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Radio schedule Thursday 20th November 2014

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Elephant Man

Episode 1, Endangered Species: As Southwood Zoo faces bankruptcy, what future for assistant head keeper Terry Lyon?

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 5

Featuring the only detectives who have not had their own TV show yet, a well-disguised sketch about the residents of the savannah, and a revolutionary email exchange.

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 5 - Pike In Love

Love-sick Pike cannot concentrate on renovating the pier, so Uncle Arthur is called in to lecture him on the birds and the bees.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson reveals the joy of being a father and how to tackle rising crime rates.

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

Heresy

Series 5, Episode 4

With Dave Gorman, Clive James and Mark Steel.

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

Alison And Maud

Episode 5, The Unmentionable: A nasty moment for Bernard in the granny flat, or is the landladies' daddy only joking?

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 5 - Pike In Love

Love-sick Pike cannot concentrate on renovating the pier, so Uncle Arthur is called in to lecture him on the birds and the bees.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson reveals the joy of being a father and how to tackle rising crime rates.

Radio 4 2:15pm (repeat)
Higher. Copyright: BBC

Higher

Series 3, Episode 1 - Clearing

With fees going through the roof and an eye-watering 20 per cent cut in funding, it is important that Hayborough University keeps its recruitment numbers high.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Ladies Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Irene (Prunella Scales), Vera (Patricia Routledge). Copyright: BBC

Ladies Of Letters

Episode 4.9: Vera's family works out their problems on live television.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 3.1, Time Shift: Charlotte surprises her sisters with her new younger lover.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Elephant Man

Episode 1, Endangered Species: As Southwood Zoo faces bankruptcy, what future for assistant head keeper Terry Lyon?

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

Heresy

Series 5, Episode 4

With Dave Gorman, Clive James and Mark Steel.

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 6

The final episode of the series contains a pure moment of happiness, a song for a season that does not usually get sung about and a curious tale about an invention that is probably not evil.

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 5 - Pike In Love

Love-sick Pike cannot concentrate on renovating the pier, so Uncle Arthur is called in to lecture him on the birds and the bees.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson reveals the joy of being a father and how to tackle rising crime rates.

Radio 2 logo 10pm (repeat)
Radio 2's History Of British Comedy. David Mitchell. Copyright: Made In Manchester Productions

Radio 2's History Of British Comedy

Episode 1

David Mitchell takes us from 1913 to 1938, examining both cutting edge comedy innovation in the Music Hall and the early days of the movies, which though silent at the start, were virtually entirely comedy based.

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 5

Featuring the only detectives who have not had their own TV show yet, a well-disguised sketch about the residents of the savannah, and a revolutionary email exchange.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 3, Episode 3 - Jo Caulfield

Jo Caulfield's diaries describe her joining a terrible rockabilly band despite the fact she can't play the drums.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Another Case Of Milton Jones. Milton (Milton Jones). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Another Case Of Milton Jones

Series 5, Episode 2 - International Diplomat

Diplomat Milton is on the run after leaking all the UN's emails - except for the Swiss ones, which were too dull. And he meets a shadowy hacker. And the shadowy hacker's mum.

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

At Home With The Snails

Series 2, Episode 4

Alex is now using the internet to connect with other snail lovers - but it only connects him with George and an experimental doctor. Alex's relationships with snails, his parents and his girlfriend reach a tumultuous conclusion.

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

A Look Back At The Nineties

Episode 1 - 1995

Episode 1, 1995: Recorded in July 1993, Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Chris Barrie 'look back' at the decade that was yet to happen.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
Ladies Of Letters. Image shows from L to R: Irene (Prunella Scales), Vera (Patricia Routledge). Copyright: BBC

Ladies Of Letters

Episode 4.9: Vera's family works out their problems on live television.

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

Heresy

Series 5, Episode 4

With Dave Gorman, Clive James and Mark Steel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 3.1, Time Shift: Charlotte surprises her sisters with her new younger lover.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Elephant Man

Episode 1, Endangered Species: As Southwood Zoo faces bankruptcy, what future for assistant head keeper Terry Lyon?

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