BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 4 June 2022

Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Host Planet Earth—5. The Arrival
  5/6David Holland shares his grave concerns over the Starfarer with the Minister of Defence.
2. 00:30
  Sounds Natural—Flora Robson
  Dame Flora Robson shares her love of wildlife with Derek Jones.
3. 01:00
  VI Warshawski—Publicity Stunts, Episode 2
  2/2VI Warshawski continues the battle to clear herself of a murder that she didn't commit.
4. 01:30
  Whodunnits—Agatha Christie - Magnolia Blossom
  Theo is ready to leave her husband when a financial scandal intervenes.
5. 02:00
  Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight by Naoki Higashida—Episode 5
  5/5Novelist David Mitchell introduces this compelling book by a teenager with severe autism.
6. 02:15
  Maya Angelou's Autobiographies—Gather Together in My Name, Episode 5
  5/5Maya slips into the world of prostitution and narcotics.
7. 02:30
  The Loss of Lostness
  Stephen Smith tries to rediscover the lost joys of getting lost.
8. 03:00
  Rodney Stone by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—Episode 2
  2/4Rodney Stone travels with his uncle from Brighton to London, into an exciting world.
9. 03:50
  Inheritance Tracks—Khaled Hosseini
  Afghan-born American novelist Khaled Hosseini chooses two songs by Ahmad Zahir.
10. 04:00
  Whose Line Is It Anyway?—Episode 1
  1/6The famed improvisation game with Lenny Henry, Dawn French, John Sessions and Stephen Fry.
11. 04:30
  Protesting Too Much—Episode 1
  1/6An MP finds himself living in a tree to protest about a bypass.
12. 05:00
  Relativity—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/4Richard Herring's comedy with Alison Steadman about four generations of a family.
13. 05:30
  Stand-Up Specials—The Rest of Us
  Mary Flanigan, Eleanor Morton and Esyllt Sears look into Great British science and tech.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Ben Travers - Mischief
  When an ageing, stodgy, businessman weds a bright young thing, he shouldn't neglect her.
2. 07:30
  Great Lives—Christina Lamb on Benazir Bhutto
  Christina Lamb, author and journalist nominates Benazir Bhutto as her great life.
3. 08:00
  Booked—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/6Ian McMillan's literary game with Mark Thomas, Dillie Keane, Miles Kington, Roger McGough.
4. 08:30
  1834—Victorian Principles
  6/6When Queen Victoria comes to visit, Jason unwittingly changes the course of history.
5. 09:00
  1953: Those Radio Times
  Nick Baker celebrates the Best of British in Coronation year.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Whose Line Is It Anyway?—Episode 1
  1/6The famed improvisation game with Lenny Henry, Dawn French, John Sessions and Stephen Fry.
2. 12:30
  Frankie Howerd—Series 3, Episode 1
  1/7Frankie explores his memoirs, this time his adventures in the police force.
3. 13:00
  Archive on 4—Monsieur Non
  Julian Jackson on the inscrutable General de Gaulle and his fraught relations with Britain
4. 14:00
  I've Never Seen Star Wars—Series 3, Sanjeev Bhaskar
  1/6Marcus Brigstocke invites the comedian to try new things, including playing table football
5. 14:30
  Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies—The Food Industry
  1/4Probing into lazy assumptions about threats to society, starting with the food industry.
6. 15:00
  Concrete Cow—Series 2, Ancient and Modern
  1/6Highlights include ancient Egyptian IT support and tax avoidance schemes for pirates.
7. 15:30
  The Secret World—Series 3, Episode 4
  4/4From Michael Caine to Mark Zuckerberg, Jon Culshaw imagines the lives of the famous.
8. 16:00
  Ben Travers - Mischief
  When an ageing, stodgy, businessman weds a bright young thing, he shouldn't neglect her.
9. 17:30
  Great Lives—Christina Lamb on Benazir Bhutto
  Christina Lamb, author and journalist nominates Benazir Bhutto as her great life.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Kafka's Metamorphosis
  A darkly comic updating of Franz Kafka's classic tale. Starring Tom Basden.
2. 19:00
  1953: Those Radio Times
  Nick Baker celebrates the Best of British in Coronation year.
3. 22:00
  28 Acts in 28 Minutes—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/3John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds each to entertain. With Shappi Khorsandi.
4. 22:30
  Thom Tuck - Goes Straight to DVD—5. Bollywood
  5/5Thom is enthralled by the melodramatic extravaganza of straight-to-DVD Bollywood films.
5. 22:55
  The Comedy Club Interviews—Chloe Petts 1/3
  Arthur Smith chats to Chloe Petts.
6. 23:00
  Foley and McColl: The Interview—Cool As You Like
  3/6After a bust-up, Sean moves to the Antarctic. Ten years later, Hamish goes to find him.
7. 23:15
  Jigsaw—Series 1, Episode 3
  3/6Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema and Tom Craine piece together a selection of sketches.
8. 23:30
  Hut 33—Series 3, Know Thyne Enemy
  1/6Bletchley Park codebreaker Gordon gets carried away trying to think like a German.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Kafka's Metamorphosis
  A darkly comic updating of Franz Kafka's classic tale. Starring Tom Basden.
2. 01:00
  Archive on 4—Monsieur Non
  Julian Jackson on the inscrutable General de Gaulle and his fraught relations with Britain
3. 02:00
  I've Never Seen Star Wars—Series 3, Sanjeev Bhaskar
  1/6Marcus Brigstocke invites the comedian to try new things, including playing table football
4. 02:30
  Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies—The Food Industry
  1/4Probing into lazy assumptions about threats to society, starting with the food industry.
5. 03:00
  Concrete Cow—Series 2, Ancient and Modern
  1/6Highlights include ancient Egyptian IT support and tax avoidance schemes for pirates.
6. 03:30
  The Secret World—Series 3, Episode 4
  4/4From Michael Caine to Mark Zuckerberg, Jon Culshaw imagines the lives of the famous.
7. 04:00
  Ben Travers - Mischief
  When an ageing, stodgy, businessman weds a bright young thing, he shouldn't neglect her.
8. 05:30
  Great Lives—Christina Lamb on Benazir Bhutto
  Christina Lamb, author and journalist nominates Benazir Bhutto as her great life.

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