BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Monday 22 October 2012

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Doctor Who—Cobwebs, Episode 2
  2/4The time travellers learn more about the base's crew and the planet's only species.
2. 00:30
  Jenny Stephens - Project Archangel—1. Visitor
  1/4Ghosts and special agents once again work together in the sequel to "Project Raphael".
3. 01:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—BAFTA Winners, Imelda Staunton
  Actress Imelda Staunton is castaway by Sue Lawley.
4. 01:45
  Trevor Hoyle - The Dying Art of Letter Writing
  Malcolm wants to sell the paper mill, but his Aunt Emmie declares "Over my dead body!".
5. 02:00
  Christopher Brookmyre's Comedy Bookcase—Series 2, Alex Horne
  6/8Author Christopher Brookmyre is joined by comedy innovator Alex Horne.
6. 02:30
  Frank Dickens: Holy Mackerel - It's My Life!
  The creator of longest running strip 'Bristow' is celebrated by fellow cartoonists.
7. 03:00
  Harry Worth—Thirty Minutes Worth, The Burglar
  6/6Cat burglar Fingers Fogerty pays the comedian an unwelcome visit.
8. 03:30
  Wimsey—Whose Body?
  Suave sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey probes the mystery of a corpse in a Battersea bathtub.
9. 05:00
  Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows—Episode 2
  2/2Toad is offered an escape route by a washer-woman and her niece. With Richard Briers.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Whodunnits—A Charles Paris Mystery - The Dead Side of the Mic, 1. Suspicious Death
  1/4The amateur sleuth gets embroiled in a suspicious death at the BBC...
2. 06:30
  Whodunnits—Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman, 1. Hunch
  1/5A policeman is dead and Inspector Barlach has a hunch about the murderer.
3. 06:45
  Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure—Episode 16
  16/20Dick and mates have won Spider's trust to set the trap. But Hugo's escaped.
4. 07:00
  Safety Catch—Series 1, Show Me You Care
  1/4Guilt-ridden arms dealer Simon McGrath cares about the world and his needy girlfriend.
5. 07:30
  The Museum of Curiosity—Series 5, Ker, Stephenson Connolly, Geim
  3/6John Lloyd and Jimmy Carr with Humphrey Ker, Pamela Stephenson Connolly and Andre Geim.
6. 08:00
  Beyond Our Ken—05/01/1964
  Kenneth Horne goes wine tasting, and a savage sea monster attacks the Isle of Wight.
7. 08:30
  Steptoe and Son—Series 3, Without Prejudice
  5/8Harold persuades Albert to move out to suburbia. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell.
8. 09:00
  Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!—Series 5, Keep Fit
  3/6Arthur's keen on taking up a free trial gym membership, but will his doctor approve
9. 09:30
  Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue—Series 2, Fear
  4/6The sofa hosts invite a stressed bomb disposal expert to 'hug his fear'.
10. 10:00
  Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur—Hamer's Women
  6/8Social reformer Hamer is tempted by Lady Lettice, as his wife fights for the suffragettes.
11. 11:00
  Anton Chekhov—Stories by Anton Chekhov, An Incident
  1/5Two children, two pets, one stranger. Then a small domestic disaster.
12. 11:15
  Loose Ends—Honor Blackman, Charlie Brooker, Peter Serafinowicz, George The Poet, The Herbaliser and The Magnetic North
  Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Beyond Our Ken—05/01/1964
  Kenneth Horne goes wine tasting, and a savage sea monster attacks the Isle of Wight.
2. 12:30
  Steptoe and Son—Series 3, Without Prejudice
  5/8Harold persuades Albert to move out to suburbia. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell.
3. 13:00
  Whodunnits—A Charles Paris Mystery - The Dead Side of the Mic, 1. Suspicious Death
  1/4The amateur sleuth gets embroiled in a suspicious death at the BBC...
4. 13:30
  Whodunnits—Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman, 1. Hunch
  1/5A policeman is dead and Inspector Barlach has a hunch about the murderer.
5. 13:45
  Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure—Episode 16
  16/20Dick and mates have won Spider's trust to set the trap. But Hugo's escaped.
6. 14:00
  Winifred Holtby - South Riding—Episode 1
  1/15Headmistress Sarah Burton returns to 1930s Yorkshire for a challenging new post.
7. 14:15
  Shakespeare's Restless World—11. Treason and Plots
  11/20Tabloid history of Shakespeare's England via contemporary accounts of royal murder plots.
8. 14:30
  Rukhsana Ahmad - Freedom's Daughter—Episode 1
  1/5The touching correspondence between the young Indira Gandhi and her father Nehru.
9. 14:45
  Alan Bennett - The Clothes They Stood Up In—Episode 3
  3/7Mrs Ransome compares the burglary aftermath to dealing with a death.
