win the respect of his father.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
It Sticks Out Half A Mile. Image shows from L to R: Frank Pike (Ian Lavender), Arthur Wilson (John Le Mesurier), Miss Perkins (Vivienne Martin), Bert Hodges (Bill Pertwee). Copyright: BBC

It Sticks Out Half A Mile

Episode 2 - The Bank Loan

Hodges and Pike have persuaded Wilson to loan them £2,500 to renovate the pier in Frambourne. Uncle Arthur decides to call off the loan to them, but will 'Nephew' Frank show a vicious streak and try blackmail?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Listen To Les

Listen To Les

Les Dawson presents the debut of comic discovery Justin Jest and a wonky piano sing-along.

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

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

Series 4, Episode 2

Featuring a sketch that you will never really own, the rudest of awakenings for one particular pet and a look at the often ignored positive side of stereotyping.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm
30 min
Newsjack. Image shows from L to R: Tessa Coates, Romesh Ranganathan, Ellie White, Lewis Macleod. Copyright: BBC

Newsjack

Series 11, Episode 6

The week's stories cobbled together in a scrapbook sketch show, which anyone can write for. Uninformed, up to the minute, down to the dregs. Presented by Romesh Ranganathan.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
52 First Impressions With David Quantick. David Quantick. Copyright: Giddy Goat Productions

52 First Impressions With David Quantick

Series 1, Episode 3

David Quantick delivers stories about Tom Jones, Morrissey and Mrs Phyllis Pearsall, among others.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
At Home With The Snails. George (Geoffrey Palmer)

At Home With The Snails

Series 2, Episode 1

Alex now has a job, his own flat and a girlfriend. He has also overcome his obsession with snails. But he is left traumatised by news of his parents' death, and fears that he may return to his old ways.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Dave Podmore. Dave 'Pod' Podmore (Christopher Douglas)

Dave Podmore

Dave Podmore's World Of Cricket, Episode 2

A case of libel for Pod, in which a portaloo figures prominently. But could Pod's legal challenge land Andy in jail?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (repeat)
How to Be Bohemian. Victoria Coren Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

Heresy

Series 5, Episode 1

Victoria Coren takes over as host, with old host David Baddiel as one of the panellists. The other guests are Richard Coles and David Mitchell. Topics include The Queen, social networking websites and Barbara and Margot from The Good Life.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Stockport, So Good They Named It Once

Stockport, So Good They Named It Once

Series 2, Episode 4 - Siege

The comic goings on of the Conroy family in the Greater Manchester town of Stockport.

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