BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Monday 12 July 2021

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
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.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Destination - Fire!—Series 3, 9. Fire Proof
  9/13Fire Investigator ‘Q’ Barnaby links a cottage fire to a suspicious death elsewhere.
2. 06:30
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1. Heart of Fire
  1/6The'Heart of Fire' ruby once adorned the crown of Tsars, but you own it at your peril...
3. 07:00
  Big Problems with Helen Keen—Series 1, Love
  1/4The problems of finding the perfect mate, including how the bicycle revolutionised sex.
4. 07:30
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 75, Episode 4
  4/675th Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
5. 08:00
  Steptoe and Son—Series 5, The Desperate Hours
  1/6Some unwelcome visitors arrive. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell and Leonard Rossiter
6. 08:30
  England, Their England by AG Macdonell—Episode 3
  3/6Can Donald Cameron survive when has to play cricket in a sleepy little Kentish village?
7. 09:00
  Quote... Unquote—Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang and John Sergeant
  Nigel Rees quizzes Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang and John Sergeant.
8. 09:30
  Beachcomber... By the Way—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/6JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, Patricia Routledge and John Sessions
9. 10:00
  Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis—1. Nikos
  1/2Zorba the Greek begins to teach a young writer about the real meaning of life.
10. 11:00
  TED Radio Hour—Series 8, The Biology of Sex
  11/48Manoush Zomorodi explores the complex world of biological sex
11. 11:50
  Inheritance Tracks—Jonathan Dimbleby
  Presenter Jonathan Dimbleby chooses Bill Haley and Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Steptoe and Son—Series 5, The Desperate Hours
  1/6Some unwelcome visitors arrive. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell and Leonard Rossiter
2. 12:30
  England, Their England by AG Macdonell—Episode 3
  3/6Can Donald Cameron survive when has to play cricket in a sleepy little Kentish village?
3. 13:00
  Destination - Fire!—Series 3, 9. Fire Proof
  9/13Fire Investigator ‘Q’ Barnaby links a cottage fire to a suspicious death elsewhere.
4. 13:30
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1. Heart of Fire
  1/6The'Heart of Fire' ruby once adorned the crown of Tsars, but you own it at your peril...
5. 14:00
  Beryl Bainbridge: Love By All Sorts Of Means—1. Early Years at Formby
  1/5A biography of the novelist by Brendan King, read by James Fleet and Samantha Bond
6. 14:15
  Shardlake—Heartstone, Episode 6
  6/10CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake.
7. 14:30
  The Countertenor
  Men who sing in falsetto. Bidisha on the countertenor voice, from Purcell to Plan B.
8. 15:00
  Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis—1. Nikos
  1/2Zorba the Greek begins to teach a young writer about the real meaning of life.
9. 16:00
  Quote... Unquote—Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang and John Sergeant
  Nigel Rees quizzes Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang and John Sergeant.
10. 16:30
  Beachcomber... By the Way—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/6JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, Patricia Routledge and John Sessions
11. 17:00
  Big Problems with Helen Keen—Series 1, Love
  1/4The problems of finding the perfect mate, including how the bicycle revolutionised sex.
12. 17:30
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 75, Episode 4
  4/675th Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Charles Chilton - Journey into Space—The World in Peril, Episode 1
  1/20Jet Morgan's crew return to Earth, but their problems are only just beginning.
2. 18:30
  A Good Read—Sophi Tranchell and Alison Graham
  Fairtrade entrepreneur Sophi Tranchell and TV critic Alison Graham join Harriett Gilbert.
3. 19:00
  Steptoe and Son—Series 5, The Desperate Hours
  1/6Some unwelcome visitors arrive. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell and Leonard Rossiter
4. 19:30
  England, Their England by AG Macdonell—Episode 3
  3/6Can Donald Cameron survive when has to play cricket in a sleepy little Kentish village?
5. 20:00
  Destination - Fire!—Series 3, 9. Fire Proof
  9/13Fire Investigator ‘Q’ Barnaby links a cottage fire to a suspicious death elsewhere.
6. 20:30
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1. Heart of Fire
  1/6The'Heart of Fire' ruby once adorned the crown of Tsars, but you own it at your peril...
7. 21:00
  TED Radio Hour—Series 8, The Biology of Sex
  11/48Manoush Zomorodi explores the complex world of biological sex
8. 21:50
  Inheritance Tracks—Jonathan Dimbleby
  Presenter Jonathan Dimbleby chooses Bill Haley and Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
9. 22:00
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 75, Episode 4
  4/675th Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
10. 22:30
  Father Figure—Pilot
  A new Belfast house-husband has a dog of a first day embracing his change of lifestyle.
11. 23:00
  Dead Ringers—Series 21, Episode 5
  5/6With an online audience, new topical comedy known as the Broadcasting House variant.
12. 23:30
  Hal—Series 2, Exes
  3/4Hal Cruttenden is confronted by his wife's romantic past in a way he could never predict.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Charles Chilton - Journey into Space—The World in Peril, Episode 1
  1/20Jet Morgan's crew return to Earth, but their problems are only just beginning.
2. 00:30
  A Good Read—Sophi Tranchell and Alison Graham
  Fairtrade entrepreneur Sophi Tranchell and TV critic Alison Graham join Harriett Gilbert.
3. 01:00
  Destination - Fire!—Series 3, 9. Fire Proof
  9/13Fire Investigator ‘Q’ Barnaby links a cottage fire to a suspicious death elsewhere.
4. 01:30
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1. Heart of Fire
  1/6The'Heart of Fire' ruby once adorned the crown of Tsars, but you own it at your peril...
5. 02:00
  Beryl Bainbridge: Love By All Sorts Of Means—1. Early Years at Formby
  1/5A biography of the novelist by Brendan King, read by James Fleet and Samantha Bond
6. 02:15
  Shardlake—Heartstone, Episode 6
  6/10CJ Sansom's Tudor mystery featuring lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake.
7. 02:30
  The Countertenor
  Men who sing in falsetto. Bidisha on the countertenor voice, from Purcell to Plan B.
8. 03:00
  Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis—1. Nikos
  1/2Zorba the Greek begins to teach a young writer about the real meaning of life.
9. 04:00
  Quote... Unquote—Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang and John Sergeant
  Nigel Rees quizzes Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang and John Sergeant.
10. 04:30
  Beachcomber... By the Way—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/6JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, Patricia Routledge and John Sessions
11. 05:00
  Big Problems with Helen Keen—Series 1, Love
  1/4The problems of finding the perfect mate, including how the bicycle revolutionised sex.
12. 05:30
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 75, Episode 4
  4/675th Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.

Tuesday 13 July 2021