BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 19 July 2020

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Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy—Quintessential Phase, Fit the Twenty-Fifth
  3/4Arthur is employed as a sandwich maker, and learns that he has become a dad.
2. 00:30
  MR James—A Mass of Cobwebs
  A conniving old man causes havoc from beyond the grave...
3. 01:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - Nemesis, 1. The Mystery Begins...
  1/5A dead acquaintance sends amateur sleuth Miss Marple on the ultimate mystery tour
4. 01:30
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - Nemesis, 2. The Manor House
  2/5Miss Marple is led to a dilapidated manor house with a deadly reputation...
5. 02:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - Nemesis, 3. Suspicions
  3/5The potential witness has a suspicious 'accident', so Miss Marple widens the net.
6. 02:30
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - Nemesis, 4. Investigations...
  4/5The sleuth curtails her tour to investigate the murders - and the manor house beckons.
7. 03:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - Nemesis, 5. Friends
  5/5The amateur sleuth's friends come to her aid, as she battles to solve the murder mystery.
8. 03:30
  A Good Read—Norman Lebrecht and Antonia Quirke
  Norman Lebrecht and Antonia Quirke talk to Sue MacGregor about their favourite books.
9. 04:00
  Hercule Poirot—Murder on the Links
  Rushing to France, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot finds his client stabbed to death.
10. 05:30
  Great Lives—Sir Trevor McDonald on Learie Constantine
  The veteran broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald chooses the life of Learie Constantine
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - Nemesis, 1. The Mystery Begins...
  1/5A dead acquaintance sends amateur sleuth Miss Marple on the ultimate mystery tour
2. 06:30
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - Nemesis, 2. The Manor House
  2/5Miss Marple is led to a dilapidated manor house with a deadly reputation...
3. 07:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - Nemesis, 3. Suspicions
  3/5The potential witness has a suspicious 'accident', so Miss Marple widens the net.
4. 07:30
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - Nemesis, 4. Investigations...
  4/5The sleuth curtails her tour to investigate the murders - and the manor house beckons.
5. 08:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - Nemesis, 5. Friends
  5/5The amateur sleuth's friends come to her aid, as she battles to solve the murder mystery.
6. 08:30
  The Jason Explanation of...—Politics
  4/6David Jason elects to poke fun at the Houses of Parliament.
7. 09:00
  Not in Front of the Children—Series 1, Religious Revival
  4/13A dynamic new vicar causes mayhem in the Corner household.
8. 09:30
  Bristow—Series 1, The Girl Next Door
  3/6A new face appears in the office opposite Chester Perry and causes a stir.
9. 10:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Adventurers, Pen Hadow
  From Johannes Brahms to Barry White, polar explorer Pen Hadow shares his castaway choices.
10. 10:45
  Multi Story Shorts—An Open Secret
  Chris was a teenager when he discovered a tragic family secret of murder and hanging.
11. 11:00
  The Moth Radio Hour—Series 10, The Call
  8/8True stories told live in the USA.
12. 11:50
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Identities
  David reflects on seeing 'whitey' - a blackbird with a white feather - in his garden.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Poetry Extra—Hadraawi: The Shakespeare of Somalia
  Daljit Nagra chooses the best programmes from the riches of the BBC's poetry sound archive
2. 12:30
  All Those Women—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/4An unexpected death leads all four of the family to consider what is really important.
3. 13:00
  Joe Queenan: My Years of Awe and Wonder
  Two decades of adventures in broadcasting with Joe Queenan, the American satirist.
4. 16:00
  Louisa May Alcott - A Marble Woman
  An orphaned girl becomes the ward of a sexually repressed, opium addicted sculptor
5. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—Hadraawi: The Shakespeare of Somalia
  Daljit Nagra chooses the best programmes from the riches of the BBC's poetry sound archive
6. 17:30
  All Those Women—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/4An unexpected death leads all four of the family to consider what is really important.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Nick Fisher - The Shadow of Mir
  A Russian bureaucrat arrives on the Mir space station with a secret agenda.
2. 19:00
  The Moth Radio Hour—Series 10, The Call
  8/8True stories told live in the USA.
3. 19:50
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Identities
  David reflects on seeing 'whitey' - a blackbird with a white feather - in his garden.
4. 20:00
  Louisa May Alcott - A Marble Woman
  An orphaned girl becomes the ward of a sexually repressed, opium addicted sculptor
5. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Adventurers, Pen Hadow
  From Johannes Brahms to Barry White, polar explorer Pen Hadow shares his castaway choices.
6. 21:45
  Multi Story Shorts—An Open Secret
  Chris was a teenager when he discovered a tragic family secret of murder and hanging.
7. 22:00
  All Those Women—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/4An unexpected death leads all four of the family to consider what is really important.
8. 22:30
  Twenty Players—Series 2, Mr Wellesley Fagge
  5/6Jonathan Agnew tells the story of a nearly great amateur cricketer, Wellesley Fagge.
9. 22:45
  Self-Storage—Series 1, Dating
  5/6Judy fixes Dave up on his first date since his marriage broke up. Stars Reece Shearsmith.
10. 23:00
  The Sinha Carta
  Comedian and quizzer Paul Sinha examines our most important legal document.
11. 23:30
  Clayton Grange—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/4Meet the scientists who are a bit rubbish at life. And not much better at science.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Nick Fisher - The Shadow of Mir
  A Russian bureaucrat arrives on the Mir space station with a secret agenda.
2. 01:00
  Joe Queenan: My Years of Awe and Wonder
  Two decades of adventures in broadcasting with Joe Queenan, the American satirist.
3. 04:00
  Louisa May Alcott - A Marble Woman
  An orphaned girl becomes the ward of a sexually repressed, opium addicted sculptor
4. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—Hadraawi: The Shakespeare of Somalia
  Daljit Nagra chooses the best programmes from the riches of the BBC's poetry sound archive
5. 05:30
  All Those Women—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/4An unexpected death leads all four of the family to consider what is really important.

Monday 20 July 2020