BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 9 May 2021

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Dan Dare—Series 1, 1 The Voyage of Venus 1/2
  1/6The dashing pilot is selected to take an alien-inspired spacecraft to Venus.
2. 00:30
  Eagle: The Space Age Weekly
  Sir Tim Rice explores the lasting appeal of the British comic and its hero Dan Dare.
3. 01:00
  Archive on 4—Commuterville
  Matthew Sweet looks at how commuting has changed the world.
4. 02:00
  Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 1, Sophocles
  2/4A fresh look at the ancient world: Sophocles invents the TV detective.
5. 02:30
  Revolting People—Series 2, Trying Times
  1/6Sergeant McGurk reveals why the British Army won the Battle of Culloden.
6. 03:00
  The Consultants—Series 4, Episode 1
  1/6The lighthouse tour and the old-fashioned parents.
7. 03:30
  Chris Addison's Civilization—Controlling the Universe
  1/4The thinking idiot's anthropologist reveals what's next in the future of mankind.
8. 04:00
  Over the Rainbow by Bernard Kops
  The past is safer - it all works out on the silver screen. Stars Maureen Lipman.
9. 05:30
  Great Lives—Eliza Carthy on Caroline Norton
  Eliza Carthy chooses Caroline Norton who campaigned for women in the 19th-century.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus)
  Joanna Lumley reads her autobiography - using the theme of rooms in a house.
2. 07:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Bill Bailey
  Comedian Bill Bailey chooses tracks by Perry Como and Talking Heads.
3. 07:20
  Lucy Catherine - Gudrun—Series 5 (Omnibus), Episode 1
  1/2On a remote island, Gudrun seeks out an old friend.
4. 08:30
  We're in Business—Dudley's Granny
  Dudley and Harry end up at the mercy of a devious criminal.
5. 09:00
  Drop Me Here, Darling—A Winter Break
  Leslie is broke and turns to mini-cabbing, but pays the price.
6. 09:30
  Double Income, No Kids Yet—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/6After yet another night on the tiles, Lucy drags Dan to the gym.
7. 10:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Eurovision, Sir Terry Wogan
  1/5Terry Wogan shares his third set of castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2012.
8. 10:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Cicada
  David Attenborough reveals the life of insects that emerge from the earth every 17 years.
9. 11:00
  Radiolab—Series 7, Slippery Mystery
  5/8Radiolab explores a question that's been around since Aristotle: where do eels come from?
10. 11:55
  Inheritance Tracks—Bill Bailey
  Comedian Bill Bailey chooses tracks by Perry Como and Talking Heads.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Poetry Extra—The King's Muse
  Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
2. 12:30
  Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 1, Petronius
  1/4A fresh look at the ancient world. Satire, sex and sausages.
3. 13:00
  The Wonder by Emma Donoghue (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  1/2Nurse Wright arrives in Athlone in Ireland to witness a 'miracle' called Anna O'Donnell.
4. 14:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Jeff Lynne
  ELO's Jeff Lynne chooses 'If I Loved You' from Carousel by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
5. 14:20
  Stories from Hay el Matar (Omnibus)
  Sumayya Hilmi must decide the future of the family-run hospital in Damascus.
6. 15:30
  Rockets in the Desert
  Richard Hollingham meets the pioneers building spacecraft in the Mojave Desert.
7. 16:00
  Martyn Wade - Burn the Aeneid!
  After his death, author Virgil wants his magnum opus destroyed.
8. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—The King's Muse
  Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
9. 17:30
  Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 1, Petronius
  1/4A fresh look at the ancient world. Satire, sex and sausages.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Elizabeth Gaskell - Curious, If True—The Poor Clare
  3/5Investigating the heir to a fortune, a lawyer is drawn towards a woman haunted by a curse.
2. 18:45
  Murder & Mystery—Series 5, The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
  2/5A dark tale of revenge by Edgar Allan Poe.
3. 19:00
  Radiolab—Series 7, Slippery Mystery
  5/8Radiolab explores a question that's been around since Aristotle: where do eels come from?
4. 20:00
  Martyn Wade - Burn the Aeneid!
  After his death, author Virgil wants his magnum opus destroyed.
5. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Eurovision, Sir Terry Wogan
  1/5Terry Wogan shares his third set of castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2012.
6. 21:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Cicada
  David Attenborough reveals the life of insects that emerge from the earth every 17 years.
7. 22:00
  Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 1, Petronius
  1/4A fresh look at the ancient world. Satire, sex and sausages.
8. 22:30
  The Iguanodon—Two Sausage Rolls Between the Seven of Us
  3/3A startling revelation for Sam after he survives a sinking and the pirates - again.
9. 23:00
  As Told To Craig Brown—Episode 3
  3/6The satirist investigates inventions, being common and the creep of CCTV.
10. 23:30
  Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World—Series 2, The Sea
  4/6The sci-fi star probes the oceans.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Elizabeth Gaskell - Curious, If True—The Poor Clare
  3/5Investigating the heir to a fortune, a lawyer is drawn towards a woman haunted by a curse.
2. 00:45
  Murder & Mystery—Series 5, The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
  2/5A dark tale of revenge by Edgar Allan Poe.
3. 01:00
  The Wonder by Emma Donoghue (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  1/2Nurse Wright arrives in Athlone in Ireland to witness a 'miracle' called Anna O'Donnell.
4. 02:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Jeff Lynne
  ELO's Jeff Lynne chooses 'If I Loved You' from Carousel by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
5. 02:20
  Stories from Hay el Matar (Omnibus)
  Sumayya Hilmi must decide the future of the family-run hospital in Damascus.
6. 03:30
  Rockets in the Desert
  Richard Hollingham meets the pioneers building spacecraft in the Mojave Desert.
7. 04:00
  Martyn Wade - Burn the Aeneid!
  After his death, author Virgil wants his magnum opus destroyed.
8. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—The King's Muse
  Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
9. 05:30
  Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 1, Petronius
  1/4A fresh look at the ancient world. Satire, sex and sausages.

Monday 10 May 2021