BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Monday 22 April 2013

Schedule

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  The Scarifyers—The Horror of Loch Ness, Episode 2
  2/4Professor Dunning's attempts to find the missing speed ace unleash terrible dangers.
2. 00:30
  Arthur Conan Doyle - Professor Challenger—The Disintegration Machine
  2/2Arthur Conan Doyle's indomitable academic investigates Latvian scientist Theodore Nemor.
3. 01:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Footballers, Tony Adams
  From Arsenal 1971 Squad to Monty Python, footballer Tony Adams shares his castaway choices
4. 01:45
  Five Stories by James Ellis—The Miller's Tale
  4/5A priest goes to desperate lengths to entice his erring flock back to the fold.
5. 02:00
  That Reminds Me—Series 1, Nicholas Parsons
  The TV and radio host looks back over his career leading up to Just a Minute.
6. 02:30
  The Palace of Laughter—Series 1, Alhambra
  5/6Geoffrey Wheeler traces the history of the music hall once the pride of Leicester Square.
7. 03:00
  Doctor at Large—Marriage and Surgery
  13/13Simon Sparrow must sit his surgeon's exam and get wed to Wendy all in one morning.
8. 03:30
  Alan Ayckbourn - The Revengers' Comedies—Episode 1
  1/2A man and a woman both want to end it all in a dark comedy of passion and payback.
9. 05:00
  Rosemary Sutcliff - Brother Dusty Feet—Episode 3
  3/3Would travelling player Hugh give it all up to live his dream?
10. 05:30
  Louisa May Alcott - Little Women—Fun Forever and No Grubbage!
  3/6Jealous Amy skates on thin ice, and Meg glimpses high society.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Wimsey—Five Red Herrings, 8. Reconstruction
  8/8Lord Peter Wimsey and his cohorts piece together the final hours of the murdered artist.
2. 06:30
  Sherlock Holmes—The Beekeeper's Apprentice, The Affair of the Senator's Daughter
  2/4Sherlock Holmes and his new assistant must rescue a young girl from her kidnappers.
3. 07:00
  Married—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/6Robin Lightfoot wakes up to discover he's in a parallel universe, with a wife and kids.
4. 07:30
  The Unbelievable Truth—Series 11, Episode 2
  2/6With panellists Rhod Gilbert, Richard Osman, Lucy Beaumont and John Finnemore.
5. 08:00
  Round the Horne—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/13Kenneth Horne spies on an escaped war criminal and gets a tattoo from Julian and Sandy.
6. 08:30
  The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/6Larks from the much-loved comedy duo. Private Morecambe is a hero.
7. 09:00
  Isy Suttie's Love Letters—Series 1, Bob and Marie
  4/4The tale of a driving instructor and the girl he loves from afar
8. 09:30
  A Look Back at the Future—2025
  5/6Brian Perkins and Ken Livingstone foresee ego transplants and the USA invading Narnia.
9. 10:00
  Classic Serial—Plantagenet: Series 1, What Is a Man?
  1/3England's first King of the House of Anjou, Henry II faced conflict with his sons.
10. 11:00
  Five Stories by Margaret Drabble—The Gifts of War
  1/5Two worlds collide over a mother's birthday present for her son.
11. 11:15
  Loose Ends—Julian Clary, Krister Henriksson, David Quantick, Sophie Kinsella, Night Beds, Treetop Flyers
  Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Round the Horne—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/13Kenneth Horne spies on an escaped war criminal and gets a tattoo from Julian and Sandy.
2. 12:30
  The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/6Larks from the much-loved comedy duo. Private Morecambe is a hero.
3. 13:00
  Wimsey—Five Red Herrings, 8. Reconstruction
  8/8Lord Peter Wimsey and his cohorts piece together the final hours of the murdered artist.
4. 13:30
  Sherlock Holmes—The Beekeeper's Apprentice, The Affair of the Senator's Daughter
  2/4Sherlock Holmes and his new assistant must rescue a young girl from her kidnappers.
5. 14:00
  Meera Syal - Anita and Me—Episode 6
  6/10Meena visits a fortune teller who foretells things about her relationship with Anita.
6. 14:15
  Britain on the Bottle: Alcohol and the State—Temperance and the 1872 Licensing Act
  4/10Mark Whitaker looks at how the temperance movement took a grip on British political life.
7. 14:30
  Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin—Episode 1
  1/10A farming community must cope with the death of wife and mother Caro Meredith.
8. 14:45
  Jane Robinson - Bluestockings—Episode 1
