BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Friday 27 January 2012

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  The Price of Fear—Blind Man's Bluff
  Chilling tale of an eerie passenger who joins Vincent Price on a train heading west.
2. 00:30
  The Lunar Effect—The Boy by the Light of the Moon
  2/5By Vega Powell. Remembering a distant love affair, a Spaniard meets an odd waiter.
3. 00:45
  MR James—MR James Stories, The Tractate Middoth
  The classic ghost story of Doctor Rant and the strange goings-on in the library.
4. 01:00
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 4. The Killing Game
  4/5Prince Litsi faces terror at the top of the old stand at Bradbury race course.
5. 01:30
  Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader—Episode 4
  4/5Acclaimed in the Commons as Chilcote, will a past event unmask Loder's true identity?
6. 02:00
  Know Your Place—Health Can Damage Your Smoking
  7/8Can caretaker Ramsay quit cigarettes to keep his job?
7. 02:30
  All the Young Dudes—Series 2, Still Crazy
  1/6Patrick wonders who Green Day are, and Joe turns into a doting daddy.
8. 03:00
  Charles Dickens - Barnaby Rudge—The No Popery Men
  2/3Joe and Edward are caught up in bitter feuds from the past. Stars Richard Derrington.
9. 04:00
  Lucy Wood - Diving Belles—Countless Stones
  4/5Questioning her past, Rita sees her future bound to the standing stones above her village.
10. 04:15
  The Recall Man—Over the Border
  3/4Dr Joe Aston helps police probe a taxi driver who is the only witness to a murder.
11. 05:00
  King Street Junior—Series 5, The Reunion
  7/7Mr Sims comes up with a bright idea for the evening of Sports Day.
12. 05:30
  Artists—Series 2, Raw Emotion
  3/4A new muse for Tamsin is an old flame for Gerard. Can he woo her back for good this time?
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 5. Nemesis for Two
  5/5Jockey Kit Fielding lays a trap to foil Henri de Brescou's plan to slaughter more horses.
2. 06:30
  Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader—Episode 5
  5/5After exchanging identities, Chilcote and Loder's masquerade is in danger of discovery.
3. 07:00
  Smelling of Roses—Series 1, Survival Of The Fittest
  5/6When her company takes on a Murder Mystery Evening, it isn't Rosie who makes a killing.
4. 07:30
  What's So Funny?—Series 2, Episode 17
  Ed Byrne is joined by guests Isy Suttie and Ian Stone.
5. 08:00
  The TV Lark—The Prestige Show
  Fledgling channel Troutbridge TV stages a gala programme to boost its viewership.
6. 08:30
  Steptoe and Son—Series 5, The Desperate Hours
  1/6Some unwelcome visitors arrive. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell and Leonard Rossiter
7. 09:00
  Fat Chance—Celebrity Square
  2/5Graham finds himself dating two women, and there's a surprise for the other slimmers.
8. 09:30
  We've Been Here Before—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/4Clive Anderson's quiz with Mark Steel, John O'Farrell, Chris Addison and David Quantick.
9. 10:00
  Charles Dickens - Barnaby Rudge—The Gordon Riots
  3/3The burning of Newgate Prison, looting and a shadow of murder put Barnaby's life in danger
10. 11:00
  Lucy Wood - Diving Belles—Notes From the House Spirits
  5/5A chronicle of the happenings and lives of the neglectful inhabitants of a Cornish house.
11. 11:15
  The Recall Man—Stepping Out
  4/4Dr Aston feels threatened when a rival psychologist investigates a series of attacks.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  The TV Lark—The Prestige Show
  Fledgling channel Troutbridge TV stages a gala programme to boost its viewership.
2. 12:30
  Steptoe and Son—Series 5, The Desperate Hours
  1/6Some unwelcome visitors arrive. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell and Leonard Rossiter
3. 13:00
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 5. Nemesis for Two
  5/5Jockey Kit Fielding lays a trap to foil Henri de Brescou's plan to slaughter more horses.
4. 13:30
  Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader—Episode 5
  5/5After exchanging identities, Chilcote and Loder's masquerade is in danger of discovery.
5. 14:00
  Charles Dickens—The Old Curiosity Shop, Episode 20
  20/25With the help of Samson Brass, Quilp plots to get Kit Nubbins out of the way.
6. 14:15
  This Sceptred Isle—Henry VIII, Flodden and Wolsey
  59/216Henry is King but who is the effective ruler of the realm? Anna Massey narrates.
7. 14:30
  Alan Bennett - Telling Tales—No Mean City
  10/10The writer describes the hold that Leeds has maintained on him into adulthood.
