BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 7 May 2016

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Ben Moor - Undone—Series 2, Unwelcome
  5/6Edna and Tankerton return to her home town and attend a fete worse than death. From 2008.
2. 00:30
  Soul Music—Chopin's Ballade No 1 in G Minor
  How lives were shaped by Chopin's technically demanding, emotionally turbulent music.
3. 01:00
  Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn—Episode 5
  5/10Friends welcome the swashbuckling daredevil back to Kent, but then he makes a new enemy.
4. 01:30
  Svelte Sylvia and the Hollywood Trimsters
  In LA, Karen Krizanovich traces Madame Sylvia, masseuse to the stars of 1920s Hollywood.
5. 02:00
  Book at Bedtime—Go Set a Watchman, Episode 10
  10/10Heartbroken after her fight with Atticus, Jean Louise packs for New York.
6. 02:15
  Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion—The Clothes We're In - The State of Men's Fashion Now
  15/15Laurence finds out what current men's fashion says about the state we are in.
7. 02:30
  Legacy: High Green Walls by Cath Staincliffe—5. The Heir
  5/5Dan and Rachel's search for the heir to the probate fortune is over.
8. 02:45
  John Heilpern - A Patriot for Us—Episode 5
  5/5John Osborne was bankrupt with terrible debts, but continued to entertain one and all.
9. 03:00
  Stella Gibbons - Nightingale Wood—Episode 2
  2/2Will the young, widowed and pretty Viola Wither escape her stifling in-laws?
10. 04:00
  The Museum of Curiosity—Series 5, Roberts, Cottrell Boyce, Nyman
  5/6John Lloyd and Humphrey Ker with Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Nyman and Dr Alice Roberts.
11. 04:30
  No Commitments—Series 9, Meeting the Family
  4/6Will Victoria get more than she bargained for when Emily brings her new boyfriend home?
12. 05:00
  Winston—Winston in Love, Figuratively Speaking
  5/6When Nancy elopes the whole family are worried about her, except for Father.
13. 05:30
  The Rest is History—Series 2, Episode 5
  5/6Miles Jupp and Zoe Lyons join Frank Skinner and historian Professor Kate Williams.
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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
  Capturing America: Mark Lawson's History of Modern American Literature—Landscapes, Interiors, Underworlds
  4/8Writers have captured the texture of everyday life in America's different regions.
3. 08:00
  Archive on 4—Joan Littlewood and the People's Theatre
  Richard Eyre pays tribute to maverick left-wing theatre director Joan Littlewood.
4. 09:00
  Shakespeare: Thereby Hangs A Tale
  Sir Simon Russell Beale with a selection of shows about and inspired by The Bard.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Elephants to Catch Eels—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/618th-century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead Ringers, produced by Jan Ravens
2. 12:30
  Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting—Series 2, Fragile Peace
  1/6Linda attempts to broker a peace deal between her builder Chris and her neighbour Betty.
3. 13:00
  Clouds in Trousers by Katie Hims (Omnibus)
  Zoe grows up with every turn in her life marked by the weather.
4. 14:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Tony Christie
  Singer Tony Christie chooses 'Come Back to Me' by Sammy Davis Jr.
5. 14:15
  Frankly Speaking—Hermione Gingold
  The star of stage and film answers questions in the BBC Home Service's interview series.
6. 14:45
  Could Do Better—Stephen Fry
  Robert Booth summons writer and comic actor Stephen Fry to his study for a quiet word.
7. 15:00
  Archive on 4—Joan Littlewood and the People's Theatre
  Richard Eyre pays tribute to maverick left-wing theatre director Joan Littlewood.
8. 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.
9. 17:30
  Capturing America: Mark Lawson's History of Modern American Literature—Landscapes, Interiors, Underworlds
  4/8Writers have captured the texture of everyday life in America's different regions.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Steve Walker - The Dolphinarium
  An US senator plots to conquer the human race by destroying dolphins. Who can stop him?
2. 19:00
  Shakespeare: Thereby Hangs A Tale
  Sir Simon Russell Beale with a selection of shows about and inspired by The Bard.
3. 22:00
  What Does the K Stand For?—Series 1, First Love
  3/6Young Stephen falls in love, discovers something about himself and breaks his first heart.
4. 22:30
  Armando Iannucci - Facts And Fancies—A Life at the Opera
  2/5Armando Iannucci tackles operas and offers some of his thoughts on ears.
5. 22:45
  Mordrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard—Series 3, The Start, the Middle, and the End of Time
  4/4Mordrin decides he has to do something if he has any chance of ever dating Heather.
6. 23:00
  Masala FM—Episode 1
  1/6The London Asian radio station toughens up its act. From 1996.
7. 23:30
  The Museum of Everything—Series 2, By Royal Appointment
  5/6Marvel at the monarchy, thanks to a new majestic theme park.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Steve Walker - The Dolphinarium
  An US senator plots to conquer the human race by destroying dolphins. Who can stop him?
2. 01:00
  Clouds in Trousers by Katie Hims (Omnibus)
  Zoe grows up with every turn in her life marked by the weather.
3. 02:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Tony Christie
  Singer Tony Christie chooses 'Come Back to Me' by Sammy Davis Jr.
4. 02:15
  Frankly Speaking—Hermione Gingold
  The star of stage and film answers questions in the BBC Home Service's interview series.
5. 02:45
  Could Do Better—Stephen Fry
  Robert Booth summons writer and comic actor Stephen Fry to his study for a quiet word.
6. 03:00
  Archive on 4—Joan Littlewood and the People's Theatre
  Richard Eyre pays tribute to maverick left-wing theatre director Joan Littlewood.
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
  Capturing America: Mark Lawson's History of Modern American Literature—Landscapes, Interiors, Underworlds
  4/8Writers have captured the texture of everyday life in America's different regions.

Sunday 8 May 2016