BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 14 December 2024

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Soul Music—A Change Is Gonna Come, by Sam Cooke
  Sam Cooke's A Change Is Gonna Come is an anthem for civil rights in the USA.
2. 00:30
  Thelma & Michael: Love In The Cutting Room
  Cinema's great love story - UK director Michael Powell and US editor Thelma Schoonmaker.
3. 01:00
  Unofficial Rosie—5. Count Your Blessings
  5/6Rosie Monaghan's investigations make some progress, but her private life is proving tricky
4. 01:30
  Trueman and Riley—Series 2, 5. Love Bytes
  5/5With a woman missing, the pair are sucked into the virtual world of online role playing.
5. 02:00
  Up the Garden Path—Series 2, A Soft-Hearted Little Thing
  3/8More tangles in Izzy's love life, when she and Dick head to dinner with Charles.
6. 02:30
  Doctor in the House—Our First Baby
  7/13Medic Simon Sparrow is thrown in the deep-end on St Swithins' antenatal ward.
7. 03:00
  The Train at Platform 4—Series 1, Cat
  2/4A celebrity cat goes missing on the train and Dev’s dating plans are thrown into turmoil.
8. 03:30
  Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell by John Preston—5. Maxwell's Disappearance
  5/5An investigation of Maxwell’s disappearance at sea in 1991.
9. 03:45
  Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe—5. Fight for Independence
  5/5Will Okonkwo be able to persuade his fellow clan members to fight for their independence?
10. 04:00
  The Unbelievable Truth—Series 27, Episode 5
  5/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
11. 04:30
  Noel Coward—Brief Encounter
  Alec and Laura, both married to other people, meet and fall passionately in love.
12. 05:30
  All the Young Dudes—Series 1, Waterloo Sunset
  6/6It's the end of the line for Patrick, but Joe and Maria may have some good news to share.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Whodunnits—EC Bentley - Trent's Last Case
  Renowned capitalist Sigsbee Manderson is found murdered. Philp Trent investigates
2. 07:30
  The Call of the Wild by Jack London (Omnibus)
  The adventures of a sled dog during the Klondike Gold Rush.
3. 08:45
  Inner Voices—Mr Williams by Curtis Walker
  2/4An irascible pensioner wonders why his family don't come to visit.
4. 09:00
  Mr Willow's Wife—2. Together Again
  2/6Felicity wants to spend more time with her husband. Stars Moira Lister.
5. 09:30
  J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook—Dick Turpin
  3/10The veteran recounts a TV adaptation where he experienced robbery of a different kind.
6. 10:00
  Soul Music Mixtapes—2. 'So What' to 'Myfanwy'
  2/3Cerys Matthews chooses more favourites from 25 series of BBC Radio 4's Soul Music
7. 11:00
  Whodunnits—EC Bentley - Trent's Last Case
  Renowned capitalist Sigsbee Manderson is found murdered. Philp Trent investigates
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Afternoon
1. 12:30
  The Call of the Wild by Jack London (Omnibus)
  The adventures of a sled dog during the Klondike Gold Rush.
2. 13:45
  Inner Voices—Mr Williams by Curtis Walker
  2/4An irascible pensioner wonders why his family don't come to visit.
3. 14:00
  Mr Willow's Wife—2. Together Again
  2/6Felicity wants to spend more time with her husband. Stars Moira Lister.
4. 14:30
  J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook—Dick Turpin
  3/10The veteran recounts a TV adaptation where he experienced robbery of a different kind.
5. 15:00
  Soul Music Mixtapes—2. 'So What' to 'Myfanwy'
  2/3Cerys Matthews chooses more favourites from 25 series of BBC Radio 4's Soul Music
6. 16:00
  Vampirella by Angela Carter
  Could finding true love free Count Dracula's daughter from her dreadful wheel of destiny'?
7. 17:00
  Whodunnits—EC Bentley - Trent's Last Case
  Renowned capitalist Sigsbee Manderson is found murdered. Philp Trent investigates
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Evening
1. 18:30
  The Call of the Wild by Jack London (Omnibus)
  The adventures of a sled dog during the Klondike Gold Rush.
2. 19:45
  Inner Voices—Mr Williams by Curtis Walker
  2/4An irascible pensioner wonders why his family don't come to visit.
3. 20:00
  Mr Willow's Wife—2. Together Again
  2/6Felicity wants to spend more time with her husband. Stars Moira Lister.
4. 20:30
  J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook—Dick Turpin
  3/10The veteran recounts a TV adaptation where he experienced robbery of a different kind.
5. 21:00
  Soul Music Mixtapes—2. 'So What' to 'Myfanwy'
  2/3Cerys Matthews chooses more favourites from 25 series of BBC Radio 4's Soul Music
6. 22:00
  TEZ Talks—Series 2, 3. Once you go Asian...
  3/4Tez talks about the assumptions people have about Muslims, especially him.
7. 22:15
  The East Coast Listening Post—Series 1, Talk Man
  3/4Dana and Eric head to the north east of England to spend time with a male therapy group.
8. 22:30
  Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music—Series 2, Money and Music
  4/6Mitch shares his musical experiences and wonders if Cyberman costumes are tax deductible?
9. 23:00
  Lemn Sissay's Origin Stories—2. Mutatis Mutandis
  2/4Lemn looks at the children at Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
10. 23:30
  Henry Normal: A Normal...—Imagination
  Henry Normal takes a poetic look at imagination and the reasons why humans create.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Vampirella by Angela Carter
  Could finding true love free Count Dracula's daughter from her dreadful wheel of destiny'?
2. 01:00
  Whodunnits—EC Bentley - Trent's Last Case
  Renowned capitalist Sigsbee Manderson is found murdered. Philp Trent investigates
3. 02:30
  The Call of the Wild by Jack London (Omnibus)
  The adventures of a sled dog during the Klondike Gold Rush.
4. 03:45
  Inner Voices—Mr Williams by Curtis Walker
  2/4An irascible pensioner wonders why his family don't come to visit.
5. 04:00
  Mr Willow's Wife—2. Together Again
  2/6Felicity wants to spend more time with her husband. Stars Moira Lister.
6. 04:30
  J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook—Dick Turpin
  3/10The veteran recounts a TV adaptation where he experienced robbery of a different kind.
7. 05:00
  Soul Music Mixtapes—2. 'So What' to 'Myfanwy'
  2/3Cerys Matthews chooses more favourites from 25 series of BBC Radio 4's Soul Music

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