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Radio schedule Thursday 7th May 2015

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7am (repeat)
Tomorrow, Today!. Nigel Lavery (Peter Bowles). Copyright: BBC

Tomorrow, Today!

Series 1, Episode 1 - Dial M For Martian

Will Hugo give in to government manipulation to save his beloved show from cancellation?

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

Ed Reardon's Week

Series 9, Episode 6 - The Bride of Auntie

Ed finally becomes a contestant on the Radio 4 seminal quiz What Do You Know?

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

Episode 2, The Bird: Harold is furious when his date is late for dinner.

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

Not In Front Of The Children

Episode 13, An Older Man's Fancy: After Henry's behaviour at a party, Jennifer tries to be 'with it'.

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

Who Goes There

Episode 4.5: Martin Young's famous people quiz.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 9:30am (repeat)
No Commitments

No Commitments

Episode 5.1, Family Business: Worried Victoria takes action when daughter Emily decides to enrol at drama school.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Episode 2, The Bird: Harold is furious when his date is late for dinner.

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

Not In Front Of The Children

Episode 13, An Older Man's Fancy: After Henry's behaviour at a party, Jennifer tries to be 'with it'.

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

Who Goes There

Episode 4.5: Martin Young's famous people quiz.

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

No Commitments

Episode 5.1, Family Business: Worried Victoria takes action when daughter Emily decides to enrol at drama school.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5pm (repeat)
Anything Legal

Anything Legal

Episode 7: Charles and George's DIY skills arouse their wives' suspicions.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5:30pm (repeat)
Tomorrow, Today!. Nigel Lavery (Peter Bowles). Copyright: BBC

Tomorrow, Today!

Series 1, Episode 1 - Dial M For Martian

Will Hugo give in to government manipulation to save his beloved show from cancellation?

Radio 4 6:30pm
30 min
Best Behaviour. Ramsley (Jordan Maxwell). Copyright: Zeppotron

Best Behaviour

Episode 1

Guest panellists Clive Anderson, Sarah Millican and Joe Lycett compete to supply the most entertaining ideas for best behaviour in the 21st century.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 7pm (repeat)
Steptoe And Son. Image shows from L to R: Harold (Harry H. Corbett), Albert (Wilfrid Brambell). Copyright: BBC

Steptoe And Son

Episode 2, The Bird: Harold is furious when his date is late for dinner.

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

Not In Front Of The Children

Episode 13, An Older Man's Fancy: After Henry's behaviour at a party, Jennifer tries to be 'with it'.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10pm (repeat)
Party. Image shows from L to R: Simon (Tom Basden), Phoebe (Katy Wix), Mel (Anna Crilly), Duncan (Tim Key), Jared (Jonny Sweet). Copyright: BBC

Party

Series 1, Episode 1

Tom Basden's political satire about five young adults who want to change the world but having no idea how, and little idea why. The group attempt to choose a constitution.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 10:30pm (repeat)
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!. Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney). Copyright: Komedia Entertainment

Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!

Series 5, Episode 4 - Yes Count Arthur

Frustrated by a dispute at the local opticians over repairs to his glasses, Arthur decides to stand up for the 'little man' and seeks high office in the local council elections. With his protege Malcolm as his assistant campaigns manager, surely Number 10 has to be the next stop for the Dream Team?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11pm (repeat)
Dave Podmore. Dave 'Pod' Podmore (Christopher Douglas)

Dave Podmore

2010 Specials - Dave Podmore On The Stump

Ex-cricketer Dave Podmore is elected MP for the hotly-contested marginal seat of Leicester Forest Services (East). But how come he has to resign his seat three days later? And will his wife Jacqui return to him, after playing away with an Aussie ex-cricketer even more overweight than Pod?

BBC Radio 4 Extra 11:30pm (repeat)
Henning Wehn

Henning Knows Best

Episode 2 - Politics

Henning Wehn looks at British politics, sharing his views on the history of the parties, voting and Europe. He is joined by former football mascot and now Mayor of Hartlepool, Stuart Drummond.

BBC Radio 4 Extra Midnight (repeat)
Hancock's Half Hour. Image shows from L to R: Sidney James (Sid James), Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock (Tony Hancock), Bill Kerr (Bill Kerr)

Hancock's Half Hour

Series 5, Episode 10 - The Election Candidate

Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock is a loser whose plans and aspirations are continually ruined by bad luck, Sidney Balmoral James or, more often than not, by his own pomposity and ambition.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 12:30am (repeat)
Yes Minister. Image shows from L to R: Bernard Woolley (Derek Fowlds), James Hacker (Paul Eddington), Sir Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne). Copyright: BBC

Yes Minister

Series 1, Episode 1 - Open Government

Newly elected MP Jim Hacker is made the Minister for Administrative Affairs, a department lead by civil servant Sir Humphrey Appleby. Hacker attempts to do start the business of running the country straight away by being open about everything. Perhaps being a bit too open...

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1am (repeat)
Radio Active. Image shows left to right: Angus Deayton, Philip Pope, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Michael Fenton Stevens

Radio Active

A Thodding By-Election Special: Expect no bias as Radio Active Chairman Norman Tonsil stands as an Independent Candidate.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 1:30am (repeat)
Absolute Power. Image shows from L to R: Charles Prentiss (Stephen Fry), Martin McCabe (John Bird). Copyright: BBC

Absolute Power

Series 2, Episode 1 - Martin Is Bored

Prentiss McCabe try to save the Government from total voter humiliation.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2am (repeat)
Dead Ringers. Image shows from L to R: Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson, Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey. Copyright: BBC

Dead Ringers

Series 4, Special - Election Special

Special edition focusing on the General Election.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 2:30am (repeat)
The News Huddlines

The News Huddlines

The 1987 Election Special: As vote counting commences, Roy Hudd lampoons the candidates from Thatcher to Kinnock.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3am (repeat)
The Party Line. Copyright: BBC

The Party Line

Series 1, Episode 1

Duncan Stonebridge has just been returned as the Labour MP for Rotherhurst - with a majority of just 27 votes. Duncan should be worried about his majority, but he is more concerned about his niece's play, a local football match and appearing on BBC Breakfast.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 3:30am (repeat)
The Burkiss Way. Copyright: BBC

The Burkiss Way

Series 2, Episode 4 - Govern Britain The Burkiss Way

The comedy team sweep to a political landslide.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4am (repeat)
Galton & Simpson

Little Blighty On The Down

Episode 2.1: Parish Council leader Mrs Roberts battles on with her village toll tax.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 4:30am (repeat)
The Men From The Ministry. Copyright: BBC

The Men From The Ministry

We All Make Mistakes: Sir Gregory decides to take action over the bumbling bureaucrats.

BBC Radio 4 Extra 5am (repeat)
Political Animals. Copyright: BBC

Political Animals

A selection of four episodes looking at the lives of the animals that lived at 10 Downing Street.

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