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Radio schedule Sunday 16th October 2022

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Dame Hilda Bracket and Dr Evadne Hinge. Image shows from L to R: Patrick Fyffe, George Logan. Copyright: BBC

The Enchanting World Of Hinge And Bracket

Series 1, Episode 8

Domestic comedy about lifetime companions, spinsters Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
What Ho, Jeeves!. Copyright: BBC

What Ho, Jeeves!

Series 1, Episode 6 - The Great Sermon Handicap

Bertie Wooster and faithful valet Jeeves take an August break - but how does that involve betting on the length of sermons?

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

Coming Alive

Episode 3.1, Good Sports: Sandra's mother comes to stay.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Max Bygraves Entertains

Episode 6

Max is joined by special guest Joe Brown.

Radio 4 12pm (repeat)
Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop. Alfie Moore. Copyright: BBC

Alfie Moore: It's A Fair Cop

Series 7, Episode 2 - Custody Officer

Alfie takes us back to his time with the Humberside Police when he was briefly and unwillingly a custody officer. Alfie's deputised audience will have to figure out: when is it ok to do a strip search, are people allowed their one phone call, and how do you deal with someone who doesn't want to go in a cell.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Robert Lindsay

Electric Ink

Series 1, Episode 4

The paper hires a reality star as a columnist and Maddox must find a way of rewriting her copy without upsetting her.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Robert Lindsay

Electric Ink

Series 1, Episode 4

The paper hires a reality star as a columnist and Maddox must find a way of rewriting her copy without upsetting her.

Radio 4 7:15pm
30 min
Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn. Image shows from L to R: Tara Flynn, Marian Keyes

Now You're Asking With Marian Keyes And Tara Flynn

Series 2, Episode 3 - The Pockets Problem

When your neighbour takes your pizza, you've accidentally ended up paying for a friend's childcare for too long or your coat doesn't have pockets, Marian and Tara have views.

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

Max Bygraves Entertains

Episode 6

Max is joined by special guest Joe Brown.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Robert Lindsay

Electric Ink

Series 1, Episode 4

The paper hires a reality star as a columnist and Maddox must find a way of rewriting her copy without upsetting her.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing. Nathan Caton. Copyright: BBC

Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing

Series 2, Episode 1 - About Upset Mums

Nathan illustrates what can happen when you do not listen to your mum.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:45pm (repeat)
Elastic Planet. Oliver Postgate. Copyright: BBC

Elastic Planet

Episode 1 - The Babies

Two babies are born simultaneously in Northampton General Hospital on 8th July 1955 - Pamela Chetney a cheese sculptor and Genghis Trevelayan, a politician of Mongolian/Cornish descent.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Copyright: BBC / Above The Title Productions

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

The Primary Phase, Episode 2 - Fit The Second

After being saved from certain death during the demolition of the Earth, Arthur Dent now faces a hopeless choice between meeting certain death in the vacuum of space or finding something pleasant to say about Vogon poetry.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Elis James' Pantheon Of Heroes. Image shows from L to R: Benjamin Partridge, Elis James, Nadia Kamil. Copyright: BBC

Elis James' Pantheon Of Heroes

Series 1, Episode 2 - Religion

More historical heroism - as Saint David, Saint Patrick and Gerald of Wales are put to the Totaliser Test. With guest Henry Widdicombe.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Robert Lindsay

Electric Ink

Series 1, Episode 4

The paper hires a reality star as a columnist and Maddox must find a way of rewriting her copy without upsetting her.

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