BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 2 July 2017

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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Doctor Who—The Lost Stories: Point of Entry, Episode 2
  2/2With The Blood Moon imminent, can the Time Lord thwart the deadly arrival of the Omnim?
2. 01:00
  How to Have a Perfect Marriage—Series 4 (Omnibus)
  Naomi and Ella are working things out in spite of self-absorbed parents.
3. 02:15
  Down Your Way—John Peel in Combs
  Broadcaster John Peel offers a taste of life as he explores the Suffolk village of Combs.
4. 03:00
  Archive on 4—06/07/2002
  Surprising history and compelling testimonies of US immigrants using Ellis Island gateway.
5. 04:00
  RL Stevenson - Treasure Island
  The treasure map adventures of cabin boy Jim Hawkins and the devious Long John Silver.
6. 05:30
  Painting the Clouds with Sunshine—Episode 1
  1/3Humphrey Lyttelton explores the world of British band leaders of the 1920s and '30s.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Guy de Maupassant - Une Vie: Omnibus
  A country aristocrat dreaming of romance finds adulthood and marriage horribly real.
2. 07:15
  Alan Plater Short Stories - A Brief Encounter With Richard Wagner
  A teacher faces the task of putting on Wagner's Ringcycle at a struggling school.
3. 07:30
  Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups—Series 2, Running on Empty
  3/6Tom is invited on a stag weekend, and his dad signs up for the Sheffield marathon.
4. 08:00
  Educating Archie—From 30/01/1957
  Archie Andrews and mentor Peter Brough buy a farm. With Dick Emery and Deryck Guyler.
5. 08:30
  Whack-O!—The Boxing Championship
  Professor Jimmy Edwards must deal with outbreaks of shaving and mixed ballroom dancing.
6. 09:00
  Believe Me by Eddie Izzard (Omnibus)
  Happy childhood memories sit beside a great sadness and big changes for Eddie's family.
7. 10:10
  The Listening Project—Edward and Ben - A Working Relationship
  Father and son discuss their successful family business and what it is that makes it work.(R)
8. 10:15
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Islands, Anthony Minghella
  From Bach to Van Morrison. Film director Anthony Minghella shares his castaway choices.
9. 11:00
  Radiolab—Series 1, After Life
  Radiolab stares down the very moment of passing, and speculates about what may lie beyond.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Educating Archie—From 30/01/1957
  Archie Andrews and mentor Peter Brough buy a farm. With Dick Emery and Deryck Guyler.
2. 12:30
  Whack-O!—The Boxing Championship
  Professor Jimmy Edwards must deal with outbreaks of shaving and mixed ballroom dancing.
3. 13:00
  Guy de Maupassant - Une Vie: Omnibus
  A country aristocrat dreaming of romance finds adulthood and marriage horribly real.
4. 14:15
  Alan Plater Short Stories - A Brief Encounter With Richard Wagner
  A teacher faces the task of putting on Wagner's Ringcycle at a struggling school.
5. 14:30
  Philip Glass - Words Without Music: Omnibus
  The long-awaited memoir by American composer Philip Glass.
6. 15:45
  Journey Into Language—Trampling Flat the Frontiers
  3/3Professor Eric Hawkins recalls how being a wartime soldier influenced his future ethos.
7. 16:00
  Drama on 4—A Place of Greater Safety, Fraternity
  3/3Robespierre and Danton are at odds over the direction the revolution should take.
8. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—Surtsey and Me
  Daljit Nagra introduces 'Surtsey and Me', about a new island near Iceland.
9. 17:30
  Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups—Series 2, Running on Empty
  3/6Tom is invited on a stag weekend, and his dad signs up for the Sheffield marathon.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Katie Hims - Listening to the Dead—1. Enoch's Machine
  1/5Victorian gentleman scientist Enoch Cartwright tries to contact his dead daughter Emily.
2. 18:45
  Book at Bedtime—Algernon Blackwood's Ghost Stories, The Land of Green Ginger
  2/5A novelist recounts a bizarre encounter in a shop that set him on a writing career.
3. 19:00
  Radiolab—Series 1, After Life
  Radiolab stares down the very moment of passing, and speculates about what may lie beyond.
4. 20:00
  Believe Me by Eddie Izzard (Omnibus)
  Happy childhood memories sit beside a great sadness and big changes for Eddie's family.
5. 21:10
  The Listening Project—Edward and Ben - A Working Relationship
  Father and son discuss their successful family business and what it is that makes it work.
6. 21:15
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Islands, Anthony Minghella
  From Bach to Van Morrison. Film director Anthony Minghella shares his castaway choices.
7. 22:00
  Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups—Series 2, Running on Empty
  3/6Tom is invited on a stag weekend, and his dad signs up for the Sheffield marathon.
8. 22:30
  The Brig Society—Series 2, Farmer
  4/6Uh-oh - Marcus Brigstocke has grasped the bull by the horns and become a farmer.
9. 22:55
  The Comedy Club Interviews—02/07/2017
  Arthur Smith chats to Dane Baptiste.
10. 23:00
  Irish Micks and Legends—Series 1, Tir Na Nog
  2/4Comic modern reworkings of popular ancient Irish stories.
11. 23:15
  Don't Start—Series 2, The Toenail
  2/4Neil's attempts at recycling strike Kim as an unhealthy obsession with death.
12. 23:30
  On the Town with the League of Gentlemen—God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  6/6It's Christmas in the town of Spent, but which residents are celebrating?
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Late
1. 00:00
  Katie Hims - Listening to the Dead—1. Enoch's Machine
  1/5Victorian gentleman scientist Enoch Cartwright tries to contact his dead daughter Emily.
2. 00:45
  Book at Bedtime—Algernon Blackwood's Ghost Stories, The Land of Green Ginger
  2/5A novelist recounts a bizarre encounter in a shop that set him on a writing career.
3. 01:00
  Guy de Maupassant - Une Vie: Omnibus
  A country aristocrat dreaming of romance finds adulthood and marriage horribly real.
4. 02:15
  Alan Plater Short Stories - A Brief Encounter With Richard Wagner
  A teacher faces the task of putting on Wagner's Ringcycle at a struggling school.
5. 02:30
  Philip Glass - Words Without Music: Omnibus
  The long-awaited memoir by American composer Philip Glass.
6. 03:45
  Journey Into Language—Trampling Flat the Frontiers
  3/3Professor Eric Hawkins recalls how being a wartime soldier influenced his future ethos.
7. 04:00
  Drama on 4—A Place of Greater Safety, Fraternity
  3/3Robespierre and Danton are at odds over the direction the revolution should take.
8. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—Surtsey and Me
  Daljit Nagra introduces 'Surtsey and Me', about a new island near Iceland.
9. 05:30
  Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups—Series 2, Running on Empty
  3/6Tom is invited on a stag weekend, and his dad signs up for the Sheffield marathon.

Monday 3 July 2017