BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 18 August 2019

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Aldous Huxley - Brave New World—2. Values
  2/2It's 2116, a dystopian world where eugenics, promiscuity and happiness are gently enforced
2. 01:00
  The Latvian Locum (Omnibus)—Series 2
  Latvian locum Dr Dace Zake is on the hunt for a missing patient.
3. 02:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Luke Goss
  The Bros drummer chooses U2's, 'Where the Streets Have No Name' and Bob Marley 'One Love'.
4. 02:15
  Pam Ayres' Open Road—Series 1, Gloucestershire
  8/8Back in her home county, poet Pam Ayres learns about wig curlers and 'legging it'.
5. 02:45
  Tales From the Backbench by Peter Tinniswood—Series 2, Dalliances
  3/4MP Sir Plympton Makepeace warmly recalls many happy carnal and amorous associations.
6. 03:00
  World Book Club—Romesh Gunesekera - Reef
  Romesh Gunesekera and readers discuss his Booker shortlisted novel - Reef. From 2013.
7. 03:50
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Coelacanth
  Was the first live specimen of the primitive bony fish shown on TV really a living fossil?
8. 04:00
  Pacific Dreams
  Hawaii exerts a strange hold on Hugh, a young man on a quest for identity.
9. 05:30
  Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat!—Goodbye-ee
  4/4Finding inspiration in the comic songwriters RP Weston and Bert Lee. Stars Roy Hudd.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Betsy and Napoleon (Omnibus)
  1815: Betsy Balcombe was 13 when Napoleon came to live in her garden on St Helena.
2. 07:15
  Mavis Gallant Stories—By the Sea
  1/5An expat in Spain considers her return to England and the visitors at Villa Margate.
3. 07:30
  It's a Fair Cop—Series 2, An Englishman’s Home
  2/6What is 'reasonable force'? How far can you go to defend yourself?
4. 08:00
  Whack-O!—The Cricket Pavilion Fire
  Cricket ashes of a different kind when the new school pavilion burns down.
5. 08:30
  Ray's a Laugh—From 20/03/1959
  Ted goes racing when a fortune-teller says someone with the initial ‘T’ will make money.
6. 09:00
  Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem (Omnibus)
  A mudlark reveals her stories of finds buried in the mud of the River Thames.
7. 10:10
  The Listening Project—Sanchez and Han – Wife or Baby Mother
  A father and son debate the pros and cons of having children with a single partner.(R)
8. 10:15
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Edinburgh Winners, Steve Coogan
  Comedian and actor Steve Coogan shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.
9. 11:00
  The Moth Radio Hour—Series 9, In Famiglia
  5/8Tales about the family, from sibling high jinks to the difficulties of having children.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Whack-O!—The Cricket Pavilion Fire
  Cricket ashes of a different kind when the new school pavilion burns down.
2. 12:30
  Ray's a Laugh—From 20/03/1959
  Ted goes racing when a fortune-teller says someone with the initial ‘T’ will make money.
3. 13:00
  Betsy and Napoleon (Omnibus)
  1815: Betsy Balcombe was 13 when Napoleon came to live in her garden on St Helena.
4. 14:15
  Mavis Gallant Stories—By the Sea
  1/5An expat in Spain considers her return to England and the visitors at Villa Margate.
5. 14:30
  Hilary Mantel - Eight Months on Ghazzah Street (Omnibus)—Episode 2/2
  2/2Cartographer Frances Shore discovers that the streets are not a woman's territory.
6. 15:45
  Beryl Reid in Conversation—Educating Archie
  3/6Beryl Reid tells Sian Phillips about life with Archie Andrews.
7. 16:00
  David Goodland - The Voice of Angels
  Did Florence Maybrick poison her husband? True story of a miscarriage of justice.
8. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—John Dryden, Jean Binta Breeze and Spike Milligan
  Daljit Nagra selects John Dryden, Jean Binta Breeze and Spike Milligan.
9. 17:30
  It's a Fair Cop—Series 2, An Englishman’s Home
  2/6What is 'reasonable force'? How far can you go to defend yourself?
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham—Episode 5
  5/5The secret of long life is out, but Diana must face the media alone.
2. 18:30
  The Price of Fear—Blind Man's Bluff
  Chilling tale of an eerie passenger who joins Vincent Price on a train heading west.
3. 19:00
  The Moth Radio Hour—Series 9, In Famiglia
  5/8Tales about the family, from sibling high jinks to the difficulties of having children.
4. 20:00
  Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem (Omnibus)
  A mudlark reveals her stories of finds buried in the mud of the River Thames.
5. 21:10
  The Listening Project—Sanchez and Han – Wife or Baby Mother
  A father and son debate the pros and cons of having children with a single partner.(R)
6. 21:15
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Edinburgh Winners, Steve Coogan
  Comedian and actor Steve Coogan shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.
7. 22:00
  It's a Fair Cop—Series 2, An Englishman’s Home
  2/6What is 'reasonable force'? How far can you go to defend yourself?
8. 22:30
  Comedy Club Extra—The Balance, Episode 1
  Jake Yapp, Jessica Fostekew and Jon Holmes tackle the issues via angry, unfounded debate.
9. 22:45
  Ivor Cutler - A Wet Handle—Episode 5
  5/5Surreal songs and poems on such topics as grass seed, mud and digging ditches.
10. 23:00
  Small Scenes—Series 3, Episode 4
  4/4Sketch show with Daniel Rigby, Jess Ransom, Mike Wozniak, Cariad Lloyd and Henry Paker.
11. 23:30
  Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking—Series 1, Episode 2
  2/6Meet the Daniel Bedingfield-loving East European couple.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham—Episode 5
  5/5The secret of long life is out, but Diana must face the media alone.
2. 00:30
  The Price of Fear—Blind Man's Bluff
  Chilling tale of an eerie passenger who joins Vincent Price on a train heading west.
3. 01:00
  Betsy and Napoleon (Omnibus)
  1815: Betsy Balcombe was 13 when Napoleon came to live in her garden on St Helena.
4. 02:15
  Mavis Gallant Stories—By the Sea
  1/5An expat in Spain considers her return to England and the visitors at Villa Margate.
5. 02:30
  Hilary Mantel - Eight Months on Ghazzah Street (Omnibus)—Episode 2/2
  2/2Cartographer Frances Shore discovers that the streets are not a woman's territory.
6. 03:45
  Beryl Reid in Conversation—Educating Archie
  3/6Beryl Reid tells Sian Phillips about life with Archie Andrews.
7. 04:00
  David Goodland - The Voice of Angels
  Did Florence Maybrick poison her husband? True story of a miscarriage of justice.
8. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—John Dryden, Jean Binta Breeze and Spike Milligan
  Daljit Nagra selects John Dryden, Jean Binta Breeze and Spike Milligan.
9. 05:30
  It's a Fair Cop—Series 2, An Englishman’s Home
  2/6What is 'reasonable force'? How far can you go to defend yourself?

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