BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Monday 29 January 2024

Schedule

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Poetry Extra—Moss Side Gym Stories - 1. Men's Morning
  Daljit Nagra chooses another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
2. 00:30
  The Great Romantic by Duncan Hamilton (Omnibus)
  The story of how Neville Cardus revolutionised cricket journalism.
3. 01:40
  Inheritance Tracks—Adam Henson
  BBC Countryfile's Adam Henson, chooses tracks by the Stranglers and David Bowie.
4. 01:50
  Charles Dickens—Dombey and Son (Omnibus), Episode 1
  1/4At last, a boy is born to Paul Dombey, but at what cost?
5. 03:00
  Frankie Howerd—Series 4, Episode 4
  4/6Frankie confronts his local council and solves a crime on a train.
6. 03:30
  The Navy Lark—Series 10, Avoiding Redundancy
  8/18Pertwee is aghast to learn that an oversight may bring his naval career to an end.
7. 04:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Illustrators 2, Chris Riddell
  Illustrator and author Chris Riddell is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
8. 04:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Kiwi
  David Attenborough muses over the peculiar Kiwi, a bird more mammal-like in its habits.
9. 05:00
  McLevy—Series 2, 2. Wild Justice
  2/4A ghost from the past returns to haunt the Edinburgh detective.
10. 05:45
  Time Will Tell by Martin Worth
  A family heirloom clock is up for sale. It reflects on its service to a family
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Murder on the Orient Express, 1. Departure
  1/5Hercule Poirot's train departs, but one passenger aboard will never finish the journey.
2. 06:30
  Tales From the Arabian Nights—6. The Hunchback
  6/7Shahrazad beguiles the king with a tale of bizarre accidents
3. 07:00
  The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson—1. Brain
  1/5Bill Bryson begins his fascinating, witty and surprising journey around the human body.
4. 07:15
  Charles Dickens—Dombey and Son, 6. Dombey and Daughter
  6/20Dombey, in deep mourning for his son, is unable to offer his daughter any comfort.
5. 07:30
  Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully—Series 2, Counter Plot
  1/6Richard is alarmed to find that Uljabaan has commandeered six allotments for an experiment
6. 08:00
  Steptoe and Son—Series 4, Is That Your Horse Outside?
  2/8Albert advises Harold on the art of seduction. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell.
7. 08:30
  The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere—Series 2, 21 July 1799
  1/6Dorothy worries over William's wedding and Thomas de Quinine arrives.
8. 09:00
  Wordaholics—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/6Stephen Fry, Natalie Haynes, Milton Jones and Lloyd Langford vie for wordy supremacy.
9. 09:30
  Acropolis Now—Series 1, War
  5/6Xanthippe's luck is in as the war-like, sex-mad Spartans arrive in Ancient Athens.
10. 10:00
  McLevy—Series 2, 2. Wild Justice
  2/4A ghost from the past returns to haunt the Edinburgh detective.
11. 10:45
  Time Will Tell by Martin Worth
  A family heirloom clock is up for sale. It reflects on its service to a family
12. 11:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Murder on the Orient Express, 1. Departure
  1/5Hercule Poirot's train departs, but one passenger aboard will never finish the journey.
13. 11:30
  Tales From the Arabian Nights—6. The Hunchback
  6/7Shahrazad beguiles the king with a tale of bizarre accidents
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson—1. Brain
  1/5Bill Bryson begins his fascinating, witty and surprising journey around the human body.
2. 12:15
  Charles Dickens—Dombey and Son, 6. Dombey and Daughter
  6/20Dombey, in deep mourning for his son, is unable to offer his daughter any comfort.
3. 12:30
  Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully—Series 2, Counter Plot
  1/6Richard is alarmed to find that Uljabaan has commandeered six allotments for an experiment
4. 13:00
  Steptoe and Son—Series 4, Is That Your Horse Outside?
  2/8Albert advises Harold on the art of seduction. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell.
5. 13:30
  The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere—Series 2, 21 July 1799
  1/6Dorothy worries over William's wedding and Thomas de Quinine arrives.
6. 14:00
  Wordaholics—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/6Stephen Fry, Natalie Haynes, Milton Jones and Lloyd Langford vie for wordy supremacy.
7. 14:30
  Acropolis Now—Series 1, War
  5/6Xanthippe's luck is in as the war-like, sex-mad Spartans arrive in Ancient Athens.
8. 15:00
  McLevy—Series 2, 2. Wild Justice
  2/4A ghost from the past returns to haunt the Edinburgh detective.
9. 15:45
