BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Tuesday 5 February 2019

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Orbit One Zero by Peter Elliott Hayes—6. The Unseen
  6/6Do the seemingly indestructible cylinders have a weakness?
2. 00:30
  A Good Read—AL Kennedy and Philip Kerr
  Novelists AL Kennedy and Philip Kerr join Sue MacGregor to discuss their favourite books.
3. 01:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1. Heart of Fire
  1/6The'Heart of Fire' ruby once adorned the crown of Tsars, but you own it at your peril...
4. 01:30
  Shine Like Tokyo - Northern Soul Goes East!
  DJ Annie Nightingale looks at how Northern Soul music has become popular in Japan.
5. 02:00
  Book at Bedtime—A Song for Issy Bradley, Episode 1
  1/10It's Jacob's birthday and all he wants is for his family to have breakfast together.
6. 02:15
  Lucy Kellaway's History of Office Life—The Beginnings of the Modern Office
  Lucy looks at Charles Lamb's account of life at the East India Company in the early 1800s.
7. 02:30
  Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room—1. Pregnant
  1/10In a squalid bedsit, single and pregnant Jane battles personal and social prejudices.
8. 02:45
  Book of the Week—The Almost Nearly Perfect People: The Truth about the Nordic Miracle, Denmark, the Happiest Country in the World
  1/5The Danes are consistently rated as the happiest people on earth but pay the highest taxes
9. 03:00
  Drama on 4—Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea, Episode 1
  1/2A theatre director retires to a remote house by the sea to write his memoirs.
10. 04:00
  Quote... Unquote—Simon Brett, Vanessa Feltz, Michele Hanson and Henry Normal
  Nigel Rees quizzes Simon Brett, Vanessa Feltz, Michele Hanson and Henry Normal.
11. 04:30
  GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades—The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd
  5/6What is happening to Professor Chadd?
12. 05:00
  Crazy Big Fish—Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves
  3/6Despite opposition, the Hull women pull out all the stops to get Rita to the read-through.
13. 05:30
  The Unbelievable Truth—Series 21, Episode 6
  6/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - The Mystery of the Blue Train, 2. The Blue Train
  2/6Katherine is travelling to Nice, but someone on board won't be able to alight...
2. 06:30
  Calvin and Hobbes
  Phill Jupitus on the comic strip boy and his tiger, named after two philosophers.
3. 07:00
  Second Thoughts—Series 3, Backs to the Drawing Board
  7/8Bill takes time off to help a friend, but Faith is already working at home.
4. 07:30
  Love in Recovery—Series 3, Making Plans
  5/6What’s it like to go to a wedding as a recovering alcoholic?
5. 08:00
  The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter—Series 4, The Villa
  2/6Headed abroad, the author is not keen to visit wife Diana's friend.
6. 08:30
  Know Your Place—Jumpers
  5/8Will caretaker Ramsay have the head for heights for a dangerous job?
7. 09:00
  The News Quiz Extra—Series 25, Episode 5
  5/7A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp
8. 09:45
  Elastic Planet—The Objects
  5/6What do shipwrecked objects have in common? Cosmic comedy of connections.
9. 10:00
  Drama on 4—Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea, Episode 2
  2/2Jeremy Irons stars as Charles Arrowby in Iris Murdoch’s Booker prize-winning masterpiece.
10. 11:00
  Copenhagen Curios—The Bird in the Cage
  1/3In Christianshavn, Erik covets the caged automaton songbird he sees in a shop window.
11. 11:15
  A Meeting with Dora
  Writer Don Shaw recreates a meeting he had in 1979 with 86-year-old activist Dora Russell.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter—Series 4, The Villa
  2/6Headed abroad, the author is not keen to visit wife Diana's friend.
2. 12:30
  Know Your Place—Jumpers
  5/8Will caretaker Ramsay have the head for heights for a dangerous job?
3. 13:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - The Mystery of the Blue Train, 2. The Blue Train
  2/6Katherine is travelling to Nice, but someone on board won't be able to alight...
4. 13:30
  Calvin and Hobbes
  Phill Jupitus on the comic strip boy and his tiger, named after two philosophers.
5. 14:00
  Book at Bedtime—A Song for Issy Bradley, Episode 2
  2/10Claire is trying to keep control of Jacob's birthday party and Issy says she feels unwell.
6. 14:15
  Lucy Kellaway's History of Office Life—Getting a Job: Nepotism or Meritocracy?
  Lucy reveals how hiring the 'best man for the job' wasn't always the way it was done.
7. 14:30
  Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room—2. Toby
  2/10Pregnant Jane tries to make her bedsit a little more homely, and learns of Toby's writing.
8. 14:45
  Book of the Week—The Almost Nearly Perfect People: The Truth about the Nordic Miracle, Modern-Day Icelanders and their Viking Past
  2/5Scandinavia and its curious tribes explored in Michael Booth's book.