10. 15:00
  Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur—Hamer's Women
  6/8Social reformer Hamer is tempted by Lady Lettice, as his wife fights for the suffragettes.
11. 16:00
  The 4 O'Clock Show—22/10/2012
  Mel Giedroyc hears gruesome things about the Romans from Terry Deary's Horrible Histories.
12. 17:00
  To the Manor Born—The Honours List
  9/10With news of a New Year's Honour for a villager, Audrey is nice to Devere.
13. 17:30
  Safety Catch—Series 1, Show Me You Care
  1/4Guilt-ridden arms dealer Simon McGrath cares about the world and his needy girlfriend.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Terry Pratchett—Small Gods, 1. Voices
  1/4Set in a complex state of beliefs, the Great God Om appears before a novice monk.
2. 18:30
  Ben Moor - Undone—Series 3, Untoward
  2/6Edna is planning a trip to the Primary to find out what happened to Tankerton.
3. 19:00
  Beyond Our Ken—05/01/1964
  Kenneth Horne goes wine tasting, and a savage sea monster attacks the Isle of Wight.
4. 19:30
  Steptoe and Son—Series 3, Without Prejudice
  5/8Harold persuades Albert to move out to suburbia. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell.
5. 20:00
  Whodunnits—A Charles Paris Mystery - The Dead Side of the Mic, 1. Suspicious Death
  1/4The amateur sleuth gets embroiled in a suspicious death at the BBC...
6. 20:30
  Whodunnits—Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman, 1. Hunch
  1/5A policeman is dead and Inspector Barlach has a hunch about the murderer.
7. 20:45
  Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure—Episode 16
  16/20Dick and mates have won Spider's trust to set the trap. But Hugo's escaped.
8. 21:00
  Anton Chekhov—Stories by Anton Chekhov, An Incident
  1/5Two children, two pets, one stranger. Then a small domestic disaster.
9. 21:15
  Loose Ends—Honor Blackman, Charlie Brooker, Peter Serafinowicz, George The Poet, The Herbaliser and The Magnetic North
  Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
10. 22:00
  The Museum of Curiosity—Series 5, Ker, Stephenson Connolly, Geim
  3/6John Lloyd and Jimmy Carr with Humphrey Ker, Pamela Stephenson Connolly and Andre Geim.
11. 22:30
  Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!—Series 5, Keep Fit
  3/6Arthur's keen on taking up a free trial gym membership, but will his doctor approve
12. 23:00
  The News Quiz Extra—Series 5, 22/10/2012
  7/9An extended edition of the News Quiz, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
13. 23:45
  Crème de la Crime—Series 1, 20,000 Leaks Under the Sea
  1/6Michael Feydeau and David Pershore unravel a case of wartime spying skulduggery.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Terry Pratchett—Small Gods, 1. Voices
  1/4Set in a complex state of beliefs, the Great God Om appears before a novice monk.
2. 00:30
  Ben Moor - Undone—Series 3, Untoward
  2/6Edna is planning a trip to the Primary to find out what happened to Tankerton.
3. 01:00
  Whodunnits—A Charles Paris Mystery - The Dead Side of the Mic, 1. Suspicious Death
  1/4The amateur sleuth gets embroiled in a suspicious death at the BBC...
4. 01:30
  Whodunnits—Inspector Barlach - The Judge and his Hangman, 1. Hunch
  1/5A policeman is dead and Inspector Barlach has a hunch about the murderer.
5. 01:45
  Dick Barton Special Agent - The Paris Adventure—Episode 16
  16/20Dick and mates have won Spider's trust to set the trap. But Hugo's escaped.
6. 02:00
  Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!—Series 5, Keep Fit
  3/6Arthur's keen on taking up a free trial gym membership, but will his doctor approve
7. 02:30
  Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue—Series 2, Fear
  4/6The sofa hosts invite a stressed bomb disposal expert to 'hug his fear'.
8. 03:00
  Howard Spring - Fame is the Spur—Hamer's Women
  6/8Social reformer Hamer is tempted by Lady Lettice, as his wife fights for the suffragettes.
9. 04:00
  Anton Chekhov—Stories by Anton Chekhov, An Incident
  1/5Two children, two pets, one stranger. Then a small domestic disaster.
10. 04:15
  Loose Ends—Honor Blackman, Charlie Brooker, Peter Serafinowicz, George The Poet, The Herbaliser and The Magnetic North
  Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
11. 05:00
  To the Manor Born—The Honours List
  9/10With news of a New Year's Honour for a villager, Audrey is nice to Devere.
12. 05:30
  Safety Catch—Series 1, Show Me You Care
  1/4Guilt-ridden arms dealer Simon McGrath cares about the world and his needy girlfriend.

Tuesday 23 October 2012