BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 24 October 2021

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Dave Simpson - Nightmares
  A nurse fears attack by a grotesquely masked knifeman as nightmares and waking hours blur.
2. 01:00
  Pieces of Britney—8. #FreeBritney
  Pandora Sykes explores the movement to liberate Britney from her conservatorship
3. 02:00
  Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life—Series 3, Autumn
  3/4Mark Watson continues his doomed quest to understand the world.
4. 02:30
  Revolting People—Series 4, Pirates
  4/6Brimshaw, McGurk and the Oliphants attempt to flee to England.
5. 03:00
  Radio Active—Series 5, Did You Catch It?
  8/8The station's Choir of the Year Competition is settled by a game of tug o' war.
6. 03:30
  28 Acts in 28 Minutes—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/328 performers get 60 seconds to entertain. With John Humphrys.
7. 04:00
  Wimsey—Whose Body?
  Suave sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey probes the mystery of a corpse in a Battersea bathtub.
8. 05:30
  The Rite of Autumn
  Folklorist Doc Rowe on how we mark summer's end in 'The Rite of Autumn'.
9. 05:50
  Tweet of the Day—Tweet Take 5: Pink Footed Geese
  Extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring pink footed geese.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Omnibus)
  Muriel Spark's sparkling and much-loved classic story of an Edinburgh school teacher.
2. 07:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Stephen McGann
  The actor chooses music by Glenn Miller and The Beatles.
3. 07:20
  Isabel Colegate - The Shooting Party (Omnibus)
  1913: A Country House party and English society under the microscope. With Olivia Colman.
4. 08:30
  Doctor at Large—Disengagement
  11/13Sparrow gets inadvertently betrothed, so it is up to Benskin and Spratt to help him out.
5. 09:00
  Not in Front of the Children—Series 2, Country Style
  13/13The Corners are excited to learn that their home may become famous.
6. 09:30
  Man at the Helm—Episode 4
  4/4Nina Stibbe’s comic novel. Elizabeth gets a job and has a run-in with her new boss.
7. 10:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Black American Icons, Nile Rodgers
  Musician and Chic co-founder Nile Rodgers is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
8. 10:45
  Midnight's Children: Salman Rushdie in Conversation
  Salman Rushdie talks to radio director Emma Harding about his novel Midnight's Children.
9. 11:00
  Radiolab—Series 8, Man v Machine
  7/8Radiolab explores whether new ideas and new inventions are inevitable?
10. 11:55
  Inheritance Tracks—Stephen McGann
  The actor chooses music by Glenn Miller and The Beatles.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Poetry Extra—Autumn Poems
  Dajlit Nagra selects a compilation programme of Autumnal poems from the BBC archive.
2. 12:30
  Ability—Series 1, The Date
  1/4Matt persuades his carer Bob to pretend to be him and ring a prospective internet date.
3. 13:00
  The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead (Omnibus)
  Leonora Carrington was the last surviving member of the Surrealist movement of the 1930s.
4. 14:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Willard White
  Opera singer Willard White chooses music by Nat King Cole and Bach.
5. 14:20
  44 Scotland Street (Omnibus)—Series 5 (Omnibus)
  Bruce's new girlfriend has a chequered past, while Bertie's father has a poetic encounter.
6. 15:30
  Living World—Winter Ladybirds
  As the cold nights draw in, ladybirds come indoors for the winter months.
7. 15:50
  Tweet of the Day—Tweet Take 5 : Tawny Owl
  An Extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the tawny owl
8. 16:00
  Mike Dorrell - Pictures of the Floating World
  New York, 1955. Designing the Guggenheim Museum proves tricky for Frank Lloyd Wright.
9. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—Autumn Poems
  Dajlit Nagra selects a compilation programme of Autumnal poems from the BBC archive.
10. 17:30
  Ability—Series 1, The Date
  1/4Matt persuades his carer Bob to pretend to be him and ring a prospective internet date.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Scramble by Martin Kiszko—3. Race Against Time
  3/3Racing against time, Mel battles to use music to thwart a crucial government project.
2. 18:30
  The Darker Side of the Border—3. The Brownie of the Black Haggs by James Hogg
  3/3Lady Wheelhope becomes dangerously obsessed with a mysterious servant.
3. 19:00
  Radiolab—Series 8, Man v Machine
  7/8Radiolab explores whether new ideas and new inventions are inevitable?
4. 19:55
  Inheritance Tracks—Stephen McGann
  The actor chooses music by Glenn Miller and The Beatles.
5. 20:00
  Mike Dorrell - Pictures of the Floating World
  New York, 1955. Designing the Guggenheim Museum proves tricky for Frank Lloyd Wright.
6. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Black American Icons, Nile Rodgers
  Musician and Chic co-founder Nile Rodgers is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
7. 21:45
  Midnight's Children: Salman Rushdie in Conversation
  Salman Rushdie talks to radio director Emma Harding about his novel Midnight's Children.
8. 22:00
  Ability—Series 1, The Date
  1/4Matt persuades his carer Bob to pretend to be him and ring a prospective internet date.
9. 22:30
  Mark Steel's in Town—Series 1, Portland
  6/6Stand-up from the Isle of Portland, Dorset: what makes the island so distinctive.
10. 23:00
  Arthur Smith's Balham Bash—Series 3, Episode 1
  1/4Arthur Smith presents music and comedy from his home in Balham.
11. 23:30
  A Look Back at the Nineties—1998
  4/5Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Jack Dee 'look back' at the decade yet to happen.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Scramble by Martin Kiszko—3. Race Against Time
  3/3Racing against time, Mel battles to use music to thwart a crucial government project.
2. 00:30
  The Darker Side of the Border—3. The Brownie of the Black Haggs by James Hogg
  3/3Lady Wheelhope becomes dangerously obsessed with a mysterious servant.
3. 01:00
  The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead (Omnibus)
  Leonora Carrington was the last surviving member of the Surrealist movement of the 1930s.
4. 02:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Willard White
  Opera singer Willard White chooses music by Nat King Cole and Bach.
5. 02:20
  44 Scotland Street (Omnibus)—Series 5 (Omnibus)
  Bruce's new girlfriend has a chequered past, while Bertie's father has a poetic encounter.
6. 03:30
  Living World—Winter Ladybirds
  As the cold nights draw in, ladybirds come indoors for the winter months.
7. 03:50
  Tweet of the Day—Tweet Take 5 : Tawny Owl
  An Extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the tawny owl
8. 04:00
  Mike Dorrell - Pictures of the Floating World
  New York, 1955. Designing the Guggenheim Museum proves tricky for Frank Lloyd Wright.
9. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—Autumn Poems
  Dajlit Nagra selects a compilation programme of Autumnal poems from the BBC archive.
10. 05:30
  Ability—Series 1, The Date
  1/4Matt persuades his carer Bob to pretend to be him and ring a prospective internet date.

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