BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 11 January 2025

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Soul Music—Plaisir d'Amour/Can't Help Falling in Love With You
  Marianne Faithfull recalls the French love song that went on to inspire Elvis's hit.
2. 00:30
  Ravi Shankar: Sitar Hero
  Nitin Sawhney explores the life of Ravi Shankar.
3. 01:00
  The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler—3. What Did It Matter?
  3/3Can Philip Marlowe protect both of Sternwood's reckless daughters?
4. 01:30
  Whodunnits—Father Brown Stories, The Queer Feet
  2/12Death and theft in a small hotel - and confusion over waiters.
5. 02:00
  Up the Garden Path—Series 2, The More the Merrier
  7/8Charles discovers all about Izzy's torrid past.
6. 02:30
  Doctor in the House—Women and Wine
  11/13Medic Simon Sparrow's efforts to get a date for the hospital ball turn to chaos.
7. 03:00
  Prepper—Series 1, Hell Is Other People
  2/4Are you Armageddon-ready? Sylvia and Rachel road test survival courses.
8. 03:30
  Amongst Women by John McGahern—5. Future Planning
  5/10With Maggie gone to London, her sisters begin to plan their own futures.
9. 03:45
  The Mystery of Edwin Drood—10. Cathedral Tower
  10/10The net is closing on John Jasper. Can he be stopped?
10. 04:00
  The Motion Show—Series 1, Episode 2
  2/6Dr Phil Hammond chairs the debating game. With Steve Punt and John O'Farrell.
11. 04:30
  1834—The Time Machine
  2/6As Jason attempts to return to 2003, he gets involved with various culinary devices.
12. 05:00
  Ice Blonde by Nancy Crane
  PI Eunice Parker's big break comes when she’s chosen to track down a tough-guy detective.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  After Moscow by Arnold Yarrow
  1917. The old lives of Chekhov's ‘Three Sisters’ has vanished. What now?
2. 07:30
  Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson (Omnibus)
  The adventures and perils of an otter born in North Devon.
3. 08:45
  More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood—1. Witney Scrotum
  1/5The cricket-loving Brigadier celebrates the English way of life
4. 09:00
  Mr Willow's Wife—5. All In A Good Cause
  5/6Felicity decides to write, direct and star in her local church pantomime. From 1971.
5. 09:30
  J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook—Bravo Chantal!
  7/10A search for financial backing can lead a film producer into many unusual by-ways.
6. 10:00
  Growing Pains—2. I Capture The Castle
  2/3Grace Dent goes back to her awkward teenage years with help from the BBC archives.
7. 11:00
  After Moscow by Arnold Yarrow
  1917. The old lives of Chekhov's ‘Three Sisters’ has vanished. What now?
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Afternoon
1. 12:30
  Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson (Omnibus)
  The adventures and perils of an otter born in North Devon.
2. 13:45
  More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood—1. Witney Scrotum
  1/5The cricket-loving Brigadier celebrates the English way of life
3. 14:00
  Mr Willow's Wife—5. All In A Good Cause
  5/6Felicity decides to write, direct and star in her local church pantomime. From 1971.
4. 14:30
  J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook—Bravo Chantal!
  7/10A search for financial backing can lead a film producer into many unusual by-ways.
5. 15:00
  Growing Pains—2. I Capture The Castle
  2/3Grace Dent goes back to her awkward teenage years with help from the BBC archives.
6. 16:00
  The Wheatstone Pond by Robert Westall
  A clairvoyant becomes embroiled in a deadly occult mystery.
7. 17:00
  After Moscow by Arnold Yarrow
  1917. The old lives of Chekhov's ‘Three Sisters’ has vanished. What now?
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Evening
1. 18:30
  Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson (Omnibus)
  The adventures and perils of an otter born in North Devon.
2. 19:45
  More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood—1. Witney Scrotum
  1/5The cricket-loving Brigadier celebrates the English way of life
3. 20:00
  Mr Willow's Wife—5. All In A Good Cause
  5/6Felicity decides to write, direct and star in her local church pantomime. From 1971.
4. 20:30
  J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook—Bravo Chantal!
  7/10A search for financial backing can lead a film producer into many unusual by-ways.
5. 21:00
  Growing Pains—2. I Capture The Castle
  2/3Grace Dent goes back to her awkward teenage years with help from the BBC archives.
6. 22:00
  Welcome to Wherever You Are—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/4Andrew Maxwell presents some of the best comedians from wherever in the world they are.
7. 22:30
  Rob Newman—Rob Newman's Total Eclipse of Descartes, If a Tree Falls in a Forest...
  2/4Rob does battle with Jean-Paul Sartre and the existentialists.
8. 23:00
  My Teenage Diary—Series 7, Robert Peston
  2/6Journalist and broadcaster Robert Peston reads from his 1974 teenage diaries.
9. 23:30
  The Remains of Foley and McColl—Snuff Radio
  3/4Sean Foley and Hamish McColl compete in a European Radio Drama competition.
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Late
1. 00:00
  The Wheatstone Pond by Robert Westall
  A clairvoyant becomes embroiled in a deadly occult mystery.
2. 01:00
  After Moscow by Arnold Yarrow
  1917. The old lives of Chekhov's ‘Three Sisters’ has vanished. What now?
3. 02:30
  Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson (Omnibus)
  The adventures and perils of an otter born in North Devon.
4. 03:45
  More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood—1. Witney Scrotum
  1/5The cricket-loving Brigadier celebrates the English way of life
5. 04:00
  Mr Willow's Wife—5. All In A Good Cause
  5/6Felicity decides to write, direct and star in her local church pantomime. From 1971.
6. 04:30
  J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook—Bravo Chantal!
  7/10A search for financial backing can lead a film producer into many unusual by-ways.
7. 05:00
  Growing Pains—2. I Capture The Castle
  2/3Grace Dent goes back to her awkward teenage years with help from the BBC archives.

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