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Radio schedule Thursday 18th December 2014

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

The Elephant Man

Episode 5, All Features Great and Small: Valentine's Day approaches and some of the zoo staff are keen to find romance.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
My Teenage Diary. Rufus Hound

My Teenage Diary

Series 6, Episode 3 - Oona King

The diaries of Labour politician Baroness Oona King see her change from an 11-year-old who wants a hamster to a 19-year-old who wants to be prime minister.

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 9 - The Fancy Dress Night

The fancy dress night is going well... until Mrs Pike and Miss Perkins arrive wearing the same costumes.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson presents his own versions of Dallas and Columbo, plus more piano bashing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Who Goes There

Episode 3.2: Martin Young's famous people quiz.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Kay Stonham

Robin And Wendy's Wet Weekends

Series 4, Episode 3 - Baby Love

Robin is encouraged to bond with the baby and other fathers. Derek tries to tag along to every event, which leads to chaos.

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 9 - The Fancy Dress Night

The fancy dress night is going well... until Mrs Pike and Miss Perkins arrive wearing the same costumes.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson presents his own versions of Dallas and Columbo, plus more piano bashing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 3.5, Seasonal Adjustment: Anna and Charlotte plan to celebrate Christmas their way, but what about Victoria?

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

The Elephant Man

Episode 5, All Features Great and Small: Valentine's Day approaches and some of the zoo staff are keen to find romance.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Who Goes There

Episode 3.2: Martin Young's famous people quiz.

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

My Teenage Diary

Series 6, Episode 4 - Robert Newman

Comedian and author Robert Newman reads from his 1981 teenage diaries, in which he goes to a CND rally, meets Joe Strummer and falls in love on the bus... twice.

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 9 - The Fancy Dress Night

The fancy dress night is going well... until Mrs Pike and Miss Perkins arrive wearing the same costumes.

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

Listen To Les

Les Dawson presents his own versions of Dallas and Columbo, plus more piano bashing.

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 4

The final episode opens in the late seventies as observational comedy blossoms thanks to an Englishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman. Listen out for the birth of comedy clubs too, and more...

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

My Teenage Diary

Series 6, Episode 3 - Oona King

The diaries of Labour politician Baroness Oona King see her change from an 11-year-old who wants a hamster to a 19-year-old who wants to be prime minister.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Laura Solon

Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking

Series 3, Episode 3

Olga the tyrant meets Sue the vicar; Carole presents a novel approach to DIY; a housewife outsources her husband; and public schoolboy Toby Green replaces a holidaying 007.

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

Another Case Of Milton Jones

Series 5, Episode 6 - Milton Jones Becomes Britain's Best-Known Undercover Journalist

Comedy series in which Milton Jones assumes the role of expert in a particular field, with no ability whatsoever. Which means that Milton Jones also becomes Britain's most least-effective undercover journalist.

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

Continuity

Episode 4

Radio 4 goes to Preston for the national pie competition, Sarah Topolski gives a sneak preview of next week's obituaries and there's unbridled hilarity from the United Nations as our foreign office sitcom goes Stateside.

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

Guy Browning's Small Talk

Episode 4, How To Get Out More: From popping out in order to stay in, to the delights of camping, the writer shares life-coaching tips.

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

A Look Back At The Nineties

Episode 5 - 1999

Episode 5, 1999: Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Chris Barrie 'look back' at the decade that was yet to happen.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Who Goes There

Episode 3.2: Martin Young's famous people quiz.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 3.5, Seasonal Adjustment: Anna and Charlotte plan to celebrate Christmas their way, but what about Victoria?

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

The Elephant Man

Episode 5, All Features Great and Small: Valentine's Day approaches and some of the zoo staff are keen to find romance.

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