BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 17 July 2016

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four—Episode 2
  2/2Winston and Julia are determined to join the Brotherhood, pledged to destroy The Party.
2. 01:00
  Al Smith - Life Lines (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  An ambulance call handler's own life is fast becoming an emergency itself.
3. 02:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Steve Earle
  Singer Steve Earle chooses 'Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy'.
4. 02:15
  In the Psychiatrist's Chair—Stephen Fry
  The actor and writer opens up about love, self-loathing and contemplating suicide.
5. 03:00
  Archive on 4—Not Enough Hours in the Day
  Claudia Hammond looks back at 80 years ago of time use surveys, started by the BBC.
6. 04:00
  Noel Coward - Blithe Spirit
  Novelist Charles Condomine gets an unexpected ghostly visitation at a séance.
7. 05:30
  The RSC at 50—The New Theatre
  3/3James Naughtie follows the struggle to create a new theatre for the RSC in Stratford.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  A Little Twist of Dahl: Omnibus
  Five darkly comic tales by the master of the bizarre - Roald Dahl. With Charles Dance.
2. 07:15
  Out of Armenia—Venice
  3/5Charles Emmerson unearths the secrets of a Venetian island-monastery, echoing with music.
3. 07:30
  Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section—Series 1, Isy Suttie
  3/4Alex Horne is joined by his own five-piece jazz band for a new series of music and comedy.
4. 08:00
  We're in Business—Dudley's Granny
  Dudley and Harry end up at the mercy of a devious criminal.
5. 08:30
  Meet the Huggetts—No Fear
  Family chaos reigns when Bobby Huggett plays the hero.
6. 09:00
  Channel Shore - Omnibus
  Tom Fort travels from the white cliffs of Dover to Land's End in search of maritime tales.
7. 10:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Maria Friedman
  Actress-singer Maria Friedman chooses 'Peter and the Wolf' by Prokofiev.
8. 10:15
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—BBC Proms 2022, Marin Alsop
  From Aretha Franklin to Gustav Mahler, conductor Marin Alsop shares her castaway choices.
9. 11:00
  The Moth Radio Hour—Series 3, Live from Dublin
  7/13Dan Kennedy introduces stories about being different, identification and survival.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  We're in Business—Dudley's Granny
  Dudley and Harry end up at the mercy of a devious criminal.
2. 12:30
  Meet the Huggetts—No Fear
  Family chaos reigns when Bobby Huggett plays the hero.
3. 13:00
  A Little Twist of Dahl: Omnibus
  Five darkly comic tales by the master of the bizarre - Roald Dahl. With Charles Dance.
4. 14:15
  Out of Armenia—Venice
  3/5Charles Emmerson unearths the secrets of a Venetian island-monastery, echoing with music.
5. 14:30
  The Muse by Jessie Burton (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/2An exhibition of Lawrie's newly discovered Robles is mooted.
6. 15:45
  RK Narayan Stories—Engine Trouble
  At a raffle in India, a poor local man wins an unusual prize. But how to get it home?
7. 16:00
  Saturday Drama—Lambeth Palace
  A tale of politics and manoeuvring in selecting a fictional Archbishop of Canterbury.
8. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—Tales from Ovid: Semele; Peleus and Thetis; Pygmalion; The Birth of Hercules
  Daljit Nagra introduces stories retold from Ovid's Metamorphoses including Pygmalion.
9. 17:30
  Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section—Series 1, Isy Suttie
  3/4Alex Horne is joined by his own five-piece jazz band for a new series of music and comedy.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Simon Bovey - The Voice of God—4. Blowback
  4/5Nick battles to find the person responsible for his lover Belinda's death. From 2006.
2. 18:30
  The Willows by Algernon Blackwood—4. The Alternate Sacrifice
  4/4The Swede thinks the island's evil forces need to be offered a sacrifice.
3. 19:00
  The Moth Radio Hour—Series 3, Live from Dublin
  7/13Dan Kennedy introduces stories about being different, identification and survival.
4. 20:00
  Channel Shore - Omnibus
  Tom Fort travels from the white cliffs of Dover to Land's End in search of maritime tales.
5. 21:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Maria Friedman
  Actress-singer Maria Friedman chooses 'Peter and the Wolf' by Prokofiev.
6. 21:15
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—BBC Proms 2022, Marin Alsop
  From Aretha Franklin to Gustav Mahler, conductor Marin Alsop shares her castaway choices.
7. 22:00
  Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section—Series 1, Isy Suttie
  3/4Alex Horne is joined by his own five-piece jazz band for a new series of music and comedy.
8. 22:25
  The Comedy Club Interviews—17/07/2016
  Arthur Smith is joined again by Fred MacAulay.
9. 22:30
  Fabulous—Series 1, Episode 3
  3/6Faye's cooker is beeping, work deadlines are looming and flat-hunting sucks.
10. 22:45
  For One Horrible Moment by Peter Bradshaw—Episode 3
  3/5Will father's lecture on sex dampen our hero's ardour?
11. 23:00
  The Secret World—Series 3, Episode 2
  2/4From Al Pacino to Paul McCartney, Jon Culshaw imagines the private lives of the famous.
12. 23:30
  Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking—Series 1, Episode 5
  5/6The torrid tale of Justine's jeans, and the sad story of a second gap year.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Simon Bovey - The Voice of God—4. Blowback
  4/5Nick battles to find the person responsible for his lover Belinda's death. From 2006.
2. 00:30
  The Willows by Algernon Blackwood—4. The Alternate Sacrifice
  4/4The Swede thinks the island's evil forces need to be offered a sacrifice.
3. 01:00
  A Little Twist of Dahl: Omnibus
  Five darkly comic tales by the master of the bizarre - Roald Dahl. With Charles Dance.
4. 02:15
  Out of Armenia—Venice
  3/5Charles Emmerson unearths the secrets of a Venetian island-monastery, echoing with music.
5. 02:30
  The Muse by Jessie Burton (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/2An exhibition of Lawrie's newly discovered Robles is mooted.
6. 03:45
  RK Narayan Stories—Engine Trouble
  At a raffle in India, a poor local man wins an unusual prize. But how to get it home?
7. 04:00
  Saturday Drama—Lambeth Palace
  A tale of politics and manoeuvring in selecting a fictional Archbishop of Canterbury.
8. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—Tales from Ovid: Semele; Peleus and Thetis; Pygmalion; The Birth of Hercules
  Daljit Nagra introduces stories retold from Ovid's Metamorphoses including Pygmalion.
9. 05:30
  Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section—Series 1, Isy Suttie
  3/4Alex Horne is joined by his own five-piece jazz band for a new series of music and comedy.

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