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Radio schedule Thursday 7th January 2016

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Hazelbeach. Ronnie Hazelbeach (Jamie Foreman). Copyright: BBC

Hazelbeach

Series 1, Episode 2

Nick goes in search of his long-lost mother while Ronnie tries to sell heart-rate monitors to Monty Python fans.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Carey Marx

Intensive Carey

Carey Marx tells the story of how he had a heart attack and the slow recovery thereafter.

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

Any Old Iron?: Albert is concerned about an offer made to Harold.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 2, The Wedding Ring: The small-time crime writer is distracted when his wife loses something precious.

Radio 4 9am
30 min
Radio 4

Behaving Ourselves: David Mitchell On Manners

Episode 4 - The Golf Club

David Mitchell ends his look at modern manners in a golf club bar. The members reflect ruefully on the demise of the jacket and tie. So have things all gone wrong? Not really.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Genius. Dave Gorman. Copyright: BBC

Genius

Series 2, Episode 3 - Brian Sewell

With Brian Sewell. Ideas include the horse-bike, putting the clocks back an hour every night, and having all Thomas the Tank Engine books narrated by Brian Sewell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 7.3, Soft Soap: Charlotte makes her soap debut and Victoria has a change of heart.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:15am (repeat)
Lesley Sharp

Have Your Cake

Episode 4 - Scripture Cake

A long-forgotten recipe triggers an unlikely friendship between Maggie and her reclusive next-door neighbour.

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

Any Old Iron?: Albert is concerned about an offer made to Harold.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 2, The Wedding Ring: The small-time crime writer is distracted when his wife loses something precious.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Genius. Dave Gorman. Copyright: BBC

Genius

Series 2, Episode 3 - Brian Sewell

With Brian Sewell. Ideas include the horse-bike, putting the clocks back an hour every night, and having all Thomas the Tank Engine books narrated by Brian Sewell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 7.3, Soft Soap: Charlotte makes her soap debut and Victoria has a change of heart.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Hazelbeach. Ronnie Hazelbeach (Jamie Foreman). Copyright: BBC

Hazelbeach

Series 1, Episode 2

Nick goes in search of his long-lost mother while Ronnie tries to sell heart-rate monitors to Monty Python fans.

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

Intensive Carey

Carey Marx tells the story of how he had a heart attack and the slow recovery thereafter.

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 5, Episode 1

The first of a new series sees an unlikely wager, a troubled bluesman, and a rip-roaring adventure on the high seas.

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

Any Old Iron?: Albert is concerned about an offer made to Harold.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Typewriter

The Small, Intricate Life Of Gerald C. Potter

Episode 2, The Wedding Ring: The small-time crime writer is distracted when his wife loses something precious.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:15pm (repeat)
Lesley Sharp

Have Your Cake

Episode 4 - Scripture Cake

A long-forgotten recipe triggers an unlikely friendship between Maggie and her reclusive next-door neighbour.

Radio 4 9:30pm (repeat)
Radio 4

Behaving Ourselves: David Mitchell On Manners

Episode 4 - The Golf Club

David Mitchell ends his look at modern manners in a golf club bar. The members reflect ruefully on the demise of the jacket and tie. So have things all gone wrong? Not really.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Carey Marx

Intensive Carey

Carey Marx tells the story of how he had a heart attack and the slow recovery thereafter.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Secret World. Copyright: BBC

The Secret World

Series 2, Episode 2

Alan Bennett replies to every bit of junk mail personally and with great style; whilst Professor Richard Dawkins persues his career as a pop singer - auditioning for Lady Gaga.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
Mark Thomas - The Manifesto. Mark Thomas. Copyright: BBC

Mark Thomas - The Manifesto

Series 4, Episode 1

Mark addresses tax-avoidance, quantitative easing and voting reform.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Bleak Expectations. Image shows from L to R: Hardthrasher (Geoffrey Whitehead), Aunt Lily (Celia Imrie), Young Pip (Tom Allen), Mr Gently Benevolent (Anthony Head), Sir Philip Bin (Richard Johnson), Harry Biscuit (James Bachman). Copyright: BBC

Bleak Expectations

Series 3, Episode 6 - Lives Lost, Ruined, Wrecked And Redeemed

Pip and Ripely find themselves facing a vast and evil undead army. England has only one hope - that Miss Sweetly Delightful can melt Mr Benevolent's cruel, undead heart.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Museum Of Everything. Image shows from L to R: Dan Tetsell, Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins

The Museum Of Everything

Episode 4, To Infinity and Beyond: A bunch of Star Trek fans beam in for a sci-fi convention

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Genius. Dave Gorman. Copyright: BBC

Genius

Series 2, Episode 3 - Brian Sewell

With Brian Sewell. Ideas include the horse-bike, putting the clocks back an hour every night, and having all Thomas the Tank Engine books narrated by Brian Sewell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 7.3, Soft Soap: Charlotte makes her soap debut and Victoria has a change of heart.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Hazelbeach. Ronnie Hazelbeach (Jamie Foreman). Copyright: BBC

Hazelbeach

Series 1, Episode 2

Nick goes in search of his long-lost mother while Ronnie tries to sell heart-rate monitors to Monty Python fans.

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

Intensive Carey

Carey Marx tells the story of how he had a heart attack and the slow recovery thereafter.

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