8. 14:45
  Travels With a Donkey—A Night Among the Pines
  5/8There's donkey trouble and no women around for Robert Louis Stevenson.
9. 15:00
  Charles Dickens - Barnaby Rudge—The Gordon Riots
  3/3The burning of Newgate Prison, looting and a shadow of murder put Barnaby's life in danger
10. 16:00
  The 4 O'Clock Show—27/01/2012
  Mel Giedroyc takes a look at model planes, and Andi Osho with her Sneaky Peeks into comedy
11. 17:00
  Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare—5. John Barrowman
  5/6John Barrowman's expert master class reaches a surprising conclusion about The Bard.
12. 17:30
  Smelling of Roses—Series 1, Survival Of The Fittest
  5/6When her company takes on a Murder Mystery Evening, it isn't Rosie who makes a killing.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  The Price of Fear—Goody Two Shoes
  Sobering tale of Anne and David's move to Devon and an unwelcome lodger.
2. 18:30
  The Lunar Effect—She Often Walked at Night
  3/5By Lilian Pizzichini. Under a full moon, three friends meet in a strange exotic bar.
3. 18:45
  MR James—MR James Stories, Lost Hearts
  Derek Jacobi introduces the tale of an orphan's haunted dreams of two ghostly figures.
4. 19:00
  The TV Lark—The Prestige Show
  Fledgling channel Troutbridge TV stages a gala programme to boost its viewership.
5. 19:30
  Steptoe and Son—Series 5, The Desperate Hours
  1/6Some unwelcome visitors arrive. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell and Leonard Rossiter
6. 20:00
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 5. Nemesis for Two
  5/5Jockey Kit Fielding lays a trap to foil Henri de Brescou's plan to slaughter more horses.
7. 20:30
  Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader—Episode 5
  5/5After exchanging identities, Chilcote and Loder's masquerade is in danger of discovery.
8. 21:00
  Lucy Wood - Diving Belles—Notes From the House Spirits
  5/5A chronicle of the happenings and lives of the neglectful inhabitants of a Cornish house.
9. 21:15
  The Recall Man—Stepping Out
  4/4Dr Aston feels threatened when a rival psychologist investigates a series of attacks.
10. 22:00
  What's So Funny?—Series 2, Episode 17
  Ed Byrne is joined by guests Isy Suttie and Ian Stone.
11. 22:30
  Elvenquest—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/6What could possibly go wrong with a love potion? Sam is going to find out.
12. 23:00
  The Skivers—Series 2, Spike Milligan
  5/5Spike Milligan is this week's sketch show guest and is given a signed horse.
13. 23:30
  And Now in Colour—Series 2, Eurospecial
  5/6The sketch team cross the English Channel for a French link-up.
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Late
1. 00:00
  The Price of Fear—Goody Two Shoes
  Sobering tale of Anne and David's move to Devon and an unwelcome lodger.
2. 00:30
  The Lunar Effect—She Often Walked at Night
  3/5By Lilian Pizzichini. Under a full moon, three friends meet in a strange exotic bar.
3. 00:45
  MR James—MR James Stories, Lost Hearts
  Derek Jacobi introduces the tale of an orphan's haunted dreams of two ghostly figures.
4. 01:00
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 5. Nemesis for Two
  5/5Jockey Kit Fielding lays a trap to foil Henri de Brescou's plan to slaughter more horses.
5. 01:30
  Katherine Thurston - The Masquerader—Episode 5
  5/5After exchanging identities, Chilcote and Loder's masquerade is in danger of discovery.
6. 02:00
  Fat Chance—Celebrity Square
  2/5Graham finds himself dating two women, and there's a surprise for the other slimmers.
7. 02:30
  We've Been Here Before—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/4Clive Anderson's quiz with Mark Steel, John O'Farrell, Chris Addison and David Quantick.
8. 03:00
  Charles Dickens - Barnaby Rudge—The Gordon Riots
  3/3The burning of Newgate Prison, looting and a shadow of murder put Barnaby's life in danger
9. 04:00
  Lucy Wood - Diving Belles—Notes From the House Spirits
  5/5A chronicle of the happenings and lives of the neglectful inhabitants of a Cornish house.
10. 04:15
  The Recall Man—Stepping Out
  4/4Dr Aston feels threatened when a rival psychologist investigates a series of attacks.
11. 05:00
  Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare—5. John Barrowman
  5/6John Barrowman's expert master class reaches a surprising conclusion about The Bard.
12. 05:30
  Smelling of Roses—Series 1, Survival Of The Fittest
  5/6When her company takes on a Murder Mystery Evening, it isn't Rosie who makes a killing.

Saturday 28 January 2012