BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 28 February 2015

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  15 Minute Drama—Children in Need: Holding On to You, Episode 5
  5/5As Holly is helped to come to terms with the truth, she faces a difficult decision.
2. 00:15
  Cosmic Quest—Design or Accident - Why Me?
  25/30Heather Couper looks at arguments over the laws of physics and the universe's creation.
3. 00:30
  Book at Bedtime—A Perpetual Love Affair, Jan Morris's Venice
  3/3Selina Cadell reads some of Jan Morris's travel writing about Venice.
4. 00:45
  Book of the Week—Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 5
  5/5Stanley is determined to continue Livingstone's quest to find the source of the Nile.
5. 01:00
  The Museum of Curiosity—Series 4, Linehan, Sutherland, Scales
  2/6John Lloyd and curator Dave Gorman welcome exhibits from Graham Linehan among others.
6. 01:30
  My Life in Five Books—Series 2, Joanne Harris
  4/8Novelist Joanne Harris tells Stuart Cosgrove about five of her favourite books.
7. 02:00
  Whodunnits—Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, 5. At Lady Dormer's
  5/6Knowing the general was poisoned, Lord Peter Wimsey probes Miss Dorland's hobby.
8. 02:30
  Bob Marley: The Chrysler Year
  The year Bob Marley spent driving a forklift truck in the Chrysler car factory in Delaware
9. 03:00
  Dave Sheasby - Donkeys Led By Lions
  Teacher Arthur Willis battles his conscience over fighting in the Great War.
10. 04:00
  Ghost Stories of E Nesbit—The Ebony Frame
  5/5A man discovers a portrait of a woman that will change his life forever.
11. 04:15
  Katie Hims - Lila
  Lila has lost her husband. Only his tactless brothers are left. Will life be the same?
12. 05:00
  Beachcomber... By the Way—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/6The whimsies of JB Morton, performed by Richard Ingrams, John Wells and Patricia Routledge
13. 05:30
  Living with the Enemy—Episode 3
  3/6Gyles persuades Nick to help him seek revenge on his estranged wife.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes—2. The Challenge
  2/2In this 1615 classic, intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Mirrors.
2. 07:30
  Freedom Pass—Episode 4
  4/7Sexagenarians Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew use free travel for another chatty trip.
3. 08:00
  Archive on 4—The Hills Are Alive
  Sixty years after The Sound of Music, Mark Kermode hears from the team who made it happen.
4. 09:00
  The Lives and Work of Somerset Maugham
  A look at the complex life and popular work of the writer Somerset Maugham.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  The Henry Experiment (Omnibus)
  A mother worries that a child parenting expert wants her young son to be too independent.
2. 13:05
  Inheritance Tracks—Ruthie Henshall
  Singing star Ruthie Henshall selects tracks by Judy Garland and Gabriel Fauré.
3. 13:15
  London Particulars—Series 2, 2. A Cuckoo in the Nest
  2/4A man lost at sea returns to claim his fortune. Pip and Thomas investigate.
4. 14:00
  The Michael Bentine Show—From 12/02/1984
  From an old colonial to a herd of operatic cows, it's the ultimate one-man show.
5. 14:30
  I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again—Series 4, Episode 4
  4/14Can Tim escape the villains? Will Jo do a love scene with King Harold? From October 1966.
6. 15:00
  Archive on 4—The Hills Are Alive
  Sixty years after The Sound of Music, Mark Kermode hears from the team who made it happen.
7. 16:00
  Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes—2. The Challenge
  2/2In this 1615 classic, intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Mirrors.
8. 17:30
  Gloomsbury—Series 1, A Desperate Attempt to Have Fun
  5/6Vera Sackcloth-Vest endures an emotional crisis at a picnic in Kensington Gardens.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Bruce Bedford - The Gibson—Episode 5
  5/6Saul and Elise make a grim discovery in the nursing home.
2. 18:30
  Paradise Lost in Cyberspace—Episode 5
  5/6Now a fully fledged OAP, George goes on a mission with Andrea Sunbeam and Mrs Cookson.
3. 19:00
  The Lives and Work of Somerset Maugham
  A look at the complex life and popular work of the writer Somerset Maugham.
4. 22:00
  Meera Syal's Asian Comedy Night—Episode 1
  1/2A celebration of British Asian stand-up comedy, with Shazia Mirza, Imran Yusuf and more.
5. 22:30
  The Lawrence Sweeney Mix—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/4Making it up as they go along. Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney improvise sketches.
6. 23:00
  Mark Steel's in Town—Series 2, Gateshead
  5/6What makes Gateshead distinctive? The Angel of the North and Blaydon races for starters.
7. 23:30
  The Jason Byrne Show—Series 1, Medicine
  6/6Probing a fresh theme each week, the award-winning comic hosts stand-up and sketches.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Bruce Bedford - The Gibson—Episode 5
  5/6Saul and Elise make a grim discovery in the nursing home.
2. 00:30
  Paradise Lost in Cyberspace—Episode 5
  5/6Now a fully fledged OAP, George goes on a mission with Andrea Sunbeam and Mrs Cookson.
3. 01:00
  Archive on 4—The Hills Are Alive
  Sixty years after The Sound of Music, Mark Kermode hears from the team who made it happen.
4. 02:00
  The Henry Experiment (Omnibus)
  A mother worries that a child parenting expert wants her young son to be too independent.
5. 03:05
  Inheritance Tracks—Ruthie Henshall
  Singing star Ruthie Henshall selects tracks by Judy Garland and Gabriel Fauré.
6. 03:15
  London Particulars—Series 2, 2. A Cuckoo in the Nest
  2/4A man lost at sea returns to claim his fortune. Pip and Thomas investigate.
7. 04:00
  Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes—2. The Challenge
  2/2In this 1615 classic, intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Mirrors.
8. 05:30
  Gloomsbury—Series 1, A Desperate Attempt to Have Fun
  5/6Vera Sackcloth-Vest endures an emotional crisis at a picnic in Kensington Gardens.

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