BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Monday 25 April 2022

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Edgar Allan Poe—The Fall of The House of Usher
  Tormented Roderick's twin sister suffers an illness physicians don't understand.
2. 00:45
  Short Stories by LP Hartley—5. The Price of the Absolute
  5/5A man inherits some objects, but will he be able to control the events they set in motion?
3. 01:00
  Transcription by Kate Atkinson (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/2It is 1940, and Juliet's unlikely fiancé Perry Gibbons has one last mission for her.
4. 02:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Simon Hopkinson
  Chef and writer Simon Hopkinson chooses 'Catch a Falling Star' by Perry Como.
5. 02:20
  Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  1/2Lucy Graham gains all the wealth she desires when she marries widower Sir Michael Audley.
6. 03:30
  In Search of Originality
  Ian Peacock sets out to achieve the seemingly impossible, to be original.
7. 04:00
  Ronald Frame - Greyfriars
  Victorian thriller centring on the famous police dog Bobby and his master, John Gray.
8. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—The Verse That Stings
  Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
9. 05:30
  Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters—Series 2, Compensation Culture
  3/4Tom asks Ken Clarke MP if compensation culture is opposed to the theory of evolution.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Whodunnits—A Walk in the Dark, 1. Did He Fall? Or...
  1/5A man goes missing from a liner. His sister is adamant that it wasn’t suicide
2. 06:30
  Dick Francis—Proof, 4. The Discovery
  4/8Dodgy wine, missing racehorse and a body at a restaurant. Tony Beach is in the thick of it
3. 07:00
  Sneakiepeeks—Trust
  3/6The bungling surveillance team is on a job so secret even the boss doesn't know about it.
4. 07:30
  The Unbelievable Truth—Series 28, Episode 3
  3/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
5. 08:00
  Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?—Home is the Hero
  2/13Bob's fiancee Thelma is appalled by the return of Terry. From August 1975.
6. 08:30
  The Emerald Green Show—Celebrations
  1/4Emerald Green is a vain, ambitious black woman. Can she really become a chat-show queen?
7. 09:00
  Counterpoint—Series 25, 2011 Heat 4
  4/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz in Manchester.
8. 09:30
  Getting Nowhere Fast—Series 3, Episode 6
  6/6Merv has always worn jeans, so why does Pam want to take him shopping?
9. 10:00
  HG Wells—Kipps, 1. The Making of Kipps
  1/5Kipps leaves school, and his first love Ann, when he’s apprenticed to a Folkestone draper.
10. 11:00
  TED Radio Hour—Series 9, The Beauty Ideal
  6/52Manoush Zomorodi and Elise Hu explore the idea of beauty
11. 11:50
  Inheritance Tracks—Trisha Goddard
  TV presenter Trisha Goddard shares I Want You Back and Say Ladeo by Bobby McFerrin.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?—Home is the Hero
  2/13Bob's fiancee Thelma is appalled by the return of Terry. From August 1975.
2. 12:30
  The Emerald Green Show—Celebrations
  1/4Emerald Green is a vain, ambitious black woman. Can she really become a chat-show queen?
3. 13:00
  Whodunnits—A Walk in the Dark, 1. Did He Fall? Or...
  1/5A man goes missing from a liner. His sister is adamant that it wasn’t suicide
4. 13:30
  Dick Francis—Proof, 4. The Discovery
  4/8Dodgy wine, missing racehorse and a body at a restaurant. Tony Beach is in the thick of it
5. 14:00
  The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale—Episode 1
  1/5A gruesome murder takes place in a remote Georgian country house.
6. 14:15
  The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders—1. The Ratcliffe Highway Murders
  1/5How the Victorians turned violent crime into entertainment.
7. 14:30
  The Body of Art
  Bob Dickinson explores the world of the body as performance art.
8. 15:00
  HG Wells—Kipps, 1. The Making of Kipps
  1/5Kipps leaves school, and his first love Ann, when he’s apprenticed to a Folkestone draper.
9. 16:00
  Counterpoint—Series 25, 2011 Heat 4
  4/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz in Manchester.
