BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Tuesday 9 May 2017

Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Time Hops—Time's Up
  5/5The children are convinced the man from the BBC will help them. But is he what he seems?
2. 00:30
  A Good Read—Steven Isserlis & Ardashir Vakil
  Steven Isserlis and Ardashir Vakil discuss novels by Carlo Levi and Richard Yates.(R)
3. 01:00
  Wally K Daly—Orphans in Waiting, Saturday PM
  3/6Do Uncle Brian and Auntie Vi have the Jago children's best interests at heart?
4. 01:30
  The Secret Catacombs of Paris
  Jonathan Glancey investigates Paris's secret underground maze of tunnels.
5. 02:00
  A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly—1. Choices
  1/5New York, 1906. A body is found in a lake, and young Mattie's life is changed forever.
6. 02:15
  Networking Nation—Networks Are Everywhere
  1/5Julia Hobsbawm discovers many similarities between 21st- and 17th-century networking.
7. 02:30
  15 Minute Drama—Feminine Forever, Episode 1
  1/5The 70s - with feminism women can embrace HRT and the joys of growing old disgracefully.
8. 02:45
  Book of the Week—Strands, Episode 1
  1/5Jean Sprackland contemplates the reappearance of the Star of Hope, wrecked in 1883.
9. 03:00
  Wilkie Collins - No Name—6. December 1847
  6/6Magdalen attempts to find the evidence that will enable her to acquire her inheritance.
10. 04:00
  Booked—Series 5, Episode 6
  6/6Ian McMillan chairs the literary quiz with Mark Radcliffe, Sophie Hannah and Dillie Keane.
11. 04:30
  Artists—Series 2, Raw Emotion
  3/4A new muse for Tamsin is an old flame for Gerard. Can he woo her back for good this time?
12. 05:00
  Mr Finchley Takes the Road—5. Uprising
  5/6Mr Finchley leads a village uprising and gains a travelling companion.
13. 05:30
  The Unbelievable Truth—Series 18, Episode 5
  5/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Wally K Daly—Orphans in Waiting, Saturday Midnight To Dawn
  4/6The Jago children escape the clutches of Brian and Vi, but are they now out of danger?
2. 06:30
  The Perfect House
  Charlie Luxton celebrates the 500th anniversary of the birth of architect Andrea Palladio.
3. 07:00
  Girlies—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/4Vinny arrives home with a bundle of joy whilst Samina is furious with Saleem.
4. 07:30
  Rob Newman—Rob Newman's Neuropolis, Robot New Man (or Attack of the Killer Sci-Fi)
  3/4Comedian Rob Newman presents a unique odyssey of our brains mixing stand-up and sketches.
5. 08:00
  Steptoe and Son—Series 5, Come Dancing
  2/6Albert helps son Harold to conquer the ballroom. Adapted from TV. With Wilfrid Brambell.
6. 08:30
  The Men from the Ministry—The Hole
  The time-wasting twosome get bogged down in a building project.
7. 09:00
  The News Quiz Extra—Series 20, Episode 3
  3/8All the bits that would not fit into Friday's show, with Jeremy Hardy and Angela Barnes.
8. 09:45
  Hearing with Hegley—Series 3, Episode 3
  3/8The Luton poet bikes north for a brimful of Birmingham and some bookshop capers.
9. 10:00
  John Mortimer - The Summer of a Dormouse
  Journalist Henry is visited by his elder self in this comedy of missed opportunities.
10. 11:00
  Chris Paling - Words and Music—My Old Man
  2/3Bee loves Brad, but he seems to care more for his guitar than he does for her.
11. 11:15
  Carolyn Bonnyman - Talking Latin
  Five years after vanishing, Karen meets with her husband and facts have to be faced.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Steptoe and Son—Series 5, Come Dancing
  2/6Albert helps son Harold to conquer the ballroom. Adapted from TV. With Wilfrid Brambell.
2. 12:30
  The Men from the Ministry—The Hole
  The time-wasting twosome get bogged down in a building project.
3. 13:00
  Wally K Daly—Orphans in Waiting, Saturday Midnight To Dawn
  4/6The Jago children escape the clutches of Brian and Vi, but are they now out of danger?
4. 13:30
  The Perfect House
  Charlie Luxton celebrates the 500th anniversary of the birth of architect Andrea Palladio.
5. 14:00
  A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly—2. Mystery
  2/5Mattie is embroiled in a mysterious death, having been given the chance of a lifetime.
6. 14:15
  Networking Nation—Networking Selfie
  2/5Julia Hobsbawm looks at the resistance to the very idea of networking.
7. 14:30
  15 Minute Drama—Feminine Forever, Episode 2
  2/5Trevor has arranged for Eileen to see a doctor.
8. 14:45
  Book of the Week—Strands, Episode 2
  2/5A year of discoveries on Ainsdale Sands: Anti-depressants and shrimp populations.
