BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Monday 1 August 2016

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  The Price of Fear—Come as You Are
  Horror film legend Vincent Price gets a chilling invitation to a special costume party.
2. 00:30
  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy—The Primary Phase, Fit The First
  1/6Arthur Dent is trying to stop his house being demolished. But what about Planet Earth?
3. 01:00
  Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms: Omnibus—Episode 2
  Frederic's life is in danger as anarchy rules on the Italian retreat.
4. 02:15
  Out of Armenia—Yerevan
  5/5Mount Ararat and the stories of Syrian refugees.
5. 02:30
  Dirt Road by James Kelman (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/2As his family look forward to the Alabama Highland Gathering, Murdo is starting to worry.
6. 03:45
  The Good Girl by Elizabeth Bowen
  A woman receives a marriage proposal whilst on holiday – is her reputation threatened?
7. 04:00
  The Lady Vanishes by Ethel Lina White
  A train, a missing governess and evil Nazi plans for Europe. All aboard....
8. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—Tales from Ovid - Arethusa; Salamacis and Hermaphroditus; Actaeon;Tiresias
  Daljit Nagra introduces stories including Tiresias retold from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
9. 05:30
  Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully—Pilot
  Sitcom about an alien invasion of a small English village. Starring Katherine Parkinson.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds—Episode 16
  16/20Dick's friends are once more endangered. This only spurs him onto harder pursuit.
2. 06:15
  Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse—Episode 6
  6/10Runaway sleuth Albert Campion and his servant Lugg receive a deeply unsettling visitor.
3. 06:30
  In Search of the Holy Whale
  Marc Riley, Richard Hawley and Jarvis Cocker search for whales off the coast of Ireland.
4. 07:00
  Elephants to Catch Eels—Series 2, France
  3/6Can 18th-century smuggler Tamsyn escape the clutches of French revolutionaries?
5. 07:30
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 65, Episode 5
  5/6Jack Dee, Barry Cryer and Sandi Toksvig are joined by Miles Jupp and Richard Osman.
6. 08:00
  Parsley Sidings—Series 2, The Goods Train
  5/10Sheepish looks all round as Bert ponders becoming a hairdresser.
7. 08:30
  J Kingston Platt—My Discovery
  4/5The showbiz veteran recalls taking on a pupil with incredible results.
8. 09:00
  The Write Stuff—Series 14, Marcel Proust
  3/6James Walton chairs the literary quiz, where the author of the week is Marcel Proust.
9. 09:30
  A Whole New Ball Game—Series 2, And Pigs Can Fry
  1/6The footie team's new strip causes controversy. Stars Brenda Blethyn.
10. 10:00
  Home Front - Omnibus—25-29 April 1916
  There are calls to courage throughout the social scale in Ashburton.
11. 11:00
  Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm—The Letter Writers
  1/5Emily and Edmund know more about each other than anyone in the world, but have never met.
12. 11:15
  Pete Lawson - The Deep End
  Leni makes a surprising discovery at a public swimming pool.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Parsley Sidings—Series 2, The Goods Train
  5/10Sheepish looks all round as Bert ponders becoming a hairdresser.
2. 12:30
  J Kingston Platt—My Discovery
  4/5The showbiz veteran recalls taking on a pupil with incredible results.
3. 13:00
  Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds—Episode 16
  16/20Dick's friends are once more endangered. This only spurs him onto harder pursuit.
4. 13:15
  Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse—Episode 6
  6/10Runaway sleuth Albert Campion and his servant Lugg receive a deeply unsettling visitor.
5. 13:30
  In Search of the Holy Whale
  Marc Riley, Richard Hawley and Jarvis Cocker search for whales off the coast of Ireland.
6. 14:00
  Naomi Alderman - Disobedience—Episode 1
  1/10Ronit Krushka is in America. When her father dies, she is obliged to return home to Hendon
7. 14:15
  Sport and the British—Playing Like Ladies
  6/30Clare discovers the freedom that Victorian public school girls found on the sports field.
8. 14:30
  Charlotte Bronte - The Professor—1. Trade
  1/10William Crimsworth sets outs in the world, desperate to love and be loved.
9. 14:45
  Book of the Week—One on One, Episode 1
  1/5Rudyard Kipling talks of the boche with John Scott-Ellis.
10. 15:00
  Home Front - Omnibus—25-29 April 1916
  There are calls to courage throughout the social scale in Ashburton.
11. 16:00
  The Write Stuff—Series 14, Marcel Proust
  3/6James Walton chairs the literary quiz, where the author of the week is Marcel Proust.
