BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 14 March 2021

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Red Moon—Phase 6: Darkside
  6/6Eddie and Susan are embattled at a Cumbrian RAF base, hoping to avert disaster.
2. 00:30
  Lightbulbs
  Steve returns to Tipton to find his dead relatives are unsettled. Supernatural tale.
3. 01:00
  Archive on 4—Good Luck Professor Spiegelhalter
  The certainty of chance. Professor David Spiegelhalter investigates Luck.
4. 02:00
  On the Hour—Series 1, Episode 5
  5/5The latest on the 'Penelope Keith riots', and just 38 weeks to Wimbledon.
5. 02:30
  Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize—Episode 1
  1/5Sketches and monologues written and performed by Jane Bussmann and David Quantick.
6. 03:00
  Pleased to Meet You—Series 1, Episode 3
  3/490-something good-time girl Dora Dale dishes more dirt on her celebrity chums.
7. 03:30
  Chain Reaction—Series 8, Tim Minchin talks to Caitlin Moran
  5/6Comedian and musician Tim Minchin interviews journalist and author Caitlin Moran.
8. 04:00
  Dodie Smith - Dear Octopus
  Four generations prepare to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary. With Dulcie Gray.
9. 05:30
  Great Lives—George Fox
  George Fox, founder of the Quakers, nominated by Ann Limb
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Morning
1. 06:00
  The Running Hare by John Lewis-Stempel (Omnibus)
  John Lewis-Stempel is a farmer who wants to rediscover traditional practices.
2. 07:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Mariella Frostrup
  Broadcaster Mariella Frostrup chooses Leonard Cohen and Van Morrison
3. 07:20
  Blood and Milk by Gregory Evans—Series 2 (Omnibus)
  Megan wants to expand her dairy business but her troubled sister is complicating matters.
4. 08:30
  Meet the Huggetts—No Fear
  Family chaos reigns when Bobby Huggett plays the hero.
5. 09:00
  Drop Me Here, Darling—A Sporting Weekend
  Caroline needs Leslie to pretend that they’re still married in order to land a contract.
6. 09:30
  Ed Reardon's Week—Series 3, Undercover
  3/6Grumpy writer Ed shaves his beard to work as a mystery shopper.
7. 10:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Children's Writers, JK Rowling
  From the Beatles to Beethoven. The Harry Potter author shares her castaway choices.
8. 10:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Collecting
  The naturalist comments on the decline in collecting by children.
9. 11:00
  Radiolab—Series 7, Dispatches From 1918
  1/8Radiolab draws on the experiences of 1918 to explore a post COVID-19 world.
10. 11:55
  Inheritance Tracks—Mariella Frostrup
  Broadcaster Mariella Frostrup chooses Leonard Cohen and Van Morrison
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Poetry Extra—Conversations on a Bench: Strabane - Maureen Boyle
  Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
2. 12:30
  Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On—Series 1, Art with Phill Jupitus
  4/4Susan Calman tries to unwind by visiting an art gallery with Phill Jupitus.
3. 13:00
  Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  1/2At boarding school Kathy, Tommy and Ruth begin to realise the fate that lies in store.
4. 14:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Bruce Dickinson
  Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson chooses music by Deep Purple and Arthur Brown.
5. 14:20
  Writing the Century - Omnibus—The Hanleys
  By Lizzie Nunnery, from the letters of writers James and Timmie Hanley to their son Liam.
6. 15:30
  Frankly Speaking—Harold Lloyd
  Silent film comedy great Harold Lloyd answers questions in the pioneering interview series
7. 16:00
  Jo Anderson - Fast Coach from Gneixendorf
  Beethoven desperately tries to put a misunderstanding aside and help his nephew Karl.
8. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—Conversations on a Bench: Strabane - Maureen Boyle
  Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
9. 17:30
  Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On—Series 1, Art with Phill Jupitus
  4/4Susan Calman tries to unwind by visiting an art gallery with Phill Jupitus.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Katie Hims - Listening to the Dead—4. Ruby's Shoes
  4/5Ruby is cursed with clairvoyance in a 1970s age of experimental psychology.
2. 18:45
  Charles Dickens—Tales of the Supernatural, A Madman's Manuscript
  4/5From his prison cell, a madman looks back on the horrific events that led him there.
3. 19:00
  Radiolab—Series 7, Dispatches From 1918
  1/8Radiolab draws on the experiences of 1918 to explore a post COVID-19 world.
4. 19:55
  Inheritance Tracks—Mariella Frostrup
  Broadcaster Mariella Frostrup chooses Leonard Cohen and Van Morrison
5. 20:00
  Jo Anderson - Fast Coach from Gneixendorf
  Beethoven desperately tries to put a misunderstanding aside and help his nephew Karl.
6. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Children's Writers, JK Rowling
  From the Beatles to Beethoven. The Harry Potter author shares her castaway choices.
7. 21:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Collecting
  The naturalist comments on the decline in collecting by children.
8. 22:00
  Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On—Series 1, Art with Phill Jupitus
  4/4Susan Calman tries to unwind by visiting an art gallery with Phill Jupitus.
9. 22:30
  Dave Podmore—Dave Podmore's World of Cricket, Episode 3
  3/4Asked to advise on a new cricketing film, the star player causes havoc in Hollywood.
10. 23:00
  Newsjack—Series 24, Episode 3
  3/4Newsjack brings topical sketches and one liners written by you, the Great British public.
11. 23:30
  Pleased to Meet You—Series 1, Episode 4
  4/490-something Dora Dale dishes more dirt on her celebrity chums.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Katie Hims - Listening to the Dead—4. Ruby's Shoes
  4/5Ruby is cursed with clairvoyance in a 1970s age of experimental psychology.
2. 00:45
  Charles Dickens—Tales of the Supernatural, A Madman's Manuscript
  4/5From his prison cell, a madman looks back on the horrific events that led him there.
3. 01:00
  Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  1/2At boarding school Kathy, Tommy and Ruth begin to realise the fate that lies in store.
4. 02:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Bruce Dickinson
  Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson chooses music by Deep Purple and Arthur Brown.
5. 02:20
  Writing the Century - Omnibus—The Hanleys
  By Lizzie Nunnery, from the letters of writers James and Timmie Hanley to their son Liam.
6. 03:30
  Frankly Speaking—Harold Lloyd
  Silent film comedy great Harold Lloyd answers questions in the pioneering interview series
7. 04:00
  Jo Anderson - Fast Coach from Gneixendorf
  Beethoven desperately tries to put a misunderstanding aside and help his nephew Karl.
8. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—Conversations on a Bench: Strabane - Maureen Boyle
  Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
9. 05:30
  Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On—Series 1, Art with Phill Jupitus
  4/4Susan Calman tries to unwind by visiting an art gallery with Phill Jupitus.

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