BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 29 November 2020

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Morning
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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  H Rider Haggard - King Solomon's Mines—Episode 2
  2/2Tim McInnerny stars in a classic adventure - the quest for the legendary diamond mines.
2. 01:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - They Do It With Mirrors, Episode 1
  1/5Miss Marple senses danger at a friend's manor house school for wayward boys.
3. 01:30
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - They Do It With Mirrors, Episode 2
  2/5Spinster sleuth Jane Marple detects disquiet amongst an old school friend's family.
4. 02:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - They Do It With Mirrors, Episode 3
  3/5Amateur sleuth Miss Marple assists police with the murder inquiry at Stoneygates school.
5. 02:30
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - They Do It With Mirrors, Episode 4
  4/5The spinster sleuth investigates the attempted poisoning of her friend Carrie Louise.
6. 03:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - They Do It With Mirrors, Episode 5
  5/5A chance observation by one of the family gives Jane Marple a key to solving the mystery.
7. 03:30
  A Good Read—Russell Kane and Hilary Bradt
  Russell Kane and Hilary Bradt talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
8. 04:00
  The Flight of Eric Strapp
  Eric Strapp is innocent and on the run. Stars George Cole and Stratford Johns.
9. 05:30
  Great Lives—Roger Saul chooses Gertrude Jekyll
  Fashion designer Roger Saul chooses garden designer Gertrude Jekyll
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Morning
1. 06:00
  How Not to Be a Boy by Robert Webb (Omnibus)
  Robert Webb's funny and moving memoir also explores masculinity's pitfalls.
2. 07:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Michael Bond
  Author Michael Bond chooses tracks by Charles Penrose and Frank Sinatra.
3. 07:15
  Shardlake (Omnibus)—Revelation, Episode 2
  2/2Shardlake's hunt for the killer continues. Stars Justin Salinger.
4. 08:30
  All Gas and Gaiters—Series 1, Give a Dog a Bad Name
  11/13Confusion reigns as Noote does his aunt a favour behind the Bishop's back.
5. 09:00
  Mr Willow's Wife—5. All In A Good Cause
  5/6Felicity decides to write, direct and star in her local church pantomime. From 1971.
6. 09:30
  Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends—Series 1, Police, Camera, Amphibian
  4/4Robin's dream comes true as two crimes are committed on his doorstep.
7. 10:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Coding, Dame Stephanie Shirley
  From Bach to Schubert, digital entrepreneur Stephanie Shirley makes her castaway choices.
8. 10:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Songsters
  The messages conveyed in the syllables, melodies and repeated phrases of singing birds.
9. 11:00
  Radiolab—Series 5, Worth
  2/8Radiolab: Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich investigate a strange world.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Poetry Extra—Mother Tongue - The Observing Eye
  Daljit Nagra selects the very best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
2. 12:30
  Paul Sinha's History Revision—Series 1, Football
  1/4Paul's story takes in 15th-century explorers, the slave trade and mass immigration.
3. 13:00
  The Workin's of Perkins: The Radio Life of Geoffrey Perkins
  Tribute to the producer, writer and performer who died suddenly aged just 55.
4. 16:00
  Don Haworth - Ernest's Tower
  Can Ernest, a fairground stallholder, escape his Uncle Leo's baleful shadow?
5. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—Mother Tongue - The Observing Eye
  Daljit Nagra selects the very best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
6. 17:30
  Paul Sinha's History Revision—Series 1, Football
  1/4Paul's story takes in 15th-century explorers, the slave trade and mass immigration.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving—1. Ichabod
  1/3Washington Irving's classic tale of two love rivals and a headless horseman.
2. 18:30
  Edgar Allan Poe—The Fall of the House of Usher, Episode 1
  1/2What power does the family's ancestral home hold over Roderick and Madeline Usher?
3. 19:00
  Radiolab—Series 5, Worth
  2/8Radiolab: Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich investigate a strange world.
4. 20:00
  Don Haworth - Ernest's Tower
  Can Ernest, a fairground stallholder, escape his Uncle Leo's baleful shadow?
5. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Coding, Dame Stephanie Shirley
  From Bach to Schubert, digital entrepreneur Stephanie Shirley makes her castaway choices.
6. 21:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Songsters
  The messages conveyed in the syllables, melodies and repeated phrases of singing birds.
7. 22:00
  Paul Sinha's History Revision—Series 1, Football
  1/4Paul's story takes in 15th-century explorers, the slave trade and mass immigration.
8. 22:30
  All the World's a Globe—2. Civilisation
  2/8From Egypt to origami, the National Theatre of Brent has the definitive history of Earth.
9. 22:45
  Hearing with Hegley—Series 2, Episode 2
  2/8Poems from the Luton Laureate including tales of the Tate, a jumble sale and an armadillo.
10. 23:00
  Bad Salsa—Series 2, The Cycle of Life
  4/4Each of the women gets to grips with their own particular cancer aftershocks.
11. 23:30
  We Are Klang: Amazing Lives—Explorer
  3/4Presumed dead after a 20-year trek, two explorers reveal their findings.
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Late
1. 00:00
  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving—1. Ichabod
  1/3Washington Irving's classic tale of two love rivals and a headless horseman.
2. 00:30
  Edgar Allan Poe—The Fall of the House of Usher, Episode 1
  1/2What power does the family's ancestral home hold over Roderick and Madeline Usher?
3. 01:00
  The Workin's of Perkins: The Radio Life of Geoffrey Perkins
  Tribute to the producer, writer and performer who died suddenly aged just 55.
4. 04:00
  Don Haworth - Ernest's Tower
  Can Ernest, a fairground stallholder, escape his Uncle Leo's baleful shadow?
5. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—Mother Tongue - The Observing Eye
  Daljit Nagra selects the very best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
6. 05:30
  Paul Sinha's History Revision—Series 1, Football
  1/4Paul's story takes in 15th-century explorers, the slave trade and mass immigration.

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