BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 6 September 2014

Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Book at Beachtime—Tom McNeal - To Be Sung Underwater, Episode 5
  5/5A woman retraces her steps to long lost love in Nebraska. Read by Laurel Lefkow.
2. 00:30
  15 Minute Drama—The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 4, Episode 5
  5/5Sam is anxious about confronting his benefactor Lord Sandwich.
3. 00:45
  Book at Bedtime—Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver, Episode 5
  5/10After the 'break-in', Anna adjusts to life in the rabbit house with Katri and Mats.
4. 01:00
  The 99p Challenge—Series 2, Episode 2
  Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, David Quantick, Peter Baynham and Richard Herring.
5. 01:30
  Pioneers—Series 1, Sir Alec Jeffreys
  2/5Sir Alec Jeffreys speaks about his eureka moment when he discovered DNA fingerprinting.
6. 02:00
  Detective—Series 2, 10. The Point of No Return
  10/10Brook and Max get moving on the Kemp case. Meanwhile, the Clark case reopens.
7. 02:30
  Speak on the Dotted Line
  Rory Bremner examines the technology of speaker recognition and voice verification.
8. 03:00
  EM Forster - A Room with a View—4. The Triumph of Phaeton
  4/4Engaged to Cecil but haunted by her dreams of George, Lucy Honeychurch feels muddled.
9. 04:00
  Tove Jansson - The Listener—Lucio's Friends
  5/5Everyone loves Lucio. Don't they?
10. 04:15
  Drama on 4—Bethan Roberts - My Own Private Gondolier
  Tensions flare when Peggy Guggenheim and her daughter spend the summer together in Venice.
11. 05:00
  After Henry—Series 2, The Kitten
  5/8Sarah and her mother disagree over house tidiness, until a visitor arrives.
12. 05:30
  Bangers and Mash—Episode 4
  4/6There is a strange man around. Why is he interested in the catering team's van?
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Michael Hastings - Tom and Viv
  The turbulent marriage of young poet TS Eliot and the charismatic Vivienne Haigh-Wood.
2. 07:30
  The Choir Invisible
  Ian Hislop finds out why women, excluded from much of Victorian society, wrote many hymns
3. 08:00
  Archive on 4—Bob Dylan and Me
  A cast of musicians, writers and poets reflect as Bob Dylan turns 70.
4. 09:00
  Comedy Controller—Grace Dent
  Novelist, TV critic and comedian Grace Dent takes command.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Shardlake (Omnibus)—Dark Fire, Episode 2
  2/2It is 1540, and London is in a heatwave. Stars Justin Salinger.
2. 13:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Annie Lennox
  Annie Lennox with Waterloo Sunset by the Kinks and A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum
3. 13:15
  Whodunnits—Baldi - Series 4, No Sin
  4/6A steroids scandal at the gym - another case for the priestly sleuth.
4. 14:00
  Parsley Sidings—Series 2, The Goods Train
  5/10Sheepish looks all round as Bert ponders becoming a hairdresser.
5. 14:30
  Doctor in the House—Sex and St Swithins
  6/13Medic Simon Sparrow breaks hospital rules by flirting with a pretty new nurse.
6. 15:00
  Archive on 4—Bob Dylan and Me
  A cast of musicians, writers and poets reflect as Bob Dylan turns 70.
7. 16:00
  Michael Hastings - Tom and Viv
  The turbulent marriage of young poet TS Eliot and the charismatic Vivienne Haigh-Wood.
8. 17:30
  Mark Thomas: The Manifesto—Series 3, Episode 4
  4/4Extend civilian partnerships to straight couples, and ban traffic during the rush hour.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Space Force by Charles Chilton—Series 1, 5. Threshold of Stars
  5/6The captive crew discover what the aliens want from them, and Chipper causes concern.
2. 18:30
  Ben Moor - Undone—Series 2, Unwelcome
  5/6Edna and Tankerton return to her home town and attend a fete worse than death. From 2008.
3. 19:00
  Comedy Controller—Grace Dent
  Novelist, TV critic and comedian Grace Dent takes command.
4. 22:00
  Ross Noble Goes Global—Series 1, Singapore
  5/5Spotting a monkey, the comedian is having a bad hair day in the incredible humidity.
5. 22:30
  Chris Addison's Civilization—A Sense of Identity
  4/4The thinking idiot's anthropologist explains how mankind makes society function.
6. 23:00
  The Mark Steel Solution—Series 4, The Media
  2/4The radical comedian proposes a new way to rescue radio and telly from an all-time low
7. 23:25
  The Comedy Club Interviews—06/09/2014
  Arthur Smith chats to The Noise Next Door.
8. 23:30
  Richard Herring's Objective—Series 2, Page 3
  3/4Should Page 3 models be celebrated or consigned to history's dustbin?
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Late
1. 00:00
  Space Force by Charles Chilton—Series 1, 5. Threshold of Stars
  5/6The captive crew discover what the aliens want from them, and Chipper causes concern.
2. 00:30
  Ben Moor - Undone—Series 2, Unwelcome
  5/6Edna and Tankerton return to her home town and attend a fete worse than death. From 2008.
3. 01:00
  Archive on 4—Bob Dylan and Me
  A cast of musicians, writers and poets reflect as Bob Dylan turns 70.
4. 02:00
  Shardlake (Omnibus)—Dark Fire, Episode 2
  2/2It is 1540, and London is in a heatwave. Stars Justin Salinger.
5. 03:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Annie Lennox
  Annie Lennox with Waterloo Sunset by the Kinks and A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum
6. 03:15
  Whodunnits—Baldi - Series 4, No Sin
  4/6A steroids scandal at the gym - another case for the priestly sleuth.
7. 04:00
  Michael Hastings - Tom and Viv
  The turbulent marriage of young poet TS Eliot and the charismatic Vivienne Haigh-Wood.
8. 05:30
  Mark Thomas: The Manifesto—Series 3, Episode 4
  4/4Extend civilian partnerships to straight couples, and ban traffic during the rush hour.

Sunday 7 September 2014