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Radio schedule Friday 24th April 2020

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
John Sessions

Electric Ink

Series 2, Episode 3

Maddox takes a moral stance with disastrous results.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 63, Episode 4

Regulars Jenny Eclair and Tony Hawks welcome relative newcomers Richard Herring and Paul Sinha to try. Nicholas Parsons chairs this popular comedy panel show.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

Something About a Soldier: Efforts to thwart an office decorator lead to the discovery of a lost order to demob a guard battery - which is still expecting a Nazi invasion 20 years after the end of the war.

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 3, Episode 4 - Chicago Clarion

Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel edits a newspaper in Chicago.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
1835. Copyright: BBC

1835

Episode 1 - All At Sea

Aristocrat Belport and servant Ned are called up to serve on the unfortunate HMS Fortunate.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Image shows from L to R: Alan Simpson, Ray Galton. Copyright: Getty Images / Tony Evans

Looking For Oil Drum Lane

A dramatisation of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's comedy writing partnership.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

Something About a Soldier: Efforts to thwart an office decorator lead to the discovery of a lost order to demob a guard battery - which is still expecting a Nazi invasion 20 years after the end of the war.

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 3, Episode 4 - Chicago Clarion

Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel edits a newspaper in Chicago.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Breaking The News. Des Clarke. Copyright: BBC Studios

Breaking The News

Series 15, Episode 10

Host Des Clarke takes a satirical sledgehammer to the week's headlines - joined by partners in crime Neil Delamere, Ashley Storrie, Jojo Sutherland and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
1835. Copyright: BBC

1835

Episode 1 - All At Sea

Aristocrat Belport and servant Ned are called up to serve on the unfortunate HMS Fortunate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
John Sessions

Electric Ink

Series 2, Episode 3

Maddox takes a moral stance with disastrous results.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 63, Episode 4

Regulars Jenny Eclair and Tony Hawks welcome relative newcomers Richard Herring and Paul Sinha to try. Nicholas Parsons chairs this popular comedy panel show.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The News Quiz. Angela Barnes

The News Quiz

Series 102, Episode 2

Angela Barnes is joined virtually by Hugo Rifkind, Tom Allen, Lucy Porter and Sophie Duker.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

Something About a Soldier: Efforts to thwart an office decorator lead to the discovery of a lost order to demob a guard battery - which is still expecting a Nazi invasion 20 years after the end of the war.

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 3, Episode 4 - Chicago Clarion

Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel edits a newspaper in Chicago.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 63, Episode 4

Regulars Jenny Eclair and Tony Hawks welcome relative newcomers Richard Herring and Paul Sinha to try. Nicholas Parsons chairs this popular comedy panel show.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Bird Island. Image shows from L to R: Jane (Katy Wix), Ben (Reece Shearsmith), Graham (Julian Rhind-Tutt), Mother (Alison Steadman). Copyright: BBC

Bird Island

Series 1, Episode 4

Graham gives the shock news that a new member of the team is joining them.

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

Paperback Hell

Episode 4, Ensign Mandalay's Hat: Spoof literary series by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell, featuring chapters from imaginary best-selling novel Ensign Mandalay's Hat.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Little Britain. Image shows from L to R: David Walliams, Matt Lucas. Copyright: BBC

Little Britain

Series 1, Episode 3

Ex-Olympic athlete Denver Mills is at a school sports day; rubbish transvestite Emily Howard goes to the video store, and Sir Bernard Chumley goes to the theatre.

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

The Maltby Collection

Series 2, Episode 5

The museum staff pitch their ideas for the special exhibition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
1835. Copyright: BBC

1835

Episode 1 - All At Sea

Aristocrat Belport and servant Ned are called up to serve on the unfortunate HMS Fortunate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
John Sessions

Electric Ink

Series 2, Episode 3

Maddox takes a moral stance with disastrous results.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Just A Minute. Nicholas Parsons. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 63, Episode 4

Regulars Jenny Eclair and Tony Hawks welcome relative newcomers Richard Herring and Paul Sinha to try. Nicholas Parsons chairs this popular comedy panel show.

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