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Radio schedule Thursday 31st October 2019

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6am (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 2.5, The Wizard of Evesham: Agatha becomes suspicious of her new hairdresser - and it soon transpires that everyone in his salon harbours a dark secret.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Tourist Information

Too Much Information

Episode 2

Waft Tourist Information struggle to attract visitors by promoting their most famous local resident, a local doctor who burps. But when a genuinely famous dissolute TV comic stops off to spend a penny, they are to determined not to let him leave.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Alone. Image shows from L to R: Morris (Bennett Arron), Louisa (Kate Isitt), Mitch (Angus Deayton), Ellie (Abigail Cruttenden), Will (Pearce Quigley). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Alone

Series 2, Episode 3 - A Few Loose Ends

Ellie meets Kath, an old friend of Mitch, at a teachers' conference and invites her to visit. But there's more to Kath's story than she first suggested and Mitch and Will soon find themselves at loggerheads. Meanwhile, Louisa poses as Morris's partner at a party.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Ken Dodd Show. Ken Dodd. Credit: BBC

The Ken Dodd Show

Series 2, Episode 2

Comedy series with sketches, music and stand-up from comedy master Ken Dodd and special guests.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 2, Episode 6

Young inventors, and the 1930s musical Adam and Eve.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
For Better Or For Worse. Image shows from L to R: Bernard (Gorden Kaye), Iris (Su Pollard). Copyright: BBC

For Better Or For Worse

Series 1, Episode 5

When Bernard is called into work on a Sunday, his fiancée Iris is not impressed.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Ken Dodd Show. Ken Dodd. Credit: BBC

The Ken Dodd Show

Series 2, Episode 2

Comedy series with sketches, music and stand-up from comedy master Ken Dodd and special guests.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 2, Episode 6

Young inventors, and the 1930s musical Adam and Eve.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 2.5, The Wizard of Evesham: Agatha becomes suspicious of her new hairdresser - and it soon transpires that everyone in his salon harbours a dark secret.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30pm (repeat)
For Better Or For Worse. Image shows from L to R: Bernard (Gorden Kaye), Iris (Su Pollard). Copyright: BBC

For Better Or For Worse

Series 1, Episode 5

When Bernard is called into work on a Sunday, his fiancée Iris is not impressed.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Tourist Information

Too Much Information

Episode 2

Waft Tourist Information struggle to attract visitors by promoting their most famous local resident, a local doctor who burps. But when a genuinely famous dissolute TV comic stops off to spend a penny, they are to determined not to let him leave.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Alone. Image shows from L to R: Morris (Bennett Arron), Louisa (Kate Isitt), Mitch (Angus Deayton), Ellie (Abigail Cruttenden), Will (Pearce Quigley). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Alone

Series 2, Episode 3 - A Few Loose Ends

Ellie meets Kath, an old friend of Mitch, at a teachers' conference and invites her to visit. But there's more to Kath's story than she first suggested and Mitch and Will soon find themselves at loggerheads. Meanwhile, Louisa poses as Morris's partner at a party.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Little Britain. Image shows from L to R: David Walliams, Ashley Blaker, Matt Lucas. Copyright: Ashley Blaker

Little Britain

Special - Little Brexit

Brexit. Brexit. Brexit. The referendum has united this country like never before. Everybody loves Brexit. But how will Brexit affect the ordinary people of Britain? Matt Lucas and David Walliams return for a special episode of their much-loved sketch show, where Brexit is explained by Vicky Pollard, we learn why Daffyd Thomas voted to leave, and we find out that Sebastian Love is not keen on the new Prime Minister.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Ken Dodd Show. Ken Dodd. Credit: BBC

The Ken Dodd Show

Series 2, Episode 2

Comedy series with sketches, music and stand-up from comedy master Ken Dodd and special guests.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again

Series 2, Episode 6

Young inventors, and the 1930s musical Adam and Eve.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 2.5, The Wizard of Evesham: Agatha becomes suspicious of her new hairdresser - and it soon transpires that everyone in his salon harbours a dark secret.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Alone. Image shows from L to R: Morris (Bennett Arron), Louisa (Kate Isitt), Mitch (Angus Deayton), Ellie (Abigail Cruttenden), Will (Pearce Quigley). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Alone

Series 2, Episode 3 - A Few Loose Ends

Ellie meets Kath, an old friend of Mitch, at a teachers' conference and invites her to visit. But there's more to Kath's story than she first suggested and Mitch and Will soon find themselves at loggerheads. Meanwhile, Louisa poses as Morris's partner at a party.

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

Newsjack Unplugged

Series 4, Episode 2

In this Halloween special, Newsjack Unplugged host Darren Harriott and guest Chiara Goldsmith find themselves stuck in a Brexit time loop and need to find a way out!

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

The Goldfish Bowl

Episode 2: Susan has a shock in store for Martin, and Anton attempts to educate Liam.

Radio 4 11pm
30 min
The Skewer

The Skewer

Special - The Halloween Skewer

Jon Holmes's immersive, topical, mind-twisting satirical river of sound returns to Radio 4 for Halloween, after a successful pilot earlier in the year.

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)
Mark Watson

Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life

Series 2, Episode 4 - Spirituality

This week, the theme is spirituality. The human spirit, or soul, can be a controversial idea. We cannot see it, yet many people insist it is there - similar to Pokemon. Is there a life beyond death and, if there is, will we like it?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (repeat)
Agatha Raisin. Agatha Raisin (Penelope Keith)

Agatha Raisin

Episode 2.5, The Wizard of Evesham: Agatha becomes suspicious of her new hairdresser - and it soon transpires that everyone in his salon harbours a dark secret.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
For Better Or For Worse. Image shows from L to R: Bernard (Gorden Kaye), Iris (Su Pollard). Copyright: BBC

For Better Or For Worse

Series 1, Episode 5

When Bernard is called into work on a Sunday, his fiancée Iris is not impressed.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Tourist Information

Too Much Information

Episode 2

Waft Tourist Information struggle to attract visitors by promoting their most famous local resident, a local doctor who burps. But when a genuinely famous dissolute TV comic stops off to spend a penny, they are to determined not to let him leave.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Alone. Image shows from L to R: Morris (Bennett Arron), Louisa (Kate Isitt), Mitch (Angus Deayton), Ellie (Abigail Cruttenden), Will (Pearce Quigley). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Alone

Series 2, Episode 3 - A Few Loose Ends

Ellie meets Kath, an old friend of Mitch, at a teachers' conference and invites her to visit. But there's more to Kath's story than she first suggested and Mitch and Will soon find themselves at loggerheads. Meanwhile, Louisa poses as Morris's partner at a party.

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