BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 2 August 2020

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Early
1. 00:00
  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy—Hexagonal Phase, 1. Part the 0.16
  1/6Following the publication of his diaries, Arthur Dent’s hopes for a seclusion evaporate.
2. 00:30
  Ben Moor - Undone—Series 2, Unaccompanied
  1/6Edna tries to make sense of a reality without Undone. Are the gaps closed?
3. 01:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery, 1. The Photograph
  1/5The amateur sleuth's island break is disrupted by a death - and a photo.
4. 01:30
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery, 2. Nightmares
  2/5The Major's sudden death leaves Miss Marple wondering if it's murder?
5. 02:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery, 3. Accosted
  3/5Tensions start to grow on the holiday island as a murder investigation gets underway.
6. 02:30
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery, 4. Unnatural Causes
  4/5With the island's murder tally now standing at two, the spinster sleuth needs an ally.
7. 03:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery, 5. Nemesis
  5/5After two murders and an attempted suicide, the amateur sleuth battles to find a link.
8. 03:30
  A Good Read—John Sergeant and Anjum Anand
  John Sergeant and Anjum Anand join Sue MacGregor to discuss favourite books. From 2010.
9. 04:00
  Adrian Alington - The Amazing Test Match Crime
  Can a dastardly plot to destroy the British - by wrecking cricket - be foiled?
10. 05:30
  Great Lives—Kulvinder Ghir on Zoran Music
  Comedian and actor Kulvinder Ghir nominates the life of the artist Zoran Music.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery, 1. The Photograph
  1/5The amateur sleuth's island break is disrupted by a death - and a photo.
2. 06:30
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery, 2. Nightmares
  2/5The Major's sudden death leaves Miss Marple wondering if it's murder?
3. 07:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery, 3. Accosted
  3/5Tensions start to grow on the holiday island as a murder investigation gets underway.
4. 07:30
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery, 4. Unnatural Causes
  4/5With the island's murder tally now standing at two, the spinster sleuth needs an ally.
5. 08:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - A Caribbean Mystery, 5. Nemesis
  5/5After two murders and an attempted suicide, the amateur sleuth battles to find a link.
6. 08:30
  Ray's a Laugh—From 11/10/49
  Ted is 'gonged' and argues with Kitty. Reporter George blunders again.
7. 09:00
  Not in Front of the Children—Series 1, The George Washington Complex
  6/13Can the idea of honesty gain sway in the Corner household?
8. 09:30
  Bristow—Series 1, Stranger on a Train
  5/6The clerk helps his colleague, Jones, to plan his escape from Chester Perry.
9. 10:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Islands, Dawn French
  From Alison Moyet to James Taylor. Dawn French shares her castaway choices.
10. 10:45
  Multi Story Shorts—Living Together
  The Older Women's Co-Housing group who have built a new "intentional" community in London.
11. 11:00
  Radiolab—Series 4, Memory and Forgetting
  1/8Radiolab looks behind the curtain of how memories are made... and forgotten.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Poetry Extra—Make Perhaps This Out Sense Of Can You
  Daljit Nagra selects the very best programmes from the BBC's poetry archives.
2. 12:30
  Believe It!—Series 3, Knight Fever
  1/3Post-heart attack, what does Richard Wilson most need?
3. 13:00
  4 Extra at the British Seaside
  Seaside entertainer Tony Lidington takes a trip to Brighton for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
4. 16:00
  Andrew Rissik - A Man Alone—1. Anthony
  1/3Philip Tremayne relives his friendship with the clever but vulnerable Anthony.
5. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—Make Perhaps This Out Sense Of Can You
  Daljit Nagra selects the very best programmes from the BBC's poetry archives.
6. 17:30
  Believe It!—Series 3, Knight Fever
  1/3Post-heart attack, what does Richard Wilson most need?
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Mind's Eye—Virtuoso
  1/5A woman claiming her hands are possessed is met with scepticism. Stars Dermot Crowley.
2. 18:30
  The World of Daphne Du Maurier—2. The Alibi
  2/5Tony Britton plays a man whose midlife crisis sparks a life-changing incident.
3. 19:00
  Radiolab—Series 4, Memory and Forgetting
  1/8Radiolab looks behind the curtain of how memories are made... and forgotten.
4. 20:00
  Andrew Rissik - A Man Alone—1. Anthony
  1/3Philip Tremayne relives his friendship with the clever but vulnerable Anthony.
5. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Islands, Dawn French
  From Alison Moyet to James Taylor. Dawn French shares her castaway choices.
6. 21:45
  Multi Story Shorts—Living Together
  The Older Women's Co-Housing group who have built a new "intentional" community in London.
7. 22:00
  Believe It!—Series 3, Knight Fever
  1/3Post-heart attack, what does Richard Wilson most need?
8. 22:30
  Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/6The comedian finds 1001 uses for peas, misses a meeting and shuns a caravan owner.
9. 23:00
  The Mark Steel Lecture—Series 1, Oliver Cromwell
  1/4The soldier statesman kicks off the radical comic's profile of English historical figures.
10. 23:30
  Clayton Grange—Series 1, Episode 3
  3/4The team of brilliantly stupid scientists attempt to make war just a little gentler.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Mind's Eye—Virtuoso
  1/5A woman claiming her hands are possessed is met with scepticism. Stars Dermot Crowley.
2. 00:30
  The World of Daphne Du Maurier—2. The Alibi
  2/5Tony Britton plays a man whose midlife crisis sparks a life-changing incident.
3. 01:00
  4 Extra at the British Seaside
  Seaside entertainer Tony Lidington takes a trip to Brighton for BBC Radio 4 Extra.
4. 04:00
  Andrew Rissik - A Man Alone—1. Anthony
  1/3Philip Tremayne relives his friendship with the clever but vulnerable Anthony.
5. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—Make Perhaps This Out Sense Of Can You
  Daljit Nagra selects the very best programmes from the BBC's poetry archives.
6. 05:30
  Believe It!—Series 3, Knight Fever
  1/3Post-heart attack, what does Richard Wilson most need?

Monday 3 August 2020