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Radio schedule Friday 2nd February 2024

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 11, Episode 2 - All About Eve

Ed tries to stir up healthy anti-authoritarian rage as editor of the student magazine.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Marriage Lines. Image shows from L to R: George Starling (Richard Briers), Kate Starling (Prunella Scales). Copyright: BBC

Marriage Lines

Series 2, Episode 5

George and Kate get in a tizzy showing-off baby Helen.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30am (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Know Your Place

Episode 6, Sisterly Feelings: Cleaner Elsie is facing eviction and caretaker Ramsay tries to save the day.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 2, Episode 6

Charles Collingwood and Simon Fanshawe join regulars Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to play the scandalous quiz. Gyles Brandreth presides over subjects for discussion that include Fergie's knickers, Agatha Christie's car and Jerry Springer's cheque book.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
Relativity. Ian (Richard Herring)

Relativity

Series 1, Episode 2

Margaret and Ken invite all the family round to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary, Jane plans the party surprise to end all surprises, and 17 year old Nick's joy is unbounded to discover Chloe has a bit part in the new Star Wars film. Grandma Doris' contribution to the festivities is somewhat uninhibited, and her Alzheimer's makes Ian and Jane to reflect on what really matters.

BBC Radio Scotland 11:30am
30 min
Noising Up. Credit: BBC

Noising Up

Series 3, Episode 4

Topical comedy sketch show noising up the past week in Scotland and beyond.

Radio 4 11:30am (repeat)
Chris McCausland

You Heard It Here First

Series 1, Episode 3

Chris McCausland asks a panel of comedians to live in an audio only world, with Lee Mack and Sikisa, taking on Andy Parsons and Sarah Keyworth.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 11, Episode 2 - All About Eve

Ed tries to stir up healthy anti-authoritarian rage as editor of the student magazine.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Marriage Lines. Image shows from L to R: George Starling (Richard Briers), Kate Starling (Prunella Scales). Copyright: BBC

Marriage Lines

Series 2, Episode 5

George and Kate get in a tizzy showing-off baby Helen.

BBC Radio 5 Live 1:30pm
30 min
My Mate's A Footballer. Image shows left to right: Patrick Bamford, Joe Wilkinson. Credit: BBC

My Mate's A Footballer

Series 1, Episode 11 - Patrick Challenges Joe To Prove He's Good At Free Kicks

After weeks of hearing about Joe's supposedly stupendous free kick taking ability, Pat lays down a challenge which involves a trip to the Leeds training ground.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Mark Nelson

The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Series 16, Episode 5

Mark Nelson is joined this week John Lloyd, the creator of Spitting Image, QI, Blackadder and so much more, with casual stories of the rich and famous and the time he nearly became a police officer. Geordie comedian Sammy Dobson joins in on joining the police, aged four, and tells a fantastic story about a gardening conversation with someone she wasn't expecting. Completing the line-up is Scotland's best beat-boxer, Bigg Taj. Not only is he full of stories of his success and most cringeworthy gigs, he teaches Mark and the other guests how to beat-box.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Know Your Place

Episode 6, Sisterly Feelings: Cleaner Elsie is facing eviction and caretaker Ramsay tries to save the day.

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

Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes

Episode 10 - Comic Song

Ian joins Chris Green and Sophie Matthews in their shed in Coventry, where they leaf through and perform from a 17th Century collection, one of the first in existence, of comic songs.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 2, Episode 6

Charles Collingwood and Simon Fanshawe join regulars Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to play the scandalous quiz. Gyles Brandreth presides over subjects for discussion that include Fergie's knickers, Agatha Christie's car and Jerry Springer's cheque book.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
Relativity. Ian (Richard Herring)

Relativity

Series 1, Episode 2

Margaret and Ken invite all the family round to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary, Jane plans the party surprise to end all surprises, and 17 year old Nick's joy is unbounded to discover Chloe has a bit part in the new Star Wars film. Grandma Doris' contribution to the festivities is somewhat uninhibited, and her Alzheimer's makes Ian and Jane to reflect on what really matters.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 11, Episode 2 - All About Eve

Ed tries to stir up healthy anti-authoritarian rage as editor of the student magazine.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Marriage Lines. Image shows from L to R: George Starling (Richard Briers), Kate Starling (Prunella Scales). Copyright: BBC

Marriage Lines

Series 2, Episode 5

George and Kate get in a tizzy showing-off baby Helen.

