BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 10 December 2011

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Stephen Baxter - Voyage—1985-86 Project Ares
  5/5The first manned Mars mission blasts off on a perilous voyage of discovery.
2. 00:30
  Stories of Ray Bradbury—Dark They Were, and Golden Eyed
  5/5How do the Earth people living on Mars cope when they discover there is no way back home?
3. 01:00
  Sherlock Holmes—His Last Bow, The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
  6/8Watson hunts a missing aristocrat in Switzerland, but the trail leads to a funeral parlour
4. 01:45
  Colin Dexter Short Stories—Inspector Morse - The Burglar
  Neighbourly concern about a suspicious stranger sets a new puzzle for Inspector Morse.
5. 02:00
  Semi Circles—Series 2, Charity Begins at Home
  5/6Helen and Ben fight the forces of materialism. Can they win when promotion beckons?
6. 02:30
  The Museum of Curiosity—Series 2, Episode 4
  4/6John Lloyd invites Oliver James, John Hodgman and Charlotte Uhlenbroek to submit exhibits.
7. 03:00
  CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers—Corridors of Power - The Choice
  10/10Roger Quaife's political destiny hangs on a Commons debate. What future for Lewis Eliot?
8. 04:00
  Martin Sorrell - The Cuban Heel
  A maverick bus driver starts to annoy passengers on an over-heated tourist bus in Spain.
9. 04:15
  Petrella—Series 1, Outpacing the Fiend
  4/4A ruthless murderer puts the inspector's marriage under strain and his family in danger.
10. 05:00
  Ring Around the Bath—Series 2, Space Perception
  4/6Desperate to move house, Stella tries burying the hatchet with the neighbours.
11. 05:30
  The Little World of Don Camillo—Series 3, The Stuff from America
  2/4The priest hands out food aid, but it's soon the focus for political violence.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  David Edgar - Mary Barnes
  A woman struggles with her own madness until she meets a pioneering psychiatrist.
2. 07:30
  The Last Post
  Pigeon Post has been around forever. Can it survive in the modern world?
3. 08:00
  Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 7, Episode 8
  8/32Back in NYC, the funny man welcomes poet Billy Collins and bandleader Rob Fisher.
4. 09:00
  Comedy Controller—Arnold Brown
  Among the accountant's picks: The Al Read Show, and Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/2Farmer Gilbert Markham discovers why Helen Graham has sought refuge at Wildfell Hall.
2. 13:15
  Elizabeth Gaskell - Curious, If True—Lois the Witch
  4/5An English girl fresh to Salem faces the malicious accusations of a Puritan family.
3. 14:00
  The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/6Shady lawyer Flywheel looks after a Rembrandt.
4. 14:30
  The Goon Show—Series 6, The Jet-Propelled Guided Naafi
  19/27Grytpype and Moriarty set out to steal the plans for a secret new weapon.
5. 15:00
  Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 7, Episode 8
  8/32Back in NYC, the funny man welcomes poet Billy Collins and bandleader Rob Fisher.
6. 16:00
  David Edgar - Mary Barnes
  A woman struggles with her own madness until she meets a pioneering psychiatrist.
7. 17:30
  What's So Funny?—Series 2, Episode 10
  Ed Byrne is joined by Lucy Porter and Steve Punt to discuss the comedy scene.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Torchwood—The Dead Line
  Cardiff's alien-hunters probe a spate of locals left in coma-like trances.
2. 18:45
  Arthur C Clarke Stories—The Nine Billion Names of God, Superiority
  4/5In war, the more technologically advanced side can still be defeated. John Shrapnel reads.
3. 19:00
  Comedy Controller—Arnold Brown
  Among the accountant's picks: The Al Read Show, and Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead.
4. 22:00
  Saturday Stand-Up—Robert Newman - Apocalypso Now
  The comedian continues to entertain an audience at London's Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn.
5. 22:45
  Sir Henry at Rawlinson End—Cabbage Looking in Mufti
  2/5Surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of sanity.
6. 23:00
  Rebus—Resurrection Men, Episode 2
  2/2The maverick detective finds himself unsure who exactly is under investigation.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Torchwood—The Dead Line
  Cardiff's alien-hunters probe a spate of locals left in coma-like trances.
2. 00:45
  Arthur C Clarke Stories—The Nine Billion Names of God, Superiority
  4/5In war, the more technologically advanced side can still be defeated. John Shrapnel reads.
3. 01:00
  Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 7, Episode 8
  8/32Back in NYC, the funny man welcomes poet Billy Collins and bandleader Rob Fisher.
4. 02:00
  The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/2Farmer Gilbert Markham discovers why Helen Graham has sought refuge at Wildfell Hall.
5. 03:15
  Elizabeth Gaskell - Curious, If True—Lois the Witch
  4/5An English girl fresh to Salem faces the malicious accusations of a Puritan family.
6. 04:00
  David Edgar - Mary Barnes
  A woman struggles with her own madness until she meets a pioneering psychiatrist.
7. 05:30
  What's So Funny?—Series 2, Episode 10
  Ed Byrne is joined by Lucy Porter and Steve Punt to discuss the comedy scene.

Sunday 11 December 2011