BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Thursday 13 April 2023

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  At Freddie's
  In 1960s London, Freddie runs the haphazard Temple Stage School in her inimitable style.
2. 01:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Murder in Mesopotamia, 3. Killer?
  3/5The Belgian sleuth must dig for more clues.
3. 01:30
  No Place To Hide—1. How It All Began
  1/8Journalist Kathy Swenson gets caught up in the frightening world of espionage.
4. 02:00
  Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte—8. Troubling News
  8/15As Jane tries to suppress her feelings for Rochester, troubling news comes from her family
5. 02:15
  Curious Under the Stars—Series 7: Devil's Bridge, Part 3
  3/5Diane is seduced by Hadrian’s charms.
6. 02:30
  A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics—Series 1, The Rat-catchers of Yonville
  2/4Great works of fiction are upended when the comedy trio stumble into the plot.
7. 03:00
  Hancock's Half Hour—Series 3, Hancock's Hair
  13/20Paranoid over going bald, the Lad pays a visit to Maison James.
8. 03:30
  21st Century Blues—The Exploding Mrs Chaffinch
  2/6It's 2099. Atop his desert column, 'Chaff' Chaffinch recalls the rise of noise abatement
9. 04:00
  It's Not What You Know—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/7Chaired by Miles Jupp, with Nick Helm, Isy Suttie and Dougie Anderson.
10. 04:30
  Big Broadcast—Series 3, Quiz
  1/2Neil Brand's fast-talking musical comedy set in a 1932 Chicago Radio Studio.
11. 05:00
  Edmund Gosse - Father and Son—1. Early Years
  1/2A Victorian childhood in a strictly non-conformist Plymouth Brethren home.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Murder in Mesopotamia, 4. Tragedy
  4/5As Poirot continues quizzing suspects, there's another tragedy.
2. 06:30
  No Place To Hide—2. A Meeting in Amsterdam
  2/8Can John Rennie’s special training help him to track down a missing SIS agent?
3. 07:00
  Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte—9. An Encounter
  9/15An encounter in an orchard on Midsummer's Eve has implications for Jane's happiness.
4. 07:15
  Curious Under the Stars—Series 7: Devil's Bridge, Part 4
  4/5The strange cloud above Glan Don finally breaks.
5. 07:30
  On the Rocks—Series 1, Movies
  3/4Morwenna is bored with life on St Martin's, where locals want to protect the post office.
6. 08:00
  The Burkiss Way—Series 3, Around the World the Burkiss Way
  8/15Books are plundered, but what the Dickens is going on?
7. 08:30
  The World As We Know It—The Murderer Is in This Very Room
  5/6The last people on Earth play a murder mystery game, organised by The Stranger.
8. 09:00
  The Unbelievable Truth—Series 23, Episode 6
  6/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
9. 09:30
  The Right Time—Series 1, Episode 2
  2/521st-century life from people growing older disgracefully.
10. 10:00
  Edmund Gosse - Father and Son—1. Early Years
  1/2A Victorian childhood in a strictly non-conformist Plymouth Brethren home.
11. 11:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Murder in Mesopotamia, 4. Tragedy
  4/5As Poirot continues quizzing suspects, there's another tragedy.
12. 11:30
  No Place To Hide—2. A Meeting in Amsterdam
  2/8Can John Rennie’s special training help him to track down a missing SIS agent?
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte—9. An Encounter
  9/15An encounter in an orchard on Midsummer's Eve has implications for Jane's happiness.
2. 12:15
  Curious Under the Stars—Series 7: Devil's Bridge, Part 4
  4/5The strange cloud above Glan Don finally breaks.
3. 12:30
  On the Rocks—Series 1, Movies
  3/4Morwenna is bored with life on St Martin's, where locals want to protect the post office.
4. 13:00
  The Burkiss Way—Series 3, Around the World the Burkiss Way
  8/15Books are plundered, but what the Dickens is going on?
5. 13:30
  The World As We Know It—The Murderer Is in This Very Room
  5/6The last people on Earth play a murder mystery game, organised by The Stranger.
