Radio 4 Extra’s Global Adventures
Programmes to give you the sights, sounds and scents from across the globe.
Laura Barton's American Road Trip
Laura Barton takes to the open road for an audio adventure across the USA.
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1. Threats—Whodunnits, Hercule Poirot - Death on the Nile
Hercule Poirot begins an Egyptian cruise, but his voyage proves far from smooth.
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1. The Photograph—Whodunnits, Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery
The amateur sleuth's island break is disrupted by a death - and a photo.
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Pacific Dreams
Hawaii exerts a strange hold on Hugh, a young man on a quest for identity.
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Tony Law: 21st Century Adventurer
Fearless adventurer Tony Law encounters a lost tribe of Amazonian women.
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Johannesburg—Cabin Pressure, Series 2
In Carolyn's race against time, what better place than a sleepy Spanish airfield?
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Jungle!—Mission Improbable, Series 1
A white-knuckle adventure takes reporter Jane and her friends to the Guatemalan jungle.
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Stockholm—Tina C, Tina C's State of the Union Tour
The country singer and global activist wants to investigate just what is Europe?
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Singing the Stones
Locals guide listeners to 50,000-year-old rock carvings that form songlines, in Australia
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Adelaide—Ross Noble Goes Global, Series 2
Weirdness awaits the comedian, with men in leotards and locals with something to hide.
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Modern Day Griot
Meet the modern musicians adapting traditional West African music.
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1. Miss Honeychurch, Giotto and Too Much Beethoven—EM Forster - A Room with a View
It is 1905 and cousins Lucy and Charlotte arrive in Florence, but not to rooms with a view
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1. Addis Ababa—Lemn Sissay's Homecoming
Poet Lemn Sissay explores the nature of home through comedy, poetry and conversation.
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Big Drums on Little Carriacou
Zakia Sewell returns to her grandparents home to discover a dance ritual from West Africa.
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A Loyal Character Dancer—Drama on 4, Inspector Chen Novels
1990s Shanghai crime drama. Chen pursues a Triad killing and a missing character dancer.
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Episode 1—Bird Island, Series 2
A cereal bar fills up scientist Ben's audio diary in the subantarctic.
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Alice Springs—Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal Monologues
The singer looks at Australia's love of country music and indigenous land owners.
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1. The Chamois—The World of Daphne Du Maurier
Christopher Cazenove plays Stephen who’ll do anything to conquer his painful secret fear.
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Channel Crossing by Rosemary Timperley—Haunted
Can a holiday overcome the issues that divide a bickering family?
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The Mystery of the Elephant God—Satyajit Ray - Feluda
Satyajit Ray's Bengali detective Feluda investigates the theft of a statuette of Ganesh.
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Simon Murray—Desert Island Discs Revisited, Adventurers
From Annie Lennox to Giacomo Puccini, the adventurer shares his castaway choices.
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Malaysia—Daphne Sounds Expensive, Series 1
Sketch trio Daphne head off to Malaysia to find Phil's legendary criminal uncle Pak Belang
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3. The Beaten Track by Dawn King—The Man in Black, Series 4
A young couple ignore warnings on a New Zealand getaway.
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Willy Russell - Shirley Valentine
When a middle-aged Liverpool housewife gets to travel, her world begins to change.
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