BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 30 March 2025

Schedule

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 02:00
  Three Time Plays by JB Priestley—3. I Have Been Here Before
  3/3Strangers at a remote inn discover they're inter-dependent. Have they all met before?
2. 03:30
  The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  1/2Four residents in a Kent retirement village probe unsolved murders. Read by Haydn Gwynne.
3. 04:45
  The Best of English—6. Onwards and Upwards
  6/6Actor Arthur English recalls ghosts and his film and TV work.
4. 05:00
  Mind Your Own Business!—Series 1, She'll Have to Go
  1/6An accountant tackles a tycoon over his number of women workers.
5. 05:30
  Beyond Our Ken—From 28/5/1959
  Kenneth Horne summons a plumber and 'Hornerama' looks at communications.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—TV's History Castaways, Simon Schama
  Historian Simon Schama is castaway by Sue Lawley.
2. 06:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Giant Birds
  The famous naturalist muses on the largest known egg laid by a giant bird on Madagascar.
3. 07:00
  Poetry Extra—Four Seasons - Poems for the Spring Equinox
  Daljit Nagra celebrates Spring as he selects a highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
4. 07:30
  Iris by John Bayley (Omnibus)
  Iris Murdoch's husband, John Bayley, shares the story of her battle with Alzheimer's.
5. 08:40
  Inheritance Tracks—Eve Myles
  Welsh actor Eve Myles picks tracks by Elkie Brooks and Amy Wadge.
6. 08:50
  Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/4Ambitious Becky abandons marriage plans for a job as a governess. Narrated by Stephen Fry.
7. 10:00
  Just Fancy—From 23/07/1954
  Two lots of love intrigue and a day-trip to France goes wrong.
8. 10:30
  Take It From Here—From 04/02/1954
  Pa Glum tries to relieve Eth's cold and a look at Marriage USA-style.
9. 11:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—TV's History Castaways, Simon Schama
  Historian Simon Schama is castaway by Sue Lawley.
10. 11:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Giant Birds
  The famous naturalist muses on the largest known egg laid by a giant bird on Madagascar.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Poetry Extra—Four Seasons - Poems for the Spring Equinox
  Daljit Nagra celebrates Spring as he selects a highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
2. 12:30
  Iris by John Bayley (Omnibus)
  Iris Murdoch's husband, John Bayley, shares the story of her battle with Alzheimer's.
3. 13:40
  Inheritance Tracks—Eve Myles
  Welsh actor Eve Myles picks tracks by Elkie Brooks and Amy Wadge.
4. 13:50
  Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/4Ambitious Becky abandons marriage plans for a job as a governess. Narrated by Stephen Fry.
5. 15:00
  Just Fancy—From 23/07/1954
  Two lots of love intrigue and a day-trip to France goes wrong.
6. 15:30
  Take It From Here—From 04/02/1954
  Pa Glum tries to relieve Eth's cold and a look at Marriage USA-style.
7. 16:00
  Fear on 4—Series 1, The Speciality of The House
  12/12Mr Costain fine dines with his boss, but what's on the menu?
8. 16:30
  The Dog by Ivan Turgenev
  A former Russian Hussar is left baffled by a ghostly canine presence.
9. 17:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—TV's History Castaways, Simon Schama
  Historian Simon Schama is castaway by Sue Lawley.
10. 17:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Giant Birds
  The famous naturalist muses on the largest known egg laid by a giant bird on Madagascar.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Poetry Extra—Four Seasons - Poems for the Spring Equinox
  Daljit Nagra celebrates Spring as he selects a highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
2. 18:30
  Iris by John Bayley (Omnibus)
  Iris Murdoch's husband, John Bayley, shares the story of her battle with Alzheimer's.
3. 19:40
  Inheritance Tracks—Eve Myles
  Welsh actor Eve Myles picks tracks by Elkie Brooks and Amy Wadge.
4. 19:50
  Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/4Ambitious Becky abandons marriage plans for a job as a governess. Narrated by Stephen Fry.
5. 21:00
  Just Fancy—From 23/07/1954
  Two lots of love intrigue and a day-trip to France goes wrong.
6. 21:30
  Take It From Here—From 04/02/1954
  Pa Glum tries to relieve Eth's cold and a look at Marriage USA-style.
7. 22:00
  Elvenquest—Series 2, Episode 6
  6/6The team learn not to trust anything you get from a man down the pub.
8. 22:30
  Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters—Series 1, Episode 2
  2/4The bizarre and hilarious world of sketches, stories and characters from Colin Hoult.
9. 22:55
  The Comedy Club Interviews—Simon Blackwell 1/4
  Comedian Paul Garner chats to the award-winning comedy writer Simon Blackwell.
10. 23:00
  Mark Watson's Live Address to the Nation—Tolerance
  5/6Can tolerance turn people into doormats?
11. 23:30
  Safety Catch—Series 2, There Will Be Paint
  4/4Simon and his arms-selling colleagues go paintballing to better understand the art of war.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Fear on 4—Series 1, The Speciality of The House
  12/12Mr Costain fine dines with his boss, but what's on the menu?
2. 00:30
  The Dog by Ivan Turgenev
  A former Russian Hussar is left baffled by a ghostly canine presence.
3. 01:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—TV's History Castaways, Simon Schama
  Historian Simon Schama is castaway by Sue Lawley.
4. 01:45
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Giant Birds
  The famous naturalist muses on the largest known egg laid by a giant bird on Madagascar.
5. 02:00
  Poetry Extra—Four Seasons - Poems for the Spring Equinox
  Daljit Nagra celebrates Spring as he selects a highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
6. 02:30
  Iris by John Bayley (Omnibus)
  Iris Murdoch's husband, John Bayley, shares the story of her battle with Alzheimer's.
7. 03:40
  Inheritance Tracks—Eve Myles
  Welsh actor Eve Myles picks tracks by Elkie Brooks and Amy Wadge.
8. 03:50
  Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/4Ambitious Becky abandons marriage plans for a job as a governess. Narrated by Stephen Fry.
9. 05:00
  Just Fancy—From 23/07/1954
  Two lots of love intrigue and a day-trip to France goes wrong.
10. 05:30
  Take It From Here—From 04/02/1954
  Pa Glum tries to relieve Eth's cold and a look at Marriage USA-style.
11. 06:00
  Whodunnits—Hercule Poirot - Peril at End House, Episode 1
  1/5Hercule Poirot is on holiday when a bullet lands at his feet on the hotel terrace.
12. 06:30
  Paul Temple—Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, 1. With the Compliments of Mr Gregory
  1/10The daughter of an eminent physician disappears after a night out at the Alpine Club.

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