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Series 113, Episode 5

Simon Evans, Ria Lina, and Anushka Asthana join Andy Zaltzman to quiz the week's news. Andy and the panel will be discussing if Power-Sharing will prove to be Power-Caring, and whether anyone anywhere has ever thought of googling "Is it possible to back up WhatsApp messages?"

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Know Your Place

Episode 6, Sisterly Feelings: Cleaner Elsie is facing eviction and caretaker Ramsay tries to save the day.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 2, Episode 6

Charles Collingwood and Simon Fanshawe join regulars Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to play the scandalous quiz. Gyles Brandreth presides over subjects for discussion that include Fergie's knickers, Agatha Christie's car and Jerry Springer's cheque book.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30pm (repeat)
Relativity. Ian (Richard Herring)

Relativity

Series 1, Episode 2

Margaret and Ken invite all the family round to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary, Jane plans the party surprise to end all surprises, and 17 year old Nick's joy is unbounded to discover Chloe has a bit part in the new Star Wars film. Grandma Doris' contribution to the festivities is somewhat uninhibited, and her Alzheimer's makes Ian and Jane to reflect on what really matters.

Radio 4 9pm (repeat)
Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes. Ian Hislop. Credit: BBC

Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes

Five episodes of Ian Hislop's look at the oldest examples of British humour.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries. Alasdair Beckett-King

Wing It

Mike Wozniak hosts an improvised Radio 4 comedy show.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. Image shows from L to R: Carrie Quinlan, Simon Kane, John Finnemore, Lawry Lewin, Margaret Cabourn-Smith. Copyright: BBC

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

Series 5, Episode 6

John apologises for a delay and wonders what his hobbies are, and there is a tale of national mourning and robots.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
The Show What You Wrote. Image shows from L to R: Fiona Clarke, Gavin Webster. Copyright: BBC

The Show What You Wrote

Series 3, Episode 3 - Crime and Punishment

Featuring some remarkably literal highwaymen, a door-to-door salesman who is in no way a conman, and an HR policy that shows it is always best to read the small print.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Globe

All The World's A Globe

Episode 1, The Creation: The National Theatre of Brent relates its own idiosyncratic history of life on Earth.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:45pm (repeat)
Before They Were Famous

Before They Were Famous

Series 3, Episode 1

Listeners are treated to graphic novelist Alan Moore's early drafts of the popular Fred Basset cartoon strip.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
Ed Reardon's Week. Ed Reardon (Christopher Douglas). Copyright: BBC

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 11, Episode 2 - All About Eve

Ed tries to stir up healthy anti-authoritarian rage as editor of the student magazine.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Marriage Lines. Image shows from L to R: George Starling (Richard Briers), Kate Starling (Prunella Scales). Copyright: BBC

Marriage Lines

Series 2, Episode 5

George and Kate get in a tizzy showing-off baby Helen.

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

Know Your Place

Episode 6, Sisterly Feelings: Cleaner Elsie is facing eviction and caretaker Ramsay tries to save the day.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Whispers

Whispers

Series 2, Episode 6

Charles Collingwood and Simon Fanshawe join regulars Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to play the scandalous quiz. Gyles Brandreth presides over subjects for discussion that include Fergie's knickers, Agatha Christie's car and Jerry Springer's cheque book.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30am (repeat)
Relativity. Ian (Richard Herring)

Relativity

Series 1, Episode 2

Margaret and Ken invite all the family round to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary, Jane plans the party surprise to end all surprises, and 17 year old Nick's joy is unbounded to discover Chloe has a bit part in the new Star Wars film. Grandma Doris' contribution to the festivities is somewhat uninhibited, and her Alzheimer's makes Ian and Jane to reflect on what really matters.

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