BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 21 April 2018

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton—The Exposure
  5/13Sunday unmasks one of the anarchists as a Scotland Yard detective.
2. 00:30
  Mastertapes—Series 1, Corinne Bailey Rae (the A-Side)
  11/14Corinne Bailey Rae returns to her second album, The Sea, and plays tracks from it live.
3. 01:00
  Whodunnits—Julie Enfield Investigates: The Net and the Canal, 4. Beyond the Firewall
  4/4The detective feels closer to a solution, but her tormentor has other ideas.
4. 01:30
  Death By Chocolate
  Jo Brand looks at the sinister history of the sweet treat.
5. 02:00
  Book at Bedtime—Jonathan Coe - Expo 58, Episode 5
  5/10Thomas discovers that his roommate and the highly-prized ZETA machine have disappeared.
6. 02:15
  Shakespeare's Restless World—5. Swordplay and Swagger
  5/20Neil MacGregor explores the essential accoutrements of any self-respecting gentleman.
7. 02:30
  Laurence Sterne - Tristram Shandy—All Good Things Come to an End
  10/10Widow Wadman makes a discovery as Tristram brings his story to a surprising conclusion.
8. 02:45
  Book of the Week—Simon Morrison - The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev, A parcel changes everything
  5/5Simon Morrison's biography of Russian composer Serge Prokofiev's remarkable wife.
9. 03:00
  The Barchester Chronicles—Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers, 3. Games at Ullathorne
  3/3Miss Thorne organises a summer fete and then develops a cunning plan for Eleanor.
10. 04:00
  It's Your Round—Series 2, Episode 2
  2/6Angus Deayton is joined by Sandi Toksvig, Clive Anderson, Humphrey Ker and Milton Jones.
11. 04:30
  After Henry—Series 3, Poor Relations
  2/8Proud Sarah suffers her mother's nosiness as well as some unexpected advances.
12. 05:00
  The Stanley Baxter Playhouse—Series 7, Two Desperate Men
  3/4A kidnap by two daft, 1930s' con men goes awry.
13. 05:30
  Ruby Wax - Frazzled—Episode 1
  1/2Ruby Wax explains how we got to be so frazzled and what we can do about it.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  David Storey - This Sporting Life
  The trapped needs of protagonist Arthur Machin juxtaposed with the aggression of rugby.
2. 07:30
  Freedom Pass—Episode 7
  7/7Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew head to London Zoo and Regents Park's boating pond.
3. 08:00
  Archive on 4—Regulating the Press
  Steve Hewlett explores the fraught history of attempts to regulate the British press.
4. 09:00
  Lloyd Webber & Rice - Jesus Christ Superstar
  The rock opera that propelled Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber into the musicals firmament
5. 10:40
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Sir Tim Rice
  From David Essex to the King's College Choir, Tim Rice shares his castaway choices.
6. 11:25
  Inheritance Tracks—Frances Ruffelle
  Singer Frances Ruffelle chooses All Your Pals May Leave You and Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien.
7. 11:30
  Musical Legends—Roger Daltrey
  Lead singer of The Who, Roger Daltrey talks about his musical career and rock legacy.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Hopes and Desires—Series 1, Vongole
  1/4Professor Swann seduces his students over a languorous meal of spaghetti vongole.
2. 12:30
  The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/6The shady lawyer needs patients as he pretends to be a doctor.
3. 13:00
  Eileen Horne - She Said/He Said (Omnibus)
  After a fresher's week party, a student is stunned to find himself accused of rape.
4. 14:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Jeremy Vine
  Broadcaster Jeremy Vine inherits 'Old Comrades' and passes on 'Lipstick Vogue'.
5. 14:15
  Sentimental Journey—Tony Benn
  Arthur Smith joins Tony Benn on a trip back to Westminster.
6. 14:45
  Robb Wilton: I Should Say So—Series 1, The Bigamist
  5/5Can eternal pessimist Robb Wilton solve a tricky marital problem in 1986?
7. 15:00
  Archive on 4—Regulating the Press
  Steve Hewlett explores the fraught history of attempts to regulate the British press.
8. 16:00
  David Storey - This Sporting Life
  The trapped needs of protagonist Arthur Machin juxtaposed with the aggression of rugby.
9. 17:30
  Freedom Pass—Episode 7
  7/7Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew head to London Zoo and Regents Park's boating pond.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Drama on 4—Torchwood - The Lost Files, Submission
  2/3By Ryan Scott. A distress signal lures Torchwood to the deepest part of the ocean.
2. 18:45
  Edinburgh Haunts—The Misadventures of Magnus Lovatt
  2/3By Susie Maguire. An actor performs a one-man show, but the words echo back to him.
3. 19:00
  Steve Punt's Hancock Cuttings
  Tony Hancock fan Steve Punt presents oddities and rarities featuring the lad himself.
4. 22:00
  My Teenage Diary—Series 5, Kate Mosse
  6/6Author Kate Mosse's diary tells of a rain-soaked family holiday to the Lake District.
5. 22:30
  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy—The Primary Phase, Fit The Sixth
  6/6Arthur and company escape from a war, but exactly when have they escaped to?
6. 23:00
  Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/4Ringmaster Colin with Thwor, the mighty (Leeds-based) god of Thwunder.
7. 23:30
  Think the Unthinkable—Series 2, Riddlington Plastic
  4/6The consultants marvel at the world wide web, and Ryan gets embroiled in a protest.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Drama on 4—Torchwood - The Lost Files, Submission
  2/3By Ryan Scott. A distress signal lures Torchwood to the deepest part of the ocean.
2. 00:45
  Edinburgh Haunts—The Misadventures of Magnus Lovatt
  2/3By Susie Maguire. An actor performs a one-man show, but the words echo back to him.
3. 01:00
  Eileen Horne - She Said/He Said (Omnibus)
  After a fresher's week party, a student is stunned to find himself accused of rape.
4. 02:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Jeremy Vine
  Broadcaster Jeremy Vine inherits 'Old Comrades' and passes on 'Lipstick Vogue'.
5. 02:15
  Sentimental Journey—Tony Benn
  Arthur Smith joins Tony Benn on a trip back to Westminster.
6. 02:45
  Robb Wilton: I Should Say So—Series 1, The Bigamist
  5/5Can eternal pessimist Robb Wilton solve a tricky marital problem in 1986?
7. 03:00
  Archive on 4—Regulating the Press
  Steve Hewlett explores the fraught history of attempts to regulate the British press.
8. 04:00
  David Storey - This Sporting Life
  The trapped needs of protagonist Arthur Machin juxtaposed with the aggression of rugby.
9. 05:30
  Freedom Pass—Episode 7
  7/7Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew head to London Zoo and Regents Park's boating pond.

Sunday 22 April 2018