BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Monday 3 July 2017

Schedule

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
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.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Shardlake—Dissolution, Episode 1
  1/10Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake is sent to investigate a killing at a monastery.
2. 06:15
  Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea—Episode 1
  1/10Tensions escalate among the former slaves on a Caribbean island.
3. 06:30
  The Rainbow Tribe
  Children adopted by cabaret star Josephine Baker recall their strange upbringing.
4. 07:00
  On the Rocks—Series 1, Omens
  2/4Old Grace is sure of strange happenings since the new telegraph machine was installed.
5. 07:30
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 67, Episode 1
  1/6Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Andy Hamilton and Jo Brand join chairman Jack Dee.
6. 08:00
  The Burkiss Way—Series 5, Love Big Brother the Burkiss Way
  3/6The team spoof George Orwell's 1984 and more.
7. 08:30
  Dad's Army—Series 2, Mum's Army
  12/20When Mainwaring opens his Home Guard up to women, Mrs Gray catches his eye.
8. 09:00
  The Write Stuff—Series 15, Daniel Defoe
  2/6With guest panellists, crime writer Mark Billingham and journalist Jane Thynne.
9. 09:30
  North East of Eden—Invaders and Outsiders
  1/6Marcia quits sophisticated London for a doctor's surgery on a remote Northumbrian island.
10. 10:00
  Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries—2. Forty-Five
  2/4Francis Herries encounters Mirabell again and the Jacobite rebels march on Carlisle.
11. 11:00
  William Trevor - A Bit on the Side—A Bit on the Side
  The tale of a middle-aged accountant and the end of an intense love affair.
12. 11:15
  Drama on 4—Ray Connolly - God Bless Our Love
  A priest and a nun fall in love and leave their orders to marry and begin a new life.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  The Burkiss Way—Series 5, Love Big Brother the Burkiss Way
  3/6The team spoof George Orwell's 1984 and more.
2. 12:30
  Dad's Army—Series 2, Mum's Army
  12/20When Mainwaring opens his Home Guard up to women, Mrs Gray catches his eye.
3. 13:00
  Shardlake—Dissolution, Episode 1
  1/10Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake is sent to investigate a killing at a monastery.
4. 13:15
  Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea—Episode 1
  1/10Tensions escalate among the former slaves on a Caribbean island.
5. 13:30
  The Rainbow Tribe
  Children adopted by cabaret star Josephine Baker recall their strange upbringing.
6. 14:00
  Book at Bedtime—Deborah Levy - Swimming Home, Episode 1
  1/5The arrival of a strange girl in the midst of a holiday in Nice proves explosive.
7. 14:15
  Plants: From Roots to Riches—Taming the Exotic
  Kathy Willis examines the Victorian race to flower the Amazonian water lily.
8. 14:30
  15 Minute Drama—Alexander Pushkin - Eugene Onegin, Episode 1
  1/5As Pushkin prepares to fight a duel, his wife begs him to tell her his most famous story.
9. 14:45
  A Voyage to Lundy—1. A Change of Direction
  1/5Gwyneth Lewis visits a remote island as she contemplates a change in direction in her life
10. 15:00
  Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries—2. Forty-Five
  2/4Francis Herries encounters Mirabell again and the Jacobite rebels march on Carlisle.
11. 16:00
  The Write Stuff—Series 15, Daniel Defoe
  2/6With guest panellists, crime writer Mark Billingham and journalist Jane Thynne.
12. 16:30
  North East of Eden—Invaders and Outsiders
  1/6Marcia quits sophisticated London for a doctor's surgery on a remote Northumbrian island.
13. 17:00
  On the Rocks—Series 1, Omens
  2/4Old Grace is sure of strange happenings since the new telegraph machine was installed.
14. 17:30
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 67, Episode 1
  1/6Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Andy Hamilton and Jo Brand join chairman Jack Dee.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Tao Lin - A Message of Unknown Purpose
