BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 11 June 2022

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein—4. The Unknown
  4/6100,000 family members settle into their prolonged lives aboard the colony ship.
2. 00:30
  Sounds Natural—Bobby Charlton
  Football star Bobby Charlton tells Derek Jones about his love of bird and sea life.
3. 01:00
  Dixon of Dock Green—Series 2, Give a Dog a Good Name
  5/6Should PC George Dixon break the rules to catch a vicious criminal?
4. 01:30
  New Creatives Dramas—Series 4, 5. Hotdogs and Hashtags & Blackwater Mermaids
  5/5Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.
5. 02:00
  Jaws by Peter Benchley—5. 'Suppose someone gets killed.'
  5/10Brody faces twin threats from the shark, and the shark expert.
6. 02:15
  Charles Dickens—Dombey and Son, 5. Paul Collapses!
  5/20The dark and unknown sea that rolls round all the world.
7. 02:30
  For One Night Only—Series 2, Judy and Liza at The Palladium
  2/3Paul Gambaccini recalls the first joint stage concert by Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli.
8. 03:00
  Patrick O'Brian - The Fortune of War—3. Accused
  3/3Diana is pregnant. Stephen offers to marry her but she refuses.
9. 04:00
  Whose Line Is It Anyway?—Episode 2
  2/6The famed improvisation game with Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, John Sessions and Enn Reitel.
10. 04:30
  Protesting Too Much—Episode 2
  2/6Will bumbling MP George Dank be able to climb down from his bypass protest?
11. 05:00
  Relativity—Series 1, Episode 2
  2/4Margaret and Ken invite all the family round to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary
12. 05:30
  Stand-Up Specials—Jen Brister: Waves
  Critically-acclaimed comic and swimmer Jen Brister explores life in and out of the water.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Philip Marlowe - The Big Sleep
  Raymond Chandler's private eye tackles a wealthy family's case of blackmail and murder.
2. 07:30
  Great Lives—Samira Ahmed on Laura Ingalls Wilder
  Laura Ingalls Wilder: author Tracy Chevalier joins Samira Ahmed
3. 08:00
  Booked—Series 2, Episode 4
  4/6Alan Bennett reports on the Gulf War, and the book of Genesis becomes an American soap.
4. 08:30
  Ayres on the Air—Series 2, Fame
  1/6Poetry and sketches with Pam Ayres, Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From 2006.
5. 09:00
  Writing... The Midlands
  Crime Writer Mark Billingham goes back to his roots for a literary tour of the Midlands.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Hancock's Half Hour—Series 5, The Prize Money
  18/20A TV quiz show win for the Lad sparks a stampede for his cash!
2. 12:30
  Cooking in a Bedsitter—Series 1, Beef Olives
  1/4Beattie Edmondson stars in a comedy inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's cookery classic.
3. 13:00
  Archive on 4—The University of the Air
  Gordon Brown charts 50 years of the Open University.
4. 14:00
  Flight of the Conchords—Tower of London
  1/6The Kiwi novelty music duo try to make it big in the English capital.
5. 14:30
  Hut 33—Series 3, Know Thyne Enemy
  1/6Bletchley Park codebreaker Gordon gets carried away trying to think like a German.
6. 15:00
  Weak at the Top—Series 1, Gold Card
  1/4No morals and little brain. John Weak is an aggressive marketing director.
7. 15:30
  28 Acts in 28 Minutes—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/3John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds each to entertain. With Shappi Khorsandi.
8. 16:00
  James Joyce - Blind Date With Bloomsday
  A literary landmark and it's effect on a city. How Dublin has embraced Ulysses.
9. 16:30
  Martha's Streets by Dermot Bolger
  A woman recalls how James Joyce's Ulysses profoundly influenced her life for the better.
10. 16:45
  James Joyce's Ulysses—Episode 1
  1/416th June 1904: Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom's Dublin days unwind.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  James Joyce's Ulysses—Episode 2
  2/42.00 pm: Stephen explains his theory of Hamlet, then Bloom argues with bigoted 'Citizen'.
2. 19:20
  James Joyce's Ulysses—Episode 3
  3/48.00 pm: Bloom spies on Gerty, then rescues Stephen from a brawl outside a brothel
3. 21:05
  James Joyce's Ulysses—Episode 4
  4/4After midnight: Bloom takes Stephen home. Molly muses on her afternoon with Boylan.
4. 22:00
  28 Acts in 28 Minutes—Series 2, Episode 2
  2/3John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds each to entertain.
5. 22:30
  Chain Reaction—Series 3, Marcus Brigstocke and Clive Anderson
  1/6The comedian and the presenter get chatting in the tag-team talk show.
6. 23:00
  Foley and McColl: The Interview—Hereford Hop
  4/6The duo tell Parky about diversifying into cheese.
7. 23:15
  Jigsaw—Series 1, Episode 4
  4/6Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema and Tom Craine piece together a selection of sketches.
8. 23:30
  Hut 33—Series 3, Big Machine
  2/6Can Gordon's new computing invention help the Bletchley Park codebreakers?
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Late
1. 00:00
  Utopia by Thomas More
  Explorer Raphael Hythloday tells Thomas More about a mystical island.
2. 01:00
  Archive on 4—The University of the Air
  Gordon Brown charts 50 years of the Open University.
3. 02:00
  Flight of the Conchords—Tower of London
  1/6The Kiwi novelty music duo try to make it big in the English capital.
4. 02:30
  Hut 33—Series 3, Know Thyne Enemy
  1/6Bletchley Park codebreaker Gordon gets carried away trying to think like a German.
5. 03:00
  Weak at the Top—Series 1, Gold Card
  1/4No morals and little brain. John Weak is an aggressive marketing director.
6. 03:30
  28 Acts in 28 Minutes—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/3John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds each to entertain. With Shappi Khorsandi.
7. 04:00
  Philip Marlowe - The Big Sleep
  Raymond Chandler's private eye tackles a wealthy family's case of blackmail and murder.
8. 05:30
  Great Lives—Samira Ahmed on Laura Ingalls Wilder
  Laura Ingalls Wilder: author Tracy Chevalier joins Samira Ahmed

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