BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 8 February 2025

Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Soul Music—Redemption Song
  How Bob Marley's Redemption Song has inspired generations around the world.
2. 00:30
  Footlight Fairies
  19th century reformer Millicent Fawcett campaigned to remove children from the stage
3. 01:00
  The Women in His Life by Barbara Taylor Bradford—2. London
  2/8Little Maximilian flees Berlin in 1938 with two of the women he loves most
4. 01:30
  High Table, Lower Orders—Series 1, 1. Murder?
  1/6Why does a Cambridge master need a plodding Health and Safety executive?
5. 02:00
  Harry Worth—Thirty Minutes Worth, The Camera
  3/6The comedian has got a new camera, and havoc awaits at a wedding.
6. 02:30
  Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead—From 08/03/1971
  A eulogy to Beethoven, and the building of a bus shelter. Starring Ronnie Barker.
7. 03:00
  Sandi Toksvig's Hygge—Series 1, Bridget Christie and Clive Myrie
  2/5Bridget Christie and Clive Myrie join Sandi Toksvig to explore the Danish notion 'hygge'.
8. 03:30
  Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith—10. Endings
  10/10As his life implodes, Jonathan asks Ripley for his advice.
9. 03:45
  Eleanor Rising—Series 1, 5. Disaster?
  5/5The thrilling story of one of Europe's most extraordinary women - Eleanor of Aquitaine
10. 04:00
  The Motion Show—Series 1, Episode 6
  6/6Dr Phil Hammond chairs the debating game with Pete Sinclair, Steve Punt, Michael White.
11. 04:30
  1834—Victorian Principles
  6/6When Queen Victoria comes to visit, Jason unwittingly changes the course of history.
12. 05:00
  The Black Sheep by Honoré de Balzac—2. Destitute
  2/2Philippe's mother and brother seek financial help from a rich elderly relative.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Charlie Muffin
  Charlie Muffin is a spy - and a survivor - but the Secret Service and KGB are after him...
2. 07:30
  The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym (Omnibus)
  Paula Byrne's illuminating biography of the witty - yet somewhat forgotten - novelist.
3. 08:45
  More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood—5. Blofeld Revisited
  5/5The acerbic Brigadier fondly recollects an encounter with Lord Blofeld's devout family.
4. 09:00
  The Men from the Ministry—The Whitehall Castaways
  The civil servant bunglers get in flap!
5. 09:30
  Beyond Our Ken—From 26/3/1959
  Kenneth Horne takes a trip to the pictures and Hornerama looks at TV.
6. 10:00
  Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family—3. Kids! Who'd 'ave 'em?
  3/3Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.
7. 11:00
  Charlie Muffin
  Charlie Muffin is a spy - and a survivor - but the Secret Service and KGB are after him...
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Afternoon
1. 12:30
  The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym (Omnibus)
  Paula Byrne's illuminating biography of the witty - yet somewhat forgotten - novelist.
2. 13:45
  More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood—5. Blofeld Revisited
  5/5The acerbic Brigadier fondly recollects an encounter with Lord Blofeld's devout family.
3. 14:00
  The Men from the Ministry—The Whitehall Castaways
  The civil servant bunglers get in flap!
4. 14:30
  Beyond Our Ken—From 26/3/1959
  Kenneth Horne takes a trip to the pictures and Hornerama looks at TV.
5. 15:00
  Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family—3. Kids! Who'd 'ave 'em?
  3/3Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.
6. 16:00
  Utopia by Thomas More
  Explorer Raphael Hythloday tells Thomas More about a mystical island.
7. 17:00
  Charlie Muffin
  Charlie Muffin is a spy - and a survivor - but the Secret Service and KGB are after him...
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Evening
1. 18:30
  The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym (Omnibus)
  Paula Byrne's illuminating biography of the witty - yet somewhat forgotten - novelist.
2. 19:45
  More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood—5. Blofeld Revisited
  5/5The acerbic Brigadier fondly recollects an encounter with Lord Blofeld's devout family.
3. 20:00
  The Men from the Ministry—The Whitehall Castaways
  The civil servant bunglers get in flap!
4. 20:30
  Beyond Our Ken—From 26/3/1959
  Kenneth Horne takes a trip to the pictures and Hornerama looks at TV.
5. 21:00
  Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family—3. Kids! Who'd 'ave 'em?
  3/3Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.
6. 22:00
  The Shuttleworths—Series 4, A Moving Story
  3/6Just as John Shuttleworth's son Darren moves out, his sole agent Ken comes knocking.
7. 22:15
  Tim Key's Poetry Programme—Series 2, Medicine
  3/6Tim Key takes a comic look at the thorny issue of medicine, through the medium of poetry.
8. 22:30
  Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music—Series 3, Episode 2
  2/4Mitch and Robin Ince are on their way to do a gig in mid Wales.
9. 23:00
  My Teenage Diary—Series 7, Chris Packham
  6/6Naturalist Chris Packham reads from the nature diaries he kept as a teenager.
10. 23:30
  Chain Reaction—Series 1, Matt Lucas Interviews Johnny Vegas
  3/7The 'Little Britain' star and the up front comedian in the tag talk show.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Utopia by Thomas More
  Explorer Raphael Hythloday tells Thomas More about a mystical island.
2. 01:00
  Charlie Muffin
  Charlie Muffin is a spy - and a survivor - but the Secret Service and KGB are after him...
3. 02:30
  The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym (Omnibus)
  Paula Byrne's illuminating biography of the witty - yet somewhat forgotten - novelist.
4. 03:45
  More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood—5. Blofeld Revisited
  5/5The acerbic Brigadier fondly recollects an encounter with Lord Blofeld's devout family.
5. 04:00
  The Men from the Ministry—The Whitehall Castaways
  The civil servant bunglers get in flap!
6. 04:30
  Beyond Our Ken—From 26/3/1959
  Kenneth Horne takes a trip to the pictures and Hornerama looks at TV.
7. 05:00
  Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family—3. Kids! Who'd 'ave 'em?
  3/3Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.

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