BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 11 July 2021

Schedule

Skip to:

Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  272 Attempts by Bryony Lavery
  Why are large number of children tagged in an isolated house with graves nearby..?
2. 01:00
  Archive on 4—The Medium Is the Message
  Douglas Coupland explores the ideas, sound and vision of 1960s media seer Marshall McLuhan
3. 02:00
  Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar—Series 1, Pretending & Sandwiches
  1/4Alexei Sayle delivers stand-up, memoir and philosophy from his Imaginary Sandwich Bar.
4. 02:30
  Life on Egg—Series 1, Inspection
  1/6Harry Hill has his work cut out when inspectors arrive to rate his prison, the Egg.
5. 02:45
  Woof—True Tales of Romance and Failure, A Foreign Tongue
  1/4Bittersweet stories written and performed by Chris Neill with Martin Hyder and Isy Suttie.
6. 03:00
  Rigor Mortis—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/6The pathologists try to get to know the people they're autopsying. Stars Peter Davison.
7. 03:30
  Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/4Ringmaster Colin with Thwor, the mighty (Leeds-based) god of Thwunder.
8. 04:00
  Inspector Morse—House of Ghosts
  Oxford 1987. Morse faces dark memories and a theatrical murder mystery with nine suspects.
9. 05:30
  Great Lives—Louis Armstrong
  Band leader Chris Barber chooses legendary jazz trumpeter, Louis Armstrong.
Back to top
Morning
1. 06:00
  The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  Cora seeks help from her London friend, Dr Luke Garrett.
2. 07:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Fiona Shaw
  The actress chooses Cat Stevens and a chorus from Francis Poulenc.
3. 07:20
  Shardlake (Omnibus)—Heartstone, Episode 1
  1/2Lawyer-detective Shardlake goes to Portsmouth and the French are preparing to attack
4. 08:30
  A Life of Bliss—A Spy in the Camp
  David needs to find a new secretary and finds himself landed with his boss’s niece.
5. 09:00
  The Arthur Haynes Show—From 04/08/1963
  The popular comedian stars in Johnny Speight's sketches. With Nicholas Parsons.
6. 09:30
  An Actor's Life for Me—Series 1, Separate Troubles
  4/7Sue has thrown actor Robert out. What could possibly bring them together again?
7. 10:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Comic Castaways 3, Lee Mack
  Lee Mack, comedian, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs
8. 10:45
  Multi Story Shorts—A Changing Body
  A potentially life-saving operation, has an unexpected side effect of body confidence.
9. 11:00
  Sneakernomics—9. Footnotes
  Our story goes full circle as two shoe-making brothers light the path for the future.
Back to top
Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Poetry Extra—Pick a Sky and Name It
  Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
2. 12:30
  Start/Stop—Series 3, 3. Tinder
  3/6Alice joins a life drawing class but David is jealous.
3. 13:00
  A Dangerous Innocence by Elizabeth Jane Howard (Omnibus)
  Biography of the author of The Cazalet Chronicles: Elizabeth Jane Howard
4. 14:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Kim Wilde
  Singer Kim Wilde with tracks by Cilla Black and Paul Simon.
5. 14:20
  Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  1/2A young man escapes a dreary clerkship by taking a job as a teacher in Belgium.
6. 15:30
  Linard's Travels
  An insight into the life of Linard Davies, a baggage attendant at San Francisco airport.
7. 16:00
  Rose Tremain—Who Was Emily Davison?
  Tragic history of Emily Davison who threw herself in front of the King's horse in 1913.
8. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—Pick a Sky and Name It
  Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
9. 17:30
  Start/Stop—Series 3, 3. Tinder
  3/6Alice joins a life drawing class but David is jealous.
Back to top
Evening
1. 18:00
  Val McDermid - Resistance—Episode 1
  1/3Val McDermid's thriller examines what happens if antibiotics stop working.
2. 18:45
  Roald Dahl: Served with a Twist—My Lady Love, My Dove
  3/5Charles Dance tells a darkly comic tale by the master of the bizarre. With Penelope Keith.
3. 19:00
  Sneakernomics—9. Footnotes
  Our story goes full circle as two shoe-making brothers light the path for the future.
4. 20:00
  Rose Tremain—Who Was Emily Davison?
  Tragic history of Emily Davison who threw herself in front of the King's horse in 1913.
5. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Comic Castaways 3, Lee Mack
  Lee Mack, comedian, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs
6. 21:45
  Multi Story Shorts—A Changing Body
  A potentially life-saving operation, has an unexpected side effect of body confidence.
7. 22:00
  Start/Stop—Series 3, 3. Tinder
  3/6Alice joins a life drawing class but David is jealous.
8. 22:30
  The Mel and Sue Thing—Episode 5
  5/6A tennis battle of the sexes, Jane Austen and TV sleuths.
9. 23:00
  Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar—Series 1, Political Beliefs
  2/4Alexei Sayle delivers stand-up, memoir and philosophy from his Imaginary Sandwich Bar.
10. 23:30
  Masala FM—Episode 3
  3/6When Auntieji upsets a listener, can Khalid save the Asian station?
Back to top
Late
1. 00:00
  Val McDermid - Resistance—Episode 1
  1/3Val McDermid's thriller examines what happens if antibiotics stop working.
2. 00:45
  Roald Dahl: Served with a Twist—My Lady Love, My Dove
  3/5Charles Dance tells a darkly comic tale by the master of the bizarre. With Penelope Keith.
3. 01:00
  A Dangerous Innocence by Elizabeth Jane Howard (Omnibus)
  Biography of the author of The Cazalet Chronicles: Elizabeth Jane Howard
4. 02:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Kim Wilde
  Singer Kim Wilde with tracks by Cilla Black and Paul Simon.
5. 02:20
  Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  1/2A young man escapes a dreary clerkship by taking a job as a teacher in Belgium.
6. 03:30
  Linard's Travels
  An insight into the life of Linard Davies, a baggage attendant at San Francisco airport.
7. 04:00
  Rose Tremain—Who Was Emily Davison?
  Tragic history of Emily Davison who threw herself in front of the King's horse in 1913.
8. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—Pick a Sky and Name It
  Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
9. 05:30
  Start/Stop—Series 3, 3. Tinder
  3/6Alice joins a life drawing class but David is jealous.

Monday 12 July 2021