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Radio schedule Friday 3rd January 2025

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Series 2, Episode 6 - You Shall Go to the Ball

Izzy gets invited to a ball in Cambridge, but she could do with a fairy godmother.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Doctor In The House

Doctor In The House

Episode 10 - Money Trouble

With their microscopes in at the pawn broker, the young medics need some cash in a hurry.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Prepper. Image shows from L to R: Rachel (Pearl Mackie), Sylvia (Sue Johnston). Copyright: Giddy Goat Productions

Prepper

Series 1, Episode 1 - Bugging Out

Prepper follows neurotic, debt-ridden Rachel and hard-as-nails 'Churchill in Spanx' Sylvia, working class Mancunians who prep and podcast, sharing knowledge with their community, and showing off just how Armageddon-ready they are.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9am (repeat)
The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries. Alasdair Beckett-King

Wing It

Episode 4 - The Cage of Curiosities

Alasdair Beckett-King plays host to a panel of improv comedy all stars in this new spontaneous series, full of ridiculous challenges & completely made up games.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Series 2, Episode 6 - You Shall Go to the Ball

Izzy gets invited to a ball in Cambridge, but she could do with a fairy godmother.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Doctor In The House

Doctor In The House

Episode 10 - Money Trouble

With their microscopes in at the pawn broker, the young medics need some cash in a hurry.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Prepper. Image shows from L to R: Rachel (Pearl Mackie), Sylvia (Sue Johnston). Copyright: Giddy Goat Productions

Prepper

Series 1, Episode 1 - Bugging Out

Prepper follows neurotic, debt-ridden Rachel and hard-as-nails 'Churchill in Spanx' Sylvia, working class Mancunians who prep and podcast, sharing knowledge with their community, and showing off just how Armageddon-ready they are.

BBC Radio Scotland 1:30pm
30 min
Mark Nelson

The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Series 19, Episode 1

It's a new series and a belter to start the new year. Mark Nelson is joined by the Queen of Scottish comedy, Karen Dunbar, who shares her secrets after a night out. With them is comedian and actor Lynn Ferguson, back on the show to tell her good story about what she misses about Scotland whilst living in LA, and keyboardist and founding member of Deacon Blue Jim Prime, who has rock and roll stories falling out of his pockets.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Motion Show

Series 1, Episode 1

City or countryside? - and does the World need more cookery shows? Dr Phil Hammond watches over proceedings in the quirky debating game, with guests Clive Coleman, Richard Morton, Pete Sinclair and Mark Steel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
1834. Copyright: BBC

1834

Episode 1 - What Century Are You Living In?

After a few drinks, English teacher Jason Slater wakes up in the 19th century.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Series 2, Episode 6 - You Shall Go to the Ball

Izzy gets invited to a ball in Cambridge, but she could do with a fairy godmother.

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

The News Quiz

Series 116, Highlights Special - Best Of 2024

A satirical smorgasbord of The News Quiz's best bits of 2024. Covering international tensions, a UK General Election, and of course the question on everyone's lips, what exactly was a "Brat Summer".

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6:30pm (repeat)
Doctor In The House

Doctor In The House

Episode 10 - Money Trouble

With their microscopes in at the pawn broker, the young medics need some cash in a hurry.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Prepper. Image shows from L to R: Rachel (Pearl Mackie), Sylvia (Sue Johnston). Copyright: Giddy Goat Productions

Prepper

Series 1, Episode 1 - Bugging Out

Prepper follows neurotic, debt-ridden Rachel and hard-as-nails 'Churchill in Spanx' Sylvia, working class Mancunians who prep and podcast, sharing knowledge with their community, and showing off just how Armageddon-ready they are.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8pm (repeat)
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Motion Show

Series 1, Episode 1

City or countryside? - and does the World need more cookery shows? Dr Phil Hammond watches over proceedings in the quirky debating game, with guests Clive Coleman, Richard Morton, Pete Sinclair and Mark Steel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
1834. Copyright: BBC

1834

Episode 1 - What Century Are You Living In?

After a few drinks, English teacher Jason Slater wakes up in the 19th century.

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

Wing It

Episode 4 - The Cage of Curiosities

Alasdair Beckett-King plays host to a panel of improv comedy all stars in this new spontaneous series, full of ridiculous challenges & completely made up games.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC

Mark Steel's In Town

Series 2, Episode 4 - Penzance

Mark performs from the Acorn Arts Centre in Penzance, Cornwall, where the locals revel in their remoteness, pilchards and pasties. Struck by the beauty of this rugged coastal town he is surprised to find a civil war raging...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Meet David Sedaris. David Sedaris

Meet David Sedaris

Series 6, Episode 1

The globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller is back with more words of wit and wisdom. He opens this series with a new story fresh from the pages of The New Yorker, Untamed, and extracts from his book Theft By Finding, a compilation of diary entries from 1977-2002.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Sean Lock: 15 Storeys High. Sean (Sean Lock). Copyright: BBC

Sean Lock: 15 Storeys High

Series 1, Episode 5 - The Sticky Patch

Errol decides to clear up a sticky patch outside the lift and Sean has an admirer.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

Series 2, Episode 6 - You Shall Go to the Ball

Izzy gets invited to a ball in Cambridge, but she could do with a fairy godmother.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Doctor In The House

Doctor In The House

Episode 10 - Money Trouble

With their microscopes in at the pawn broker, the young medics need some cash in a hurry.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
Prepper. Image shows from L to R: Rachel (Pearl Mackie), Sylvia (Sue Johnston). Copyright: Giddy Goat Productions

Prepper

Series 1, Episode 1 - Bugging Out

Prepper follows neurotic, debt-ridden Rachel and hard-as-nails 'Churchill in Spanx' Sylvia, working class Mancunians who prep and podcast, sharing knowledge with their community, and showing off just how Armageddon-ready they are.

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

The Motion Show

Series 1, Episode 1

City or countryside? - and does the World need more cookery shows? Dr Phil Hammond watches over proceedings in the quirky debating game, with guests Clive Coleman, Richard Morton, Pete Sinclair and Mark Steel.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
1834. Copyright: BBC

1834

Episode 1 - What Century Are You Living In?

After a few drinks, English teacher Jason Slater wakes up in the 19th century.

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