9. 15:00
  Drama on 4—Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea, Episode 2
  2/2Jeremy Irons stars as Charles Arrowby in Iris Murdoch’s Booker prize-winning masterpiece.
10. 16:00
  The Museum of Curiosity—Series 5, Hughes, Czerski, Finkelman
  5/6John Lloyd and Jimmy Carr with Sean Hughes, Dr Helen Czerski and Dr Irving Finkel.
11. 16:30
  Up the Garden Path—Series 2, You Shall Go to the Ball
  6/8Izzy gets invited to a ball in Cambridge, but she could do with a fairy godmother.
12. 17:00
  Second Thoughts—Series 3, Backs to the Drawing Board
  7/8Bill takes time off to help a friend, but Faith is already working at home.
13. 17:30
  Love in Recovery—Series 3, Making Plans
  5/6What’s it like to go to a wedding as a recovering alcoholic?
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Evening
1. 18:00
  The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon—1. Taking the Michelangelo
  1/4When Bernie catches the wrong bus, he is transported back to 16th century Rome.
2. 18:30
  The Radio Detectives—Series 1, Sexton Blake, the Other Baker Street Detective
  3/5Jeffrey Richards probes the many incarnations of 'the poor man's Sherlock Holmes'.
3. 19:00
  The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter—Series 4, The Villa
  2/6Headed abroad, the author is not keen to visit wife Diana's friend.
4. 19:30
  Know Your Place—Jumpers
  5/8Will caretaker Ramsay have the head for heights for a dangerous job?
5. 20:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - The Mystery of the Blue Train, 2. The Blue Train
  2/6Katherine is travelling to Nice, but someone on board won't be able to alight...
6. 20:30
  Calvin and Hobbes
  Phill Jupitus on the comic strip boy and his tiger, named after two philosophers.
7. 21:00
  Copenhagen Curios—The Bird in the Cage
  1/3In Christianshavn, Erik covets the caged automaton songbird he sees in a shop window.
8. 21:15
  A Meeting with Dora
  Writer Don Shaw recreates a meeting he had in 1979 with 86-year-old activist Dora Russell.
9. 22:00
  Love in Recovery—Series 3, Making Plans
  5/6What’s it like to go to a wedding as a recovering alcoholic?
10. 22:30
  Boswell's Lives—Series 1, Boswell's Life of Freud
  1/4Boswell attempts to write a biography of Sigmund Freud, but Freud asks all the questions.
11. 23:00
  Cowards—Series 1, Episode 4
  4/6Talking fruit meets crosswords in the bizarre sketch comedy world.
12. 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
  The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon—1. Taking the Michelangelo
  1/4When Bernie catches the wrong bus, he is transported back to 16th century Rome.
2. 00:30
  The Radio Detectives—Series 1, Sexton Blake, the Other Baker Street Detective
  3/5Jeffrey Richards probes the many incarnations of 'the poor man's Sherlock Holmes'.
3. 01:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - The Mystery of the Blue Train, 2. The Blue Train
  2/6Katherine is travelling to Nice, but someone on board won't be able to alight...
4. 01:30
  Calvin and Hobbes
  Phill Jupitus on the comic strip boy and his tiger, named after two philosophers.
5. 02:00
  Book at Bedtime—A Song for Issy Bradley, Episode 2
  2/10Claire is trying to keep control of Jacob's birthday party and Issy says she feels unwell.
6. 02:15
  Lucy Kellaway's History of Office Life—Getting a Job: Nepotism or Meritocracy?
  Lucy reveals how hiring the 'best man for the job' wasn't always the way it was done.
7. 02:30
  Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room—2. Toby
  2/10Pregnant Jane tries to make her bedsit a little more homely, and learns of Toby's writing.
8. 02:45
  Book of the Week—The Almost Nearly Perfect People: The Truth about the Nordic Miracle, Modern-Day Icelanders and their Viking Past
  2/5Scandinavia and its curious tribes explored in Michael Booth's book.
9. 03:00
  Drama on 4—Iris Murdoch: The Sea, the Sea, Episode 2
  2/2Jeremy Irons stars as Charles Arrowby in Iris Murdoch’s Booker prize-winning masterpiece.
10. 04:00
  The Museum of Curiosity—Series 5, Hughes, Czerski, Finkelman
  5/6John Lloyd and Jimmy Carr with Sean Hughes, Dr Helen Czerski and Dr Irving Finkel.
11. 04:30
  Up the Garden Path—Series 2, You Shall Go to the Ball
  6/8Izzy gets invited to a ball in Cambridge, but she could do with a fairy godmother.
12. 05:00
  Second Thoughts—Series 3, Backs to the Drawing Board
  7/8Bill takes time off to help a friend, but Faith is already working at home.
13. 05:30
  Love in Recovery—Series 3, Making Plans
  5/6What’s it like to go to a wedding as a recovering alcoholic?

Wednesday 6 February 2019