BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 10 May 2025

Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Soul Music—Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
  Exploring the hymn that inspires campaigners, charity workers and reformed alcoholics.
2. 00:30
  Smile
  Kate Williams explores the history and development of the modern winning smile
3. 01:00
  Whodunnits—P Division - Two Way Cut, 4. Samurai
  4/4Glaswegian detective Donoghue closes in on Lorinski's killer, but where is he?
4. 01:30
  Whodunnits—Stand By For West - Inspector West at Home, 2. Crisis for a Copper
  2/7A round-table conference but it's a vicious circle for West! Stars Patrick Allen.
5. 02:00
  Up the Garden Path—Series 3, Up the Stick and Sick as a Parrot
  5/6Izzy spends her birthday coping with the surprise news that she's pregnant.
6. 02:30
  Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/8Reshuffling Patron Saints and an 'Under Milk Wood' spoof. Stars Ronnie Barker.
7. 03:00
  Relativity—Series 2, Episode 2
  2/4There’s bonding over Scotch and Margaret braves the shops. Stars Alison Steadman.
8. 03:30
  Millions Like Us: Women's Lives in War and Peace 1939-1949 by Virginia Nicholson—5. The Future
  5/5As VE day celebrations fade, women wonder what the future holds.
9. 03:45
  Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson—5. Rumpus
  5/10There is a rumpus at the farm. Anders' relationship with his children deepens.
10. 04:00
  Whispers—Series 1, Episode 2
  2/6Gyles Brandreth quizzes Anthony Holden, Stella Duffy, Lynne Truss and Rowan Pelling.
11. 04:30
  More Mr Mulliner by PG Wodehouse—The Bishop's Move
  1/4Mr Mulliner tells the tale of a bishop facing a prickly dilemma
12. 05:00
  Coming Home—5. Out of the Ashes
  5/5The first years of peace after the Second World War ended.
13. 05:45
  Short Works—Twenty-Five Years by Mona Dash
  Annika is a well organised widow. But a Facebook request sets her back
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Velma and Therese by Bryony Lavery
  Dubbed Britain's Thelma and Louise, two elderly ladies take off in a "borrowed" car.
2. 07:30
  The Amur River by Colin Thubron (Omnibus)
  Robert Powell reads Colin Thubron’s account of his epic river journey, from source to sea.
3. 08:45
  Beryl Reid in Conversation—Friends and Digs
  6/6Beryl Reid tells Sian Phillips about her theatrical life on the road.
4. 09:00
  Molesworth—The Office
  2/4Grown-up Nigel Molesworth hates office life and dreams of the Caribbean.
5. 09:30
  Beyond Our Ken—From 30/7/1959
  Kenneth Horne's tales from Ireland and ‘Hornerama’ spotlights cinema.
6. 10:00
  Mastertapes - Access All Areas—3. Rufus Wainwright to David Gray
  3/3John Wilson looks back at the best of Mastertapes from Rufus Wainwright to David Gray.
7. 11:00
  Velma and Therese by Bryony Lavery
  Dubbed Britain's Thelma and Louise, two elderly ladies take off in a "borrowed" car.
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Afternoon
1. 12:30
  The Amur River by Colin Thubron (Omnibus)
  Robert Powell reads Colin Thubron’s account of his epic river journey, from source to sea.
2. 13:45
  Beryl Reid in Conversation—Friends and Digs
  6/6Beryl Reid tells Sian Phillips about her theatrical life on the road.
3. 14:00
  Molesworth—The Office
  2/4Grown-up Nigel Molesworth hates office life and dreams of the Caribbean.
4. 14:30
  Beyond Our Ken—From 30/7/1959
  Kenneth Horne's tales from Ireland and ‘Hornerama’ spotlights cinema.
5. 15:00
  Mastertapes - Access All Areas—3. Rufus Wainwright to David Gray
  3/3John Wilson looks back at the best of Mastertapes from Rufus Wainwright to David Gray.
6. 16:00
  She by H Rider-Haggard—1.The Quest for Truth
  1/22000 years old and still beautiful. Ayesha despotically rules a secret kingdom.
7. 17:00
  Velma and Therese by Bryony Lavery
  Dubbed Britain's Thelma and Louise, two elderly ladies take off in a "borrowed" car.
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Evening
1. 18:30
  The Amur River by Colin Thubron (Omnibus)
  Robert Powell reads Colin Thubron’s account of his epic river journey, from source to sea.
2. 19:45
  Beryl Reid in Conversation—Friends and Digs
  6/6Beryl Reid tells Sian Phillips about her theatrical life on the road.
3. 20:00
  Molesworth—The Office
  2/4Grown-up Nigel Molesworth hates office life and dreams of the Caribbean.
4. 20:30
  Beyond Our Ken—From 30/7/1959
  Kenneth Horne's tales from Ireland and ‘Hornerama’ spotlights cinema.
5. 21:00
  Mastertapes - Access All Areas—3. Rufus Wainwright to David Gray
  3/3John Wilson looks back at the best of Mastertapes from Rufus Wainwright to David Gray.
6. 22:00
  Bridget Christie's Utopia—Series 1, Money
  4/4As civilisation collapses, Bridget Christie embarks on a comic quest for her Shangri-La.
7. 22:30
  Start/Stop—Series 2, 1. Wedding
  1/8A looming wedding pushes everyone to the limit.
8. 22:55
  The Comedy Club Interviews—Dad’s Army Radio Show 1/3
  Jake Yapp chats to David Benson and Jack Lane about their Dad’s Army stage show.
9. 23:00
  Radio 9—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/5Reckless parenting to faking surgery for real.
10. 23:30
  Chain Reaction—Series 2, Alexei Sayle Interviews Lenny Henry
  4/6Alexei Sayle interviews Lenny Henry in the tag talk show.
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Late
1. 00:00
  She by H Rider-Haggard—1.The Quest for Truth
  1/22000 years old and still beautiful. Ayesha despotically rules a secret kingdom.
2. 01:00
  Velma and Therese by Bryony Lavery
  Dubbed Britain's Thelma and Louise, two elderly ladies take off in a "borrowed" car.
3. 02:30
  The Amur River by Colin Thubron (Omnibus)
  Robert Powell reads Colin Thubron’s account of his epic river journey, from source to sea.
4. 03:45
  Beryl Reid in Conversation—Friends and Digs
  6/6Beryl Reid tells Sian Phillips about her theatrical life on the road.
5. 04:00
  Molesworth—The Office
  2/4Grown-up Nigel Molesworth hates office life and dreams of the Caribbean.
6. 04:30
  Beyond Our Ken—From 30/7/1959
  Kenneth Horne's tales from Ireland and ‘Hornerama’ spotlights cinema.
7. 05:00
  Mastertapes - Access All Areas—3. Rufus Wainwright to David Gray
  3/3John Wilson looks back at the best of Mastertapes from Rufus Wainwright to David Gray.

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