BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 11 January 2015

Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Mike Walker - 2025—1. New Reality
  1/2A future where computers rule and artificial intelligence has become a reality.
2. 01:00
  Archive on 4—Going to the Flicks, Episode 1
  1/2Barry Norman on the changing experience of British cinema going over the last century.
3. 02:00
  Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections Omnibus—Episode 1
  1/3Arriving in New York for a visit, Chip's father appears to be in a bad way.
4. 03:15
  Dickens Confidential—Series 1, Railway Kings
  1/6Charles Dickens once worked on a newspaper. How might he have covered a train crash?
5. 04:00
  David Ashton - The Windbear
  Police fear the worst when a taxidermist's wife goes missing. Stars Bernard Hepton.
6. 05:30
  The Rest is History—Series 1, Episode 4
  4/6Frank Skinner and guests explore funny, odd and interesting moments in history.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Edith Wharton - The Reef—Omnibus, part 2
  Anna is suspicious of diplomat George Darrow. Can either of them know happiness?
2. 07:15
  The Last Human Cannonball by Byron Rogers—5. Human Cannonball
  5/5Byron and a witchcraft trial judge, plus a man who gets shot out of a cannon.
3. 07:30
  Brian Gulliver's Travels—Series 1, Jampoa
  6/6Brian tells of a land where fame definitely equals fortune.
4. 08:00
  Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome—1. Getaway
  1/3After their adventure afloat, George, Harris and J decide to tour Germany by bicycle.
5. 08:30
  Stop Messing About!—Series 2, Episode 8
  8/13A cigarette girl's burning lust, and BBC Radio is exposed.
6. 09:00
  Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives—The First Wedding
  1/6Amy has grand hopes for an upmarket social gathering. Sequel to Little Women.
7. 09:30
  Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book—The Law of the Jungle
  1/5As tiger Shere Khan searches for prey, an abandoned young boy is found by wolves.
8. 10:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Absent Friends, Bob Hoskins
  From Lyttelton to Mozart, actor Bob Hoskins shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley.
9. 10:45
  Afternoon Reading—Census 2011, The Suffragette's Party
  1/3By Beatrice Colin. An enthusiastic suffragette takes a stand by evading the 1911 census.
10. 11:00
  TED Radio Hour—Series 1, How We Love
  2/13Guy Raz investigates the mystery of relationships. What is it that brings people together?
11. 11:45
  Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels—Last Train to Dog Town
  2/5Author Neil K is stranded with the talkative characters of his unfinished Western story.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Edith Wharton - The Reef—Omnibus, part 2
  Anna is suspicious of diplomat George Darrow. Can either of them know happiness?
2. 13:15
  The Last Human Cannonball by Byron Rogers—5. Human Cannonball
  5/5Byron and a witchcraft trial judge, plus a man who gets shot out of a cannon.
3. 13:30
  Anthony Hope - The Prisoner Of Zenda
  Epic historical tale of subterfuge and doppelgangers, set in an East European province.
4. 15:00
  Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome—1. Getaway
  1/3After their adventure afloat, George, Harris and J decide to tour Germany by bicycle.
5. 15:30
  Stop Messing About!—Series 2, Episode 8
  8/13A cigarette girl's burning lust, and BBC Radio is exposed.
6. 16:00
  Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show—Quentin Blake, Darcey Bussell and chocolate factories
  Mel Giedroyc picks her highlights from the past week on the 4 O'Clock Show.(R)
7. 17:00
  Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives—The First Wedding
  1/6Amy has grand hopes for an upmarket social gathering. Sequel to Little Women.
8. 17:30
  Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book—The Law of the Jungle
  1/5As tiger Shere Khan searches for prey, an abandoned young boy is found by wolves.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  The Tomb by HP Lovecraft
  The obsessive Jervas Dudley reveals how he came to be incarcerated in an asylum.
2. 18:30
  The Scarifyers—The Magic Circle, Episode 4
  4/4Lionheart's daughter is in the clutches of Montague Blake. Can Dunning and Crow save her?
3. 19:00
  TED Radio Hour—Series 1, How We Love
  2/13Guy Raz investigates the mystery of relationships. What is it that brings people together?
4. 19:45
  Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels—Last Train to Dog Town
  2/5Author Neil K is stranded with the talkative characters of his unfinished Western story.
5. 20:00
  Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome—1. Getaway
  1/3After their adventure afloat, George, Harris and J decide to tour Germany by bicycle.
6. 20:30
  Stop Messing About!—Series 2, Episode 8
  8/13A cigarette girl's burning lust, and BBC Radio is exposed.
7. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Absent Friends, Bob Hoskins
  From Lyttelton to Mozart, actor Bob Hoskins shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley.
8. 21:45
  Afternoon Reading—Census 2011, The Suffragette's Party
  1/3By Beatrice Colin. An enthusiastic suffragette takes a stand by evading the 1911 census.
9. 22:00
  Brian Gulliver's Travels—Series 1, Jampoa
  6/6Brian tells of a land where fame definitely equals fortune.
10. 22:30
  Bleak Expectations—Series 1, A Young Love Mercilessly Dismembered
  5/6Pip falls in love but great drama awaits. Dickensian spoof stars Richard Johnson.
11. 23:00
  The Cornwell Estate—Series 2, Hank Zuttermilk
  4/6Dutch long-distance driver Hank faces troubling choices when his girlfriend falls pregnant
12. 23:15
  Knocker—Confidentialitydence
  4/6Experimental kitchen wipes sorely test market researcher Ian Dunn.
13. 23:30
  Jon Ronson On—Series 4, Bad News
  1/5Looking at how we take bad tidings, Jon meets a man misdiagnosed with terminal cancer.
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Late
1. 00:00
  The Tomb by HP Lovecraft
  The obsessive Jervas Dudley reveals how he came to be incarcerated in an asylum.
2. 00:30
  The Scarifyers—The Magic Circle, Episode 4
  4/4Lionheart's daughter is in the clutches of Montague Blake. Can Dunning and Crow save her?
3. 01:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Absent Friends, Bob Hoskins
  From Lyttelton to Mozart, actor Bob Hoskins shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley.
4. 01:45
  Afternoon Reading—Census 2011, The Suffragette's Party
  1/3By Beatrice Colin. An enthusiastic suffragette takes a stand by evading the 1911 census.
5. 02:00
  Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome—1. Getaway
  1/3After their adventure afloat, George, Harris and J decide to tour Germany by bicycle.
6. 02:30
  Stop Messing About!—Series 2, Episode 8
  8/13A cigarette girl's burning lust, and BBC Radio is exposed.
7. 03:00
  Brian Gulliver's Travels—Series 1, Jampoa
  6/6Brian tells of a land where fame definitely equals fortune.
8. 03:30
  Anthony Hope - The Prisoner Of Zenda
  Epic historical tale of subterfuge and doppelgangers, set in an East European province.
9. 05:00
  Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives—The First Wedding
  1/6Amy has grand hopes for an upmarket social gathering. Sequel to Little Women.
10. 05:30
  Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book—The Law of the Jungle
  1/5As tiger Shere Khan searches for prey, an abandoned young boy is found by wolves.

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