BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 30 August 2020

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy—Hexagonal Phase, 5. Part the 0.83333
  5/6Thor vs Wowbagger in a fight-to-the-death, followed by cheesy nibbles and drinks.
2. 00:30
  Ben Moor - Undone—Series 2, Unwelcome
  5/6Edna and Tankerton return to her home town and attend a fete worse than death. From 2008.
3. 01:00
  Whodunnits—A Walk in the Dark, 1. Did He Fall? Or...
  1/5A man goes missing from a liner. His sister is adamant that it wasn’t suicide
4. 01:30
  Whodunnits—A Walk in the Dark, 2. Hostile Witness
  2/5DC ‘Birdie’ Partridge has an amateur sidekick. But is she a potential next victim?
5. 02:00
  Whodunnits—A Walk in the Dark, 3. Unofficial Investigations
  3/5Despite being ordered not to, ‘Birdie’ keeps investigating. Ruth makes her own enquiries.
6. 02:30
  Whodunnits—A Walk in the Dark, 4. Mistaken Identity
  4/5Ruth makes a mistake by visiting the scene of Terri's murder. Birdie comes to her rescue.
7. 03:00
  Whodunnits—A Walk in the Dark, 5. The Ends Justify the Means?
  5/5Ruth has been kidnapped and Birdie has a day of surprises in store.
8. 03:30
  A Good Read—Shirley Williams and Sathnam Sanghera
  Sue MacGregor is joined by Baroness Shirley Williams and the writer Sathnam Sanghera.
9. 04:00
  Eric Pringle - Sort of a Hero
  Jeffery Cotterell is not convinced by the explanation for his brother's death...
10. 05:30
  Great Lives—Antonia Quirke on Marlon Brando
  Marlon Brando - greatest actor of the twentieth century?
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Whodunnits—A Walk in the Dark, 1. Did He Fall? Or...
  1/5A man goes missing from a liner. His sister is adamant that it wasn’t suicide
2. 06:30
  Whodunnits—A Walk in the Dark, 2. Hostile Witness
  2/5DC ‘Birdie’ Partridge has an amateur sidekick. But is she a potential next victim?
3. 07:00
  Whodunnits—A Walk in the Dark, 3. Unofficial Investigations
  3/5Despite being ordered not to, ‘Birdie’ keeps investigating. Ruth makes her own enquiries.
4. 07:30
  Whodunnits—A Walk in the Dark, 4. Mistaken Identity
  4/5Ruth makes a mistake by visiting the scene of Terri's murder. Birdie comes to her rescue.
5. 08:00
  Whodunnits—A Walk in the Dark, 5. The Ends Justify the Means?
  5/5Ruth has been kidnapped and Birdie has a day of surprises in store.
6. 08:30
  Ray's a Laugh—From 15/11/1949
  Ted and Kitty quarrel over her frock and reporter George gets festive.
7. 09:00
  Not in Front of the Children—Series 1, Echo of the Past
  10/13Jen gets jealous when she sees Henry talking to an old girlfriend.
8. 09:30
  Rent—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/6Maria is in the grip of a writer's block. Will her housemates help?
9. 10:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Islands, Roy Dotrice
  From Frank Sinatra to Dylan Thomas. Actor Roy Dotrice shares his castaway choices.
10. 10:30
  Know Your Place—Lift Off
  1/8Jobsworth caretaker Ramsay Potts' love of rules sparks catastrophe for an MP in a lift.
11. 11:00
  Radiolab—Series 4, Buried Bodies
  5/8Radiolab asks how far lawyers should go to provide the best defence to the worst people.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Poetry Extra—Street Reach Girls
  Daljit Nagra chooses 'Street Reach Girls', presented by Barnsley poet Ian MacMillan.
2. 12:30
  All Those Women—Series 3, Episode 2
  2/4Maggie's in a flap after her free-spirited cousin Max arrives for a visit.
3. 13:00
  Natalie Haynes' Back to School
  Natalie Haynes relives school highlights and horrors.
4. 16:00
  Pepys: Fire of London
  The Great Fire of London, as witnessed by the diarist, Samuel Pepys, 350 years ago.
5. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—Street Reach Girls
  Daljit Nagra chooses 'Street Reach Girls', presented by Barnsley poet Ian MacMillan.
6. 17:30
  All Those Women—Series 3, Episode 2
  2/4Maggie's in a flap after her free-spirited cousin Max arrives for a visit.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Mind's Eye—Lodgers
  5/5Lorcan and Aoife discover something odd about residents of Maeve's busy Dublin guesthouse.
2. 18:30
  The Man in Black—Series 3, Connect by Lucy Moore
  1/5Mark Gatiss introduces a chilling tale of a helpline volunteer and a very sinister caller.
3. 19:00
  Radiolab—Series 4, Buried Bodies
  5/8Radiolab asks how far lawyers should go to provide the best defence to the worst people.
4. 20:00
  Pepys: Fire of London
  The Great Fire of London, as witnessed by the diarist, Samuel Pepys, 350 years ago.
5. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Islands, Roy Dotrice
  From Frank Sinatra to Dylan Thomas. Actor Roy Dotrice shares his castaway choices.
6. 21:30
  Know Your Place—Lift Off
  1/8Jobsworth caretaker Ramsay Potts' love of rules sparks catastrophe for an MP in a lift.
7. 22:00
  All Those Women—Series 3, Episode 2
  2/4Maggie's in a flap after her free-spirited cousin Max arrives for a visit.
8. 22:30
  Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking—Series 2, Episode 5
  5/6An attic full of peas, going from Girl Guide to sumo wrestler and dull holidays.
9. 23:00
  Liam Williams: Ladhood—Series 1, The Fight
  1/4Comedian Liam Williams tells of his teenage misadventures in the Yorkshire suburbs.
10. 23:30
  What to Do If You're Not Like Everybody Else—Series 2, Home Making
  3/4The perils of decorating and furnishing our homes and then inviting people round.
11. 23:45
  My Booze Hell, by Little Johnny Cartilage—And Cue Supersonic
  3/4The washed-up TV star finds himself 'In the Psychiatrist's Chair' with Dr Anthony Clare.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Mind's Eye—Lodgers
  5/5Lorcan and Aoife discover something odd about residents of Maeve's busy Dublin guesthouse.
2. 00:30
  The Man in Black—Series 3, Connect by Lucy Moore
  1/5Mark Gatiss introduces a chilling tale of a helpline volunteer and a very sinister caller.
3. 01:00
  Natalie Haynes' Back to School
  Natalie Haynes relives school highlights and horrors.
4. 04:00
  Pepys: Fire of London
  The Great Fire of London, as witnessed by the diarist, Samuel Pepys, 350 years ago.
5. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—Street Reach Girls
  Daljit Nagra chooses 'Street Reach Girls', presented by Barnsley poet Ian MacMillan.
6. 05:30
  All Those Women—Series 3, Episode 2
  2/4Maggie's in a flap after her free-spirited cousin Max arrives for a visit.

Monday 31 August 2020