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Radio schedule Friday 19th January 2018

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
The Leopard In Autumn

The Leopard In Autumn

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Pride And The Peacemaker

Prince Ludovico buys a cannon and his wife Princess Plethora makes a journey to Rome.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
The Break. Image shows from L to R: Andy (Tom Palmer), Uncle Jeff (Philip Jackson)

The Break

Series 1, Episode 2 - Cold Mountain

Andy and Jeff find an abandoned fridge and think their luck has changed. Indeed, it has - for the worse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 5, Episode 11

A stockingless thief, and Shakespeare from Bard to Verse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Robert Lindsay. Copyright: BBC

Albert And Me

Series 2, Episode 2 - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Can Bryan save his sister Vera's marriage from breakdown?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 3, Episode 1

Writers Penny Junor and Julian Fellowes join team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip. Gyles Brandreth presides.

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 2, Episode 7 - The Other Married Man

Sarah tries keeping her affair secret, but her mother Eleanor can sniff out deceit.

Radio 4 10:45am
15 min
How To Survive The Roman Empire, By Pliny And Me. Copyright: BBC

How To Survive The Roman Empire, By Pliny And Me

Series 3, Episode 5

The Emperor Domitian is increasingly paranoid that there is a plot against him. This time he is right.

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

Sorry, Boys, You Failed The Audition

A "what-if" comedy drama which imagines what might have happened if George Martin turned down The Beatles.

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am (repeat)
Julia Sutherland

A Funny Kind Of...

Funny Kind Of Love, Episode 2

Julia Sutherland goes in search of comedy in dark places, featuring comedians tackling taboo aspects of love and relationships through laughter, live on stage in Edinburgh.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 5, Episode 11

A stockingless thief, and Shakespeare from Bard to Verse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Robert Lindsay. Copyright: BBC

Albert And Me

Series 2, Episode 2 - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Can Bryan save his sister Vera's marriage from breakdown?

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Julia Sutherland

The Funny Life Of...

Series 1, Episode 2 - Ashley Storrie

Julia Sutherland meets comedian Ashley Storrie for a personal and detailed look at her life, revealing some of the hardest moments a person can face, and how she has used comedy as a form of release.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 3, Episode 1

Writers Penny Junor and Julian Fellowes join team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip. Gyles Brandreth presides.

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 2, Episode 7 - The Other Married Man

Sarah tries keeping her affair secret, but her mother Eleanor can sniff out deceit.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
The Leopard In Autumn

The Leopard In Autumn

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Pride And The Peacemaker

Prince Ludovico buys a cannon and his wife Princess Plethora makes a journey to Rome.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
The Break. Image shows from L to R: Andy (Tom Palmer), Uncle Jeff (Philip Jackson)

The Break

Series 1, Episode 2 - Cold Mountain

Andy and Jeff find an abandoned fridge and think their luck has changed. Indeed, it has - for the worse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
London

Undone

Series 2, Episode 5 - Unwelcome

A trip home to Towcester and her Mum should give Edna a break. But there's a fete to organise and Tankerton has a mission of his own.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 95, Episode 3

Jeremy Hardy, Kerry Godliman, Daliso Chaponda and Isabel Hardman join Miles Jupp. This week a Carillion carry-on and Bayeux by here?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 5, Episode 11

A stockingless thief, and Shakespeare from Bard to Verse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Robert Lindsay. Copyright: BBC

Albert And Me

Series 2, Episode 2 - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Can Bryan save his sister Vera's marriage from breakdown?

Radio 4 7:45pm (repeat)
How To Survive The Roman Empire, By Pliny And Me. Copyright: BBC

How To Survive The Roman Empire, By Pliny And Me

Series 3, Episode 5

The Emperor Domitian is increasingly paranoid that there is a plot against him. This time he is right.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Break. Image shows from L to R: Andy (Tom Palmer), Uncle Jeff (Philip Jackson)

The Break

Series 1, Episode 2 - Cold Mountain

Andy and Jeff find an abandoned fridge and think their luck has changed. Indeed, it has - for the worse.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
On The Hour. Image shows from L to R: Chris Morris, David Schneider, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan, Steve Coogan. Copyright: BBC

On The Hour

Series 2, Episode 3

Peter O'Hanraha-Hanrahan tries to cover American trade sanctions, there is chaos as train stations crash into each other and there is an earthquake in Corinth.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
I've Never Seen Star Wars. Marcus Brigstocke. Copyright: BBC

I've Never Seen Star Wars

Series 6, Episode 2 - Roy Walker

Marcus Brigstocke persuades comedian Roy Walker to see his first ever Shakespeare play and banter with the audience for the first time.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack. Lucy Montgomery. Copyright: BBC

Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack

Series 2, Episode 1

Featuring a woman who has lost her son on the train, someone who can't stop watching the Royal Wedding, and a lady who wants her daughter to be in pink all the time.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
London

Undone

Series 2, Episode 5 - Unwelcome

A trip home to Towcester and her Mum should give Edna a break. But there's a fete to organise and Tankerton has a mission of his own.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 3, Episode 1

Writers Penny Junor and Julian Fellowes join team captains Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip. Gyles Brandreth presides.

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 2, Episode 7 - The Other Married Man

Sarah tries keeping her affair secret, but her mother Eleanor can sniff out deceit.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
The Leopard In Autumn

The Leopard In Autumn

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Pride And The Peacemaker

Prince Ludovico buys a cannon and his wife Princess Plethora makes a journey to Rome.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
The Break. Image shows from L to R: Andy (Tom Palmer), Uncle Jeff (Philip Jackson)

The Break

Series 1, Episode 2 - Cold Mountain

Andy and Jeff find an abandoned fridge and think their luck has changed. Indeed, it has - for the worse.

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