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Radio schedule Monday 29th January 2024

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully. Katrina Lyons (Hattie Morahan). Copyright: BBC

Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully

Series 2, Episode 1 - Counter Plot

Richard is alarmed to discover that Uljabaan has commandeered six allotments for some sort of experiment, while Katrina is more concerned that he's arrested Lucy. But what kind of plants is he planting inside the building he has built?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Series 4, Episode 2 - Is That Your Horse Outside?

Albert advises Harold on the art of seduction.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
The Wordsmiths At Gorsemere

The Wordsmiths At Gorsemere

Episode 2.1, 21st July 1799: Dorothy worries about William's wedding and Thomas de Quinine arrives.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 1, Episode 1

Gyles Brandreth hosts the game about words, in which linguistic brainboxes vie for supremacy. With guests Stephen Fry, Natalie Haynes, Lloyd Langford and Milton Jones.

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

Acropolis Now

Series 1, Episode 5 - War

Xanthippe's luck is in when the war-like but sex mad Spartans arrive in Athens on a cultural exchange visit.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully. Katrina Lyons (Hattie Morahan). Copyright: BBC

Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully

Series 2, Episode 1 - Counter Plot

Richard is alarmed to discover that Uljabaan has commandeered six allotments for some sort of experiment, while Katrina is more concerned that he's arrested Lucy. But what kind of plants is he planting inside the building he has built?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Series 4, Episode 2 - Is That Your Horse Outside?

Albert advises Harold on the art of seduction.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:30pm (repeat)
The Wordsmiths At Gorsemere

The Wordsmiths At Gorsemere

Episode 2.1, 21st July 1799: Dorothy worries about William's wedding and Thomas de Quinine arrives.

Radio 4 1:45pm
15 min
Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes. Ian Hislop. Credit: BBC

Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes

Episode 6 - Animals And The Aberdeen Bestiary

Ian is in northern Scotland to see a beautifully illuminated Mediaeval manuscript that gives us a very early example of the appeal of animals in British comedy.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 1, Episode 1

Gyles Brandreth hosts the game about words, in which linguistic brainboxes vie for supremacy. With guests Stephen Fry, Natalie Haynes, Lloyd Langford and Milton Jones.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Acropolis Now

Acropolis Now

Series 1, Episode 5 - War

Xanthippe's luck is in when the war-like but sex mad Spartans arrive in Athens on a cultural exchange visit.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully. Katrina Lyons (Hattie Morahan). Copyright: BBC

Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully

Series 2, Episode 1 - Counter Plot

Richard is alarmed to discover that Uljabaan has commandeered six allotments for some sort of experiment, while Katrina is more concerned that he's arrested Lucy. But what kind of plants is he planting inside the building he has built?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Series 4, Episode 2 - Is That Your Horse Outside?

Albert advises Harold on the art of seduction.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Just A Minute. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 92, Episode 4 - Kerry Godliman Was An Olympic Diver

Sue Perkins challenges guests Paul Merton, Kerry Godliman, Zoe Lyons and Daliso Chaponda to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
The Wordsmiths At Gorsemere

The Wordsmiths At Gorsemere

Episode 2.1, 21st July 1799: Dorothy worries about William's wedding and Thomas de Quinine arrives.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 1, Episode 1

Gyles Brandreth hosts the game about words, in which linguistic brainboxes vie for supremacy. With guests Stephen Fry, Natalie Haynes, Lloyd Langford and Milton Jones.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Acropolis Now

Acropolis Now

Series 1, Episode 5 - War

Xanthippe's luck is in when the war-like but sex mad Spartans arrive in Athens on a cultural exchange visit.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Just A Minute. Sue Perkins. Copyright: BBC

Just A Minute

Series 92, Episode 3 - Ned Kelly Is Australian, Right?

Sue Perkins challenges guests Paul Merton, Eleanor Tiernan, Heidi Regan and Tony Hawks to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Hal Cruttenden

Hal

Series 2, Episode 4 - Actors

After a challenging few weeks, Hal tries to calm things down by hosting a dinner party with Sam to show off their new basement - with wholly unexpected results.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 113, Episode 4

Andy Zaltzman quizzes the news. Providing all the answers are Lucy Porter, Geoff Norcott, Alasdair Beckett-King, and Cindy Yu. In this episode Andy and the panel address the issue of BBC Bias after upsetting a minister with last week's show, try and figure out exactly what Keir Starmer stands for, and ask the question... who is ready for war?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Robert Webb

Concrete Cow

Series 2, Episode 3 - Marriage

This week a couple are forced to put an exact price on love, a hi-fi obsessive goes too far and Turing needs IT support.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully. Katrina Lyons (Hattie Morahan). Copyright: BBC

Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully

Series 2, Episode 1 - Counter Plot

Richard is alarmed to discover that Uljabaan has commandeered six allotments for some sort of experiment, while Katrina is more concerned that he's arrested Lucy. But what kind of plants is he planting inside the building he has built?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Series 4, Episode 2 - Is That Your Horse Outside?

Albert advises Harold on the art of seduction.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
The Wordsmiths At Gorsemere

The Wordsmiths At Gorsemere

Episode 2.1, 21st July 1799: Dorothy worries about William's wedding and Thomas de Quinine arrives.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Wordaholics. Gyles Brandreth. Copyright: BBC

Wordaholics

Series 1, Episode 1

Gyles Brandreth hosts the game about words, in which linguistic brainboxes vie for supremacy. With guests Stephen Fry, Natalie Haynes, Lloyd Langford and Milton Jones.

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

Acropolis Now

Series 1, Episode 5 - War

Xanthippe's luck is in when the war-like but sex mad Spartans arrive in Athens on a cultural exchange visit.

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