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Radio schedule Tuesday 1st November 2022

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Ayres On The Air. Pam Ayres. Copyright: BBC

Ayres On The Air

Series 6, Episode 4 - Holidays

Featuring sketches about choosing the perfect swimsuit, holiday one-upmanship, and how you know when it is time to get a bigger cabin.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Cooking In A Bedsitter. Image shows from L to R: Deepak (Nikesh Patel), Trisha (Beattie Edmondson). Copyright: BBC

Cooking In A Bedsitter

Series 2, Episode 2 - Veiled Country Lass

Trisha makes a special pudding for her first visit to Robert's parents' house.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 7, Episode 1 - The Nasty Affair At The Burami Oasis

Admiral Seagoon is dispatched as bandits attack the British garrison.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
Galton & Simpson

Little Blighty On The Down

Series 3, Episode 4

A repeat of this 1988 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The Now Show. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt. Copyright: BBC

The Now Show

Series 61, Episode 1

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Cally Beaton who takes inspiration from primates, Emmanuel Sonubi as fights his news addiction, and Christy Coysh who delivers a ballad to a national icon. Gemma Arrowsmith and Ed Jones also star.

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

Lucky Heather

Episode 3 - The Searchers

Emma thinks that her mother is having an affair so asks Heather to investigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 7, Episode 1 - The Nasty Affair At The Burami Oasis

Admiral Seagoon is dispatched as bandits attack the British garrison.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Galton & Simpson

Little Blighty On The Down

Series 3, Episode 4

A repeat of this 1988 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4pm (repeat)
Genius. Dave Gorman. Copyright: BBC

Genius

Series 2, Episode 4 - Chris Addison

With Chris Addison. Ideas include weighing scales built into shoes, clairvoyant newsreaders and selling socks in threes.

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

Lucky Heather

Episode 3 - The Searchers

Emma thinks that her mother is having an affair so asks Heather to investigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Ayres On The Air. Pam Ayres. Copyright: BBC

Ayres On The Air

Series 6, Episode 4 - Holidays

Featuring sketches about choosing the perfect swimsuit, holiday one-upmanship, and how you know when it is time to get a bigger cabin.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Cooking In A Bedsitter. Image shows from L to R: Deepak (Nikesh Patel), Trisha (Beattie Edmondson). Copyright: BBC

Cooking In A Bedsitter

Series 2, Episode 2 - Veiled Country Lass

Trisha makes a special pudding for her first visit to Robert's parents' house.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
The Missing Hancocks. Tony Hancock (Kevin McNally)

The Missing Hancocks

Series 5, Episode 1 - The Diamond Ring

Hancock, begging 'a penny for the guy', finds a diamond ring in his takings. He wants to take it to the police and claim a reward, but Moira assumes it is for her - so Hancock asks Sid to make a copy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
The Goon Show. Image shows from L to R: Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe. Copyright: BBC

The Goon Show

Series 7, Episode 1 - The Nasty Affair At The Burami Oasis

Admiral Seagoon is dispatched as bandits attack the British garrison.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Galton & Simpson

Little Blighty On The Down

Series 3, Episode 4

A repeat of this 1988 radio.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Cooking In A Bedsitter. Image shows from L to R: Deepak (Nikesh Patel), Trisha (Beattie Edmondson). Copyright: BBC

Cooking In A Bedsitter

Series 2, Episode 2 - Veiled Country Lass

Trisha makes a special pudding for her first visit to Robert's parents' house.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Cabin Pressure. Image shows from L to R: Arthur (John Finnemore), Douglas (Roger Allam), Carolyn (Stephanie Cole), Martin (Benedict Cumberbatch). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Cabin Pressure

Series 1, Episode 4 - Douz

Collecting the Scottish national cricket team from a tiny Tunisian air-strip on the edge of the Sahara was never a great job, and it's made far, far worse by a conniving French airport manager.

Radio 4 11pm (repeat)
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 5 - The Boring Husband Problem

Has your husband become boring? What should you do if you're invited to a swingers party - or if you're not invited? Can holiday romances ever work out? Marian and Tara have views.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Shuttleworths. John Shuttleworth (Graham Fellows). Copyright: BBC

The Shuttleworths

John Shuttleworth's Open Mind, Episode 5 - The Bermuda Triangle

John's final investigation finds him looking into the Bermuda Triangle. Let's hope that he and Ken don't disappear!

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Alun Cochrane's Fun House. Alun Cochrane. Copyright: BBC

Alun Cochrane's Fun House

Episode 1 - The Kitchen

Comedian Alun Cochrane has a 25-year mortgage, which he can only pay off by being funny. In this series, he takes us on a stand-up tour of his house, starting in the The Kitchen.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Genius. Dave Gorman. Copyright: BBC

Genius

Series 2, Episode 4 - Chris Addison

With Chris Addison. Ideas include weighing scales built into shoes, clairvoyant newsreaders and selling socks in threes.

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

Lucky Heather

Episode 3 - The Searchers

Emma thinks that her mother is having an affair so asks Heather to investigate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Ayres On The Air. Pam Ayres. Copyright: BBC

Ayres On The Air

Series 6, Episode 4 - Holidays

Featuring sketches about choosing the perfect swimsuit, holiday one-upmanship, and how you know when it is time to get a bigger cabin.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Cooking In A Bedsitter. Image shows from L to R: Deepak (Nikesh Patel), Trisha (Beattie Edmondson). Copyright: BBC

Cooking In A Bedsitter

Series 2, Episode 2 - Veiled Country Lass

Trisha makes a special pudding for her first visit to Robert's parents' house.

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