Schedule Thursday 17th October 2019

Radio 4
10:45am
15 min
The Country Girls

The Country Girls

The Lonely Girl, Episode 4

Dada gets wind of Kate's affair with Eugene and takes drastic measures.

Radio 4
2:15pm
45 min
Bayeux Tapestry

Embroidering The Truth

Rapacious Bishop Odo (Charlie Anson) meets his match in the Anglo-Saxon former Queen, Edith (Katy Brand). He wants her wealth, she wants to survive. Armed only with a needle she leads a group of women in a bid to outwit their violent Norman oppressors. Her plan? To save her skin and, in the process, to create a masterpiece and a message that will last a thousand years. It is the Bayeux Tapestry.

So Awkward. Copyright: Channel X North

So Awkward

Series 5, Episode 6 - V Day

Lily goes into overdrive and organises the best Valentine's Day ever!

Radio 4
6:30pm
30 min
Alone. Image shows from L to R: Morris (Bennett Arron), Louisa (Kate Isitt), Mitch (Angus Deayton), Ellie (Abigail Cruttenden), Will (Pearce Quigley). Copyright: ABsoLuTeLy Productions

Alone

Series 2, Episode 2 - Anti-Valentine's Day

As Valentine's Day approaches, the neighbours are all dreading that left-out feeling they always get on February 14th - so Will encourages them to go out and enjoy themselves anyway, booking a table for a singles-only meal.

Comedy Central
8pm
30 min
Blockbusters. Copyright: Thames

Blockbusters

Series 2, Episode 4

Identical twins Evie and Mia take on 17 year old Jason who did his maths and further maths A-levels a year early. Find out if two identical heads in sync, are better than one!

A League Of Their Own. Image shows from L to R: Jamie Redknapp, Andrew Flintoff, Romesh Ranganathan. Copyright: CPL Productions

A League Of Their Own

Series 14, Highlights Special - Best Of

Think it's all over? Don't worry, it's not yet. To send the BAFTA-winning series off with a bang, we'll be reliving the funniest moments, wackiest challenged and biggest jokes of the season in a special Best Of episode.

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy. Image shows from L to R: Jocelyn Jee Esien, Lenny Henry. Copyright: Douglas Road

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy

Episode 3 - Sketch

Beginning with Lenny's prominence as a versatile performer and creator of characters, the film features great archive from Tiswas, Three Of A Kind and Lenny's own shows.

Pants On Fire. Image shows from L to R: Joel Dommett, Emma Willis, Natasia Demetriou. Copyright: Fulwell 73 Productions

Pants On Fire

Episode 2

Joel Dommett and Natasia Demetriou are on the panel this week as Emma Willis hosts the comedy bluffing show in which daredevil teams attempt some of the bravest - or simply downright stupid - challenges.

Celebrity Juice. Image shows from L to R: Holly Willoughby, Leigh Francis, Melanie Brown. Copyright: Talkback

Celebrity Juice

Series 22, Episode 2

Joining the panel this week, it's the lead singer of Queen, Adam Lambert, actor and comedian John Thomson, popstar Louise Redknapp and acting legend Will Mellor.

Frayed. Sammy Burbeck (Sarah Kendall). Copyright: Merman

Frayed

Series 1, Episode 4

Sammy pitches her partnership deal to Chris during a business trip. But then an incident in a casino puts her in an awkward situation.

BBC Radio 4 Extra
10:30pm
30 min
Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Newsjack

Series 21, Episode 6

Newsjack returns to satirise another week's news and events. This week, a look at what would happen with Nobel Prize got extended to ordinary people, the church using social media, and how the government would use ID to check on voters.

Radio 4
11pm
30 min
Agendum. Alexandra Palisades (Carrie Quinlan). Copyright: Pozzitive Productions

Agendum

Series 2, Episode 4 - Good Luck Everybody

Alexandra Palisades (Carrie Quinlan) brings more topical stories under the spotlight. Or not. This time there is a look at how the housing crisis has got so bad that people are moving into burrows, the USA plans to put forward a law to make mass shootings legal, and the plan to launch a new financial crisis.

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