  Tao Lin's curious tale about a prisoner in 2042 who depicts a society addicted to sleep.
2. 18:15
  HG Wells—Ghost Stories by HG Wells, The Door in the Wall
  6/6Lionel Wallace spends his life searching for a lost world behind a door in a white wall.
3. 18:30
  A Good Read—Howard Davies & Eleanor Updale
  Eleanor Updale and Howard Davies on books by Louisa May Alcott and Patrick Hamilton.
4. 19:00
  The Burkiss Way—Series 5, Love Big Brother the Burkiss Way
  3/6The team spoof George Orwell's 1984 and more.
5. 19:30
  Dad's Army—Series 2, Mum's Army
  12/20When Mainwaring opens his Home Guard up to women, Mrs Gray catches his eye.
6. 20:00
  Shardlake—Dissolution, Episode 1
  1/10Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake is sent to investigate a killing at a monastery.
7. 20:15
  Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea—Episode 1
  1/10Tensions escalate among the former slaves on a Caribbean island.
8. 20:30
  The Rainbow Tribe
  Children adopted by cabaret star Josephine Baker recall their strange upbringing.
9. 21:00
  William Trevor - A Bit on the Side—A Bit on the Side
  The tale of a middle-aged accountant and the end of an intense love affair.
10. 21:15
  Drama on 4—Ray Connolly - God Bless Our Love
  A priest and a nun fall in love and leave their orders to marry and begin a new life.
11. 22:00
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 67, Episode 1
  1/6Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Andy Hamilton and Jo Brand join chairman Jack Dee.
12. 22:30
  The Consultants—Series 4, Episode 1
  1/6The lighthouse tour and the old-fashioned parents.
13. 23:00
  Dead Ringers—Series 17, 30/06/2017
  The topical satirical show returns for some post-election skewering.
14. 23:30
  A Look Back at the Future—2010
  3/6Griff Rhys Jones, Kate Robbins and Brian Perkins look ahead to the Year of Toddler Power.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Tao Lin - A Message of Unknown Purpose
  Tao Lin's curious tale about a prisoner in 2042 who depicts a society addicted to sleep.
2. 00:15
  HG Wells—Ghost Stories by HG Wells, The Door in the Wall
  6/6Lionel Wallace spends his life searching for a lost world behind a door in a white wall.
3. 00:30
  A Good Read—Howard Davies & Eleanor Updale
  Eleanor Updale and Howard Davies on books by Louisa May Alcott and Patrick Hamilton.(R)
4. 01:00
  Shardlake—Dissolution, Episode 1
  1/10Lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake is sent to investigate a killing at a monastery.
5. 01:15
  Jean Rhys - Wide Sargasso Sea—Episode 1
  1/10Tensions escalate among the former slaves on a Caribbean island.
6. 01:30
  The Rainbow Tribe
  Children adopted by cabaret star Josephine Baker recall their strange upbringing.
7. 02:00
  Book at Bedtime—Deborah Levy - Swimming Home, Episode 1
  1/5The arrival of a strange girl in the midst of a holiday in Nice proves explosive.
8. 02:15
  Plants: From Roots to Riches—Taming the Exotic
  Kathy Willis examines the Victorian race to flower the Amazonian water lily.
9. 02:30
  15 Minute Drama—Alexander Pushkin - Eugene Onegin, Episode 1
  1/5As Pushkin prepares to fight a duel, his wife begs him to tell her his most famous story.
10. 02:45
  A Voyage to Lundy—1. A Change of Direction
  1/5Gwyneth Lewis visits a remote island as she contemplates a change in direction in her life
11. 03:00
  Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries—2. Forty-Five
  2/4Francis Herries encounters Mirabell again and the Jacobite rebels march on Carlisle.
12. 04:00
  The Write Stuff—Series 15, Daniel Defoe
  2/6With guest panellists, crime writer Mark Billingham and journalist Jane Thynne.
13. 04:30
  North East of Eden—Invaders and Outsiders
  1/6Marcia quits sophisticated London for a doctor's surgery on a remote Northumbrian island.
14. 05:00
  On the Rocks—Series 1, Omens
  2/4Old Grace is sure of strange happenings since the new telegraph machine was installed.
15. 05:30
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 67, Episode 1
  1/6Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Andy Hamilton and Jo Brand join chairman Jack Dee.

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