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Radio schedule Friday 5th November 2021

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
All Those Women. Image shows from L to R: Emily (Lucy Hutchinson), Jen (Sinead Matthews), Maggie (Lesley Manville), Hetty (Sheila Hancock). Copyright: BBC

All Those Women

Series 1, Episode 2

Jen is driven to compete with Stuart in the parenting stakes. Cue the most fun (and educational) sleepover an 11-year-old could wish for. In theory. In the meantime, Maggie would really prefer it if her house guests would put things back in the correct drawer and stop leaving teabags in the sink.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Stephen Mangan

The Confessional

Series 2, Episode 4 - Shaparak Khorsandi

Stephen Mangan interviews self-styled "spit and sawdust stand-up" Shaparak Khorsandi, whose career also embraces success as a satirist, novelist and screen-writer. She reveals a secret act of vandalism in her primary school loos, a story of hand cuffs and impulsive behaviour and a tendency for taking comic retribution.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 2, Episode 15 - The King Was In His Counting House

While Mainwaring hosts a party in his house with some of his men, the bank gets bombed. It is up to his troops to make sure that none of the bank's money goes missing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Second Thoughts. Copyright: BBC

Second Thoughts

Series 2, Episode 7 - Love and Hisses

Faith is worrying about money, when Bill gets an unexpected offer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Joe Lycett

It's Not What You Know

Series 3, Episode 4

Miles Jupp discovers how well a panel of celebrity guests know their nearest and dearest.

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

Ballylenon

Episode 4.2: Canon Friel's death causes upset and ruins Phonsie Doherty's plans.

Radio 4 11:30am
30 min
Influencers. Image shows left to right: Ruth (Katherine Parkinson), Carla (Katy Brand)

Influencers

Episode 1

Katy Brand and Katherine Parkinson write and star in a new sitcom, as a pair of online influencers whose image is not always as harmonious as it seems.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 2, Episode 15 - The King Was In His Counting House

While Mainwaring hosts a party in his house with some of his men, the bank gets bombed. It is up to his troops to make sure that none of the bank's money goes missing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Second Thoughts. Copyright: BBC

Second Thoughts

Series 2, Episode 7 - Love and Hisses

Faith is worrying about money, when Bill gets an unexpected offer.

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

Breaking The News

Series 20, Episode 4

Des Clarke is joined this week by Rory Bremner, Val McDermid, Billy Kirkwood & Krystal Evans.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Joe Lycett

It's Not What You Know

Series 3, Episode 4

Miles Jupp discovers how well a panel of celebrity guests know their nearest and dearest.

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

Ballylenon

Episode 4.2: Canon Friel's death causes upset and ruins Phonsie Doherty's plans.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
All Those Women. Image shows from L to R: Emily (Lucy Hutchinson), Jen (Sinead Matthews), Maggie (Lesley Manville), Hetty (Sheila Hancock). Copyright: BBC

All Those Women

Series 1, Episode 2

Jen is driven to compete with Stuart in the parenting stakes. Cue the most fun (and educational) sleepover an 11-year-old could wish for. In theory. In the meantime, Maggie would really prefer it if her house guests would put things back in the correct drawer and stop leaving teabags in the sink.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Stephen Mangan

The Confessional

Series 2, Episode 4 - Shaparak Khorsandi

Stephen Mangan interviews self-styled "spit and sawdust stand-up" Shaparak Khorsandi, whose career also embraces success as a satirist, novelist and screen-writer. She reveals a secret act of vandalism in her primary school loos, a story of hand cuffs and impulsive behaviour and a tendency for taking comic retribution.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 59, Episode 2

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by guests Glenn Moore, Daliso Chaponda & Stiff and Kitsch, as well as regulars Luke Kempner and Katie Norris.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Dad's Army. Copyright: BBC

Dad's Army

Series 2, Episode 15 - The King Was In His Counting House

While Mainwaring hosts a party in his house with some of his men, the bank gets bombed. It is up to his troops to make sure that none of the bank's money goes missing.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Second Thoughts. Copyright: BBC

Second Thoughts

Series 2, Episode 7 - Love and Hisses

Faith is worrying about money, when Bill gets an unexpected offer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Stephen Mangan

The Confessional

Series 2, Episode 4 - Shaparak Khorsandi

Stephen Mangan interviews self-styled "spit and sawdust stand-up" Shaparak Khorsandi, whose career also embraces success as a satirist, novelist and screen-writer. She reveals a secret act of vandalism in her primary school loos, a story of hand cuffs and impulsive behaviour and a tendency for taking comic retribution.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Talking To Strangers. Image shows from L to R: Sally Phillips, Lily Bevan. Copyright: BBC

Talking To Strangers

Episode 2

Sketches include a woman who has been around lions all her life, and an allotment that has been fertilised in the wrong way.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Brian Appleton's Unofficial Multi-Media Lecture. Brian Appleton (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC

Brian Appleton's Unofficial Multi-Media Lecture

Episode 5 - King Steve

Surprisingly, Brian finds himself official! Yes, the college principal has reinstated him - with the proviso that the doesn't talk about rock music. Instead he has to deliver a lecture on the last Norman king of England, "King Steve". Or does he?

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

The Jail Diaries Of Sir Ralph Stanza

Episode 5 - Beating the Rap

More excerpts from the audio diaries of the prison poet-in-residence, as he continues his mission to bring culture to the masses. This week he gives a masterclass in rap.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
28 Acts In 28 Minutes

28 Acts In 28 Minutes

Series 1, Episode 3

In each episode, John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds each to entertain.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Joe Lycett

It's Not What You Know

Series 3, Episode 4

Miles Jupp discovers how well a panel of celebrity guests know their nearest and dearest.

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

Ballylenon

Episode 4.2: Canon Friel's death causes upset and ruins Phonsie Doherty's plans.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
All Those Women. Image shows from L to R: Emily (Lucy Hutchinson), Jen (Sinead Matthews), Maggie (Lesley Manville), Hetty (Sheila Hancock). Copyright: BBC

All Those Women

Series 1, Episode 2

Jen is driven to compete with Stuart in the parenting stakes. Cue the most fun (and educational) sleepover an 11-year-old could wish for. In theory. In the meantime, Maggie would really prefer it if her house guests would put things back in the correct drawer and stop leaving teabags in the sink.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Stephen Mangan

The Confessional

Series 2, Episode 4 - Shaparak Khorsandi

Stephen Mangan interviews self-styled "spit and sawdust stand-up" Shaparak Khorsandi, whose career also embraces success as a satirist, novelist and screen-writer. She reveals a secret act of vandalism in her primary school loos, a story of hand cuffs and impulsive behaviour and a tendency for taking comic retribution.

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