BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 3 May 2020

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy—The Tertiary Phase, Fit The Fourteenth
  2/6Arthur and Ford arrive home in time for tea.
2. 00:30
  The Man in Black—Series 1, 2. Project Purple by Richard Vincent
  2/5The tale of a neuroscientist who tries to revive the victim of a dubious experiment.
3. 01:00
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 1. Threats and Menaces
  1/5A princess recruits champion jockey Kit Fielding to fend off her dangerous cousin.
4. 01:30
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 2. Horses Begin to Die
  2/5Bent on winning French approval to make guns, Henri threatens the princess's husband.
5. 02:00
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 3. Hostile Intelligence
  3/5Danielle faces a terrifying ordeal while Princess Casilla must deal with another shock.
6. 02:30
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 4. The Killing Game
  4/5Prince Litsi faces terror at the top of the old stand at Bradbury race course.
7. 03:00
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 5. Nemesis for Two
  5/5Jockey Kit Fielding lays a trap to foil Henri de Brescou's plan to slaughter more horses.
8. 03:30
  A Good Read—Chris Packham and Stella Duffy
  Sue MacGregor, Chris Packham and Stella Duffy discuss their favourite books.
9. 04:00
  Eric Pringle - The Voyage of the Swallow
  How "the man who hated children" Arthur Ransome wrote his classic 'Swallows and Amazons'.
10. 05:30
  Great Lives—Stella Rimington on Dorothy L Sayers
  Dame Stella Rimington explains to Matthew Parris why Dorothy L Sayers fascinates her.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 1. Threats and Menaces
  1/5A princess recruits champion jockey Kit Fielding to fend off her dangerous cousin.
2. 06:30
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 2. Horses Begin to Die
  2/5Bent on winning French approval to make guns, Henri threatens the princess's husband.
3. 07:00
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 3. Hostile Intelligence
  3/5Danielle faces a terrifying ordeal while Princess Casilla must deal with another shock.
4. 07:30
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 4. The Killing Game
  4/5Prince Litsi faces terror at the top of the old stand at Bradbury race course.
5. 08:00
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 5. Nemesis for Two
  5/5Jockey Kit Fielding lays a trap to foil Henri de Brescou's plan to slaughter more horses.
6. 08:30
  The Inimitable Jeeves—Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum
  1/10Bingo Little fancies a waitress. Can Bertie Wooster's valet help?
7. 09:00
  Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K Jerome—3. Every Englishman is Mad
  3/3George, Harris and J near the end of their journey and contemplate the Germans as a nation
8. 09:30
  Millport—Series 2, Avowal
  3/6How will village disputes be solved if no-one is talking to each other?
9. 10:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Medicine, Science & Engineering, Professor Heinz Wolff
  Sue Lawley talks to Professor Heinz Wolff.
10. 10:45
  Multi Story Shorts—Fam
  A couple share the challenges a gender reassignment has placed on their 45 year marriage.
11. 11:00
  Radiolab—Series 3, Things
  7/10Radiolab investigates objects, their power to move us and our desire to acquire them.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Poetry Extra—Poetry in Translation
  Poet Daljit Nagra dives into the archive to look at the global poetry scene.
2. 12:30
  John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 5, Episode 4
  4/6Meet the train passenger who really doesn't overthink things.
3. 13:00
  Comedy Greats—The 1960s, Episode 2
  2/2Bona! Round the Horne, Ken Dodd, plus Steptoe and Son lead the comedy classics!
4. 16:00
  Drama on 4—Samuel Beckett - All That Fall
  Samuel Beckett's playful and mysterious journey of words and sounds.
5. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—Poetry in Translation
  Poet Daljit Nagra dives into the archive to look at the global poetry scene.
6. 17:30
  John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 5, Episode 4
  4/6Meet the train passenger who really doesn't overthink things.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Peter Mackie - The Real Mystery of Marie Roget
  On his death bead, Edgar Allan Poe finds a solution to a real murder that obsessed him.
2. 19:00
  Radiolab—Series 3, Things
  7/10Radiolab investigates objects, their power to move us and our desire to acquire them.
3. 20:00
  Drama on 4—Samuel Beckett - All That Fall
  Samuel Beckett's playful and mysterious journey of words and sounds.
4. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Medicine, Science & Engineering, Professor Heinz Wolff
  Sue Lawley talks to Professor Heinz Wolff.
5. 21:45
  Multi Story Shorts—Fam
  A couple share the challenges a gender reassignment has placed on their 45 year marriage.
6. 22:00
  John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 5, Episode 4
  4/6Meet the train passenger who really doesn't overthink things.
7. 22:30
  Radio Shuttleworth—Series 1, Wendy Craig
  2/5Aspiring Sheffield singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth is joined by guest Wendy Craig.
8. 23:00
  The Secret World—Series 2, Episode 6
  6/6James Bond star Daniel Craig tries to get car insurance.
9. 23:30
  Edge Falls—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/6Will a protest halt the park's Sales and stop Mick going 'Dirty Dancing' with Valerie?
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Late
1. 00:00
  Peter Mackie - The Real Mystery of Marie Roget
  On his death bead, Edgar Allan Poe finds a solution to a real murder that obsessed him.
2. 01:00
  Comedy Greats—The 1960s, Episode 2
  2/2Bona! Round the Horne, Ken Dodd, plus Steptoe and Son lead the comedy classics!
3. 04:00
  Drama on 4—Samuel Beckett - All That Fall
  Samuel Beckett's playful and mysterious journey of words and sounds.
4. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—Poetry in Translation
  Poet Daljit Nagra dives into the archive to look at the global poetry scene.
5. 05:30
  John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 5, Episode 4
  4/6Meet the train passenger who really doesn't overthink things.

Monday 4 May 2020