  Time Will Tell by Martin Worth
  A family heirloom clock is up for sale. It reflects on its service to a family
10. 16:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Murder on the Orient Express, 1. Departure
  1/5Hercule Poirot's train departs, but one passenger aboard will never finish the journey.
11. 16:30
  Tales From the Arabian Nights—6. The Hunchback
  6/7Shahrazad beguiles the king with a tale of bizarre accidents
12. 17:00
  The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson—1. Brain
  1/5Bill Bryson begins his fascinating, witty and surprising journey around the human body.
13. 17:15
  Charles Dickens—Dombey and Son, 6. Dombey and Daughter
  6/20Dombey, in deep mourning for his son, is unable to offer his daughter any comfort.
14. 17:30
  Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully—Series 2, Counter Plot
  1/6Richard is alarmed to find that Uljabaan has commandeered six allotments for an experiment
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Steptoe and Son—Series 4, Is That Your Horse Outside?
  2/8Albert advises Harold on the art of seduction. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell.
2. 18:30
  The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere—Series 2, 21 July 1799
  1/6Dorothy worries over William's wedding and Thomas de Quinine arrives.
3. 19:00
  Wordaholics—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/6Stephen Fry, Natalie Haynes, Milton Jones and Lloyd Langford vie for wordy supremacy.
4. 19:30
  Acropolis Now—Series 1, War
  5/6Xanthippe's luck is in as the war-like, sex-mad Spartans arrive in Ancient Athens.
5. 20:00
  The Moth Radio Hour—Series 12, Truth and Power - Global Stories of Women
  5/8True stories told live in the USA: stories of female strength and empowerment.
6. 20:55
  Inheritance Tracks—Gyles Brandreth
  Gyles Brandreth chooses tracks by Maurice Chevalier & Hermione Gingold and The Muppets.
7. 21:00
  A Good Read—Judge Rinder and Stella Duffy
  Robert Rinder, Stella Duffy and Harriett Gilbert discuss some of their favourite books.
8. 21:30
  Murder Most Foul—Series 3, 6. The Use of Maggots
  6/6Nick Ross reviews a 1964 case when a maggot infested body was found
9. 22:00
  Just a Minute—Series 92, 3. Ned Kelly is Australian, right?
  3/6Tony Hawks and Paul Merton join Sue Perkins for Just a Minute.
10. 22:30
  Hal—Series 2, Actors
  4/4Hal hosts a dinner party with Sam to show off their new basement - with unexpected results
11. 23:00
  The News Quiz—Series 113, Episode 4
  4/10Lucy Porter, Geoff Norcott, Alasdair Beckett-King and Cindy Yu join Andy Zaltzman.
12. 23:30
  Concrete Cow—Series 2, Marriage
  3/613th-century furniture sales and the hi-fi extremist.
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Late
1. 00:00
  McLevy—Series 2, 2. Wild Justice
  2/4A ghost from the past returns to haunt the Edinburgh detective.
2. 00:45
  Time Will Tell by Martin Worth
  A family heirloom clock is up for sale. It reflects on its service to a family
3. 01:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Murder on the Orient Express, 1. Departure
  1/5Hercule Poirot's train departs, but one passenger aboard will never finish the journey.
4. 01:30
  Tales From the Arabian Nights—6. The Hunchback
  6/7Shahrazad beguiles the king with a tale of bizarre accidents
5. 02:00
  The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson—1. Brain
  1/5Bill Bryson begins his fascinating, witty and surprising journey around the human body.
6. 02:15
  Charles Dickens—Dombey and Son, 6. Dombey and Daughter
  6/20Dombey, in deep mourning for his son, is unable to offer his daughter any comfort.
7. 02:30
  Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully—Series 2, Counter Plot
  1/6Richard is alarmed to find that Uljabaan has commandeered six allotments for an experiment
8. 03:00
  Steptoe and Son—Series 4, Is That Your Horse Outside?
  2/8Albert advises Harold on the art of seduction. Adapted from TV with Wilfrid Brambell.
9. 03:30
  The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere—Series 2, 21 July 1799
  1/6Dorothy worries over William's wedding and Thomas de Quinine arrives.
10. 04:00
  Wordaholics—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/6Stephen Fry, Natalie Haynes, Milton Jones and Lloyd Langford vie for wordy supremacy.
11. 04:30
  Acropolis Now—Series 1, War
  5/6Xanthippe's luck is in as the war-like, sex-mad Spartans arrive in Ancient Athens.
12. 05:00
  McLevy—Series 2, 3. The Wild Spark
  3/4When an Edinburgh tobacco warehouse goes up in smoke, the Victorian sleuth investigates.
13. 05:45
  Beach Party by Eugene Stranney
  A farmer meets an attractive girl at the seaside, and a family outing becomes a revelation

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