  1/5The sacrifices made for education by the pioneering young women at Cambridge in 1869.
9. 15:00
  Classic Serial—Plantagenet: Series 1, What Is a Man?
  1/3England's first King of the House of Anjou, Henry II faced conflict with his sons.
10. 16:00
  The 4 O'Clock Show—22/04/2013
  Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc.
11. 17:00
  Flying the Flag—Series 1, Weather Problems
  2/6Eastern Bloc dissidents seeking refuge descend on the British Embassy.
12. 17:30
  Married—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/6Robin Lightfoot wakes up to discover he's in a parallel universe, with a wife and kids.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Arthur C Clarke Stories—The Nine Billion Names of God, The Nine Billion Names of God
  1/5A Tibetan monastery's new computer sparks fears that the world will end.
2. 18:15
  And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer—Episode 6
  6/10Sequel to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series read by Stephen Mangan.
3. 18:30
  Weird Tales—Series 2, Split the Atom by Lynn Ferguson
  2/3Angry misanthrope Frank meets Gwen, who tells of a Celtic goddess.
4. 19:00
  Round the Horne—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/13Kenneth Horne spies on an escaped war criminal and gets a tattoo from Julian and Sandy.
5. 19:30
  The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/6Larks from the much-loved comedy duo. Private Morecambe is a hero.
6. 20:00
  Wimsey—Five Red Herrings, 8. Reconstruction
  8/8Lord Peter Wimsey and his cohorts piece together the final hours of the murdered artist.
7. 20:30
  Sherlock Holmes—The Beekeeper's Apprentice, The Affair of the Senator's Daughter
  2/4Sherlock Holmes and his new assistant must rescue a young girl from her kidnappers.
8. 21:00
  Five Stories by Margaret Drabble—The Gifts of War
  1/5Two worlds collide over a mother's birthday present for her son.
9. 21:15
  Loose Ends—Julian Clary, Krister Henriksson, David Quantick, Sophie Kinsella, Night Beds, Treetop Flyers
  Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
10. 22:00
  The Unbelievable Truth—Series 11, Episode 2
  2/6With panellists Rhod Gilbert, Richard Osman, Lucy Beaumont and John Finnemore.
11. 22:30
  Isy Suttie's Love Letters—Series 1, Bob and Marie
  4/4The tale of a driving instructor and the girl he loves from afar
12. 23:00
  The News Quiz Extra—Series 7, Episode 2
  2/5Featuring jokes, clips and material that you won't have heard in this week's News Quiz.
13. 23:45
  Armando Iannucci - Facts And Fancies—A Life at the Opera
  2/5Armando Iannucci tackles operas and offers some of his thoughts on ears.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Arthur C Clarke Stories—The Nine Billion Names of God, The Nine Billion Names of God
  1/5A Tibetan monastery's new computer sparks fears that the world will end.
2. 00:15
  And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer—Episode 6
  6/10Sequel to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series read by Stephen Mangan.
3. 00:30
  Weird Tales—Series 2, Split the Atom by Lynn Ferguson
  2/3Angry misanthrope Frank meets Gwen, who tells of a Celtic goddess.
4. 01:00
  Wimsey—Five Red Herrings, 8. Reconstruction
  8/8Lord Peter Wimsey and his cohorts piece together the final hours of the murdered artist.
5. 01:30
  Sherlock Holmes—The Beekeeper's Apprentice, The Affair of the Senator's Daughter
  2/4Sherlock Holmes and his new assistant must rescue a young girl from her kidnappers.
6. 02:00
  Isy Suttie's Love Letters—Series 1, Bob and Marie
  4/4The tale of a driving instructor and the girl he loves from afar
7. 02:30
  A Look Back at the Future—2025
  5/6Brian Perkins and Ken Livingstone foresee ego transplants and the USA invading Narnia.
8. 03:00
  Classic Serial—Plantagenet: Series 1, What Is a Man?
  1/3England's first King of the House of Anjou, Henry II faced conflict with his sons.
9. 04:00
  Five Stories by Margaret Drabble—The Gifts of War
  1/5Two worlds collide over a mother's birthday present for her son.
10. 04:15
  Loose Ends—Julian Clary, Krister Henriksson, David Quantick, Sophie Kinsella, Night Beds, Treetop Flyers
  Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
11. 05:00
  Flying the Flag—Series 1, Weather Problems
  2/6Eastern Bloc dissidents seeking refuge descend on the British Embassy.
12. 05:30
  Married—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/6Robin Lightfoot wakes up to discover he's in a parallel universe, with a wife and kids.

Tuesday 23 April 2013