BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 31 October 2021

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Early
1. 00:00
  Frankenstein by Mary Shelley—1. The Passenger
  1/2While sailing through the Arctic wastes, Captain Walton picks up an unexpected passenger.
2. 01:00
  A History of Ghosts (Omnibus)—Part 1
  1/2From a violent medieval spectre to pregnant ghosts. Kirsty Logan explores Ghost Lore.
3. 01:00
  Wally K Daly—Time Slip
  Paul Williamson arrives home, only to find himself already there. What is going on?
4. 02:00
  Bleak Expectations—Series 4, A Tolerable Life De-Happified
  1/6Attacked by sinister custard, Pip must fight a new form of evil.
5. 02:30
  Arthur Smith's Balham Bash—Series 3, Episode 1
  1/4Arthur Smith presents music and comedy from his home in Balham.
6. 03:00
  Ability—Series 1, The Date
  1/4Matt persuades his carer Bob to pretend to be him and ring a prospective internet date.
7. 03:30
  Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes—Series 4, Market Towns
  1/3Elis James determines which Welsh market towns are the nation’s best.
8. 04:00
  Hercule Poirot—Hallowe'en Party
  The Belgian sleuth investigates the murder of a child on All Hallows' Eve.
9. 05:30
  Great Lives—Stephen Fry on PG Wodehouse
  Stephen Fry nominates his hero, PG Wodehouse, who just simply cheers him up.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Gainsborough by James Hamilton (Omnibus)
  A legacy from his uncle gives 13-year-old Thomas the means to go to London to study art.
2. 07:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Zandra Rhodes
  Fashion designer Zandra Rhodes chooses the music of Ravel and Bizet.
3. 07:20
  AJ Cronin - The Citadel (Omnibus)—Series 2
  Drama series about medical life before the NHS, set in 1920s south Wales.
4. 08:30
  Doctor at Large—Fellowship
  12/13An X-ray mix-up leads Simon Sparrow's confused friends to fear his end is in sight.
5. 09:00
  Life With The Lyons—Let The Men Do It
  Bills, bills, bills and more bills. Can Ben show Bebe how to make household savings?
6. 09:30
  Reluctant Persuaders—Series 2, 1: Live Young
  1/4The team are confronted with an unexpected challenge - a can of water.
7. 10:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Musicians, Tracey Thorn
  Tracey Thorn, musician and writer, is interviewed by Lauren Laverne
8. 10:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Fireflies
  Fireflies generate light by themselves and they do this with style.
9. 11:00
  Radiolab—Series 8, Inner Voices
  8/8Radiolab explores how the inner voices in our heads shape us, for better and worse
10. 11:55
  Inheritance Tracks—Zandra Rhodes
  Fashion designer Zandra Rhodes chooses the music of Ravel and Bizet.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Poetry Extra—Blithe Sprits: Monsters and The Essay: An Ode to John Keats
  Daljit Nagra chooses the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
2. 12:30
  Ability—Series 1, The Assessment
  2/4Matt's rubbish carer Bob is due for his first assessment.
3. 13:00
  The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  1/2It's 1981 and the year starts inauspiciously for Adrian Mole.
4. 14:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Richard Blackwood
  Actor and comedian Richard Blackwood chooses tracks by Junior and Stevie Wonder.
5. 14:20
  Incredible Women - Omnibuses—Series 7 (Omnibus)
  A hapless reporter must track down a high-flying establishment figure with a shadowy past
6. 15:30
  The Uncanny
  How has the uncanny shaped fiction, film, architecture and art?
7. 16:00
  Marcy Kahan - Victorville
  Los Angeles, 1940, the most crucial collaboration in the history of cinema took place.
8. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—Blithe Sprits: Monsters and The Essay: An Ode to John Keats
  Daljit Nagra chooses the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
9. 17:30
  Ability—Series 1, The Assessment
  2/4Matt's rubbish carer Bob is due for his first assessment.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Frankenstein by Mary Shelley—2. Fearful
  2/2In the mountains, Frankenstein comes face-to-face with what he most hates and fears.
2. 19:00
  Radiolab—Series 8, Inner Voices
  8/8Radiolab explores how the inner voices in our heads shape us, for better and worse
3. 19:55
  Inheritance Tracks—Zandra Rhodes
  Fashion designer Zandra Rhodes chooses the music of Ravel and Bizet.
4. 20:00
  Marcy Kahan - Victorville
  Los Angeles, 1940, the most crucial collaboration in the history of cinema took place.
5. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Musicians, Tracey Thorn
  Tracey Thorn, musician and writer, is interviewed by Lauren Laverne
6. 21:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Fireflies
  Fireflies generate light by themselves and they do this with style.
7. 22:00
  Ability—Series 1, The Assessment
  2/4Matt's rubbish carer Bob is due for his first assessment.
8. 22:30
  The Million Pound Radio Show—Series 1, Episode 2
  2/4Save the seal - and how to lose unwanted hair. Vintage sharp-edged topical humour.
9. 23:00
  Arthur Smith's Balham Bash—Series 3, Episode 2
  2/4Arthur Smith entertains at his south London home, with Alex Wilson's salsa combo.
10. 23:30
  A Look Back at the Nineties—1999
  5/5Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Rory Bremner 'look back' at the decade yet to happen.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Frankenstein by Mary Shelley—2. Fearful
  2/2In the mountains, Frankenstein comes face-to-face with what he most hates and fears.
2. 01:00
  The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  1/2It's 1981 and the year starts inauspiciously for Adrian Mole.
3. 02:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Richard Blackwood
  Actor and comedian Richard Blackwood chooses tracks by Junior and Stevie Wonder.
4. 02:20
  Incredible Women - Omnibuses—Series 7 (Omnibus)
  A hapless reporter must track down a high-flying establishment figure with a shadowy past
5. 03:30
  The Uncanny
  How has the uncanny shaped fiction, film, architecture and art?
6. 04:00
  Marcy Kahan - Victorville
  Los Angeles, 1940, the most crucial collaboration in the history of cinema took place.

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