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Radio schedule Friday 30th January 2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Galton & Simpson

Little Blighty On The Down

Episode 3.4: Council leader Mrs Roberts insists an electrical substation is raffled off.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Gloomsbury. Image shows from L to R: Henry Mickleton (Jonathan Coy), Vera Sackcloth-Vest (Miriam Margolyes), DH Lollipop (John Sessions), Lionel Fox (Nigel Planer), Venus Traduces (Morwenna Banks), Ginny Fox (Alison Steadman). Copyright: Little Brother Productions

Gloomsbury

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Trials Of Attempting An Elopement

Vera longs to elope to Mediterranean sunshine with one of her bosom chums. But her first choice, Ginny Fox is stubbornly impervious to adventure and Venus Traduces is fully booked for elopements until next April.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 2, Episode 6 - The Chef That Died Of Shame

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

Fair Exchange: The bungling duo mix up the designs for the new pound note.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Rhod Gilbert

Jest A Minute

Series 2, Episode 4

Elis James, Jon Richardson, Lloyd Langford and Chris Corcoran join Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from Cardiff.

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
Tinsel Girl. Maz (Cherylee Houston)

Tinsel Girl

Tinsel Girl And The Tropical Trip, Episode 5

Maz finally arrives in the Seychelles, with the chiselled cheek-boned best man for Lisa's wedding in tow. Yet, with her pain levels riding high, it soon becomes clear to Maz that not everything is as sunny on this island paradise as she had imagined. Maz realises that she needs to work some of her Tinsel Girl magic.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 5, Episode 5 - Birkenhead

Mark performs from Birkenhead School in Birkenhead, the Wirrall, a landscape dominated by the shipyard, but the local life has also included monks, a "Bantam Army", one of the quirkiest bands in the country, and a pub inside a barbershop.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 2, Episode 6 - The Chef That Died Of Shame

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

Fair Exchange: The bungling duo mix up the designs for the new pound note.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
King Street Junior. Copyright: BBC

King Street Junior

King Street Junior Revisited 4, Episode 3 - It's Behind You

Christmas is coming but goodwill is in short supply among the staff panto cast, especially between Miss Featherstone and Mr. Maxwell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Galton & Simpson

Little Blighty On The Down

Episode 3.4: Council leader Mrs Roberts insists an electrical substation is raffled off.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Rhod Gilbert

Jest A Minute

Series 2, Episode 4

Elis James, Jon Richardson, Lloyd Langford and Chris Corcoran join Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from Cardiff.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 2, Episode 6 - The Chef That Died Of Shame

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

Fair Exchange: The bungling duo mix up the designs for the new pound note.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Gloomsbury. Image shows from L to R: Henry Mickleton (Jonathan Coy), Vera Sackcloth-Vest (Miriam Margolyes), DH Lollipop (John Sessions), Lionel Fox (Nigel Planer), Venus Traduces (Morwenna Banks), Ginny Fox (Alison Steadman). Copyright: Little Brother Productions

Gloomsbury

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Trials Of Attempting An Elopement

Vera longs to elope to Mediterranean sunshine with one of her bosom chums. But her first choice, Ginny Fox is stubbornly impervious to adventure and Venus Traduces is fully booked for elopements until next April.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Shuttleworths. John Shuttleworth (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC

The Shuttleworths

Radio Shuttleworth 2, Episode 5

John teaches 1997 Eurovision winner Katrina Leskanich to darn, and Robert Wyatt tries to impress an impresario.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Bill Bailey

Hey Hey We're The Monks

An abbey that is running out of monks advertises for new recruits, and a young man decides to swap the dole queue for holy orders.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The In Crowd

The In Crowd

Episode 1: Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
Self-Storage. Copyright: BBC

Self-Storage

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Storage Unit

Following the breakup of his marriage, Dave moves all his possessions into the Storage Garden, meeting security guard Ron and mysterious neighbour Geoff.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (repeat)
Rhod Gilbert

Jest A Minute

Series 2, Episode 4

Elis James, Jon Richardson, Lloyd Langford and Chris Corcoran join Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from Cardiff.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
King Street Junior. Copyright: BBC

King Street Junior

King Street Junior Revisited 4, Episode 3 - It's Behind You

Christmas is coming but goodwill is in short supply among the staff panto cast, especially between Miss Featherstone and Mr. Maxwell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Galton & Simpson

Little Blighty On The Down

Episode 3.4: Council leader Mrs Roberts insists an electrical substation is raffled off.

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