10. 16:30
  Getting Nowhere Fast—Series 3, Episode 6
  6/6Merv has always worn jeans, so why does Pam want to take him shopping?
11. 17:00
  Sneakiepeeks—Trust
  3/6The bungling surveillance team is on a job so secret even the boss doesn't know about it.
12. 17:30
  The Unbelievable Truth—Series 28, Episode 3
  3/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  The Interplanetary Notes of Ambassador B—Episode 1
  1/5Ambassador B inspects a planet that encourages free speech.
2. 18:15
  Ghost Story—Midnight Express by Alfred Noyes
  A man realises that a book he took from his father as a child, set out his own future.
3. 18:30
  A Good Read—Tracy-Ann Oberman and Richard Herring
  Richard Herring and Tracy-Ann Oberman tell Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
4. 19:00
  Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?—Home is the Hero
  2/13Bob's fiancee Thelma is appalled by the return of Terry. From August 1975.
5. 19:30
  The Emerald Green Show—Celebrations
  1/4Emerald Green is a vain, ambitious black woman. Can she really become a chat-show queen?
6. 20:00
  Whodunnits—A Walk in the Dark, 1. Did He Fall? Or...
  1/5A man goes missing from a liner. His sister is adamant that it wasn’t suicide
7. 20:30
  Dick Francis—Proof, 4. The Discovery
  4/8Dodgy wine, missing racehorse and a body at a restaurant. Tony Beach is in the thick of it
8. 21:00
  TED Radio Hour—Series 9, The Beauty Ideal
  6/52Manoush Zomorodi and Elise Hu explore the idea of beauty
9. 21:50
  Inheritance Tracks—Trisha Goddard
  TV presenter Trisha Goddard shares I Want You Back and Say Ladeo by Bobby McFerrin.
10. 22:00
  The Unbelievable Truth—Series 28, Episode 3
  3/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
11. 22:30
  The Sinha Carta
  Comedian and quizzer Paul Sinha examines our most important legal document.
12. 23:00
  The News Quiz—Series 108, Episode 1
  1/8A brand new series of news quizzing marshalled by Andy Zaltzman
13. 23:30
  Sarah Millican's Support Group—Series 2, 3. 'I'm a cherry childless and proud of it'
  3/6Agony aunt Sarah and her group tackle problems like 'I'm childless and proud of it'.
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Late
1. 00:00
  The Interplanetary Notes of Ambassador B—Episode 1
  1/5Ambassador B inspects a planet that encourages free speech.
2. 00:15
  Ghost Story—Midnight Express by Alfred Noyes
  A man realises that a book he took from his father as a child, set out his own future.
3. 00:30
  A Good Read—Tracy-Ann Oberman and Richard Herring
  Richard Herring and Tracy-Ann Oberman tell Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
4. 01:00
  Whodunnits—A Walk in the Dark, 1. Did He Fall? Or...
  1/5A man goes missing from a liner. His sister is adamant that it wasn’t suicide
5. 01:30
  Dick Francis—Proof, 4. The Discovery
  4/8Dodgy wine, missing racehorse and a body at a restaurant. Tony Beach is in the thick of it
6. 02:00
  The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale—Episode 1
  1/5A gruesome murder takes place in a remote Georgian country house.
7. 02:15
  The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders—1. The Ratcliffe Highway Murders
  1/5How the Victorians turned violent crime into entertainment.
8. 02:30
  The Body of Art
  Bob Dickinson explores the world of the body as performance art.
9. 03:00
  HG Wells—Kipps, 1. The Making of Kipps
  1/5Kipps leaves school, and his first love Ann, when he’s apprenticed to a Folkestone draper.
10. 04:00
  Counterpoint—Series 25, 2011 Heat 4
  4/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz in Manchester.
11. 04:30
  Getting Nowhere Fast—Series 3, Episode 6
  6/6Merv has always worn jeans, so why does Pam want to take him shopping?
12. 05:00
  Sneakiepeeks—Trust
  3/6The bungling surveillance team is on a job so secret even the boss doesn't know about it.
13. 05:30
  The Unbelievable Truth—Series 28, Episode 3
  3/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.

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