BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 26 April 2020

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Early
1. 00:00
  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy—The Tertiary Phase, Fit The Thirteenth
  1/6Arthur Dent is reunited with Ford Prefect.
2. 00:30
  The Man in Black—Series 1, 1. The Tower by Mike Walker
  1/5The creepy raconteur introduces Ro and Zee, who stumble into a world where time is stopped
3. 01:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies, Episode 1
  1/5The Belgian sleuth gets embroiled in some mysterious upper class marital problems
4. 01:30
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies, Episode 2
  2/5Edgware is dead. Her ladyship is the prime suspect for his murder - but whodunnit?
5. 02:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies, Episode 3
  3/5Why did Edgware change his mind? Where is his letter? Who phoned Jane?
6. 02:30
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies, Episode 4
  4/5The evidence makes Ronald Marsh the murderer, but the Belgian sleuth is not so sure.
7. 03:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies, Episode 5
  5/5Where is Ross? Why is Paris important? And will Poirot finally unmask the murderer?
8. 03:30
  A Good Read—David Rowntree and Kanya King
  Sue MacGregor, Dave Rowntree and Kanya King discuss their favourite books. From 2009.
9. 04:00
  Noel Coward - Blithe Spirit
  Novelist Charles Condomine gets an unexpected ghostly visitation at a séance.
10. 05:30
  Great Lives—Labi Siffre on Arthur Ransome
  Matthew Parris invites singer songwriter Labi Siffre to nominate his choice of life.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies, Episode 1
  1/5The Belgian sleuth gets embroiled in some mysterious upper class marital problems
2. 06:30
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies, Episode 2
  2/5Edgware is dead. Her ladyship is the prime suspect for his murder - but whodunnit?
3. 07:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies, Episode 3
  3/5Why did Edgware change his mind? Where is his letter? Who phoned Jane?
4. 07:30
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies, Episode 4
  4/5The evidence makes Ronald Marsh the murderer, but the Belgian sleuth is not so sure.
5. 08:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies, Episode 5
  5/5Where is Ross? Why is Paris important? And will Poirot finally unmask the murderer?
6. 08:30
  Home to Roost—Series 2, Mother's Not Well
  7/13Olive is poorly in bed so William attempts the housework.
7. 09:00
  Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome—2. Travels by Bike
  2/3The cycling trio battle to navigate Germany, but find their sense of direction tested.
8. 09:30
  Millport—Series 2, Dark Secrets
  2/6Irene needs help when strange events send the island into disarray.
9. 10:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Artists, Damien Hirst
  Kirsty Young's castaway is artist Damien Hirst.
10. 10:45
  Multi Story Shorts—Love Birds
  How one women's mission to fulfil her dreams of owning a pet bird went viral on Twitter.
11. 11:00
  Radiolab—Series 3, Ghost Stories
  6/10People trying to pin down, and make peace with, the mysterious figures that haunt them.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Poetry Extra—Poetry and Planets: Simon Armitage
  Daljit Nagra introduces a piece by Simon Armitage and an interview from Start the Week.
2. 12:30
  John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 5, Episode 3
  3/6A look back at a career in accounting.
3. 13:00
  Comedy Greats—The 1960s, Episode 1
  1/2With Beyond Our Ken, It's a Fair Cop, The Navy Lark, Benny Hill Time and The Clitheroe Kid
4. 16:00
  Penelope Fitzgerald - The Blue Flower
  A German philosophy student is on a quest to find perfect love. Stars Samuel West.
5. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—Poetry and Planets: Simon Armitage
  Daljit Nagra introduces a piece by Simon Armitage and an interview from Start the Week.
6. 17:30
  John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 5, Episode 3
  3/6A look back at a career in accounting.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
  Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of one man's evil alter ego. Stars Michael Aldridge.
2. 19:00
  Radiolab—Series 3, Ghost Stories
  6/10People trying to pin down, and make peace with, the mysterious figures that haunt them.
3. 20:00
  Penelope Fitzgerald - The Blue Flower
  A German philosophy student is on a quest to find perfect love. Stars Samuel West.
4. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Artists, Damien Hirst
  Kirsty Young's castaway is artist Damien Hirst.
5. 21:45
  Multi Story Shorts—Love Birds
  How one women's mission to fulfil her dreams of owning a pet bird went viral on Twitter.
6. 22:00
  John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 5, Episode 3
  3/6A look back at a career in accounting.
7. 22:30
  Radio Shuttleworth—Series 1, Leo Sayer
  1/5Aspiring singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth takes over the airwaves with Leo Sayer.
8. 23:00
  The Secret World—Series 2, Episode 5
  5/6Prince Charles ends up helping his driver move a sideboard.
9. 23:30
  Edge Falls—Series 2, Episode 2
  2/6The retail park is licensed for marriage with traumatic results.
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Late
1. 00:00
  RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
  Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of one man's evil alter ego. Stars Michael Aldridge.
2. 01:00
  Comedy Greats—The 1960s, Episode 1
  1/2With Beyond Our Ken, It's a Fair Cop, The Navy Lark, Benny Hill Time and The Clitheroe Kid
3. 04:00
  Penelope Fitzgerald - The Blue Flower
  A German philosophy student is on a quest to find perfect love. Stars Samuel West.
4. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—Poetry and Planets: Simon Armitage
  Daljit Nagra introduces a piece by Simon Armitage and an interview from Start the Week.
5. 05:30
  John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 5, Episode 3
  3/6A look back at a career in accounting.

Monday 27 April 2020