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Radio schedule Thursday 10th September 2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
North By Northamptonshire. Copyright: BBC

North By Northamptonshire

Series 1, Episode 1

Mary starts rehearsals and is shocked by 12-year-old Gregory's slide show of Victorian ladies. Meanwhile Esther sends Jonathan out to collect money for the Leicestershire Infertile Males Project but he ends up at The Bricklayer's Arms looking at pictures of elephants with Jan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Meet David Sedaris. David Sedaris

Meet David Sedaris

Series 5, Episode 6

One of the world's best storytellers, back on BBC Radio 4 doing what he does best.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Episode 3.1, Homes Fit for Heroes: Harold and Albert quarrel over his plans to travel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Flywheel, Shyster And Flywheel. Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel (Michael Roberts). Copyright: BBC

Flywheel, Shyster And Flywheel

Series 1, Episode 4 - Foo Foo

It's a dog's life for shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel when a Pekingese goes missing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Joe Lycett

It's Not What You Know

Series 1, Episode 1

Rachel Johnson, Desmond Lynam and Mark Steel nominate one of their nearest and dearest to answer a selection of questions. Renowned film director and food critic Michael Winner is this week's special guest.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Series 4, Episode 4 - Sunday Lunch

To steam or not to steam? Sarah and Eleanor argue over potatoes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Episode 3.1, Homes Fit for Heroes: Harold and Albert quarrel over his plans to travel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Flywheel, Shyster And Flywheel. Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel (Michael Roberts). Copyright: BBC

Flywheel, Shyster And Flywheel

Series 1, Episode 4 - Foo Foo

It's a dog's life for shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel when a Pekingese goes missing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Joe Lycett

It's Not What You Know

Series 1, Episode 1

Rachel Johnson, Desmond Lynam and Mark Steel nominate one of their nearest and dearest to answer a selection of questions. Renowned film director and food critic Michael Winner is this week's special guest.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Series 4, Episode 4 - Sunday Lunch

To steam or not to steam? Sarah and Eleanor argue over potatoes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
North By Northamptonshire. Copyright: BBC

North By Northamptonshire

Series 1, Episode 1

Mary starts rehearsals and is shocked by 12-year-old Gregory's slide show of Victorian ladies. Meanwhile Esther sends Jonathan out to collect money for the Leicestershire Infertile Males Project but he ends up at The Bricklayer's Arms looking at pictures of elephants with Jan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Meet David Sedaris. David Sedaris

Meet David Sedaris

Series 5, Episode 6

One of the world's best storytellers, back on BBC Radio 4 doing what he does best.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Museum Of Curiosity. John Lloyd. Copyright: BBC

The Museum Of Curiosity

Coding Special - Meeting Forty-Three: Coding Special

John Lloyd is joined by another new curator, Sarah Millican, to present this special episode about coding as the Museum takes a trip up to the Edinburgh Fringe. On the steering committee are the Festival of the Spoken Nerd's Matt Parker, CEO of Raspberry Pi Eben Upton, and Canadian graphic novellist Sydney Padua.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Episode 3.1, Homes Fit for Heroes: Harold and Albert quarrel over his plans to travel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Flywheel, Shyster And Flywheel. Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel (Michael Roberts). Copyright: BBC

Flywheel, Shyster And Flywheel

Series 1, Episode 4 - Foo Foo

It's a dog's life for shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel when a Pekingese goes missing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Meet David Sedaris. David Sedaris

Meet David Sedaris

Series 5, Episode 6

One of the world's best storytellers, back on BBC Radio 4 doing what he does best.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm
30 min
Newsjack. Image shows from L to R: George Fouracres, Nish Kumar, Natasia Demetriou, Freya Parker. Copyright: BBC

Newsjack

Series 13, Episode 1

Nish Kumar returns to present the 13th series of the satirical sketch show anyone can write for. Sketches including a right-wing relaxation tape, Jeremy Corbyn introduces some of his more unsavoury friends, and the problems of sending whisky into space.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
Richard Marsh: Cardboard Heart. Image shows from L to R: Louise (Jemima Rooper), Goadsby (Rebecca Scroggs), Will (Richard Marsh), Beast (Russell Tovey), Vicky (Olivia Poulet), Colin (Sam Troughton), Rog (Phil Daniels). Copyright: Lucky Giant

Richard Marsh: Cardboard Heart

Episode 1 - New Job

The team battle each other for a new job that has just opened up in the office. Will tries to make himself the model candidate and takes to the street to learn what the public really want when it comes to greetings cards.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Old Harry's Game. Image shows from L to R: Satan (Andy Hamilton), Gary (Steven O'Donnell). Copyright: BBC

Old Harry's Game

Series 1, Episode 4 - Appearances

Satan tries to make Gary tell the time, turns Thomas into various vegetables, and tries to prove to the Professor that humans are all evil by nature.

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

Sounding Off With McGough

Episode 2

Roger McGough's poetic reflections on the inhabitants of the world.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
The Shuttleworths. John Shuttleworth (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC

The Shuttleworths

Series 1, Episode 2 - Mini-Break In Giggleswick

John Shuttleworth and his family visit a guesthouse in North Yorkshire for an adventure involving a broken teasmade.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Joe Lycett

It's Not What You Know

Series 1, Episode 1

Rachel Johnson, Desmond Lynam and Mark Steel nominate one of their nearest and dearest to answer a selection of questions. Renowned film director and food critic Michael Winner is this week's special guest.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC

After Henry

Series 4, Episode 4 - Sunday Lunch

To steam or not to steam? Sarah and Eleanor argue over potatoes.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
North By Northamptonshire. Copyright: BBC

North By Northamptonshire

Series 1, Episode 1

Mary starts rehearsals and is shocked by 12-year-old Gregory's slide show of Victorian ladies. Meanwhile Esther sends Jonathan out to collect money for the Leicestershire Infertile Males Project but he ends up at The Bricklayer's Arms looking at pictures of elephants with Jan.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Meet David Sedaris. David Sedaris

Meet David Sedaris

Series 5, Episode 6

One of the world's best storytellers, back on BBC Radio 4 doing what he does best.

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