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Radio schedule Thursday 16th January 2025

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Heated Rollers

Heated Rollers

Episode 3

Granny in space - and Mrs Slocombe the locum.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7:30am (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 6 - The Excursion

Horace Hepplewhite continues to try and prevent his beloved railway station from being closed down.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8am (repeat)
Philip Jackson

55 And Over

Episode 3

With new partners on the scene, the possibility of progeny suddenly seems more likely. But not everyone is so keen on later-in-life breeding.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Heated Rollers

Heated Rollers

Episode 3

Granny in space - and Mrs Slocombe the locum.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30pm (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 6 - The Excursion

Horace Hepplewhite continues to try and prevent his beloved railway station from being closed down.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1pm (repeat)
Philip Jackson

55 And Over

Episode 3

With new partners on the scene, the possibility of progeny suddenly seems more likely. But not everyone is so keen on later-in-life breeding.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30pm (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Series 12, Episode 4 - Upstaging

As Emily's wedding approaches, its time once again for Roger and Victoria to meet her fiance's parents.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 6pm (repeat)
Heated Rollers

Heated Rollers

Episode 3

Granny in space - and Mrs Slocombe the locum.

BBC Radio Wales. Copyright: BBC 6:30pm
30 min
Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Kiri's Comedy Club

Series 4, Out-takes - Unheard Gold: Part 1

Kiri Pritchard-McLean begins the new year by looking at some chats from episodes that didn't air when originally broadcast.

Radio 4 6:30pm (repeat)
Aurie Styla

Aurie Styla: Tech Talk

Episode 3 - Alexa, Make Me A Sandwich

This show charts his personal relationship with machines, looking at the past (computer games that you had to load from cassette tapes), the present (houses that are lit and warmed via apps on your phone, cars that drive themselves without you) and the future (AIs that tell you how to dress and what to eat for dinner, and superior intelligences that command your every move whether you want to object or not).

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

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 6 - The Excursion

Horace Hepplewhite continues to try and prevent his beloved railway station from being closed down.

Radio 4 6:45pm (repeat)
Aurie Styla

Aurie Styla: Tech Talk

Episode 4 - Sorry To Ask, Are You a Robot?

In this final episode, we peer into the future - a future in which we've allowed machines to become so advanced that they may one day have everything they need to do away with us altogether.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Philip Jackson

55 And Over

Episode 3

With new partners on the scene, the possibility of progeny suddenly seems more likely. But not everyone is so keen on later-in-life breeding.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 8:30pm (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Series 12, Episode 4 - Upstaging

As Emily's wedding approaches, its time once again for Roger and Victoria to meet her fiance's parents.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Aurie Styla

Aurie Styla: Tech Talk

Episode 1 - Loading, Please Wait...

Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla, a 90s nerd, takes an autobiographical journey through technology history. We begin in the early 90s, with the tinny sound of the Nintendo Game Boy and his first 13-inch television which only worked if asked very nicely, and he re-wired to show all the channels available - in total, four.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:15pm (repeat)
Aurie Styla

Aurie Styla: Tech Talk

Episode 2 - Sent From My Blackberry

Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla, a 90s nerd, takes an autobiographical journey through technology history. This episode we proceed to mobile phones and the school playground black market for cooler ringtones.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
The Big Town All Stars

The Big Town All Stars

Series 1, Episode 3 - If You Sack Me, I'll Leave

Kenny, Johnny and Bozo want to tell Lorelei that she can't always sing lead, but they are not assertive enough. They are not even assertive enough to buy a book on how to become assertive.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
I've Never Seen Star Wars. Marcus Brigstocke. Copyright: BBC

I've Never Seen Star Wars

Series 6, Episode 3 - Rebecca Front

Rebecca Front, a self-confessed scaredy-cat, is persuaded to take her first ride on a motorbike and read her first science book. But how much of it did she understand?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Beauty Of Britain. Beauty Olonga (Jocelyn Jee Esien). Copyright: BBC

Beauty Of Britain

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Lord Lieutenant's Lady

Beauty is caught between a warring couple, which is a good distraction from her disastrous crush on worship leader Wayne.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Heated Rollers

Heated Rollers

Episode 3

Granny in space - and Mrs Slocombe the locum.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
Parsley Sidings

Parsley Sidings

Series 1, Episode 6 - The Excursion

Horace Hepplewhite continues to try and prevent his beloved railway station from being closed down.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
Philip Jackson

55 And Over

Episode 3

With new partners on the scene, the possibility of progeny suddenly seems more likely. But not everyone is so keen on later-in-life breeding.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Series 12, Episode 4 - Upstaging

As Emily's wedding approaches, its time once again for Roger and Victoria to meet her fiance's parents.

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