9. 15:00
  John Mortimer - The Summer of a Dormouse
  Journalist Henry is visited by his elder self in this comedy of missed opportunities.
10. 16:00
  Whose Line Is It Anyway?—Episode 4
  4/6More ad-lib fun with Stephen Fry, John Sessions, Kate Robbins and Griff Rhys-Jones.
11. 16:30
  Ballylenon—Series 1, Episode 3
  3/6Vera's eavesdropping days are threatened by the Irish town's new automatic exchange.
12. 17:00
  Girlies—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/4Vinny arrives home with a bundle of joy whilst Samina is furious with Saleem.
13. 17:30
  Rob Newman—Rob Newman's Neuropolis, Robot New Man (or Attack of the Killer Sci-Fi)
  3/4Comedian Rob Newman presents a unique odyssey of our brains mixing stand-up and sketches.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Simon Bovey - Cold Blood—1. Freezerville
  1/5One man survives a wild Antarctic storm. What is his chilling secret?
2. 18:30
  Fry's English Delight—Series 5, Intonation
  2/4Stephen Fry on the ups and downs of English. Intonation can make sentences somersault.
3. 19:00
  Steptoe and Son—Series 5, Come Dancing
  2/6Albert helps son Harold to conquer the ballroom. Adapted from TV. With Wilfrid Brambell.
4. 19:30
  The Men from the Ministry—The Hole
  The time-wasting twosome get bogged down in a building project.
5. 20:00
  Wally K Daly—Orphans in Waiting, Saturday Midnight To Dawn
  4/6The Jago children escape the clutches of Brian and Vi, but are they now out of danger?
6. 20:30
  The Perfect House
  Charlie Luxton celebrates the 500th anniversary of the birth of architect Andrea Palladio.
7. 21:00
  Chris Paling - Words and Music—My Old Man
  2/3Bee loves Brad, but he seems to care more for his guitar than he does for her.
8. 21:15
  Carolyn Bonnyman - Talking Latin
  Five years after vanishing, Karen meets with her husband and facts have to be faced.
9. 22:00
  Rob Newman—Rob Newman's Neuropolis, Robot New Man (or Attack of the Killer Sci-Fi)
  3/4Comedian Rob Newman presents a unique odyssey of our brains mixing stand-up and sketches.
10. 22:30
  Cowards—Series 1, Episode 6
  6/6Moustaches and job interviews in the bizarre sketch comedy world.
11. 23:00
  Strap In - It's Clever Peter—Douglas
  3/4Strap in for a swimming rat, a talking fly and a Mexican stand-off.
12. 23:15
  Before They Were Famous—Series 1, Episode 1
  Ian Leslie with often surprising first literary attempts of the world's best-known writers
13. 23:30
  Mark Thomas: The Manifesto—Series 4, 4. Glasgow
  4/4Mark Thomas and his Glasgow audience consider a policy to buy Scotland out of the Union.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Simon Bovey - Cold Blood—1. Freezerville
  1/5One man survives a wild Antarctic storm. What is his chilling secret?
2. 00:30
  Fry's English Delight—Series 5, Intonation
  2/4Stephen Fry on the ups and downs of English. Intonation can make sentences somersault.
3. 01:00
  Wally K Daly—Orphans in Waiting, Saturday Midnight To Dawn
  4/6The Jago children escape the clutches of Brian and Vi, but are they now out of danger?
4. 01:30
  The Perfect House
  Charlie Luxton celebrates the 500th anniversary of the birth of architect Andrea Palladio.
5. 02:00
  A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly—2. Mystery
  2/5Mattie is embroiled in a mysterious death, having been given the chance of a lifetime.
6. 02:15
  Networking Nation—Networking Selfie
  2/5Julia Hobsbawm looks at the resistance to the very idea of networking.
7. 02:30
  15 Minute Drama—Feminine Forever, Episode 2
  2/5Trevor has arranged for Eileen to see a doctor.
8. 02:45
  Book of the Week—Strands, Episode 2
  2/5A year of discoveries on Ainsdale Sands: Anti-depressants and shrimp populations.
9. 03:00
  John Mortimer - The Summer of a Dormouse
  Journalist Henry is visited by his elder self in this comedy of missed opportunities.
10. 04:00
  Whose Line Is It Anyway?—Episode 4
  4/6More ad-lib fun with Stephen Fry, John Sessions, Kate Robbins and Griff Rhys-Jones.
11. 04:30
  Ballylenon—Series 1, Episode 3
  3/6Vera's eavesdropping days are threatened by the Irish town's new automatic exchange.
12. 05:00
  Girlies—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/4Vinny arrives home with a bundle of joy whilst Samina is furious with Saleem.
13. 05:30
  Rob Newman—Rob Newman's Neuropolis, Robot New Man (or Attack of the Killer Sci-Fi)
  3/4Comedian Rob Newman presents a unique odyssey of our brains mixing stand-up and sketches.

Wednesday 10 May 2017