BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 30 March 2014

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Early
1. 00:00
  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy—The Primary Phase, Fit The Fourth
  4/6Arthur learns the lucrative answer to the question of Life, the Universe and Everything.
2. 00:30
  Fear on 4—Series 2, St. Austin Friars
  4/13The Man in Black reveals how a new vicar takes on more than he bargained for.
3. 02:00
  Lavinia Greenlaw - Five Fever Tales (Omnibus)
  Lavinia Greenlaw's five-part drama about Malaria, one of the oldest of human diseases.
4. 03:15
  Julie Enfield Investigates—Julie Enfield Investigates - Murder West One, 4. Soho Espresso
  4/4The detective heads to a coffee bar, where a man lies dead upstairs - but who killed him?
5. 04:00
  Martyn Read - The Folly
  Sir Morton Makepeace's characters disrupt his play and threaten his new Folly.
6. 05:30
  Listen Against—Series 3, Episode 3
  3/4Michael Burke becomes trapped in the Moral Maze and Any Answers gets a game show makeover.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts Omnibus—Episode 1
  1/2Sixteen-year-old Serafina is locked in the convent of Santa Caterina.
2. 07:15
  A Box of Wittgensteins—The Moody Genius
  2/4Margaret Stonborough investigates the life of her great-uncle through the family archive.
3. 07:30
  Ed Reardon's Week—Series 6, The Cruise
  3/6Surprisingly, Ed has had a brilliant idea for a book and, more surprisingly, Ping agrees.
4. 08:00
  Beyond Our Ken—From 01/07/1958
  Kenneth Horne's revered troupe poke fun at tax bills and atomic power.
5. 08:30
  To the Manor Born—Vive Le Sport
  4/10When Devere invites Audrey to go skiing, he ends up being taken for a ride.
6. 09:00
  Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers—2. A Matter of Life and Death
  2/6D'Artagnan falls in love, while Cardinal Richelieu is plotting.
7. 09:30
  Charles Dickens—Oliver Twist, Pickpocket!
  2/6The Artful Dodger introduces Oliver to Fagin, who offers an unusual apprenticeship.
8. 10:00
  Letter from America by Alistair Cooke—The 1970s
  1970s USA rediscovered through lost recordings of Alistair Cooke's Letter From America.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Sarah Dunant - Sacred Hearts Omnibus—Episode 1
  1/2Sixteen-year-old Serafina is locked in the convent of Santa Caterina.
2. 13:15
  A Box of Wittgensteins—The Moody Genius
  2/4Margaret Stonborough investigates the life of her great-uncle through the family archive.
3. 13:30
  Alan Ayckbourn - Things We Do For Love
  When two best friends are reunited, the ensuing farce surprises them both.
4. 15:00
  Beyond Our Ken—From 01/07/1958
  Kenneth Horne's revered troupe poke fun at tax bills and atomic power.
5. 15:30
  To the Manor Born—Vive Le Sport
  4/10When Devere invites Audrey to go skiing, he ends up being taken for a ride.
6. 16:00
  Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show—30/03/2014
  Mel has the best of the week, including exclusive previews of the BBC News School Reports.
7. 17:00
  Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers—2. A Matter of Life and Death
  2/6D'Artagnan falls in love, while Cardinal Richelieu is plotting.
8. 17:30
  Charles Dickens—Oliver Twist, Pickpocket!
  2/6The Artful Dodger introduces Oliver to Fagin, who offers an unusual apprenticeship.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Doctor Who—Cobwebs, Episode 2
  2/4The time travellers learn more about the base's crew and the planet's only species.
2. 18:30
  Bradbury 13—Night Call, Collect
  A lone survivor on Mars has waited a lifetime for rescue. At age 80, his phone rings.
3. 19:00
  Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat!—Hush! Here Comes a Whizzbang
  3/4Love and war feature in the comic celebration of songwriters RP Weston and Bert Lee.
4. 19:30
  The Friend in the Corner—1962
  5/6From Two-Way Family Favourites to portable transistors. With Daphne Oxenford.
5. 20:00
  Beyond Our Ken—From 01/07/1958
  Kenneth Horne's revered troupe poke fun at tax bills and atomic power.
6. 20:30
  To the Manor Born—Vive Le Sport
  4/10When Devere invites Audrey to go skiing, he ends up being taken for a ride.
7. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Gardeners, Alan Titchmarsh
  Gardener, writer and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh is castaway by Sue Lawley.
8. 21:45
  Once Seen—It's a Guy Thing
  2/3By Alexandra Potter. Adam decides a girl is The One but can't bring himself to talk to her
9. 22:00
  Ed Reardon's Week—Series 6, The Cruise
  3/6Surprisingly, Ed has had a brilliant idea for a book and, more surprisingly, Ping agrees.
10. 22:30
  Cabin Pressure—Series 3, St Petersburg
  6/6Some vodka and an unwary bird could spell the end of the line for MJN Air.
11. 22:55
  The Comedy Club Interviews—30/03/2014
  The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith is joined by comedian and poet Tim Key.
12. 23:00
  Newsjack—Series 10, Episode 4
  4/6The week's stories in a scrapbook sketch show, with Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Ellie White
13. 23:30
  Ivor Cutler - Cutler the Lax—Episode 1
  1/3The surrealist provides disappointment for cavemen and a cheap alternative to liquor.
14. 23:45
  World of Pub—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/4Can Dodgy Phil help revamp Barry and Garry’s East End boozer? Stars John Thomson.
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Late
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
  Bradbury 13—Night Call, Collect
  A lone survivor on Mars has waited a lifetime for rescue. At age 80, his phone rings.
3. 01:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Gardeners, Alan Titchmarsh
  Gardener, writer and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh is castaway by Sue Lawley.
4. 01:45
  Once Seen—It's a Guy Thing
  2/3By Alexandra Potter. Adam decides a girl is The One but can't bring himself to talk to her
5. 02:00
  Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat!—Hush! Here Comes a Whizzbang
  3/4Love and war feature in the comic celebration of songwriters RP Weston and Bert Lee.
6. 02:30
  The Friend in the Corner—1962
  5/6From Two-Way Family Favourites to portable transistors. With Daphne Oxenford.
7. 03:00
  Beyond Our Ken—From 01/07/1958
  Kenneth Horne's revered troupe poke fun at tax bills and atomic power.
8. 03:30
  Alan Ayckbourn - Things We Do For Love
  When two best friends are reunited, the ensuing farce surprises them both.
9. 05:00
  Alexandre Dumas - The Three Musketeers—2. A Matter of Life and Death
  2/6D'Artagnan falls in love, while Cardinal Richelieu is plotting.
10. 05:30
  Charles Dickens—Oliver Twist, Pickpocket!
  2/6The Artful Dodger introduces Oliver to Fagin, who offers an unusual apprenticeship.
11. 06:00
  Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household—Episode 11
  11/15After days holed up in his den, the fugitive emerges. But has he shaken off his pursuer?
12. 06:30
  Whodunnits—A Charles Paris Mystery - Sicken and So Die, 2. Seduction
  2/4As cast and crew members fall sick, is a serial poisoner at work?

Monday 31 March 2014