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Radio schedule Thursday 27th November 2014

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

The Elephant Man

Episode 2, It Could Be the Zoo: Southwood Zoo has tax problems and inept staff. Can the National Lottery help?

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 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 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 6 - The Friends Of Frambourne Pier

Voluntary work is required if the pier is to open up again, so Pike and Hodges canvas Frambourne's populace.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson with Noah's story, and Cosmo's guide to the study of moths and butterflies.

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

Heresy

Series 5, Episode 5

With Andrew Collins, Richard Coles and Simon Evans. Topics include religion and gun crime.

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

Alison And Maud

Comedy series starring Denise Coffey and Miriam Margolyes as two sisters running a bed and breakfast in Norwich.

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 6 - The Friends Of Frambourne Pier

Voluntary work is required if the pier is to open up again, so Pike and Hodges canvas Frambourne's populace.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson with Noah's story, and Cosmo's guide to the study of moths and butterflies.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 3.2, Material Values: Emily and Charles are unsympathetic over Roger's job loss, so it is Anna to the rescue.

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

The Elephant Man

Episode 2, It Could Be the Zoo: Southwood Zoo has tax problems and inept staff. Can the National Lottery help?

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

Heresy

Series 5, Episode 5

With Andrew Collins, Richard Coles and Simon Evans. Topics include religion and gun crime.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 6, Episode 1 - Terry Wogan

Terry Wogan's 1953 diary describes his adolescence in Limerick, where he often ate lunch in bed and spent hours playing Subuteo with his friends.

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 6 - The Friends Of Frambourne Pier

Voluntary work is required if the pier is to open up again, so Pike and Hodges canvas Frambourne's populace.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson with Noah's story, and Cosmo's guide to the study of moths and butterflies.

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 2

David Mitchell traces the history of British humour from the Second World War to the dawn of the 1960s. A look at catchphrases, ITMA, Take It From Here, and the BBC's 'Green Book'. Plus The Goon Show, The Windmill Theatre and Tony Hancock.

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 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 10:30pm (repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 3, Episode 4 - Arabella Weir

Arabella Weir describes a teenage life full of drinking, calorie-counting and boys.

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

Another Case Of Milton Jones

Series 5, Episode 3 - Milton Jones - Gardening Expert

Milton crosses stamens with a deadly rival in the vicious cutthroat world of gardening.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Continuity. Announcer (Alistair McGowan). Copyright: Unique Productions

Continuity

Episode 1

A Radio 4 continuity announcer broods on the escalating disasters of his private and professional life at the same time as attempting to give us a preview of the programmes on offer in the coming week. Or what might be Radio 4 in a parallel universe.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15pm (repeat)
Guy Browning's Small Talk

Guy Browning's Small Talk

Episode 1, How to Kiss: The writer enumerates the many and varied methods of engendering facial contact, and where it might lead.

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

A Look Back At The Nineties

Episode 2 - 1996

Episode 2, 1996: Kate Robbins, Brian Perkins and Chris Barrie take a satirical look back at the decade that had yet to happen.

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

Heresy

Series 5, Episode 5

With Andrew Collins, Richard Coles and Simon Evans. Topics include religion and gun crime.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 3.2, Material Values: Emily and Charles are unsympathetic over Roger's job loss, so it is Anna to the rescue.

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

The Elephant Man

Episode 2, It Could Be the Zoo: Southwood Zoo has tax problems and inept staff. Can the National Lottery help?

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