BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 20 April 2024

Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Soul Music—Can't Take My Eyes Off You
  Frankie Valli and others share their memories of the classic song.
2. 00:30
  The Last Of The Hardy Players
  Julian Fellowes meets an original member of a theatre group supported by Thomas Hardy.
3. 01:00
  The Sensitive—5. A Casualty Of War
  A woman missing since 1945 is seen in a deserted guest house. Thomas Soutar investigates.
4. 01:45
  DS Sue Manson - Final Sacrament—5. Final Communion
  5/5Sue knows who the next victim will be, and where the killing will take place.
5. 02:00
  Up the Garden Path—Series 1, Punch Ups and Put Downs
  3/6With several other men vying for her attention, Izzy tries to break up with Razors.
6. 02:30
  Albert and Me—Series 2, Minder
  3/8Bryan is offered a job at last, but where will he find a babysitter?
7. 03:00
  Plum House—Series 2, Black Pudding
  3/6The offer of an honorary degree at an ex-polytechnic sends Peter into a depressive spiral.
8. 03:30
  Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers—10. Decision
  10/10All is revealed to Jean and Howard makes a decision
9. 03:45
  Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse—5. Return Home
  5/5After a decade, some of the Ramsay family and guests return to their holiday home on Skye.
10. 04:00
  Whispers—Series 3, Episode 5
  5/6Gyles Brandreth hosts with Lucy Moore, Anthony Holden, Richard Herring and Louise Doughty.
11. 04:30
  Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me—Series 1, Body and Soul
  1/6At a bandmate's funeral, musicians Roy and George face up to their own mortality.
12. 05:00
  Andy Rashleigh - Devonia—3. Night Boat
  3/3Are there spies among a curious group of passengers aboard Devonia?
13. 05:45
  Missing by Gillian Tindall
  The effect on a family when their uncle suddenly disappears.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Falling Heads
  How MP Noel Pemberton Billing's libel battle rocked Lloyd George's government in 1917.
2. 07:30
  Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell (Omnibus)
  What should we should know about the people we don’t know?
3. 08:45
  Robb Wilton: I Should Say So—Series 1, The Poltergeist
  1/5Michael Williams stars as legendary 1940s radio star and all-round pessimist Robb Wilton.
4. 09:00
  England, Their England by AG Macdonell—Episode 1
  1/6Donald Cameron writes a book on the curious habits of the English. With Leslie Phillips.
5. 09:30
  Ray's a Laugh—From 04/03/1960
  Ted gets inspired over a new advertising campaign. Stars Ted Ray.
6. 10:00
  Michael Palin's Radio Adventures—3. Ripping Yarns
  3/3John McCarthy invites Michael Palin to celebrate his BBC radio years
7. 11:00
  Falling Heads
  How MP Noel Pemberton Billing's libel battle rocked Lloyd George's government in 1917.
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Afternoon
1. 12:30
  Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell (Omnibus)
  What should we should know about the people we don’t know?
2. 13:45
  Robb Wilton: I Should Say So—Series 1, The Poltergeist
  1/5Michael Williams stars as legendary 1940s radio star and all-round pessimist Robb Wilton.
3. 14:00
  England, Their England by AG Macdonell—Episode 1
  1/6Donald Cameron writes a book on the curious habits of the English. With Leslie Phillips.
4. 14:30
  Ray's a Laugh—From 04/03/1960
  Ted gets inspired over a new advertising campaign. Stars Ted Ray.
5. 15:00
  Michael Palin's Radio Adventures—3. Ripping Yarns
  3/3John McCarthy invites Michael Palin to celebrate his BBC radio years
6. 16:00
  Hermann Hesse - The Glass Bead Game—1. Seeds of Unrest
  1/2Elite intellectual Joseph Knecht rebels against the utopian society he once idolised.
7. 17:00
  Falling Heads
  How MP Noel Pemberton Billing's libel battle rocked Lloyd George's government in 1917.
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Evening
1. 18:30
  Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell (Omnibus)
  What should we should know about the people we don’t know?
2. 19:45
  Robb Wilton: I Should Say So—Series 1, The Poltergeist
  1/5Michael Williams stars as legendary 1940s radio star and all-round pessimist Robb Wilton.
3. 20:00
  England, Their England by AG Macdonell—Episode 1
  1/6Donald Cameron writes a book on the curious habits of the English. With Leslie Phillips.
4. 20:30
  Ray's a Laugh—From 04/03/1960
  Ted gets inspired over a new advertising campaign. Stars Ted Ray.
5. 21:00
  Michael Palin's Radio Adventures—3. Ripping Yarns
  3/3John McCarthy invites Michael Palin to celebrate his BBC radio years
6. 22:00
  4 at the Store—Series 1, Episode 2
  2/4Stand-up hosted by Simon Bligh, with John Mann, Marian Unfaithful and Paul Tonkinson.
7. 22:30
  That Mitchell and Webb Sound—Series 5, Episode 5
  5/5Bonus material from David Mitchell and Robert Webb's fifth series of quirky sketches.
8. 23:00
  Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies—Nationalism
  4/4Andrew explores the reasons for joining nationalist organisations.
9. 23:30
  Hut 33—Series 2, Where Boffins Dare
  4/6To avoid a war posting to Burma, the blundering codebreakers must catch a German spy.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Hermann Hesse - The Glass Bead Game—1. Seeds of Unrest
  1/2Elite intellectual Joseph Knecht rebels against the utopian society he once idolised.
2. 01:00
  Falling Heads
  How MP Noel Pemberton Billing's libel battle rocked Lloyd George's government in 1917.
3. 02:30
  Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell (Omnibus)
  What should we should know about the people we don’t know?
4. 03:45
  Robb Wilton: I Should Say So—Series 1, The Poltergeist
  1/5Michael Williams stars as legendary 1940s radio star and all-round pessimist Robb Wilton.
5. 04:00
  England, Their England by AG Macdonell—Episode 1
  1/6Donald Cameron writes a book on the curious habits of the English. With Leslie Phillips.
6. 04:30
  Ray's a Laugh—From 04/03/1960
  Ted gets inspired over a new advertising campaign. Stars Ted Ray.
7. 05:00
  Michael Palin's Radio Adventures—3. Ripping Yarns
  3/3John McCarthy invites Michael Palin to celebrate his BBC radio years

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