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Radio schedule Friday 17th January 2020

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

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 2, Episode 1 - Live Young

The team are confronted with an unexpected challenge - a can of water.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
The Skewer

The Skewer

Series 1, Episode 1

Skewered in this opening episode are Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes, some growing tensions in Iran and Donald Trump on his knowledge of windmills.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Burkiss Way. Copyright: BBC

The Burkiss Way

Series 5, Episode 5 - Repeat Yourself The Burkiss Way

Enter the 'Pardon, Sir?' school of languages.

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 2 - The Theatre Company

Shady lawyer Flywheel goes into showbiz, taking over the running of a theatre company.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Clive Anderson

We've Been Here Before

Episode 2.1: Comedy panel game chaired by Clive Anderson, with guests Gyles Brandreth, John O'Farrell, Arabella Weir and Arthur Smith.

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

The Emerald Green Show

Episode 3, Face Value: Emerald's feathers are ruffled when a bright and talented intern arrives on the show.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Unite. Image shows from L to R: Imogen (Claire Skinner), Gideon (Ivo Graham), Tony (Mark Steel), Ashley (Elliot Steel)

Unite

Episode 1 - Pilot

When Tony (Mark Steel) a working-class, left wing South Londoner, falls in love and moves in with Imogen (Claire Skinner), an upper middle-class property developer, their respective millennial sons Ashley (Elliot Steel), a disenfranchised Croydon 'rude boy', and Gideon (Ivo Graham), Eton and Oxbridge-educated and crypto-currency literate, are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Burkiss Way. Copyright: BBC

The Burkiss Way

Series 5, Episode 5 - Repeat Yourself The Burkiss Way

Enter the 'Pardon, Sir?' school of languages.

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 2 - The Theatre Company

Shady lawyer Flywheel goes into showbiz, taking over the running of a theatre company.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Mark Nelson

The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Series 4, Episode 2

Mark Nelson invites panellists Elaine Malcolmson, Raymond Mearns and Gareth Waugh to decipher the good from the bad, with a few unexpected twists along the way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Clive Anderson

We've Been Here Before

Episode 2.1: Comedy panel game chaired by Clive Anderson, with guests Gyles Brandreth, John O'Farrell, Arabella Weir and Arthur Smith.

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

The Emerald Green Show

Episode 3, Face Value: Emerald's feathers are ruffled when a bright and talented intern arrives on the show.

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

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 2, Episode 1 - Live Young

The team are confronted with an unexpected challenge - a can of water.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
The Skewer

The Skewer

Series 1, Episode 1

Skewered in this opening episode are Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes, some growing tensions in Iran and Donald Trump on his knowledge of windmills.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The News Quiz. Nish Kumar

The News Quiz

Series 101, Episode 2

Nish Kumar is joined by Hugo Rifkind, Rosie Jones, Ahir Shah and Rachel Parris.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Burkiss Way. Copyright: BBC

The Burkiss Way

Series 5, Episode 5 - Repeat Yourself The Burkiss Way

Enter the 'Pardon, Sir?' school of languages.

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 2 - The Theatre Company

Shady lawyer Flywheel goes into showbiz, taking over the running of a theatre company.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Skewer

The Skewer

Series 1, Episode 1

Skewered in this opening episode are Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes, some growing tensions in Iran and Donald Trump on his knowledge of windmills.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
In And Out Of The Kitchen. Damien Trench (Miles Jupp). Copyright: BBC

In And Out Of The Kitchen

Series 3, Episode 5 - The Works Barbecue

Damien is forced to confront his hatred of barbecues, when Anthony organises one for some work colleagues. Meanwhile, Mr Mullaney is putting the finishing touches to the 'shoffice'.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Party. Image shows from L to R: Simon (Tom Basden), Phoebe (Katy Wix), Mel (Anna Crilly), Duncan (Tim Key), Jared (Jonny Sweet). Copyright: BBC

Party

Series 3, Episode 4 - Radio

The aspiring politicians get their first radio interview ahead of the by-election.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
The Maltby Collection. Copyright: BBC

The Maltby Collection

Series 1, Episode 1

On becoming Deputy Director of Painting and Sculpture, it soon becomes clear that the son of a self-made biscuit mogul is not going to fit easily into the insular world of antiquities.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Clive Anderson

We've Been Here Before

Episode 2.1: Comedy panel game chaired by Clive Anderson, with guests Gyles Brandreth, John O'Farrell, Arabella Weir and Arthur Smith.

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

The Emerald Green Show

Episode 3, Face Value: Emerald's feathers are ruffled when a bright and talented intern arrives on the show.

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

Reluctant Persuaders

Series 2, Episode 1 - Live Young

The team are confronted with an unexpected challenge - a can of water.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
The Skewer

The Skewer

Series 1, Episode 1

Skewered in this opening episode are Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes, some growing tensions in Iran and Donald Trump on his knowledge of windmills.

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