BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 3 August 2013

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Terry Pratchett—Nation, Episode 5
  5/8Mau is in the grips of god of death Locaha. Can Daphne save him?
2. 00:30
  Bruce Bedford - The Gibson—Episode 5
  5/6Saul and Elise make a grim discovery in the nursing home.
3. 01:00
  Craddock and Co—3. My Dear Isabelle
  3/3The reappearance of an old flame prompts a trip to France for Charles and niece Lucy.
4. 01:30
  Robert Harris - Selling Hitler—Episode 5
  5/8Despite Stern magazine trying to keep the diary scoop a secret, word gets out.
5. 01:45
  Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds—Episode 15
  15/20Dick succeeds in garnering clues, but when he is rumbled, a friend pays a high price.
6. 02:00
  King Street Junior—Series 10, Proposals
  1/6A new school year brings campaigning teachers, and congratulations may be in order.
7. 02:30
  Spending My Inheritance—Just One Night
  6/6A burst water pipe means hard-up Harry and his wife need a place to stay...
8. 03:00
  George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss—Loving and Losing
  5/5As Philip hatches a plan, Maggie Tulliver's loyalties are sorely tested.
9. 04:00
  Anton Chekhov—Stories by Anton Chekhov, Bad Weather
  5/5Or to put it another way, what has the husband been up to in Moscow?
10. 04:15
  Drama on 4—Ben Lewis - Tiny
  A quirky comedy about a teenager who becomes a good-news internet phenomenon.
11. 05:00
  Beachcomber... By the Way—Series 1, Episode 5
  5/6JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, Patricia Routledge and John Sessions
12. 05:30
  The Right Time—Series 3, Episode 3
  3/6It's about vengeful parents on the sketch comedy for people growing older disgracefully.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Rose Tremain—The End of Love
  Olga adored a Polish pianist. Stars Miriam Margolyes and Nigel Anthony.
2. 07:00
  Nick Warburton - The Toad Squad
  Redundant Reg is lacking meaning in his life. Could amphibians provide the answer?
3. 07:30
  One Way to Necropolis
  The story of the "dead line" where trains carried the departed to their last stop.
4. 08:00
  Frankie Howerd—The Frankie Howerd Variety Show, From 07/11/1978
  Frankie Howerd welcomes Anita Harris, Aidan J, Harvey, George Roper and Bill McGuffie.
5. 09:00
  Comedy Greats—1990s, Episode 1
  1/2Including Goodness Gracious Me, The Now Show, Hair in the Gate and On the Hour.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Michael Butt - Chronicles of Ait—The Lotos Effect - Omnibus
  Two teenagers in an East Coast village experience the same recurring nightmares.
2. 13:15
  Baldi—Series 2, 4. Not for Life
  4/6A young girl's suicide sends the priestly sleuth on an internet murder trail.
3. 14:00
  Hancock's Half Hour—Series 4, Back From Holiday
  1/20After a disastrous break, the Lad discovers Sid's rented his house out. From October 1956.
4. 14:30
  Take It From Here—From 19/02/1959
  The fall and rise of a Punch & Judy show, and Ron and Eth are planning their honeymoon.
5. 15:00
  Frankie Howerd—The Frankie Howerd Variety Show, From 07/11/1978
  Frankie Howerd welcomes Anita Harris, Aidan J, Harvey, George Roper and Bill McGuffie.
6. 16:00
  Rose Tremain—The End of Love
  Olga adored a Polish pianist. Stars Miriam Margolyes and Nigel Anthony.
7. 17:00
  Nick Warburton - The Toad Squad
  Redundant Reg is lacking meaning in his life. Could amphibians provide the answer?
8. 17:30
  Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart—UnCrank
  3/3Can Richard pull through, with the help of poetry, cod philosophy and friends?
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Evening
1. 18:00
  The Scarifyers—For King and Country, Episode 1
  1/4MI-13's Lionheart investigates a series of murders involving electrical appliances.
2. 18:25
  The Fanthorpe Investigations—The Moving Coffins of Barbados
  1/5Priest and paranormal investigator Lionel Fanthorpe relates a tale of the unexplained.
3. 18:30
  The Female Ghost—Afterward by Edith Wharton
  3/4An American couple move to England, but their past catches up with them. With Buffy Davis.
4. 19:00
  Comedy Greats—1990s, Episode 1
  1/2Including Goodness Gracious Me, The Now Show, Hair in the Gate and On the Hour.
5. 22:00
  Meera Syal's Asian Comedy Night—Episode 2
  2/2Showcase of British Asian stand-up excellence with Shazia Mirza, Kulvinder Ghir and others
6. 22:30
  Another Case of Milton Jones—Series 4, Brilliant Mathematician
  2/6Milton tries to solve the equation of the mysteriously disappearing geniuses.
7. 23:00
  The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries—Opening Night
  Gentleman detective, Inspector Alleyn probes a top actor's mysterious death.
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Late
1. 00:00
  The Scarifyers—For King and Country, Episode 1
  1/4MI-13's Lionheart investigates a series of murders involving electrical appliances.
2. 00:25
  The Fanthorpe Investigations—The Moving Coffins of Barbados
  1/5Priest and paranormal investigator Lionel Fanthorpe relates a tale of the unexplained.
3. 00:30
  The Female Ghost—Afterward by Edith Wharton
  3/4An American couple move to England, but their past catches up with them. With Buffy Davis.
4. 01:00
  Frankie Howerd—The Frankie Howerd Variety Show, From 07/11/1978
  Frankie Howerd welcomes Anita Harris, Aidan J, Harvey, George Roper and Bill McGuffie.
5. 02:00
  Michael Butt - Chronicles of Ait—The Lotos Effect - Omnibus
  Two teenagers in an East Coast village experience the same recurring nightmares.
6. 03:15
  Baldi—Series 2, 4. Not for Life
  4/6A young girl's suicide sends the priestly sleuth on an internet murder trail.
7. 04:00
  Rose Tremain—The End of Love
  Olga adored a Polish pianist. Stars Miriam Margolyes and Nigel Anthony.
8. 05:00
  Nick Warburton - The Toad Squad
  Redundant Reg is lacking meaning in his life. Could amphibians provide the answer?
9. 05:30
  Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart—UnCrank
  3/3Can Richard pull through, with the help of poetry, cod philosophy and friends?

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