BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 20 October 2019

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Early
1. 00:00
  Doctor Who—The Lost Stories: The Song of Megaptera, Episode 2
  2/2Like Jonah, the Time Lord and Peri find themselves inside a whale, and they are not alone.
2. 01:00
  Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (Omnibus)—The Lonely Girl, Episode 1
  1/2Edna O’Brien’s frank, funny and subversive story of womanhood in Ireland in the 1950s.
3. 02:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  John Eliot Gardiner chooses 'Zefiro Torna' by Monteverdi and Beethoven's 'Missa Solemnis'.
4. 02:15
  With Great Pleasure—Mark Kermode
  Horror fan Mark Kermode selects favourite readings, including The Exorcist. From 2008.
5. 02:45
  Uncle Mort's North Country—Series 1, Dog Days
  3/5At the allotment, Carter's uncle sounds off on sunshine, southerners and a smart mutt.
6. 03:00
  Archive on 4—The Selling of Sinatra
  Jazz singer Kurt Elling doffs his trilby as he explores the life of Frank Sinatra.
7. 04:00
  Robert Westall - The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral
  In a cathedral spire, a malevolent gargoyle wields its evil power. With Peter Meakin.
8. 05:30
  Reasons to be Cheerful—Series 2, Jake Arnott
  2/3Novelist Jake Arnott and his guests look for signs of hope in modern life.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Doris Lessing - The Good Terrorist (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  1/2A band of inept revolutionaries in a London squat try to court the IRA.
2. 07:15
  If I Only Had...—If I Only Had the Nerve, by Colin Carberry
  3/3Brendan is stuck in a rut. If only he could find the courage to escape.
3. 07:30
  Ed Reardon's Week—Series 11, Poetry? No Thanks
  5/6Ed becomes involved in honouring plucky wartime songbird 'Beryl Bassett'.
4. 08:00
  The Arthur Haynes Show—From 18/8/1963
  The popular comedian stars in Johnny Speight's sketches. With Nicholas Parsons.
5. 08:30
  Educating Archie—From 11/02/1954
  Schoolboy Archie Andrews gets up to hijinks with inks. Stars Beryl Reid and Harry Secombe.
6. 09:00
  Man of Iron: Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain (Omnibus)
  How a shepherd’s son changed the world with his revolutionary engineering.
7. 10:10
  The Listening Project—Harriet and Martin – Meeting By Accident
  A former paramedic and a patient who was unconscious when they met piece things together(R)
8. 10:15
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Nobel Prize Winners, Peter Mansfield
  The Nobel-winning scientist Peter Mansfield shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley.
9. 11:00
  Radiolab—Series 2, Black Box
  6/8Radiolab examines three very different kinds of black boxes - spaces for strange creation.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  The Arthur Haynes Show—From 18/8/1963
  The popular comedian stars in Johnny Speight's sketches. With Nicholas Parsons.
2. 12:30
  Educating Archie—From 11/02/1954
  Schoolboy Archie Andrews gets up to hijinks with inks. Stars Beryl Reid and Harry Secombe.
3. 13:00
  Doris Lessing - The Good Terrorist (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  1/2A band of inept revolutionaries in a London squat try to court the IRA.
4. 14:15
  If I Only Had...—If I Only Had the Nerve, by Colin Carberry
  3/3Brendan is stuck in a rut. If only he could find the courage to escape.
5. 14:30
  The Confession by Jessie Burton (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/2Rose starts to make changes as she gets closer to Connie, and the truth.
6. 15:45
  His Master's Voices—1. Beginnings
  1/5Cerys Matthews and Tris Penna consider the legacy of the UK's first gramophone records.
7. 16:00
  Drama on 4—Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices
  Penelope Fitzgerald's comic novel set in the BBC in 1940. With Helen George and Toby Jones
8. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—Found at Sea
  Poet Daljit Nagra selects Found at Sea from the BBC's poetry archive.
9. 17:30
  Ed Reardon's Week—Series 11, Poetry? No Thanks
  5/6Ed becomes involved in honouring plucky wartime songbird 'Beryl Bassett'.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Kingsley Amis - To See the Sun
  Vampire drama set in Dacia adapted from a Kingsley Amis story with Christopher Cazenove.
2. 18:30
  Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre—Series 1, Night Call Collect
  1/6Marooned for decades on Mars, a telephone engineer finally gets a call when he turns 80.
3. 19:00
  Radiolab—Series 2, Black Box
  6/8Radiolab examines three very different kinds of black boxes - spaces for strange creation.
4. 20:00
  Man of Iron: Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain (Omnibus)
  How a shepherd’s son changed the world with his revolutionary engineering.
5. 21:10
  The Listening Project—Harriet and Martin – Meeting By Accident
  A former paramedic and a patient who was unconscious when they met piece things together
6. 21:15
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Nobel Prize Winners, Peter Mansfield
  The Nobel-winning scientist Peter Mansfield shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley.
7. 22:00
  Ed Reardon's Week—Series 11, Poetry? No Thanks
  5/6Ed becomes involved in honouring plucky wartime songbird 'Beryl Bassett'.
8. 22:30
  Small Scenes—Pilot
  Comedy sketch show starring Daniel Rigby, Henry Paker, Mike Wozniak and Sara Pascoe.
9. 22:55
  The Comedy Club Interviews—Joz Norris 2/2
  Jake Yapp talks to Joz Norris.
10. 23:00
  Newsjack—Series 21, Episode 6
  The week's news stories lovingly moulded into sketches and one-liners by the public.
11. 23:30
  Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/4The human chameleon's host of characters from a chatty schoolgirl to a decrepit charwoman.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Kingsley Amis - To See the Sun
  Vampire drama set in Dacia adapted from a Kingsley Amis story with Christopher Cazenove.
2. 00:30
  Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre—Series 1, Night Call Collect
  1/6Marooned for decades on Mars, a telephone engineer finally gets a call when he turns 80.
3. 01:00
  Doris Lessing - The Good Terrorist (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  1/2A band of inept revolutionaries in a London squat try to court the IRA.
4. 02:15
  If I Only Had...—If I Only Had the Nerve, by Colin Carberry
  3/3Brendan is stuck in a rut. If only he could find the courage to escape.
5. 02:30
  The Confession by Jessie Burton (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/2Rose starts to make changes as she gets closer to Connie, and the truth.
6. 03:45
  His Master's Voices—1. Beginnings
  1/5Cerys Matthews and Tris Penna consider the legacy of the UK's first gramophone records.
7. 04:00
  Drama on 4—Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices
  Penelope Fitzgerald's comic novel set in the BBC in 1940. With Helen George and Toby Jones
8. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—Found at Sea
  Poet Daljit Nagra selects Found at Sea from the BBC's poetry archive.
9. 05:30
  Ed Reardon's Week—Series 11, Poetry? No Thanks
  5/6Ed becomes involved in honouring plucky wartime songbird 'Beryl Bassett'.

Monday 21 October 2019