BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 11 January 2014

Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Paradise Lost in Space—1. Ruination
  1/6Armed idealist Norman and cheerful bore Max are set to ruin the lives of friendly aliens.
2. 00:30
  Jenny Stephens - Project Archangel—3. Task
  3/4Ghosts and special agents once again work together in the sequel to Project Raphael.
3. 01:00
  Whodunnits—Wimsey - Have His Carcase, 5. Too Perfect an Alibi
  5/6Wimsey is struggling as the elusive witness Perkins turns up.
4. 01:30
  Dixon of Dock Green—Series 1, 1. London Pride
  1/6PC George Dixon bends the rules for a local bad lad. Radio revival of the BBC TV copper.
5. 02:00
  Millport—Series 2, Dark Secrets
  2/6Irene needs help when strange events send the island into disarray.
6. 02:30
  Electric Ink—Series 2, Episode 5
  5/6Can struggling journalist Maddox's literary pretentions survive in the new media world?
7. 03:00
  Charles Chilton - Another Time of My Life
  At the BBC for 46 years, Charles Chilton recalls his early career at Broadcasting House.
8. 03:45
  Hearing with Hegley—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/8Poet John Hegley entertains an audience with a microphone and a book of verse.
9. 04:00
  Donna Tartt - The Secret History—Episode 5
  5/15Why are four bookworms covered in wounds and bruises?
10. 04:15
  Sherlock Holmes—The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Series 1, Black Peter
  6/7The Baker Street sleuth probes the grisly murder of a retired whaling skipper.
11. 05:00
  Huddwinks—Series 2, The Dead Walk at Midnight!
  2/6A reporter arrives to investigate mysterious happenings at a haunted manor.
12. 05:30
  Chambers—Series 1, The Right to Silence
  2/5Incompetent pompous barrister John Fuller-Carp ends up on the wrong side of the law.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Noel Coward—This Happy Breed
  The Gibbons family's inter-war life in a new suburban home from 1919 to 1939.
2. 07:30
  Simon Schama - Baseball and Me—Episode 1
  1/2Simon Schama explores his passion for baseball and his adopted team the Boston Red Sox.
3. 08:00
  Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 7, Episode 20
  20/32From Nashville, the funny man welcomes singer Emmylou Harris and fiddler Stuart Duncan.
4. 09:00
  The Rudest Man in Britain
  The rudest man in Britain explores the legacy of former broadcasting star Gilbert Harding.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Carmen (Omnibus)
  A fresh dramatisation of Carmen by Dan Allum. With original songs and music.
2. 13:15
  Whodunnits—Baldi - Series 3, The Sick Rose
  3/6The priestly detective digs around in the murderous world of gardening.
3. 14:00
  Dad's Army—Series 2, Fallen Idol
  17/20During platoon training, fellow officers lead Captain Mainwaring astray.
4. 14:30
  Steptoe and Son—Series 3, TB or Not TB
  4/8Sixty years of smoking takes its toll on Albert. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell.
5. 15:00
  Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 7, Episode 20
  20/32From Nashville, the funny man welcomes singer Emmylou Harris and fiddler Stuart Duncan.
6. 16:00
  Noel Coward—This Happy Breed
  The Gibbons family's inter-war life in a new suburban home from 1919 to 1939.
7. 17:30
  Meet David Sedaris—Series 4, The Sea Section; Dog Days
  6/6David deals with family tragedy and presents some comic verse about our canine friends.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Atomic Tales—And Mother Makes Millions
  2/6A dashing male stranger enters a world where human women can no longer have children.
2. 18:30
  Jenny Stephens - Project Archangel—4. Revelations
  4/4Ghosts and special agents once again work together in the sequel to Project Raphael.
3. 19:00
  The Rudest Man in Britain
  The rudest man in Britain explores the legacy of former broadcasting star Gilbert Harding.
4. 22:00
  4 Stands Up—Series 3, Episode 2
  2/6Chris Addison introduces Sarah Millican, James Sherwood and Jeff Green.
5. 22:30
  The Lee Mack Show—Tony Hadley
  1/6Tony Hadley joins the quick-fire comic for stand-up, sketches and music.
6. 23:00
  P Division—Condition Purple, 2. Mystery
  2/4Inspector Donoghue's cops grapple with some mysterious clues over a murdered prostitute.
7. 23:30
  A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly—3. Choices
  3/5Mattie discovers Miss Wilcox's library. But will she destroy Grace's letters?
8. 23:45
  The Late Alfred Hitchcock Presents—The Perfectionist
  3/5By Margaret St Clair. Charles' Aunt Muriel takes her still life art work deadly seriously.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Atomic Tales—And Mother Makes Millions
  2/6A dashing male stranger enters a world where human women can no longer have children.
2. 00:30
  Jenny Stephens - Project Archangel—4. Revelations
  4/4Ghosts and special agents once again work together in the sequel to Project Raphael.
3. 01:00
  Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 7, Episode 20
  20/32From Nashville, the funny man welcomes singer Emmylou Harris and fiddler Stuart Duncan.
4. 02:00
  Carmen (Omnibus)
  A fresh dramatisation of Carmen by Dan Allum. With original songs and music.
5. 03:15
  Whodunnits—Baldi - Series 3, The Sick Rose
  3/6The priestly detective digs around in the murderous world of gardening.
6. 04:00
  Noel Coward—This Happy Breed
  The Gibbons family's inter-war life in a new suburban home from 1919 to 1939.
7. 05:30
  Meet David Sedaris—Series 4, The Sea Section; Dog Days
  6/6David deals with family tragedy and presents some comic verse about our canine friends.

Sunday 12 January 2014