BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 5 June 2022

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
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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Morning
1. 06:00
  Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight by Naoki Higashida (Omnibus)
  Novelist David Mitchell introduces this compelling book by a teenager with severe autism.
2. 07:10
  Inheritance Tracks—Claudia Winkleman MBE
  Strictly's Claudia Winkleman chooses the ET film theme and a track by Stevie Wonder
3. 07:20
  Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (Omnibus)—Gather Together in My Name
  Aged 17 and a single mother, Maya falls in love.
4. 08:30
  Albert and Me—Series 2, Driver
  5/8Single dad Bryan takes a driving job but finds himself caught up in crime.
5. 09:00
  Something to Shout About—Series 1, Episode 11
  11/13The agency searches for a big name to endorse a men's hair grooming product.
6. 09:30
  It's a Fair Cop—Series 3, Punching Judy
  2/4Police officer and comic Alfie Moore takes his audience through another policing dilemma.
7. 10:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Platinum Jubilee, HRH Princess Margaret
  The castaway choices of the Queen's younger sister, HRH Princess Margaret
8. 10:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Birds of Paradise
  Musings on the New Guinea residents, who fooled early explorers with their adornments.
9. 11:00
  Radiolab—Series 9, Life In A Barrel
  7/8Radiolab explores the chaos of life through a barrel of seawater.
10. 11:55
  Inheritance Tracks—Claudia Winkleman MBE
  Strictly's Claudia Winkleman chooses the ET film theme and a track by Stevie Wonder
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Poetry Extra—Jubilee Poetry
  Jubilee Poetry with verses by the Poets Laureate over the ages.
2. 12:30
  HR—Series 3, Robbed
  5/6Sam's latest desperate measure is to try to remortgage the home he shares with Peter.
3. 13:00
  Travelling in a Strange Land by David Park (Omnibus)
  David Park's haunting story of a father coming to terms with the loss of his son.
4. 14:10
  Inheritance Tracks—James Naughtie
  Broadcaster James Naughtie chooses 'Mrs Jamieson's Favourite' played by Aly Bain.
5. 14:20
  Winifred Holtby - South Riding (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/3Headmistress Sarah Burton decides Lydia must not be allowed to lose a scholarship.
6. 15:30
  Baaba Maal and the Senegalese Kingdom of Music
  Meeting musicians at the Blues du Fleuve Festival, organised by Baaba Maal in Senegal.
7. 16:00
  John Mortimer - Ceremonial in Three Flats
  Secrets are revealed as strangers gather round TVs to watch the 1953 coronation
8. 16:45
  Dora and Elizabeth by Joanna Trollope
  Dora shares her birthday with The Queen, but what else to they have in common?
9. 17:00
  Poetry Extra—Jubilee Poetry
  Jubilee Poetry with verses by the Poets Laureate over the ages.
10. 17:30
  HR—Series 3, Robbed
  5/6Sam's latest desperate measure is to try to remortgage the home he shares with Peter.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Fear on 4—Series 3, 1. The Yellow Wallpaper
  1/8The Man in Black tells of an ill woman convinced that evil lurks in her bedroom walls.
2. 18:30
  Night Terrace—Series 2, 1. Sense and Susceptibility
  1/8Stuck in 1955, Anastasia and new housemate Sue look for answers at the BBC.
3. 19:00
  Radiolab—Series 9, Life In A Barrel
  7/8Radiolab explores the chaos of life through a barrel of seawater.
4. 19:55
  Inheritance Tracks—Claudia Winkleman MBE
  Strictly's Claudia Winkleman chooses the ET film theme and a track by Stevie Wonder
5. 20:00
  John Mortimer - Ceremonial in Three Flats
  Secrets are revealed as strangers gather round TVs to watch the 1953 coronation
6. 20:45
  Dora and Elizabeth by Joanna Trollope
  Dora shares her birthday with The Queen, but what else to they have in common?
7. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Platinum Jubilee, HRH Princess Margaret
  The castaway choices of the Queen's younger sister, HRH Princess Margaret
8. 21:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Birds of Paradise
  Musings on the New Guinea residents, who fooled early explorers with their adornments.
9. 22:00
  HR—Series 3, Robbed
  5/6Sam's latest desperate measure is to try to remortgage the home he shares with Peter.
10. 22:30
  Delve Special—Series 3, City Limits
  4/4David Lander probes shady shenanigans in London's Square Mile.
11. 23:00
  The Masterson Inheritance—Series 2, The Jousting Mastersons
  4/6The 15th century family are living in an overcrowded castle.
12. 23:30
  John Finnemore's Double Acts—Series 2, Penguin Diplomacy
  4/6A chance meeting between Sondergaard and Bunning could very well lead to a new Cold War.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Fear on 4—Series 3, 1. The Yellow Wallpaper
  1/8The Man in Black tells of an ill woman convinced that evil lurks in her bedroom walls.
2. 00:30
  Night Terrace—Series 2, 1. Sense and Susceptibility
  1/8Stuck in 1955, Anastasia and new housemate Sue look for answers at the BBC.
3. 01:00
  Travelling in a Strange Land by David Park (Omnibus)
  David Park's haunting story of a father coming to terms with the loss of his son.
4. 02:10
  Inheritance Tracks—James Naughtie
  Broadcaster James Naughtie chooses 'Mrs Jamieson's Favourite' played by Aly Bain.
5. 02:20
  Winifred Holtby - South Riding (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/3Headmistress Sarah Burton decides Lydia must not be allowed to lose a scholarship.
6. 03:30
  Baaba Maal and the Senegalese Kingdom of Music
  Meeting musicians at the Blues du Fleuve Festival, organised by Baaba Maal in Senegal.
7. 04:00
  John Mortimer - Ceremonial in Three Flats
  Secrets are revealed as strangers gather round TVs to watch the 1953 coronation
8. 04:45
  Dora and Elizabeth by Joanna Trollope
  Dora shares her birthday with The Queen, but what else to they have in common?
9. 05:00
  Poetry Extra—Jubilee Poetry
  Jubilee Poetry with verses by the Poets Laureate over the ages.
10. 05:30
  HR—Series 3, Robbed
  5/6Sam's latest desperate measure is to try to remortgage the home he shares with Peter.

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