6. 14:00
  The Unbelievable Truth—Series 23, Episode 6
  6/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
7. 14:30
  The Right Time—Series 1, Episode 2
  2/521st-century life from people growing older disgracefully.
8. 15:00
  Edmund Gosse - Father and Son—1. Early Years
  1/2A Victorian childhood in a strictly non-conformist Plymouth Brethren home.
9. 16:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Murder in Mesopotamia, 4. Tragedy
  4/5As Poirot continues quizzing suspects, there's another tragedy.
10. 16:30
  No Place To Hide—2. A Meeting in Amsterdam
  2/8Can John Rennie’s special training help him to track down a missing SIS agent?
11. 17:00
  Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte—9. An Encounter
  9/15An encounter in an orchard on Midsummer's Eve has implications for Jane's happiness.
12. 17:15
  Curious Under the Stars—Series 7: Devil's Bridge, Part 4
  4/5The strange cloud above Glan Don finally breaks.
13. 17:30
  On the Rocks—Series 1, Movies
  3/4Morwenna is bored with life on St Martin's, where locals want to protect the post office.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  The Burkiss Way—Series 3, Around the World the Burkiss Way
  8/15Books are plundered, but what the Dickens is going on?
2. 18:30
  The World As We Know It—The Murderer Is in This Very Room
  5/6The last people on Earth play a murder mystery game, organised by The Stranger.
3. 19:00
  The Unbelievable Truth—Series 23, Episode 6
  6/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
4. 19:30
  The Right Time—Series 1, Episode 2
  2/521st-century life from people growing older disgracefully.
5. 20:00
  Steve Penk's Radio Nightmares—3. Third Time's A Charm
  3/3More classic radio fluffs and bloopers.
6. 21:00
  Great Lives—Ella Fitzgerald
  Ivan Massow nominates the great jazz singer, with expert advice from Cleo Laine.
7. 21:30
  The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood—9. Nick
  9/10Offred embarks on Serena Joy's plan and witnesses the brutality of the new regime.
8. 21:45
  The Whisperer In Darkness—Episode 9
  9/15Kennedy has had a blackout.
9. 22:00
  Susan Calman Makes Me Happy—Family
  1/4Susan Calman explores why family brings her total happiness.
10. 22:25
  The Comedy Club Interviews—Alasdair Beckett-King 2/3
  Jake Yapp talks to Alasdair Beckett-King.
11. 22:30
  Eric Idle - Radio 5—From 20/04/1974
  Rising prices, bandleader's pets and some startling theories from Eric Idle.
12. 23:30
  A Look Back at the Nineties—1996
  2/5Kate Robbins, Brian Perkins and Hugh Dennis look back at a decade yet to happen.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Edmund Gosse - Father and Son—1. Early Years
  1/2A Victorian childhood in a strictly non-conformist Plymouth Brethren home.
2. 01:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Murder in Mesopotamia, 4. Tragedy
  4/5As Poirot continues quizzing suspects, there's another tragedy.
3. 01:30
  No Place To Hide—2. A Meeting in Amsterdam
  2/8Can John Rennie’s special training help him to track down a missing SIS agent?
4. 02:00
  Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte—9. An Encounter
  9/15An encounter in an orchard on Midsummer's Eve has implications for Jane's happiness.
5. 02:15
  Curious Under the Stars—Series 7: Devil's Bridge, Part 4
  4/5The strange cloud above Glan Don finally breaks.
6. 02:30
  On the Rocks—Series 1, Movies
  3/4Morwenna is bored with life on St Martin's, where locals want to protect the post office.
7. 03:00
  The Burkiss Way—Series 3, Around the World the Burkiss Way
  8/15Books are plundered, but what the Dickens is going on?
8. 03:30
  The World As We Know It—The Murderer Is in This Very Room
  5/6The last people on Earth play a murder mystery game, organised by The Stranger.
9. 04:00
  The Unbelievable Truth—Series 23, Episode 6
  6/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
10. 04:30
  The Right Time—Series 1, Episode 2
  2/521st-century life from people growing older disgracefully.
11. 05:00
  Edmund Gosse - Father and Son—2. Torn
  2/2Baptised aged 10, lonely Edmund is torn between his father and a terrible secret.

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