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Radio schedule Thursday 15th November 2018

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6am (repeat)
High Table, Lower Orders. Image shows from L to R: Dean (Michael Maloney), Patricia (Rebecca Front), Simon Harrison (Samuel West), Zoe Templeton (Sharon Small), Gilbert (Geoffrey Palmer), Bernard (Jonathan Coy). Copyright: BBC

High Table, Lower Orders

Series 2, Episode 4

One of the students has confessed to murder, but Simon is not convinced he's guilty. However, his investigation is put on hold when he finds himself debating against a government minister about modernisation.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker), Laura (Olivia Nixon). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 3, Episode 6 - Holidays Are Coming

Welcome back to Hardacre's, the worst advertising agency in London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Series 2, Episode 8 - The Moral Dimension

The DAA visit the Islamic nation of Qumran, where during a secretly drunken gathering Bernard learns that an oil contract was won by bribery. When he tells Hacker, the minister plans to expose the deal, but Sir Humphrey has other ideas.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 8, Episode 2 - The Junk Affair

Neddie combs the world for junk, hoping to corner the market and make a packet.

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

Puzzle Panel

Episode 6: More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Paul Lamford, Val Gilbert and Professor David Singmaster.

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

Romantic Friction

Episode 3: Romance writer Anna is blissfully happy, and it looks as if her romance is spilling over into her prose.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Series 2, Episode 8 - The Moral Dimension

The DAA visit the Islamic nation of Qumran, where during a secretly drunken gathering Bernard learns that an oil contract was won by bribery. When he tells Hacker, the minister plans to expose the deal, but Sir Humphrey has other ideas.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 8, Episode 2 - The Junk Affair

Neddie combs the world for junk, hoping to corner the market and make a packet.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
High Table, Lower Orders. Image shows from L to R: Dean (Michael Maloney), Patricia (Rebecca Front), Simon Harrison (Samuel West), Zoe Templeton (Sharon Small), Gilbert (Geoffrey Palmer), Bernard (Jonathan Coy). Copyright: BBC

High Table, Lower Orders

Series 2, Episode 4

One of the students has confessed to murder, but Simon is not convinced he's guilty. However, his investigation is put on hold when he finds himself debating against a government minister about modernisation.

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

Puzzle Panel

Episode 6: More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Paul Lamford, Val Gilbert and Professor David Singmaster.

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

Romantic Friction

Episode 3: Romance writer Anna is blissfully happy, and it looks as if her romance is spilling over into her prose.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker), Laura (Olivia Nixon). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 3, Episode 6 - Holidays Are Coming

Welcome back to Hardacre's, the worst advertising agency in London.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Tom Allen. Copyright: Andy Hollingworth

Tom Allen Is Actually Not Very Nice

Stand-up from Tom Allen.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Series 2, Episode 8 - The Moral Dimension

The DAA visit the Islamic nation of Qumran, where during a secretly drunken gathering Bernard learns that an oil contract was won by bribery. When he tells Hacker, the minister plans to expose the deal, but Sir Humphrey has other ideas.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 8, Episode 2 - The Junk Affair

Neddie combs the world for junk, hoping to corner the market and make a packet.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
High Table, Lower Orders. Image shows from L to R: Dean (Michael Maloney), Patricia (Rebecca Front), Simon Harrison (Samuel West), Zoe Templeton (Sharon Small), Gilbert (Geoffrey Palmer), Bernard (Jonathan Coy). Copyright: BBC

High Table, Lower Orders

Series 2, Episode 4

One of the students has confessed to murder, but Simon is not convinced he's guilty. However, his investigation is put on hold when he finds himself debating against a government minister about modernisation.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker), Laura (Olivia Nixon). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 3, Episode 6 - Holidays Are Coming

Welcome back to Hardacre's, the worst advertising agency in London.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm
15 min
Newsjack Unplugged. Copyright: BBC

Newsjack Unplugged

Series 2, Episode 4

Darren Harriott and Natasha Hodgson think about Brexit.

Radio 4 10:45pm
15 min
Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years. Image shows from L to R: Harry McEntire, Sue Townsend. Copyright: Pier Productions

Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years

Episode 9

Adrian's Grandma is admitted to hospital. He receives an interesting holiday brochure.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Globe

All The World's A Globe

Episode 4: From Vikings to Normans, the National Theatre of Brent present their definitive history of Earth.

Radio 4 11pm
15 min
TEZ Talks. Tez Ilyas. Copyright: BBC

TEZ Talks

Series 3, Episode 1 - Timey-Wimey Stuff

Tez talks about those moments in life that you would change if you could go back in time.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
That Mitchell & Webb Sound. Image shows from L to R: Robert Webb, David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC

That Mitchell & Webb Sound

Series 5, Episode 3

Comedy sketches from the quirky world of David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

Radio 4 11:15pm (repeat)
Sam Simmons

Sam Simmons Is Not A People Person

Episode 1 - Italians

This week Sam and Henry are in Toronto, on the hunt for a fiddle warbler.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Hut 33. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Robert Bathurst), Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall (Alex Macqueen), Archie (Tom Goodman-Hill). Copyright: BBC

Hut 33

Series 2, Episode 1 - Royal Visit

A royal visitor is coming to inspect Bletchley Park, but the top brass are worried that this particular royal is a Nazi sympathiser.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (repeat)
High Table, Lower Orders. Image shows from L to R: Dean (Michael Maloney), Patricia (Rebecca Front), Simon Harrison (Samuel West), Zoe Templeton (Sharon Small), Gilbert (Geoffrey Palmer), Bernard (Jonathan Coy). Copyright: BBC

High Table, Lower Orders

Series 2, Episode 4

One of the students has confessed to murder, but Simon is not convinced he's guilty. However, his investigation is put on hold when he finds himself debating against a government minister about modernisation.

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

Puzzle Panel

Episode 6: More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Paul Lamford, Val Gilbert and Professor David Singmaster.

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

Romantic Friction

Episode 3: Romance writer Anna is blissfully happy, and it looks as if her romance is spilling over into her prose.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Reluctant Persuaders. Image shows from L to R: Amanda (Josie Lawrence), Joe (Mathew Baynton), Hardacre (Nigel Havers), Teddy (Rasmus Hardiker), Laura (Olivia Nixon). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 3, Episode 6 - Holidays Are Coming

Welcome back to Hardacre's, the worst advertising agency in London.

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