The phrase 'programme is stuck' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a situation in which a computer program is not working properly or cannot be completed for some reason. For example, "My colleague was trying to update the software but the programme is stuck and won't proceed any further."
In our study, we found that participants who started a lifestyle intervention programme were stuck in old habits and had heavy emotional baggage.
But we have to get to the medium term first, and at present it looks as though Osborne will fail to achieve his fiscal targets: in other words, he is sticking to a programme that is hurting but not working, and inviting retributive action from the financial markets in front of whom he has laid his reputation.
The participants who entered intervention programmes at Healthy Life Centres were stuck in old habits; making unhealthy choices with food, activity and tobacco in their everyday life, which affected themselves and their environments negatively.
Ever since the cancellation of the Apollo programme in 1970, astronauts have been stuck in low Earth orbit.There are plenty of others besides Mr Bezos who are keen to investigate and preserve that vanished future.
Internal and external stakeholders commented on lack of resources compounding the difficulty of integrating MNDs' policy solutions into the day-to-day delivery of existing programmes, which meant that the issue was stuck in a 'low-priority cycle', 21 with lack of budgetary commitment to support advocacy efforts for higher prioritisation of the issue.
That's what it showed on the programme – one minute the guy is going to university, the next he's stuck in the toilet all the time.
He will be stuck in Frankfurt handling the ECB's meeting on Thursday, where a big quantitative easing (QE) programme could be announced.
They are "stuck" in the healthy state.
They would be stuck in the middle.
It was stuck between my legs.