12. 16:30
  A Whole New Ball Game—Series 2, And Pigs Can Fry
  1/6The footie team's new strip causes controversy. Stars Brenda Blethyn.
13. 17:00
  Elephants to Catch Eels—Series 2, France
  3/6Can 18th-century smuggler Tamsyn escape the clutches of French revolutionaries?
14. 17:30
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 65, Episode 5
  5/6Jack Dee, Barry Cryer and Sandi Toksvig are joined by Miles Jupp and Richard Osman.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  James Follett - Earthsearch—Earthsearch II, 6. Supermass
  6/10With the Angel computers weakened, the starship is plunging into a black hole.
2. 18:30
  A Good Read—Mike Hodges & Deborah Macmillan
  Mike Hodges and Deborah Macmillan on Nevil Shute and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
3. 19:00
  Parsley Sidings—Series 2, The Goods Train
  5/10Sheepish looks all round as Bert ponders becoming a hairdresser.
4. 19:30
  J Kingston Platt—My Discovery
  4/5The showbiz veteran recalls taking on a pupil with incredible results.
5. 20:00
  Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds—Episode 16
  16/20Dick's friends are once more endangered. This only spurs him onto harder pursuit.
6. 20:15
  Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse—Episode 6
  6/10Runaway sleuth Albert Campion and his servant Lugg receive a deeply unsettling visitor.
7. 20:30
  In Search of the Holy Whale
  Marc Riley, Richard Hawley and Jarvis Cocker search for whales off the coast of Ireland.
8. 21:00
  Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm—The Letter Writers
  1/5Emily and Edmund know more about each other than anyone in the world, but have never met.
9. 21:15
  Pete Lawson - The Deep End
  Leni makes a surprising discovery at a public swimming pool.
10. 22:00
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 65, Episode 5
  5/6Jack Dee, Barry Cryer and Sandi Toksvig are joined by Miles Jupp and Richard Osman.
11. 22:30
  That Mitchell and Webb Sound—Series 4, Episode 3
  3/6Who will succeed Zorro and can pensioners understand the futures trade?
12. 23:00
  The Museum of Curiosity—Series 9, Kumar, Armstrong, Goodall
  1/6John Lloyd and Noel Fielding with Nish Kumar, Prof Rachel Armstrong and Howard Goodall.
13. 23:30
  Elvenquest—Series 4, The Great Escape
  6/6The Questers discover the Sword of Asnagar. But will it help them..?
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Late
1. 00:00
  James Follett - Earthsearch—Earthsearch II, 6. Supermass
  6/10With the Angel computers weakened, the starship is plunging into a black hole.
2. 00:30
  A Good Read—Mike Hodges & Deborah Macmillan
  Mike Hodges and Deborah Macmillan on Nevil Shute and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.(R)
3. 01:00
  Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds—Episode 16
  16/20Dick's friends are once more endangered. This only spurs him onto harder pursuit.
4. 01:15
  Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse—Episode 6
  6/10Runaway sleuth Albert Campion and his servant Lugg receive a deeply unsettling visitor.
5. 01:30
  In Search of the Holy Whale
  Marc Riley, Richard Hawley and Jarvis Cocker search for whales off the coast of Ireland.
6. 02:00
  Naomi Alderman - Disobedience—Episode 1
  1/10Ronit Krushka is in America. When her father dies, she is obliged to return home to Hendon
7. 02:15
  Sport and the British—Playing Like Ladies
  6/30Clare discovers the freedom that Victorian public school girls found on the sports field.
8. 02:30
  Charlotte Bronte - The Professor—1. Trade
  1/10William Crimsworth sets outs in the world, desperate to love and be loved.
9. 02:45
  Book of the Week—One on One, Episode 1
  1/5Rudyard Kipling talks of the boche with John Scott-Ellis.
10. 03:00
  Home Front - Omnibus—25-29 April 1916
  There are calls to courage throughout the social scale in Ashburton.
11. 04:00
  The Write Stuff—Series 14, Marcel Proust
  3/6James Walton chairs the literary quiz, where the author of the week is Marcel Proust.
12. 04:30
  A Whole New Ball Game—Series 2, And Pigs Can Fry
  1/6The footie team's new strip causes controversy. Stars Brenda Blethyn.
13. 05:00
  Elephants to Catch Eels—Series 2, France
  3/6Can 18th-century smuggler Tamsyn escape the clutches of French revolutionaries?
14. 05:30
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 65, Episode 5
  5/6Jack Dee, Barry Cryer and Sandi Toksvig are joined by Miles Jupp and Richard Osman.

Tuesday 2 August 2016